Asia Xi Vs Icc World Xi Only Odi
ICC World XI tour of Australia - 2005 (2004/05) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 10 January 2005
ICC World XI won by 112 runs
ICC World XI won by 112 runs. Ricky Ponting top-scored with 115 for ICC World XI.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
- Date
- 10 January 2005
- Toss
- ICC World XI, chose to bat
- Result
- ICC World XI won by 112 runs
- Player of the match
- Ricky Ponting
- Captains
- Ricky Ponting (ICC World XI), Sourav Ganguly (Asia XI)
- Umpires
- BF Bowden and RE Koertzen
- Match referee
- BC Broad
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
ICC World XI won the toss and chose to bat.
ICC World XI batted first and made 344 for 8. Ricky Ponting top-scored with 115 off 102 balls, and Chris Cairns made 69. Muthiah Muralidaran took 3 for 59 for Asia XI. The innings was built on a 122-run stand for the third wicket between Brian Lara and Ricky Ponting. That was well above the 2000s average first-innings total at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 242 across 28 ODIs.
Chasing 345, Asia XI made 232 all out. Rahul Dravid top-scored with 75 not out off 71 balls, and Virender Sehwag made 45. Daniel Vettori took 3 for 58 for ICC World XI.
ICC World XI won by 112 runs.
ICC WORLD XI: 344 FOR 8
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Gilchrist | c Kumar Sangakkara b Zaheer Khan | 24 | 20 |
| Chris Gayle | c Kumar Sangakkara b Zaheer Khan | 1 | 9 |
| Ricky Ponting | st Kumar Sangakkara b Anil Kumble | 115 | 102 |
| Brian Lara | c Chaminda Vaas b Anil Kumble | 52 | 77 |
| Chris Cairns | st Kumar Sangakkara b Muthiah Muralidaran | 69 | 47 |
| Glenn McGrath | c Mohammad Yousuf b Muthiah Muralidaran | 0 | 1 |
| Stephen Fleming | b Chaminda Vaas | 30 | 28 |
| Matthew Hayden | st Kumar Sangakkara b Muthiah Muralidaran | 2 | 5 |
| Daniel Vettori | not out | 27 | 17 |
| Shane Warne | not out | 2 | 2 |
Did not bat: Darren Gough
Extras 22 · Total 344 for 8
| Bowler (Asia XI) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaminda Vaas | 9 | 1 | 59 | 1 |
| Zaheer Khan | 8 | 0 | 46 | 2 |
| Abdul Razzaq | 5 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | 10 | 0 | 59 | 3 |
| Anil Kumble | 10 | 0 | 73 | 2 |
| Virender Sehwag | 7 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-1 (Chris Gayle, 1.4 ov), 2-50 (Adam Gilchrist, 9.2 ov), 3-172 (Brian Lara, 30.1 ov), 4-263 (Ricky Ponting, 38.6 ov), 5-264 (Glenn McGrath, 39.5 ov), 6-286 (Chris Cairns, 41.6 ov), 7-292 (Matthew Hayden, 43.4 ov), 8-337 (Stephen Fleming, 49.2 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Adam Gilchrist (0) and Chris Gayle (0) | 1 | 5 |
| second | Ricky Ponting (25) and Adam Gilchrist (24) | 49 | 46 |
| third | Brian Lara (52) and Ricky Ponting (57) | 122 | 130 |
| fourth | Chris Cairns (49) and Ricky Ponting (33) | 91 | 56 |
| fifth | Chris Cairns (1) and Glenn McGrath (0) | 1 | 5 |
| sixth | Chris Cairns (19) and Stephen Fleming (3) | 22 | 13 |
| seventh | Matthew Hayden (2) and Stephen Fleming (4) | 6 | 10 |
| eighth | Stephen Fleming (23) and Daniel Vettori (22) | 45 | 34 |
| ninth | Shane Warne (2) and Daniel Vettori (5) | 7 | 4 |
ASIA XI: 232 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanath Jayasuriya | c Stephen Fleming b Chris Cairns | 28 | 29 |
| Virender Sehwag | c Chris Gayle b Shane Warne | 45 | 39 |
| Sourav Ganguly | c Darren Gough b Daniel Vettori | 22 | 40 |
| Rahul Dravid | not out | 75 | 71 |
| Mohammad Yousuf | c Ricky Ponting b Shane Warne | 4 | 5 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | c Adam Gilchrist b Darren Gough | 24 | 24 |
| Abdul Razzaq | st Adam Gilchrist b Daniel Vettori | 11 | 12 |
| Chaminda Vaas | c Glenn McGrath b Daniel Vettori | 7 | 11 |
| Zaheer Khan | run out (Chris Gayle, Adam Gilchrist) | 0 | – |
| Anil Kumble | b Glenn McGrath | 11 | 7 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | run out (Daniel Vettori) | 0 | 2 |
Extras 5 · Total 232 all out
| Bowler (ICC World XI) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn McGrath | 7 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| Darren Gough | 8 | 0 | 55 | 1 |
| Chris Cairns | 6 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| Shane Warne | 7 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 0 | 58 | 3 |
| Chris Gayle | 1.5 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-59 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 9.3 ov), 2-76 (Virender Sehwag, 12.2 ov), 3-107 (Sourav Ganguly, 19.5 ov), 4-114 (Mohammad Yousuf, 20.5 ov), 5-156 (Kumar Sangakkara, 28.3 ov), 6-173 (Abdul Razzaq, 31.2 ov), 7-197 (Chaminda Vaas, 35.4 ov), 8-199 (Zaheer Khan, 35.6 ov), 9-226 (Anil Kumble, 38.4 ov), 10-232 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 39.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sanath Jayasuriya (27) and Virender Sehwag (30) | 59 | 56 |
| second | Sourav Ganguly (1) and Virender Sehwag (15) | 17 | 18 |
| third | Sourav Ganguly (21) and Rahul Dravid (7) | 31 | 45 |
| fourth | Rahul Dravid (3) and Mohammad Yousuf (4) | 7 | 6 |
| fifth | Rahul Dravid (18) and Kumar Sangakkara (24) | 42 | 46 |
| sixth | Rahul Dravid (6) and Abdul Razzaq (11) | 17 | 16 |
| seventh | Chaminda Vaas (7) and Rahul Dravid (17) | 24 | 27 |
| eighth | Rahul Dravid (2) and Zaheer Khan (0) | 2 | 2 |
| ninth | Anil Kumble (11) and Rahul Dravid (16) | 27 | 16 |
| tenth | Muthiah Muralidaran (0) and Rahul Dravid (6) | 6 | 7 |
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