International cricket |
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in 2004–05 | in 2005–06 |
The international cricket season in 2005 lasted from April to September 2005.
International tours | |||||
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Start date | Home team | Away team | Results [Matches] | ||
Test | ODI | T20I | |||
18 May 2005 | West Indies | Pakistan | 1–1 [2] | 0–3 [3] | – |
26 May 2005 | England | Bangladesh | 2–0 [2] | – | – |
13 June 2005 | England | Australia | 2–1 [5] | 1–2 [3] | 1–0 [1] |
13 July 2005 | Sri Lanka | West Indies | 2–0 [2] | – | – |
7 August 2005 | Zimbabwe | New Zealand | 0–2 [2] | – | – |
31 August 2005 | Sri Lanka | Bangladesh | 2–0 [2] | 3–0 [3] | – |
13 September 2005 | Zimbabwe | India | 0–2 [2] | – | – |
International tournaments | |||||
Dates | Tournament | Winners | |||
16 June 2005 | NatWest Series | Trophy shared | |||
30 July 2005 | Indian Oil Cup | Sri Lanka | |||
17 August 2005 | Afro-Asian Cup | Tied series | |||
24 August 2005 | Videocon Tri-Series | New Zealand | |||
Minor tournaments | |||||
Start date | Tournament | Winners | |||
22 April 2005 | ICC Intercontinental Cup | Ireland | |||
1 July 2005 | ICC Trophy | Scotland |
The following are the rankings at the start of the season
ICC Test Championship 19 May 2005 | ||||
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Rank | Team | Points | ||
1 | Australia | 132 | ||
2 | England | 110 | ||
3 | India | 107 | ||
4 | Pakistan | 102 | ||
5 | Sri Lanka | 100 | ||
6 | South Africa | 100 | ||
7 | New Zealand | 97 | ||
8 | West Indies | 73 | ||
9 | Zimbabwe | 41 | ||
10 | Bangladesh | 6 |
ICC ODI Championship 19 May 2005 | ||||
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Rank | Team | Points | ||
1 | Australia | 140 | ||
2 | Sri Lanka | 117 | ||
3 | India | 116 | ||
4 | South Africa | 112 | ||
5 | Pakistan | 110 | ||
6 | England | 103 | ||
7 | West Indies | 98 | ||
8 | New Zealand | 97 | ||
9 | Zimbabwe | 50 | ||
10 | Kenya | 26 | ||
11 | Bangladesh | 11 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
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Kenya | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49 |
Namibia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46.5 |
Uganda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
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United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 |
Nepal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40.5 |
Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
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Ireland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 |
Scotland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11.5 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
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Bermuda | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
Canada | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 |
Cayman Islands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain | Team 2 | Captain | Venue | Result |
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Semi-Finals | |||||||
First-class | 23–25 October | Bermuda | Clay Smith | Kenya | Steve Tikolo | United Ground, Windhoek | Match drawn; Kenya win on points |
First-class | 23–25 October | Ireland | Trent Johnston | United Arab Emirates | Arshad Ali | Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek | Match drawn; Ireland win on points |
Final | |||||||
First-class | 27–29 October | Kenya | Steve Tikolo | Ireland | Trent Johnston | Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek | Ireland by 6 wickets |
No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
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ODI series | |||||
ODI 2246 | 18 May | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St. Vincent | Pakistan by 59 runs |
ODI 2247 | 21 May | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St. Lucia | Pakistan by 40 runs |
ODI 2248 | 22 May | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | Younis Khan | Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St. Lucia | Pakistan by 22 runs |
Test series | |||||
Test 1752 | 26–29 May | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | Younis Khan | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados | West Indies by 276 runs |
Test 1754 | 3–7 June | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica | Pakistan by 136 runs |
No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
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Test series | |||||
Test 1751 | 26–28 May | Michael Vaughan | Habibul Bashar | Lord's, London | England by an innings and 261 runs |
Test 1753 | 3–5 June | Michael Vaughan | Habibul Bashar | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street | England by an innings and 27 runs |
No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
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Only T20I | |||||
T20I 2 | 13 June | Michael Vaughan | Ricky Ponting | The Rose Bowl, Southampton | England by 100 runs |
ODI series | |||||
ODI 2259 | 7 July | Michael Vaughan | Ricky Ponting | Headingley, Leeds | England by 9 wickets |
ODI 2260 | 10 July | Michael Vaughan | Ricky Ponting | Lord's, London | Australia by 7 wickets |
ODI 2261 | 12 July | Michael Vaughan | Ricky Ponting | The Oval, London | Australia by 8 wickets |
Test series | |||||
Test 1756 | 21–24 July | Michael Vaughan | Ricky Ponting | Lord's, London | Australia by 239 runs |
Test 1758 | 4–7 August | Michael Vaughan | Ricky Ponting | Edgbaston, Birmingham | England by 2 runs |
Test 1760 | 11–15 August | Michael Vaughan | Ricky Ponting | Old Trafford, Manchester | Match drawn |
Test 1762 | 25–28 August | Michael Vaughan | Ricky Ponting | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | England by 3 wickets |
Test 1763 | 8–12 September | Michael Vaughan | Ricky Ponting | The Oval, London | Match drawn |
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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England | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 26 | +1.38 |
Australia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 22 | +0.89 |
Bangladesh | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −2.01 |
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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Ireland | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +1.49 |
Bermuda | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | +0.70 |
United Arab Emirates | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | +0.43 |
Denmark | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −0.21 |
Uganda | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | −1.05 |
United States | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | −1.39 |
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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Scotland | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +2.07 |
Canada | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | +0.79 |
Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | +0.43 |
Namibia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | +0.31 |
Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | −2.20 |
Oman | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | −2.59 |
No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
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Test series | |||||
Test 1755 | 13–16 July | Marvan Atapattu | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | Sri Lanka by 6 wickets |
Test 1757 | 22–25 July | Marvan Atapattu | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy | Sri Lanka by 240 runs |
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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Sri Lanka | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | +0.19 |
India | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | +0.26 |
West Indies | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −0.46 |
No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
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ODI 2269 | 17 August | Shaun Pollock | Inzamam-ul-Haq | SuperSport Park, Centurion | AFR by 2 runs |
ODI 2270 | 20 August | Shaun Pollock | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Kingsmead, Durban | ASI by 17 runs |
ODI 2271 | 21 August | Graeme Smith | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Kingsmead, Durban | No result |
No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
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Test series | |||||
Test 1759 | 7–8 August | Tatenda Taibu | Stephen Fleming | Harare Sports Club, Harare | New Zealand by an innings and 294 runs |
Test 1761 | 15–17 August | Tatenda Taibu | Stephen Fleming | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo | New Zealand by an innings and 46 runs |
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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New Zealand | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | +1.32 |
India | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | +0.68 |
Zimbabwe | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | -2.03 |
No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain | Team 2 | Captain | Venue | Result |
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Group Stages | |||||||
ODI 2272 | 24 August | Zimbabwe | Tatenda Taibu | New Zealand | Stephen Fleming | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo | New Zealand by 192 runs |
ODI 2273 | 26 August | India | Sourav Ganguly | New Zealand | Stephen Fleming | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo | New Zealand by 51 runs |
ODI 2274 | 29 August | Zimbabwe | Tatenda Taibu | India | Sourav Ganguly | Harare Sports Club, Harare | India by 161 runs |
ODI 2276 | 31 August | Zimbabwe | Tatenda Taibu | New Zealand | Stephen Fleming | Harare Sports Club, Harare | New Zealand by 27 runs |
ODI 2278 | 2 September | India | Sourav Ganguly | New Zealand | Stephen Fleming | Harare Sports Club, Harare | India by 6 wickets |
ODI 2280 | 4 September | Zimbabwe | Tatenda Taibu | India | Sourav Ganguly | Harare Sports Club, Harare | India by 4 wickets |
No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain | Team 2 | Captain | Venue | Result |
Final | |||||||
ODI 2281 | 6 September | India | Sourav Ganguly | New Zealand | Stephen Fleming | Harare Sports Club, Harare | New Zealand by 6 wickets |
No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
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ODI series | |||||
ODI 2275 | 31 August | Marvan Atapattu | Habibul Bashar | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | Sri Lanka by 88 runs |
ODI 2277 | 2 September | Marvan Atapattu | Habibul Bashar | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Sri Lanka by 75 runs |
ODI 2279 | 4 September | Mahela Jayawardene | Habibul Bashar | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Sri Lanka by 6 wickets (D/L) |
Test series | |||||
Test 1764 | 12–14 September | Marvan Atapattu | Habibul Bashar | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Sri Lanka by an innings and 96 runs |
Test 1766 | 20–22 September | Marvan Atapattu | Habibul Bashar | P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo | Sri Lanka by an innings and 69 runs |
No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
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Test series | |||||
Test 1765 | 13−16 September | Tatenda Taibu | Sourav Ganguly | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo | India by an innings and 90 runs |
Test 1767 | 20−22 September | Tatenda Taibu | Sourav Ganguly | Harare Sports Club, Harare | India by 10 wickets |
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