2003–04 Australia Tri-Series

Cricket series

VB Series

Part of the Zimbabwean cricket team in Australia in 2003–04
and the Indian cricket team in Australia in 2003–04

Date

9 January 2004 – 8 February 2004

Location

Australia

Result

Won by

Australia

Player of the series

Adam 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)

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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	8	6	1	1	3	1	37	+1.100
2	India	8	5	3	0	2	2	29	+0.282
3	Zimbabwe	8	0	7	1	0	3	6	−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:

Total points
Games won
Head-to-head result
Bonus points
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. It was also the highest score by a wicket-keeper in ODI cricket until Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 183* in 2005.

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	Zimbabwe
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

Michael Hussey (Aus) made his ODI debut.

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.

Gallery

Match 1 at the MCG

References

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

External links

Tournament home at ESPNcricinfo
VB Series 2003/04 at CricketArchive (subscription required)

International cricket tours of Australia

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World Series Cricket (West Indies & World XI)	1977-78 1978-79
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§: Toured New Zealand as well as Australia

v t e International cricket in 2003–04
Preceding season: International cricket in 2003
October 2003	New Zealand in India South Africa in Pakistan Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship Zimbabwe in Australia England in Bangladesh TVS Cup
November 2003	West Indies in Zimbabwe England in Sri Lanka New Zealand in Pakistan New Zealand women in India
December 2003	India in Australia West Indies in South Africa Pakistan in New Zealand
January 2004	Australia Tri-Series West Indies in South Africa
February 2004	Bangladesh in Zimbabwe South Africa in New Zealand Australia in Sri Lanka Six Nations Challenge West Indies women in India
March 2004	England in West Indies India in Pakistan Americas Affiliates Championship ICC Intercontinental Cup West Indies women in Pakistan
Following season: International cricket in 2004

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