International cricket in 2005 explained

The international cricket season in 2005 lasted from April to September 2005.

Season overview

International tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
Start date	Home team	Away team	width=50	Test	width=50	ODI	width=50	T20I
			1–1 [2]	0–3 [3]	–
			2–0 [2]	–	–
			2–1 [5]	1–2 [3]	1–0 [1]
			2–0 [2]	–	–
			0–2 [2]	–	–
			2–0 [2]	3–0 [3]	–
			0–2 [2]	–	–
International tournaments
Dates	Tournament			Winners
	NatWest Series	Trophy shared
	Indian Oil Cup
	Afro-Asian Cup	Tied series
	Videocon Tri-Series
Minor tournaments
Start date	Tournament			Winners
	ICC Intercontinental Cup
	ICC Trophy

Rankings

The following are the rankings at the start of the season

ICC Test Championship 19 May 2005
Rank	Team	Points
1		132
2		110
3		107
4		102
5		100
6		100
7		97
8		73
9		41
10		6

ICC ODI Championship 19 May 2005
Rank	Team	Points
1		140
2		117
3		116
4		112
5		110
6		103
7		98
8		97
9		50
10		26
11		11

April

ICC Intercontinental Cup

See main article: 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup.

Africa
Team
	2	1	1	0	49
	2	1	1	0	46.5
	2	0	0	2	32

Asia
Team
	2	1	0	1	41
	2	1	1	0	40.5
	2	0	1	1	18

Europe
Team
	2	1	1	0	41
	2	0	1	1	21
	2	0	2	0	11.5

America
Team
	2	2	0	0	62
	2	1	0	1	50
	2	0	0	2	23

No.	Date	Team 1	Captain	Team 2	Captain	Venue	Result
Group Stages
African Group
First-class	22–24 April						by 161 runs
First-class	13–15 May						by 3 wickets
First-class	3–5 June						Match drawn
Asian Group
First-class	24–26 April						by 7 wickets
First-class	30 April–2 May						Match drawn
First-class	7–9 May						by 172 runs
European Group
First-class	29–31 July						Match drawn
First-class	13–15 August						by 3 runs
First-class	23–25 August						Match drawn
North American Group
First-class	23–25 August						by 48 runs
First-class	27–29 August						by an innings and 105 runs
First-class	31 August–2 September						by 120 runs

No.	Date	Team 1	Captain	Team 2	Captain	Venue	Result
Semi-Finals
First-class	23–25 October						Match drawn; win on points
First-class	23–25 October						Match drawn; win on points
Final
First-class	27–29 October						by 6 wickets

May

Pakistan in the West Indies

See main article: Pakistanis in West Indies in 2005.

No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI series
ODI 2246	18 May				by 59 runs
ODI 2247	21 May				by 40 runs
ODI 2248	22 May				by 22 runs
Test series
Test 1752	26–29 May				by 276 runs
Test 1754	3–7 June				by 136 runs

Bangladesh in England

See main article: Bangladeshi cricket team in England in 2005.

No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test series
Test 1751	26–28 May				by an innings and 261 runs
Test 1753	3–5 June				by an innings and 27 runs

June

Australia in England

See main article: Australians in England in 2005.

No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Only T20I
T20I 2	13 June				by 100 runs
ODI series
ODI 2259	7 July				by 9 wickets
ODI 2260	10 July			Lord's, London	by 7 wickets
ODI 2261	12 July				by 8 wickets
Test series
Test 1756	21–24 July				by 239 runs
Test 1758	4–7 August				by 2 runs
Test 1760	11–15 August				Match drawn
Test 1762	25–28 August				by 3 wickets
Test 1763	8–12 September				Match drawn

NatWest Series

Team
	6	4	1	1	26	+1.38
	6	3	2	1	22	+0.89
	6	1	5	0	6	−2.01

Group stage
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain	Team 2	Captain	Venue	Result
ODI 2249	16 June						by 10 wickets
ODI 2250	18 June						by 5 wickets
ODI 2251	19 June						by 3 wickets
ODI 2252	21 June						by 168 runs
ODI 2253	23 June						by 57 runs
ODI 2254	25 June						by 10 wickets
ODI 2255	26 June						by 5 wickets
ODI 2256	28 June						No result
ODI 2257	30 June						by 6 wickets
Final
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain	Team 2	Captain	Venue	Result
ODI 2258	2 July						Match tied

July

ICC Trophy

See main article: 2005 ICC Trophy.

Group A
Team
	5	4	0	1	9	+1.49
	5	3	1	1	7	+0.70
	5	2	2	1	5	+0.43
	5	2	2	1	5	−0.21
	5	1	3	1	3	−1.05
	5	0	4	1	1	−1.39

Group B
Team
	5	5	0	0	10	+2.07
	5	4	1	0	8	+0.79
	5	3	2	0	6	+0.43
	5	2	3	0	4	+0.31
	5	1	4	0	2	−2.20
	5	0	5	0	0	−2.59

Group A
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain	Team 2	Captain	Venue	Result
ICCT 421	1 July		Carsten Pedersen		Joel Olwenyi		by 28 runs
ICCT 422	1 July						by 97 runs
ICCT 425	1 July						by 55 runs
ICCT 426	2 July						by 30 runs
ICCT 428	2 July		Carsten Pedersen				by 96 runs
ICCT 429	2 July				Joel Olwenyi		by 127 runs
ICCT 432	4 July				Carsten Pedersen		by 93 runs
ICCT 434	4 July						by 2 wickets
ICCT 437	4 July		Joel Olwenyi				by 6 wickets
ICCT 438	5 July				Joel Olwenyi		No result
ICCT 439	5 July		Carsten Pedersen				No result
ICCT 437a	5 July						Match abandoned
ICCT 443	7 July						by 113 runs
ICCT 445	7 July				Carsten Pedersen		by 73 runs
ICCT 448	7 July		Joel Olwenyi				by 63 runs

Group B
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain	Team 2	Captain	Venue	Result
ICCT 420	1 July						by 2 runs
ICCT 423	1 July				Rarua Dikana		by 9 wickets
ICCT 424	1 July						by 6 wickets
ICCT 427	2 July						by 7 wickets
ICCT 430	2 July				Rarua Dikana		NAM by 96 runs
ICCT 431	2 July						by 258 runs
ICCT 433	4 July						by 2 wickets
ICCT 435	4 July						by 6 wickets
ICCT 436	4 July		Rarua Dikana				by 5 wickets
ICCT 440	5 July						by 2 wickets
ICCT 441	5 July						by 27 runs
ICCT 442	5 July				Rarua Dikana		by 93 runs
ICCT 444	7 July				Rarua Dikana		by 160 runs
ICCT 446	7 July						by 6 wickets
ICCT 447	7 July						by 98 runs

Knock-Out Stages
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain	Team 2	Captain	Venue	Result	Type of match
Semi-Finals
ICCT 449	9 July						by 6 wickets
ICCT 450	9 July						by 4 wickets
5th Place Semi-Finals
ICCT 451	9 July				Carsten Pedersen		by 89 runs
ICCT 452	9 July						by 4 wickets
9th Place Semi-Finals
ICCT 453	9 July				Joel Olwenyi		by 6 runs
ICCT 454	9 July		Rarua Dikana				by 8 wickets
Placement Matches
ICCT 455	11 July						by 5 wickets	3rd Place Play-off
ICCT 457	11 July						by 145 runs	5th Place Play-off
ICCT 456	11 July		Carsten Pedersen				by 103 runs	7th Place Play-off
ICCT 458	11 July						by 3 wickets	9th Place Play-off
ICCT 459	11 July		Rarua Dikana				by 8 wickets	11th Place Play-off
ICCT 460	13 July						by 47 runs	Final

West Indies in Sri Lanka

See main article: West Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2005.

No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test series
Test 1755	13–16 July				by 6 wickets
Test 1757	22–25 July				by 240 runs

Indian Oil Cup in Sri Lanka

See main article: Indian Oil Cup 2005.

Team
	4	3	1	0	17	+0.19
	4	2	2	0	13	+0.26
	4	1	3	0	6	−0.46

Group Stage
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain	Team 2	Captain	Venue	Result
ODI 2262	30 July						by 3 wickets
ODI 2263	31 July						by 6 wickets
ODI 2264	2 August						by 50 runs
ODI 2265	3 August						by 4 wickets
ODI 2266	6 August						by 33 runs
ODI 2267	7 August						by 7 runs
Final
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain	Team 2	Captain	Venue	Result
ODI 2268	9 August						by 18 runs

August

Afro-Asian Cup

See main article: 2005 Afro-Asian Cup.

No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 2269	17 August				AFR by 2 runs
ODI 2270	20 August				ASI by 17 runs
ODI 2271	21 August				No result

New Zealanders in Zimbabwe

See main article: New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2005.

No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test series
Test 1759	7–8 August				by an innings and 294 runs
Test 1761	15–17 August				by an innings and 46 runs

Videocon Tri-Series

See main article: Videocon Tri-Series 2005-06.

Team
	4	3	1	0	18	+1.32
	4	3	1	0	16	+0.68
	4	0	4	0	2	-2.03

No.	Date	Team 1	Captain	Team 2	Captain	Venue	Result
Group Stages
ODI 2272	24 August						by 192 runs
ODI 2273	26 August						by 51 runs
ODI 2274	29 August						by 161 runs
ODI 2276	31 August						by 27 runs
ODI 2278	2 September						by 6 wickets
ODI 2280	4 September						by 4 wickets
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain	Team 2	Captain	Venue	Result
Final
ODI 2281	6 September						by 6 wickets

Bangladesh in Sri Lanka

See main article: Bangladeshi cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2005.

No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI series
ODI 2275	31 August				by 88 runs
ODI 2277	2 September				by 75 runs
ODI 2279	4 September				by 6 wickets (D/L)
Test series
Test 1764	12–14 September				by an innings and 96 runs
Test 1766	20–22 September				by an innings and 69 runs

September

India in Zimbabwe

See main article: Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2005.

No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test series
Test 1765	13−16 September				by an innings and 90 runs
Test 1767	20−22 September				by 10 wickets

See also

References

The Cricinfo Archives 2005
Cricinfo – ICC Intercontinental Cup 2005
CricketArchive
ICC Trophy 2005 – official site powered by CricketEurope
International Cricket Council