VB Series
Part of the Zimbabwean cricket team in Australia in 2003–04
and the Indian cricket team in Australia in 2003–04
Date9 January 2004 – 8 February 2004
LocationAustralia
ResultWon by  Australia
Player of the seriesAdam Gilchrist
Teams
 Australia  India  Zimbabwe
Captains
Ricky Ponting Sourav Ganguly Heath Streak
Most runs
Gilchrist (498)
Hayden (425)
VVS Laxman (443)
Yuvraj Singh (314)
Ervine (265)
Carlisle (223)
Most wickets
Williams (15)
Lee (12)
Pathan (16)
Balaji (13)
Streak (15)
Ervine (12)

The 2003–04 VB-Series was a cricket tri-series involving touring nations India and Zimbabwe and hosts Australia. Australia won the tournament, who lost one match in the group stage, by defeating India in the 2-match final. Adam Gilchrist was named Man of the Series for his 498 runs at an average of 62.25.

Group stage

Table

Pos Team P W L NR/T BP CP Points NRR
1  Australia 86113137+1.100
2  India 85302229+0.282
3  Zimbabwe 8071036−1.326

Key

  • BP = Bonus points.
1 bonus point was awarded to the winning team if their run rate was 1.25x than that of the losing team.
  • CP = Consolation points
1 consolation point was awarded to the losing team if they denied the winning team from receiving the bonus point.

Points system

  • Won = 5 points
  • Lost = 0 points
  • Tie or No result = 3 points
  • Standard net run rate rules applied.

Position deciders

The deciding factors, in order, on table position were:

  1. Total points
  2. Games won
  3. Head-to-head result
  4. Bonus points
  5. Net run rate

Matches

Match 1: Australia v India

9 January
14:15 (D/N)
(scorecard)
Australia 
288 (48.3 overs)
v
 India
270 (49 overs)
Andrew Symonds 88 (102)
Michael Clarke 63 (66)
Ajit Agarkar 6/42 (9.3 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 82 (83)
Sachin Tendulkar 63 (69)
Ian Harvey 3/52 (10 overs)
 Australia won by 18 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Attendance: 63,271
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WIN) and Simon Taufel (AUS)
Player of the match: Andrew Symonds

Ajit Agarkar recorded his first 5 wicket haul, and his best career ODI figures to date.

Match 2: Australia v Zimbabwe

11 January
14:15 (D/N)
(scorecard)
Australia 
225/8 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
126 (37.3 overs)
Andrew Symonds 42 (82)
Sean Ervine 3/53 (10 overs)
Heath Streak 46 (92)
Brad Williams 5/22 (8.3 overs)
 Australia won by 99 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Attendance: 20,538
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (RSA) and Simon Taufel (AUS)
Player of the match: Brad Williams

Brad Williams took his second 5 wicket haul, and recorded his best bowling figures with his 5/22.

Match 3: India v Zimbabwe

14 January
10:00
(scorecard)
Zimbabwe 
208/6 (50 overs)
v
 India
211/3 (37.4 overs)
Heath Streak 59* (68)
Virender Sehwag 2/40 (10 overs)
Virender Sehwag 90 (102)
Douglas Hondo 1/39 (8 overs)
 India won by 7 wickets
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Attendance: 3,109
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WIN) and Peter Parker (AUS)
Player of the match: Virender Sehwag

Match 4: Australia v Zimbabwe

16 January
10:00
(scorecard)
Australia 
344/7 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
196/6 (50 overs)
Adam Gilchrist 172 (126)
Matthew Hayden 63 (75)
Heath Streak 3/50 (10 overs)
Heath Streak 64* (82)
Brett Lee 1/29 (10 overs)
 Australia won by 148 runs
Bellerive Oval, Hobart Attendance: 12,715
Umpires: Steve Davis (AUS) and Rudi Koertzen (RSA)
Player of the match: Adam Gilchrist

Gilchrist's 172 is his personal highest score in both One Day Internationals and List A cricket.[1] It was also the highest score by a wicket-keeper in ODI cricket until Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 183* in 2005.[2]

Match 5: Australia v India

18 January
13:15 (D/N)
(scorecard)
India 
303/4 (50 overs)
v
 Australia
284 (49.4 overs)
VVS Laxman 103* (113)
Sachin Tendulkar 86 (95)
Rahul Dravid 74 (64)
Brad Williams 1/40 (8 overs)
Matthew Hayden 109 (107)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 4/48 (10 overs)
Irfan Pathan 3/64 (9.4 overs)
 India won by 19 runs
The Gabba, Woolloongabba
Attendance: 35,052
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WIN) and Peter Parker (AUS)
Player of the match: VVS Laxman

Match 6: India v Zimbabwe

20 January
13:15 (D/N)
(scorecard)
India 
255/6 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
231 (47.1 overs)
Rahul Dravid 84 (106)
Yuvraj Singh 69 (76)
Sean Ervine 3/47 (10 overs)
Sean Ervine 39 (27)
Sourav Ganguly 3/55 (10 overs)
 India won by 24 runs
The Gabba, Woolloongabba
Attendance: 9,638
Umpires: Steve Davis (AUS) and Rudi Koertzen (RSA)
Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh

Match 7: Australia v India

22 January
14:15 (D/N)
(scorecard)
India 
296/4 (50 overs)
v
 Australia
225/8 (33.5 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 139 (122)
VVS Laxman 106* (130)
Brett Lee 2/46 (9 overs)
Adam Gilchrist 95 (72)
Sourav Ganguly 3/41 (7 overs)
Irfan Pathan 3/51 (7 overs)
 Australia won by 2 wickets (DL)
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Attendance: 39,088
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WIN) and Daryl Harper (AUS)
Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh
  • Match shortened due to rain; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 225 runs in 34 overs for Australia.

Match 8: India v Zimbabwe

24 January
13:45 (D/N)
(scorecard)
India 
280/7 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
277/6 (50 overs)
VVS Laxman 131 (138)
Rahul Dravid 56 (72)
Rohan Gavaskar 54 (62)
Heath Streak 3/53 (10 overs)
Stuart Carlisle 109 (128)
Sean Ervine 100 (100)
Ajit Agarkar 3/39 (10 overs)
 India won by 3 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Attendance: 8,680
Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS) and Rudi Koertzen (RSA)
Player of the match: VVS Laxman

Match 9: Australia v Zimbabwe

26 January
13:45 (D/N)
(scorecard)
Australia 
279/7 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
266/8 (50 overs)
Michael Bevan 75 (91)
Ricky Ponting 63 (71)
Heath Streak 3/45 (10 overs)
Grant Flower 94 (106)
Brad Williams 2/38 (8 overs)
 Australia won by 13 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Attendance: 27,612
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WIN) and Steve Davis (AUS)
Player of the match: Grant Flower

Match 10: Australia v Zimbabwe

29 January
14:15 (D/N)
(scorecard)
Australia 
263/9 (50 overs)
v
Michael Bevan 56 (56)
Heath Streak 2/47 (10 overs)
No result
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Attendance: 15,218
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (RSA) and Peter Parker (AUS)
  • Match abandoned due to rain.

Match 11: Australia v India

1 February
10:30
(scorecard)
India 
203 (49 overs)
v
 Australia
204/5 (32 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 47 (62)
Brett Lee 3/22 (10 overs)
Adam Gilchrist 75 (65)
Andrew Symonds 73 (57)
Ajit Agarkar 2/56 (9 overs)
 Australia won by 5 wickets
WACA Ground, Perth
Attendance: 18,858
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WIN) and Daryl Harper (AUS)
Player of the match: Adam Gilchrist

Match 12: India v Zimbabwe

3 February
12:30 (D/N)
(scorecard)
Zimbabwe 
135 (34.4 overs)
v
 India
136/6 (30.3 overs)
Stuart Matsikenyeri 36 (46)
Irfan Pathan 4/24 (10 overs)
Amit Bhandari 3/31 (7.4 overs)
Hemang Badani 34 (59)
Sean Ervine 2/29 (8.3 overs)
 India won by 4 wickets
WACA Ground, Perth
Attendance: 4,053
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (RSA) and Simon Taufel (AUS)
Player of the match: Irfan Pathan

Final series

First final

6 February
14:15 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
222 (49 overs)
v
 Australia
224/3 (40.1 overs)
Hemang Badani 60* (81)
Brett Lee 2/34 (9 overs)
Ricky Ponting 88 (80)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 3/52 (10 overs)
Australia won by 7 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Attendance: 44,737
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (Win) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Ricky Ponting (Aus)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

Second final

8 February
14:15 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia 
359/5 (50 overs)
v
 India
151 (33.2 overs)
Matthew Hayden 126 (122)
Ashish Nehra 2/63 (10 overs)
Irfan Pathan 30 (41)
Brad Williams 2/12 (6.2 overs)
Australia won by 208 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Attendance: 39,760
Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS) and Rudi Koertzen (RSA)
Player of the match: Matthew Hayden (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

See also

References

  1. "Players and Officials – Adam Gilchrist". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 July 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2007.
  2. "Wisden – 2006 – India v Sri Lanka, 2005–06". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 July 2007.
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