The 2004–05 international cricket season was from September 2004 to April 2005. There were no major tournaments played during this time. The season included the first-ever Twenty20 International match.

Season overview International tours Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches] Test ODI T20I 1–2 — — 0–2 0–3 — 1–1 — — 2–0 1–1 — 1–0 — — — 0–4 — 0–2 1–2 — 3–0 — — 1–2 4–1 — 1–0 1–0 — 1–0 3–2 — 0–2 0–5 0–1 2–0 3–0 — 1–1 2–4 — 0–2 0–5 — Other international series Dates Tournament Winners Paktel Cup BCCI Platinum Jubilee Match World Cricket Tsunami Appeal ICC World XI VB Series

Pre-season rankings

ICC Test Championship 31 August 2004 Pos Nation Points 1 129 2 109 3 105 4 104 5 103 6 102 7 94 8 73 9 51 10 1

ICC ODI Championship 31 August 2004 Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1 30 4143 138 2 30 3679 123 3 24 2810 117 4 33 3477 105 5 29 2977 103 6 27 2766 102 7 18 1842 102 8 22 2213 101 9 23 1412 61 10 6 169 28 11 0 0 0Reference: ICC ODI Championship , 2 September 2004

September

Paktel Cup

Pos Team 1 4 4 0 0 0 +0.612 21 2 4 1 2 0 1 +0.499 11 3 4 0 3 0 1 –1.508 4

Group stage No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result ODI 2183 30 September Inzamam-ul-Haq Tatenda Taibu Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan by 144 runs ODI 2184 3 October Mohammad Yousuf Tatenda Taibu Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar by 3 wickets ODI 2185 6 October Inzamam-ul-Haq Marvan Atapattu National Stadium, Karachi by 8 wickets ODI 2186 9 October Marvan Atapattu Tatenda Taibu Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi by 7 wickets ODI 2186a 11 October Marvan Atapattu Tatenda Taibu Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Match abandoned ODI 2187 14 October Inzamam-ul-Haq Marvan Atapattu Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore by 6 wickets Final ODI 2188 16 October Inzamam-ul-Haq Marvan Atapattu Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore by 119 runs

October

Australia in India

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1713 6–10 October Sourav Ganguly Adam Gilchrist M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore by 217 runs Test 1714 14–18 October Sourav Ganguly Adam Gilchrist M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Match drawn Test 1718 26–29 October Rahul Dravid Adam Gilchrist Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur by 342 runs Test 1720 3–5 November Rahul Dravid Ricky Ponting Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai by 13 runs

New Zealand in Bangladesh

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1715 19–22 October Khaled Mashud Stephen Fleming Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka by innings and 99 runs Test 1717 26–29 October Khaled Mashud Stephen Fleming M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong by innings and 101 runs ODI series ODI 2189 2 November Habibul Bashar Daniel Vettori M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong by 138 runs ODI 2190 5 November Habibul Bashar Daniel Vettori Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka by 3 wickets ODI 2191 7 November Khaled Mashud Daniel Vettori Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka by 83 runs

Sri Lanka in Pakistan

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1716 20–24 October Inzamam-ul-Haq Marvan Atapattu Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad by 201 runs Test 1719 28 October–1 November Inzamam-ul-Haq Marvan Atapattu National Stadium, Karachi by 6 wickets

November

BCCI Platinum Jubilee Match No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Only ODI ODI 2192 13 November Sourav Ganguly Inzamam-ul-Haq Eden Gardens, Kolkata by 6 wickets

New Zealand in Australia

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1721 18–21 November Ricky Ponting Stephen Fleming The Gabba, Brisbane by innings and 156 runs Test 1723 26–30 November Ricky Ponting Stephen Fleming Adelaide Oval, Adelaide by 213 runs ODI series ODI 2196 5 December Ricky Ponting Stephen Fleming Docklands Stadium, Melbourne by 4 wickets ODI 2198 8 December Ricky Ponting Stephen Fleming Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney by 17 runs ODI 2198a 10 December Ricky Ponting Stephen Fleming The Gabba, Brisbane Match abandoned

South Africa In India

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1722 20–24 November Sourav Ganguly Graeme Smith Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Match drawn Test 1724 28 November–2 December Sourav Ganguly Graeme Smith Eden Gardens, Kolkata by 8 wickets

England in Zimbabwe

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI series ODI 2193 28 November Tatenda Taibu Michael Vaughan Harare Sports Club, Harare by 5 wickets ODI 2194 1 December Tatenda Taibu Michael Vaughan Harare Sports Club, Harare by 161 runs ODI 2195 4 December Tatenda Taibu Michael Vaughan Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo by 8 wickets ODI 2197 5 December Tatenda Taibu Michael Vaughan Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo by 74 runs

December

India in Bangladesh

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1725 10–13 December Habibul Bashar Sourav Ganguly Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka by innings and 140 runs Test 1727 17–20 December Habibul Bashar Sourav Ganguly MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong by innings and 83 runs ODI series ODI 2199 23 December Habibul Bashar Sourav Ganguly MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong by 11 runs ODI 2201 26 December Habibul Bashar Sourav Ganguly Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka by 15 runs ODI 2202 27 December Habibul Bashar Sourav Ganguly Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka by 91 runs

Pakistan in Australia

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1726 16–19 December Ricky Ponting Inzamam-ul-Haq WACA Ground, Perth by 491 runs Test 1729 26–29 December Ricky Ponting Mohammad Yousuf Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne by 9 wickets Test 1731 2–5 January Ricky Ponting Mohammad Yousuf Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney by 9 wickets

England in South Africa

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1728 17–21 December Graeme Smith Michael Vaughan St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth by 7 wickets Test 1730 26–30 December Graeme Smith Michael Vaughan Kingsmead, Durban Match drawn Test 1732 2–6 January Graeme Smith Michael Vaughan Newlands, Cape Town by 196 runs Test 1734 13–17 January Graeme Smith Michael Vaughan New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg by 77 runs Test 1736 21–25 January Graeme Smith Michael Vaughan SuperSport Park, Centurion Match drawn ODI series ODI 2216 30 January Graeme Smith Michael Vaughan New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg by 26 runs (D/L) ODI 2219 2 February Graeme Smith Michael Vaughan Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein Match tied ODI 2221 4 February Graeme Smith Marcus Trescothick St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth by 3 wickets ODI 2223 6 February Graeme Smith Michael Vaughan Newlands, Cape Town by 108 runs ODI 2224 9 February Graeme Smith Michael Vaughan Buffalo Park, East London by 7 runs ODI 2225 11 February Graeme Smith Michael Vaughan Kingsmead, Durban No result ODI 2226 13 February Graeme Smith Michael Vaughan SuperSport Park, Centurion by 3 wickets

Sri Lanka in New Zealand

The second to fifth ODIs were cancelled to allow the Sri Lankan team to return home following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami on 26 December. No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI series ODI 2200 26 December Stephen Fleming Marvan Atapattu Eden Park, Auckland by 7 wickets ODI 2202a 29 December Stephen Fleming Marvan Atapattu McLean Park, Napier Match cancelled ODI 2202b 2 January Stephen Fleming Marvan Atapattu Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown Match cancelled ODI 2202c 4 January Stephen Fleming Marvan Atapattu Jade Stadium, Christchurch Match cancelled ODI 2202d 8 January Stephen Fleming Marvan Atapattu Westpac Stadium, Wellington Match cancelled Test series Test 1746 4–8 April Stephen Fleming Marvan Atapattu McLean Park, Napier Match drawn Test 1748 11–14 April Stephen Fleming Marvan Atapattu Basin Reserve, Wellington by an innings and 38 runs

January

Zimbabwe in Bangladesh

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1733 6–10 January Habibul Bashar Tatenda Taibu MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong by 226 runs Test 1735 14–18 January Habibul Bashar Tatenda Taibu Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Match drawn ODI series ODI 2207 20 January Habibul Bashar Tatenda Taibu Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka by 22 runs ODI 2210 24 January Habibul Bashar Tatenda Taibu MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong by 31 runs ODI 2211 26 January Habibul Bashar Tatenda Taibu MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong by 40 runs ODI 2214 29 January Habibul Bashar Tatenda Taibu Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka by 58 runs ODI 2217 31 January Habibul Bashar Tatenda Taibu Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka by 8 wickets

World Cricket Tsunami Appeal

No. Date ICC World XI captain Asia XI captain Venue Result Only ODI ODI 2203 10 January Ricky Ponting Sourav Ganguly Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne ICC World XI by 112 runs

VB Series

Pos Team 1 6 4 1 1 3 27 +1.082 2 6 3 0 3 2 17 –0.295 3 6 1 1 4 2 10 –0.718

No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result Group stage ODI 2204 14 January Ricky Ponting Brian Lara Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne by 116 runs ODI 2205 16 January Ricky Ponting Inzamam-ul-Haq Bellerive Oval, Hobart by 4 wickets (D/L) ODI 2206 19 January Brian Lara Inzamam-ul-Haq The Gabba, Brisbane by 6 wickets ODI 2208 21 January Ricky Ponting Brian Lara The Gabba, Brisbane No result ODI 2209 23 January Ricky Ponting Inzamam-ul-Haq Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney by 9 wickets ODI 2212 26 January Ricky Ponting Brian Lara Adelaide Oval, Adelaide by 73 runs ODI 2213 28 January Inzamam-ul-Haq Brian Lara Adelaide Oval, Adelaide by 58 runs ODI 2215 30 January Ricky Ponting Inzamam-ul-Haq WACA Ground, Perth by 3 wickets ODI 2218 1 February Inzamam-ul-Haq Brian Lara WACA Ground, Perth by 30 runs Finals ODI 2220 4 February Ricky Ponting Inzamam-ul-Haq Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne by 18 runs ODI 2222 6 February Ricky Ponting Inzamam-ul-Haq Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney by 31 runs

February

Australia in New Zealand

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Only T20I T20I 1 17 February Stephen Fleming Ricky Ponting Eden Park, Auckland by 44 runs ODI series ODI 2227 19 February Stephen Fleming Ricky Ponting Westpac Stadium, Wellington by 10 runs ODI 2228 22 February Stephen Fleming Ricky Ponting Jade Stadium, Christchurch by 106 runs ODI 2230 26 February Stephen Fleming Ricky Ponting Eden Park, Auckland by 86 runs ODI 2232 1 March Stephen Fleming Adam Gilchrist Basin Reserve, Wellington by 7 wickets ODI 2234 5 March Stephen Fleming Ricky Ponting McLean Park, Napier by 122 runs Test series Test 1739 10–13 March Stephen Fleming Ricky Ponting Jade Stadium, Christchurch by 9 wickets Test 1742 18–22 March Stephen Fleming Ricky Ponting Basin Reserve, Wellington Match drawn Test 1744 26–29 March Stephen Fleming Ricky Ponting Eden Park, Auckland by 9 wickets

Zimbabwe in South Africa

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI series ODI 2229 25 February Graeme Smith Tatenda Taibu New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg by 165 runs ODI 2231 27 February Graeme Smith Tatenda Taibu Kingsmead, Durban by 131 runs ODI 2233 2 March Nicky Boje Tatenda Taibu St George's Park, Port Elizabeth by 5 wickets Test series Test 1737 4–5 March Graeme Smith Tatenda Taibu Newlands, Cape Town by an innings and 21 runs Test 1740 11–13 March Graeme Smith Tatenda Taibu SuperSport Park, Centurion by an innings and 62 runs

March

Pakistan in India