Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 2004–05

Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 2004–05

	Pakistan	Australia
Dates	7 December 2004 – 6 February 2005
Captains	Inzamam-ul-Haq Yousuf Youhana (2 Tests)	Ricky Ponting
Test series
Result	Australia won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Younis Khan (259)	Ricky Ponting (403)
Most wickets	Danish Kaneria (15)	Glenn McGrath (17)
Player of the series	Damien Martyn (Aus)

The Pakistan national cricket team toured Australia in the 2004–05 season and played three Test matches against Australia. Australia won the series 3–0.

Tour matches

50 overs: Chairman's XI v Pakistanis

7 December 2004
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Pakistanis 256/9 (50 overs)	v	Cricket Australia Chairman's XI 213 (45.2 overs)
Salman Butt 115 (135) Michael Hussey 3/28 (4 overs)		Chris Rogers 61 (59) Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 3/36 (10 overs)

Pakistanis won by 43 runs
Lilac Hill, Perth
Umpires: Bruce Bennett (Aus) and Ian Lock (Aus)

Pakistanis won the toss and elected to bat

First-class: Western Australia v Pakistanis

9–11 December 2004
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Pakistanis	v	Western Australia
262 (82.1 overs) Abdul Razzaq 83* (198) Brett Dorey 3/38 (16 overs)		404/9 (92 overs) Michael Hussey 124 (203) Danish Kaneria 3/133 (34 overs)
174 (54.2 overs) Salman Butt 47 (77) Brett Dorey 5/41 (19.2 overs)		34/0 (4.5 overs) Justin Langer 14 (19) Abdul Razzaq 0/11 (2 overs)

Western Australia won by 10 wickets
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: Jeff Brookes (Aus) and Andrew Craig (Aus)

Pakistanis won the toss and elected to field.

50 overs: Australia A v Pakistanis

12 January 2005
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Pakistanis 279/8 (50 overs)	v	Australia A 266 (48.4 overs)
Abdul Razzaq 89 (61) Shaun Tait 2/49 (10 overs)		Brad Haddin 129 (124) Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 3/42 (9.4 overs)

Pakistanis won by 13 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: Ian Lock (Aus) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)

Australia A won the toss and elected to field.

Twenty20: Australia A v Pakistanis

13 January 2005
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Australia A 185/2 (20 overs)	v	Pakistanis 129/7 (20 overs)
Cameron White 58* (38) Shoaib Akhtar 2/37 (4 overs)		Taufeeq Umar 31 (20) Damien Wright 2/27 (4 overs)

Australia A won by 56 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: Ian Lock (Aus) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)

Australia A won the toss and elected to bat.

50 overs: Prime Minister's XI v Pakistanis

25 January 2005
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Prime Minister's XI 191 (46.4 overs)	v	Pakistanis 192/5 (42.5 overs)
Chris Rogers 46 Shoaib Malik 3/29 (10 overs)		Younis Khan 62* Ben Edmondson 3/38 (9 overs)

Pakistanis won by 5 wickets (with 43 balls remaining)
Manuka Oval, Canberra
Umpires: Andrew Shelley (Aus) and John Smeaton (Aus)
Player of the match: Younis Khan (Pakistanis)

Pakistanis won the toss and elected to bat.

Test series

1st Test

16–19 December 2004
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Australia	v	Pakistan
381 (90.5 overs) Justin Langer 191 (280) Shoaib Akhtar 5/99 (22 overs)		179 (77.3 overs) Younis Khan 42 (99) Michael Kasprowicz 5/30 (16.3 overs)
361/5d (85.2 overs) Damien Martyn 100* (121) Danish Kaneria 2/130 (32 overs)		72 (31.3 overs) Yousuf Youhana 27 (31) Glenn McGrath 8/24 (16 overs)

Australia won by 491 runs
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Justin Langer (Aus)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
Mohammad Khalil (Pak) made his Test debut.
Justin Langer alone (288) outscored the entire Pakistani team in both innings.

2nd Test

26–29 December 2004
Scorecard

Pakistan	v	Australia
341 (107.3 overs) Yousuf Youhana 111 (134) Jason Gillespie 3/77 (26 overs)		379 (99.3 overs) Damien Martyn 142 (245) Shoaib Akhtar 5/109 (27 overs)
163 (64.2 overs) Shoaib Malik 41 (89) Glenn McGrath 4/35 (11.2 overs)		127/1 (27.5 overs) Ricky Ponting 62* (91) Mohammad Sami 1/22 (5 overs)

Australia won by 9 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Jeremy Lloyds (Eng)
Player of the match: Damien Martyn (Aus)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd Test

2–5 January 2005
Scorecard

Pakistan	v	Australia
304 (86.4 overs) Salman Butt 101 (185) Stuart MacGill 5/87 (22 overs)		568 (133.3 overs) Ricky Ponting 207 (332) Danish Kaneria 7/188 (49.3 overs)
325 (89.2 overs) Asim Kamal 87 (143) Shane Warne 4/111 (26 overs)		62/1 (9.3 overs) Justin Langer 34 (30) Danish Kaneria 1/16 (2.3 overs)

Australia won by 9 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Stuart MacGill (Aus)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
Shane Watson (Aus) and Mohammad Asif (Pak) made their Test debuts.

VB Series

Main article: 2004–05 VB Series

During Pakistan's tour they competed in a triangular series with Australia and West Indies. Pakistan finished second in the round robin stage by winning three and losing three matches, but they lost 2–0 to Australia in the best-of-three final.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	NR/T	L	BP	Pts	NRR
1	Australia	6	4	1	1	3	27	+1.082
2	Pakistan	6	3	0	3	2	17	−0.295
3	West Indies	6	1	1	4	2	10	−0.718

References

Pakistan in Australia 2004–05. ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved on 13 February 2012
Australia complete series sweep. ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved on 13 February 2012
VB Series 2004/05. ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved on 13 February 2012
ESPNCricinfo – Pakistan in Australia, 2004–2005. ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved on 13 February 2012

Playfair Cricket Annual
Wisden Cricketers Almanack

External sources

External links

Pakistan in Australia, 2004–2005

v t e International cricket in 2004–05
Preceding season: International cricket in 2004
September 2004	Paktel Cup
October 2004	Australia in India New Zealand in Bangladesh Sri Lanka in Pakistan
November 2004	New Zealand in Australia Chappell–Hadlee Trophy South Africa in India England in Zimbabwe
December 2004	India in Bangladesh Pakistan in Australia England in South Africa Australia women in India
January 2005	VB Series Zimbabwe in Bangladesh
February 2005	Australia in New Zealand Zimbabwe in South Africa
March 2005	South Africa in West Indies Pakistan in India Women's World Cup Final
April 2005	Sri Lanka in New Zealand West Indies women in South Africa
Following season: International cricket in 2005

International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan	2021–22 (cancelled)
Bangladesh	2003 2008
England	1876–77 1878–79 1881–82 1882–83 1884–85 1886–87 1887–88 1891–92 1894–95 1897–98 1901–02 1903–04 1907–08 1911–12 1920–21 1924–25 1928–29 1932–33§ 1936–37 1946–47§ 1950–51§ 1954–55§ 1958–59§ 1962–63§ 1965–66§ 1970–71§ 1974–75§ 1977 1978–79 1979–80 1982–83 1986–87 1987–88§ 1990–91 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18 2021–22 2022–23
India	1947–48 1967–68§ 1977–78 1980–81§ 1985–86 1991–92 1999–2000 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2015–16 2018–19 2020–21 2024–25
New Zealand	1973–74 1980–81 1982–83 1985–86 1987–88 1989–90 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2015–16 2016–17 2019–20 2022–23
Pakistan	1964–65§ 1972–73§ 1976–77 1978–79§ 1981–82 1983–84 1989–90 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 1999–2000 2002 2004–05 2009–10 2016–17 2019–20 2023–24 2024–25
South Africa	1910–11 1931–32§ 1952–53§ 1963–64§ 1971–72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17 2018–19 2022–23
Sri Lanka	1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 2004 2007–08 2010–11 2012–13 2016–17 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22
West Indies	1930–31 1951–52§ 1960–61 1968–69§ 1975–76 1979–80§ 1981–82 1984–85 1988–89 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 2000–01 2005–06 2009–10 2012–13 2015–16 2020–21 2022–23 2023–24
Zimbabwe	1994–95 2003–04 2022

Tournaments hosted
World Cup	1992 2015
T20 World Cup	2022
Tri-series	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2017–18
Other multi-team tournaments	1985 1987

Other tours
Afghanistan	2014–15
Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46
English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80
England Lions	2012–13 2021
Fijian	1907–08
Ireland	2014–15
Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06
Nepal	2023–24
New Zealand	1898–99 1913–14 1925–26 1927–28 1937–38 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1974–75
PNG	2014–15
Scotland	2014–15
Sri Lanka	1982–83
UAE	2014–15
World Series Cricket (West Indies & World XI)	1977-78 1978-79
Pakistan A	2024

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