VB SeriesMatch 5 · ODI
Australia beat Pakistan by 9 wickets - Match Info
Sydney Cricket Ground, . Australia won the toss and chose to bowl.
Match details
- Match
- Match 5, ODI · VB Series 2004/05
- Date
- (Sun 23 Jan, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
- Toss
- Australia, chose to bowl
- Result
- Australia won by 9 wickets
- Player of the match
- Michael Clarke
- Umpires
- Daryl Harper (Australia), Rudi Koertzen (South Africa)
- TV umpire
- Simon Taufel (Australia)
- Match referee
- Chris Broad
Head to head (ODI)
Played 114 · PAK won 38 · AUS won 72 · Tied 1 · No result 3
Last 5 meetings
- 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
- Match 4 · ICC World Cup · AUS 310/8 v PAK 228Australia won by 82 runs
- Final · PSO Tri-Nation Tournament 2002 · AUS 67/1 v PAK 227No result
Recent results (ODI)
- W vs WI · WI 273/5 v PAK 274/4Pakistan won by 6 wickets
- L vs AUS · AUS 253/6 v PAK 272/7Australia won by 4 wickets (with 12 balls remaining) (D/L method)
- W vs IND · IND 292/6 v PAK 293/4Pakistan won by 6 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
- L vs SL · SL 287/7 v PAK 168Sri Lanka won by 119 runs
- W vs SL · SL 293/6 v PAK 297/4Pakistan won by 6 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
Top players in this fixture
PAK v AUS 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 | 30 | 861 | 91 | 31.89 | 69.05 |
| Michael Bevan AUS | 22 | 851 | 83 | 56.73 | 65.11 |
| Ricky Ponting AUS | 24 | 833 | 124 | 41.65 | 84.23 |
| Mohammad Yousuf PAK | 20 | 761 | 100 | 42.28 | 71.39 |
| Adam Gilchrist AUS | 21 | 650 | 103 | 32.50 | 98.19 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn McGrath AUS | 28 | 45 | 3.89 |
| Shoaib Akhtar PAK | 20 | 29 | 5.65 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq PAK | 17 | 27 | 4.25 |
| Brett Lee AUS | 15 | 26 | 4.82 |
| Shahid Afridi PAK | 19 | 19 | 4.74 |
ODIs at Sydney Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 120
- Average 1st-innings score
- 211
- Won batting first
- 68
- Won chasing
- 49
- Highest total
- 359/5 by Australia ()