Cricket series
VB Series Date 9 January 2004 – 8 February 2004 Location Australia Result Won by Australia Player of the series Adam Gilchrist
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
Key
1 bonus point was awarded to the winning team if their run rate was 1.25x than that of the losing team.
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
Ajit Agarkar recorded his first 5 wicket haul, and his best career ODI figures to date.[citation needed ]
Match 2: Australia v Zimbabwe
Brad Williams took his second 5 wicket haul, and recorded his best bowling figures with his 5/22.[citation needed ]
Match 3: India v Zimbabwe
Match 4: Australia v Zimbabwe
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
Match 6: India v Zimbabwe
Match 7: Australia v India
Match shortened due to rain; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 225 runs in 34 overs for Australia.
Match 8: India v Zimbabwe
Match 9: Australia v Zimbabwe
Match 10: Australia v Zimbabwe
Match abandoned due to rain.
Match 11: Australia v India
Match 12: India v Zimbabwe
Final series
First final
India won the toss and elected to bat.
Second final
Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
Gallery
See also
References
External links
International cricket tours of Australia
Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan Bangladesh England India New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka West Indies Zimbabwe
Other tours
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