Australia Vs Pakistan 5Th Match
VB Series Australia, Pakistan, West Indies in Australia - 2005 (2004/05) · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney · 23 January 2005
Australia won by 9 wickets (with 82 balls remaining)
Australia won by 9 wickets (with 82 balls remaining). Michael Clarke top-scored with 103* for Australia.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
- Date
- 23 January 2005
- Toss
- Australia, chose to field
- Result
- Australia won by 9 wickets (with 82 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Michael Clarke
- Captains
- Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan), Ricky Ponting (Australia)
- Umpires
- DJ Harper and RE Koertzen
- Match referee
- BC Broad
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Australia won the toss and chose to field.
Pakistan batted first and made 163 all out. Inzamam-ul-Haq top-scored with 50 off 61 balls, and Shahid Afridi made 48. Darren Lehmann took 3 for 44 for Australia. That was well below the 2000s average first-innings total at Sydney Cricket Ground, 248 across 32 ODIs.
Chasing 164, Australia made 167 for 1. Michael Clarke top-scored with 103 not out off 107 balls. The innings was built on a 88-run stand for the second wicket between Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke, 53% of the total.
Australia won by 9 wickets (with 82 balls remaining).
PAKISTAN: 163 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamran Akmal | b Brett Lee | 2 | 7 |
| Salman Butt | lbw b Glenn McGrath | 0 | 8 |
| Shoaib Malik | b Glenn McGrath | 8 | 29 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | c Michael Clarke b Darren Lehmann | 50 | 61 |
| Mohammad Yousuf | c Ricky Ponting b Michael Kasprowicz | 4 | 6 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | c Matthew Hayden b Shane Watson | 13 | 36 |
| Abdul Razzaq | run out (Michael Clarke) | 16 | 21 |
| Shahid Afridi | st Brad Haddin b Darren Lehmann | 48 | 37 |
| Azhar Mahmood | c Matthew Hayden b Darren Lehmann | 1 | 7 |
| Naved-ul-Hasan | b Brett Lee | 6 | 20 |
| Iftikhar Anjum | not out | 1 | 3 |
Extras 14 · Total 163 all out
| Bowler (Australia) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn McGrath | 10 | 3 | 18 | 2 |
| Brett Lee | 10 | 0 | 54 | 2 |
| Michael Kasprowicz | 5 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| Shane Watson | 7 | 2 | 26 | 1 |
| Darren Lehmann | 7.2 | 0 | 44 | 3 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-2 (Salman Butt, 2.2 ov), 2-2 (Kamran Akmal, 3.1 ov), 3-38 (Shoaib Malik, 12.1 ov), 4-44 (Mohammad Yousuf, 13.2 ov), 5-68 (Mohammad Hafeez, 20.6 ov), 6-98 (Abdul Razzaq, 26.6 ov), 7-103 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 29.1 ov), 8-115 (Azhar Mahmood, 31.4 ov), 9-161 (Naved-ul-Hasan, 38.2 ov), 10-163 (Shahid Afridi, 39.2 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Kamran Akmal (2) and Salman Butt (0) | 2 | 8 |
| second | Shoaib Malik (0) and Kamran Akmal (0) | 0 | 5 |
| third | Inzamam-ul-Haq (26) and Shoaib Malik (8) | 36 | 54 |
| fourth | Inzamam-ul-Haq (1) and Mohammad Yousuf (4) | 6 | 7 |
| fifth | Inzamam-ul-Haq (7) and Mohammad Hafeez (13) | 24 | 46 |
| sixth | Inzamam-ul-Haq (13) and Abdul Razzaq (16) | 30 | 35 |
| seventh | Inzamam-ul-Haq (3) and Shahid Afridi (2) | 5 | 12 |
| eighth | Shahid Afridi (11) and Azhar Mahmood (1) | 12 | 15 |
| ninth | Shahid Afridi (34) and Naved-ul-Hasan (6) | 46 | 40 |
| tenth | Shahid Afridi (1) and Iftikhar Anjum (1) | 2 | 6 |
AUSTRALIA: 167 FOR 1
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Hayden | c Naved-ul-Hasan b Abdul Razzaq | 27 | 65 |
| Michael Clarke | not out | 103 | 107 |
| Ricky Ponting | not out | 17 | 51 |
Did not bat: Damien Martyn, Andrew Symonds, Darren Lehmann, Brad Haddin, Shane Watson, Brett Lee, Glenn McGrath, Michael Kasprowicz
Extras 20 · Total 167 for 1
| Bowler (Pakistan) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naved-ul-Hasan | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Iftikhar Anjum | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Abdul Razzaq | 7 | 0 | 43 | 1 |
| Shahid Afridi | 8 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 4 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| Azhar Mahmood | 4.2 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Salman Butt | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-79 (Matthew Hayden, 17.3 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Matthew Hayden (27) and Michael Clarke (44) | 79 | 105 |
| second | Ricky Ponting (17) and Michael Clarke (57) | 88 | 114 |
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