Australian Tri-Series
The Australian Tri-Series refers to the one day international (ODI) cricket tournament held in Australia, and contested by Australia and two touring teams. The series is played during the height of the Australian cricket season, in the summer months of December, January and February. The series has been the primary format for international one-day cricket throughout most of the history of ODI cricket in Australia. The tri-series was first held in 1979–80 and was contested every season until 2007–08. It has since been held twice, in the 2011–12 season, and again in the 2014–15 season, prior to the World Cup.
History
The concept of a three-team international series known as a tri-series in cricket originated with the World Series Cricket program sponsored by Kerry Packer. Packer was keen to exploit what he saw as strong interest in ODI cricket, and staged long tri-series amongst teams from Australia, West Indies, and The Rest of the World in the 1977–78 and 1978–79 seasons. These tournaments have never been awarded either One Day International or List A status.
2003–04 VB Series
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
Points system
Position deciders
The deciding factors, in order, on table position were:
Matches
Match 1: Australia v India
Ajit Agarkar recorded his first 5 wicket haul, and his best career ODI figures to date.
Match 2: Australia v Zimbabwe
Brad Williams took his second 5 wicket haul, and recorded his best bowling figures with his 5/22.
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. It was also the highest score by a wicket-keeper in ODI cricket until Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 183* in 2005.
2004–05 VB Series
The 2004–05 edition of the VB Series (so-called because of sponsor Victoria Bitter) was a three-team One Day International men's cricket tournament held in Australia in January and February 2005, between the hosting nation's team, Pakistan and West Indies. The teams played each other three times , with five points awarded for a win and a possible bonus point awarded either to the winners or losers depending on run rate. The top two teams on points went through to the best-of-three finals series. Five of the nine preliminary games were day-night matches, and both finals played were night matches.
Squads
Notes
Group Stage Table
Schedule
Group stage matches
1st match: Australia v West Indies, 14 January
2nd match: Australia v Pakistan, 16 January
3rd match: Pakistan v West Indies, 19 January
4th match: Australia v West Indies, 21 January
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