Location Australia Player of the series Adam Gilchrist Ricky Ponting Sourav Ganguly | Result Won by Australia Australia India | |
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Date 9 January 2004 – 8 February 2004 | ||
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.
Contents
Key
Points system
Position deciders
The deciding factors, in order, on table position were:
- Total points
- Games won
- Head-to-head result
- Bonus points
- Net run rate
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 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.
References
2003–04 VB Series Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA