VB Series2nd Final · ODI
Australia beat Pakistan by 31 runs in the 2nd final - Match Info
Sydney Cricket Ground, . Australia won the toss and chose to bat.
Match details
- Match
- 2nd Final, ODI · VB Series 2004/05
- Date
- (Sun 6 Feb, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
- Toss
- Australia, chose to bat
- Result
- Australia won by 31 runs
- Player of the match
- Glenn McGrath
Head to head (ODI)
Played 114 · AUS won 72 · PAK won 38 · Tied 1 · No result 3
Last 5 meetings
- Final · VB Series · AUS 237 v PAK 219/9Australia won by 18 runs
- Match 8 · VB Series · AUS 265 v PAK 268/7Pakistan won by 3 wickets
- Match 5 · VB Series · PAK 163 v AUS 167/1Australia won by 9 wickets
- 2nd Match · VB Series · AUS 253/6 v PAK 272/7Australia won by 4 wickets (with 12 balls remaining) (D/L method)
- Only ODI · Pakistan tour of England · AUS 269/6 v PAK 259Australia won by 10 runs
Recent results (ODI)
Top players in this fixture
AUS v PAK ODIs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK | 33 | 991 | 91 | 33.03 | 69.35 |
| Ricky Ponting AUS | 27 | 890 | 124 | 40.45 | 80.91 |
| Michael Bevan AUS | 22 | 851 | 83 | 56.73 | 65.11 |
| Mohammad Yousuf PAK | 23 | 839 | 100 | 39.95 | 71.96 |
| Adam Gilchrist AUS | 23 | 721 | 103 | 32.77 | 96.13 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn McGrath AUS | 31 | 52 | 3.77 |
| Brett Lee AUS | 18 | 32 | 4.81 |
| Shoaib Akhtar PAK | 20 | 29 | 5.65 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq PAK | 17 | 27 | 4.25 |
| Shahid Afridi PAK | 22 | 23 | 4.65 |
ODIs at Sydney Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 121
- Average 1st-innings score
- 210
- Won batting first
- 68
- Won chasing
- 50
- Highest total
- 359/5 by Australia ()