2003–04 Australia Tri-Series (original) (raw)

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Cricket series

VB Series
Part of the Zimbabwean cricket team in Australia in 2003–04and the Indian cricket team in Australia in 2003–04
Date	9 January 2004 – 8 February 2004
Location	Australia
Result	Won by Australia
Player of the series	Adam Gilchrist
Teams Australia India ZimbabweCaptainsRicky Ponting Sourav Ganguly Heath StreakMost runsGilchrist (498)Hayden (425) VVS Laxman (443)Yuvraj Singh (314) Ervine (265)Carlisle (223)Most wicketsWilliams (15)Lee (12) Pathan (16)Balaji (13) Streak (15)Ervine (12)
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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.

Pos	Team	P	W	L	NR/T	BP	CP	Points	NRR
1	Australia	8	6	1	1	3	1	37	+1.100
2	India	8	5	3	0	2	2	29	+0.282
3	Zimbabwe	8	0	7	1	0	3	6	−1.326

BP = Bonus points.

1 bonus point was awarded to the winning team if their run rate was 1.25x than that of the losing team.

CP = Consolation points

1 consolation point was awarded to the losing team if they denied the winning team from receiving the bonus point.

Won = 5 points
Lost = 0 points
Tie or No result = 3 points
Standard net run rate rules applied.

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

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Ajit Agarkar recorded his first 5 wicket haul, and his best career ODI figures to date.[_citation needed_]

Match 2: Australia v Zimbabwe

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Brad Williams took his second 5 wicket haul, and recorded his best bowling figures with his 5/22.[_citation needed_]

Match 3: India v Zimbabwe

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Match 4: Australia v Zimbabwe

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Gilchrist's 172 is his personal highest score in both One Day Internationals and List A cricket.[1] It was also the highest score by a wicket-keeper in ODI cricket until Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 183* in 2005.[2]