Australia v Pakistan
Australia won by 18 runs
VB Series, Final4 February 2005Melbourne Cricket Ground
Australiabatted first
23749 ov
Pakistantarget 238 in 50 overs
219/950 ov
Australia won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match A Symonds
Australia innings
23749 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Gilchrist | c Abdul Razzaq b Mohammad Khalil | 24 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 57.1 |
| MJ Clarke | lbw b Naved-ul-Hasan | 9 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 40.9 |
| RT Ponting | b Iftikhar Anjum | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 73.3 |
| DR Martyn | st Kamran Akmal b Shahid Afridi | 53 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 67.9 |
| A Symonds | c Inzamam-ul-Haq b Abdul Razzaq | 91 | 101 | 7 | 0 | 90.1 |
| DS Lehmann | c Kamran Akmal b Shahid Afridi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SM Katich | c Yasir Hameed (sub) b Abdul Razzaq | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 52.9 |
| SR Watson | c Mohammad Hafeez b Abdul Razzaq | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 |
| B Lee | b Naved-ul-Hasan | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 108.3 |
| JN Gillespie | not out | 3* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| GD McGrath | run out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | b 1, lb 8, w 7, nb 3 | 19 | ||||
| Total | all out, 49 overs, run rate 4.84 | 237 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 240
1-29 MJ Clarke2-51 AC Gilchrist3-53 RT Ponting4-190 DR Martyn5-190 DS Lehmann6-213 SM Katich7-213 A Symonds8-220 SR Watson9-235 B Lee10-237 GD McGrath
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naved-ul-Hasan | 9 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 5.56 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Iftikhar Anjum | 8 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 3.38 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mohammad Khalil | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 7.50 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shahid Afridi | 10 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 5.00 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Abdul Razzaq | 10 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 3.30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 8 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 4.75 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pakistan innings chasing 238
219/950 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salman Butt | lbw b B Lee | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Kamran Akmal | c JN Gillespie b GD McGrath | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | c SR Watson b GD McGrath | 13 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Mohammad Yousuf | b B Lee | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | c GD McGrath b B Lee | 51 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 61.4 |
| Shoaib Malik | c DS Lehmann b JN Gillespie | 66 | 89 | 3 | 2 | 74.2 |
| Abdul Razzaq | run out | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 |
| Shahid Afridi | c SM Katich b JN Gillespie | 26 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 173.3 |
| Naved-ul-Hasan | c DR Martyn b GD McGrath | 29 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Iftikhar Anjum | not out | 19* | 32 | 1 | 0 | 59.4 |
| Mohammad Khalil | not out | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | lb 3, w 2, nb 1 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 9 wickets, 50 overs, run rate 4.38 | 219 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 240
1-1 Salman Butt2-7 Kamran Akmal3-9 Mohammad Yousuf4-27 Mohammad Hafeez5-118 Inzamam-ul-Haq6-123 Abdul Razzaq7-153 Shoaib Malik8-171 Shahid Afridi9-216 Naved-ul-Hasan
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B Lee | 10 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 2.30 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GD McGrath | 10 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 3.40 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JN Gillespie | 10 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 4.70 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| SR Watson | 9 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 4.22 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| DS Lehmann | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 7.25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| A Symonds | 7 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 6.43 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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