VB SeriesFinal · ODI
Australia beat Pakistan by 18 runs in the final - Match Info
Melbourne Cricket Ground, . Australia won the toss and chose to bat.
Match details
- Match
- Final, ODI · VB Series 2004/05
- Date
- (Fri 4 Feb, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
- Toss
- Australia, chose to bat
- Result
- Australia won by 18 runs
- Player of the match
- Andrew Symonds
- Umpires
- Billy Bowden (New Zealand), Steve Davis (Australia)
- TV umpire
- Bob Parry (Australia)
- Match referee
- Chris Broad
Head to head (ODI)
Played 114 · AUS won 72 · PAK won 38 · Tied 1 · No result 3
Last 5 meetings
- 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
- Final · 2004 Videocon Cup · AUS 192/7 v PAK 175Australia won by 17 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 | 32 | 940 | 91 | 32.41 | 69.84 |
| Ricky Ponting AUS | 26 | 879 | 124 | 41.86 | 81.01 |
| Michael Bevan AUS | 22 | 851 | 83 | 56.73 | 65.11 |
| Mohammad Yousuf PAK | 22 | 837 | 100 | 41.85 | 72.03 |
| Adam Gilchrist AUS | 22 | 697 | 103 | 33.19 | 98.45 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn McGrath AUS | 30 | 49 | 3.78 |
| Brett Lee AUS | 17 | 29 | 4.97 |
| Shoaib Akhtar PAK | 20 | 29 | 5.65 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq PAK | 17 | 27 | 4.25 |
| Shahid Afridi PAK | 21 | 21 | 4.63 |
ODIs at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 119
- Average 1st-innings score
- 213
- Won batting first
- 58
- Won chasing
- 57
- Highest total
- 344/8 by ICC World XI ()