International cricket
in 2004–05 | in 2005–06

The international cricket season in 2005 lasted from April to September 2005.

Season overview

International tours
Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches]
Test ODI T20I
18 May 2005  West Indies  Pakistan 1–1 [2] 0–3 [3] –
26 May 2005  England  Bangladesh 2–0 [2] – –
13 June 2005  England  Australia 2–1 [5] 1–2 [3] 1–0 [1]
13 July 2005  Sri Lanka  West Indies 2–0 [2] – –
7 August 2005  Zimbabwe  New Zealand 0–2 [2] – –
31 August 2005  Sri Lanka  Bangladesh 2–0 [2] 3–0 [3] –
13 September 2005  Zimbabwe  India 0–2 [2] – –
International tournaments
Dates Tournament Winners
16 June 2005 England NatWest Series Trophy shared
30 July 2005 Sri Lanka Indian Oil Cup  Sri Lanka
17 August 2005 South Africa Afro-Asian Cup Tied series
24 August 2005 Zimbabwe Videocon Tri-Series  New Zealand
Minor tournaments
Start date Tournament Winners
22 April 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup  Ireland
1 July 2005 Republic of Ireland ICC Trophy  Scotland

Rankings

The following are the rankings at the start of the season

ICC Test Championship 19 May 2005
Rank Team Points
1  Australia 132
2  England 110
3  India 107
4  Pakistan 102
5  Sri Lanka 100
6  South Africa 100
7  New Zealand 97
8  West Indies 73
9  Zimbabwe 41
10  Bangladesh 6
ICC ODI Championship 19 May 2005
Rank Team Points
1  Australia 140
2  Sri Lanka 117
3  India 116
4  South Africa 112
5  Pakistan 110
6  England 103
7  West Indies 98
8  New Zealand 97
9  Zimbabwe 50
10  Kenya 26
11  Bangladesh 11

April

ICC Intercontinental Cup

Main article: 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup
Africa
Team Pld W D L Pts
 Kenya 2 1 1 0 49
 Namibia 2 1 1 0 46.5
 Uganda 2 0 0 2 32
Asia
Team Pld W D L Pts
 United Arab Emirates 2 1 0 1 41
   Nepal 2 1 1 0 40.5
 Hong Kong 2 0 1 1 18
Europe
Team Pld W D L Pts
 Ireland 2 1 1 0 41
 Scotland 2 0 1 1 21
 Netherlands 2 0 2 0 11.5
America
Team Pld W D L Pts
 Bermuda 2 2 0 0 62
 Canada 2 1 0 1 50
 Cayman Islands 2 0 0 2 23
No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
Group Stages
African Group
First-class 22–24 April  Uganda Joel Olwenyi  Kenya Steve Tikolo Lugogo Cricket Oval, Kampala  Kenya by 161 runs
First-class 13–15 May  Uganda Joel Olwenyi  Namibia Deon Kotze Lugogo Cricket Oval, Kampala  Namibia by 3 wickets
First-class 3–5 June  Namibia Deon Kotze  Kenya Steve Tikolo Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek Match drawn
Asian Group
First-class 24–26 April  United Arab Emirates Mohammad Tauqir  Hong Kong Tim Smart Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah  United Arab Emirates by 7 wickets
First-class 30 April–2 May    Nepal Binod Das  Hong Kong Tim Smart Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Match drawn
First-class 7–9 May    Nepal Binod Das  United Arab Emirates Mohammad Tauqir Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur    Nepal by 172 runs
European Group
First-class 29–31 July  Netherlands Jeroen Smits  Scotland Craig Wright Kampong, Utrecht Match drawn
First-class 13–15 August  Scotland Craig Wright  Ireland Jason Molins Mannofield Park, Aberdeen  Ireland by 3 runs
First-class 23–25 August  Ireland Jason Molins  Netherlands Bastiaan Zuiderent Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast Match drawn
North American Group
First-class 23–25 August  Canada Pubudu Dassanayake  Bermuda Clay Smith Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto  Bermuda by 48 runs
First-class 27–29 August  Bermuda Clay Smith  Cayman Islands Ryan Bovell Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto  Bermuda by an innings and 105 runs
First-class 31 August–2 September  Canada Pubudu Dassanayake  Cayman Islands Ryan Bovell Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto  Canada by 120 runs
No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
Semi-Finals
First-class 23–25 October  Bermuda Clay Smith  Kenya Steve Tikolo United Ground, Windhoek Match drawn;  Kenya win on points
First-class 23–25 October  Ireland Trent Johnston  United Arab Emirates Arshad Ali Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek Match drawn;  Ireland win on points
Final
First-class 27–29 October  Kenya Steve Tikolo  Ireland Trent Johnston Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek  Ireland by 6 wickets

May

Pakistan in the West Indies

Main article: Pakistanis in West Indies in 2005
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2246 18 May Shivnarine Chanderpaul Inzamam-ul-Haq Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St. Vincent  Pakistan by 59 runs
ODI 2247 21 May Shivnarine Chanderpaul Inzamam-ul-Haq Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St. Lucia  Pakistan by 40 runs
ODI 2248 22 May Shivnarine Chanderpaul Younis Khan Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St. Lucia  Pakistan by 22 runs
Test series
Test 1752 26–29 May Shivnarine Chanderpaul Younis Khan Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados  West Indies by 276 runs
Test 1754 3–7 June Shivnarine Chanderpaul Inzamam-ul-Haq Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica  Pakistan by 136 runs

Bangladesh in England

Main article: Bangladeshi cricket team in England in 2005
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1751 26–28 May Michael Vaughan Habibul Bashar Lord's, London  England by an innings and 261 runs
Test 1753 3–5 June Michael Vaughan Habibul Bashar Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street  England by an innings and 27 runs

June

Australia in England

Main article: Australians in England in 2005
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Only T20I
T20I 2 13 June Michael Vaughan Ricky Ponting The Rose Bowl, Southampton  England by 100 runs
ODI series
ODI 2259 7 July Michael Vaughan Ricky Ponting Headingley, Leeds  England by 9 wickets
ODI 2260 10 July Michael Vaughan Ricky Ponting Lord's, London  Australia by 7 wickets
ODI 2261 12 July Michael Vaughan Ricky Ponting The Oval, London  Australia by 8 wickets
Test series
Test 1756 21–24 July Michael Vaughan Ricky Ponting Lord's, London  Australia by 239 runs
Test 1758 4–7 August Michael Vaughan Ricky Ponting Edgbaston, Birmingham  England by 2 runs
Test 1760 11–15 August Michael Vaughan Ricky Ponting Old Trafford, Manchester Match drawn
Test 1762 25–28 August Michael Vaughan Ricky Ponting Trent Bridge, Nottingham  England by 3 wickets
Test 1763 8–12 September Michael Vaughan Ricky Ponting The Oval, London Match drawn

NatWest Series

Main article: One Day Internationals in England in 2005 § NatWest Series
Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
 England 6 4 1 1 26 +1.38
 Australia 6 3 2 1 22 +0.89
 Bangladesh 6 1 5 0 6 −2.01
Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
ODI 2249 16 June  England Michael Vaughan  Bangladesh Habibul Bashar The Oval, London  England by 10 wickets
ODI 2250 18 June  Australia Ricky Ponting  Bangladesh Habibul Bashar Sophia Gardens, Cardiff  Bangladesh by 5 wickets
ODI 2251 19 June  England Michael Vaughan  Australia Ricky Ponting County Ground, Bristol  England by 3 wickets
ODI 2252 21 June  England Michael Vaughan  Bangladesh Habibul Bashar Trent Bridge, Nottingham  England by 168 runs
ODI 2253 23 June  England Marcus Trescothick  Australia Ricky Ponting Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street  Australia by 57 runs
ODI 2254 25 June  Australia Ricky Ponting  Bangladesh Habibul Bashar Old Trafford, Manchester  Australia by 10 wickets
ODI 2255 26 June  England Marcus Trescothick  Bangladesh Habibul Bashar Headingley, Leeds  England by 5 wickets
ODI 2256 28 June  England Michael Vaughan  Australia Ricky Ponting Edgbaston, Birmingham No result
ODI 2257 30 June  Australia Ricky Ponting  Bangladesh Habibul Bashar St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury  Australia by 6 wickets
Final
No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
ODI 2258 2 July  England Michael Vaughan  Australia Ricky Ponting Lord's, London Match tied

July

ICC Trophy

Main article: 2005 ICC Trophy
Group A
Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
 Ireland 5 4 0 1 9 +1.49
 Bermuda 5 3 1 1 7 +0.70
 United Arab Emirates 5 2 2 1 5 +0.43
 Denmark 5 2 2 1 5 −0.21
 Uganda 5 1 3 1 3 −1.05
 United States 5 0 4 1 1 −1.39
Group B
Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
 Scotland 5 5 0 0 10 +2.07
 Canada 5 4 1 0 8 +0.79
 Netherlands 5 3 2 0 6 +0.43
 Namibia 5 2 3 0 4 +0.31
 Papua New Guinea 5 1 4 0 2 −2.20
 Oman 5 0 5 0 0 −2.59
Group A
No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
ICCT 421 1 July  Denmark Carsten Pedersen  Uganda Joel Olwenyi Muckamore  Denmark by 28 runs
ICCT 422 1 July  Ireland Jason Molins  Bermuda Clay Smith Stormont, Belfast  Ireland by 97 runs
ICCT 425 1 July  United Arab Emirates Khuram Khan  United States Richard Staple Downpatrick  United Arab Emirates by 55 runs
ICCT 426 2 July  Bermuda Janeiro Tucker  United Arab Emirates Khuram Khan Lisburn  Bermuda by 30 runs
ICCT 428 2 July  Denmark Carsten Pedersen  United States Richard Staple Armagh  Denmark by 96 runs
ICCT 429 2 July  Ireland Jason Molins  Uganda Joel Olwenyi Comber  Ireland by 127 runs
ICCT 432 4 July  Bermuda Janeiro Tucker  Denmark Carsten Pedersen Greenisland  Bermuda by 93 runs
ICCT 434 4 July  Ireland Jason Molins  United Arab Emirates Khuram Khan Stormont, Belfast  Ireland by 2 wickets
ICCT 437 4 July  Uganda Joel Olwenyi  United States Richard Staple Lurgan  Uganda by 6 wickets
ICCT 438 5 July  Bermuda Janeiro Tucker  Uganda Joel Olwenyi Comber No result
ICCT 439 5 July  Denmark Carsten Pedersen  United Arab Emirates Khuram Khan Bangor No result
ICCT 437a 5 July  Ireland Jason Molins  United States Richard Staple Waringstown Match abandoned
ICCT 443 7 July  Bermuda Janeiro Tucker  United States Richard Staple Waringstown  Bermuda by 113 runs
ICCT 445 7 July  Ireland Jason Molins  Denmark Carsten Pedersen Bangor  Ireland by 73 runs
ICCT 448 7 July  Uganda Joel Olwenyi  United Arab Emirates Khuram Khan Lurgan  United Arab Emirates by 63 runs
Group B
No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
ICCT 420 1 July  Canada John Davison  Namibia Deon Kotze Belfast  Canada by 2 runs
ICCT 423 1 July  Netherlands Luuk van Troost  Papua New Guinea Rarua Dikana Belfast  Netherlands by 9 wickets
ICCT 424 1 July  Oman Azhar Ali  Scotland Craig Wright Belfast  Scotland by 6 wickets
ICCT 427 2 July  Canada John Davison  Scotland Craig Wright Bangor  Scotland by 7 wickets
ICCT 430 2 July  Namibia Deon Kotze  Papua New Guinea Rarua Dikana Belfast NAM by 96 runs
ICCT 431 2 July  Netherlands Luuk van Troost  Oman Azhar Ali Carrickfergus  Netherlands by 258 runs
ICCT 433 4 July  Canada John Davison  Oman Azhar Ali Muckamore  Canada by 2 wickets
ICCT 435 4 July  Namibia Deon Kotze  Netherlands Luuk van Troost Belfast  Netherlands by 6 wickets
ICCT 436 4 July  Papua New Guinea Rarua Dikana  Scotland Craig Wright Belfast  Scotland by 5 wickets
ICCT 440 5 July  Canada John Davison  Netherlands Luuk van Troost Eglinton  Canada by 2 wickets
ICCT 441 5 July  Namibia Deon Kotze  Scotland Craig Wright Limavady  Scotland by 27 runs
ICCT 442 5 July  Oman Azhar Ali  Papua New Guinea Rarua Dikana Drummond  Papua New Guinea by 93 runs
ICCT 444 7 July  Canada John Davison  Papua New Guinea Rarua Dikana Downpatrick  Canada by 160 runs
ICCT 446 7 July  Namibia Deon Kotze  Oman Azhar Ali Comber  Namibia by 6 wickets
ICCT 447 7 July  Scotland Craig Wright  Netherlands Luuk van Troost Stormont, Belfast  Scotland by 98 runs
Knock-Out Stages
No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result Type of match
Semi-Finals
ICCT 449 9 July  Bermuda Clay Smith  Scotland Craig Wright The Hills, Dublin  Scotland by 6 wickets
ICCT 450 9 July  Ireland Jason Molins  Canada John Davison Clontarf, Dublin  Ireland by 4 wickets
5th Place Semi-Finals
ICCT 451 9 July  Netherlands Luuk van Troost  Denmark Carsten Pedersen County Dublin  Netherlands by 89 runs
ICCT 452 9 July  Namibia Deon Kotze  United Arab Emirates Khuram Khan Malahide  United Arab Emirates by 4 wickets
9th Place Semi-Finals
ICCT 453 9 July  Oman Azhar Ali  Uganda Joel Olwenyi Rathmines  Oman by 6 runs
ICCT 454 9 July  Papua New Guinea Rarua Dikana  United States Richard Staple Merrion  United States by 8 wickets
Placement Matches
ICCT 455 11 July  Bermuda Clay Smith  Canada John Davison Malahide  Canada by 5 wickets 3rd Place Play-off
ICCT 457 11 July  Netherlands Luuk van Troost  United Arab Emirates Khuram Khan Clontarf, Dublin  Netherlands by 145 runs 5th Place Play-off
ICCT 456 11 July  Denmark Carsten Pedersen  Namibia Deon Kotze The Hills, Dublin  Namibia by 103 runs 7th Place Play-off
ICCT 458 11 July  Oman Azhar Ali  United States Richard Staple County Dublin  Oman by 3 wickets 9th Place Play-off
ICCT 459 11 July  Papua New Guinea Rarua Dikana  United States Richard Staple Merrion  United States by 8 wickets 11th Place Play-off
ICCT 460 13 July  Ireland Kyle McCallan  Scotland Craig Wright Clontarf, Dublin  Scotland by 47 runs Final

West Indies in Sri Lanka

Main article: West Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2005
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1755 13–16 July Marvan Atapattu Shivnarine Chanderpaul Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo  Sri Lanka by 6 wickets
Test 1757 22–25 July Marvan Atapattu Shivnarine Chanderpaul Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy  Sri Lanka by 240 runs

Indian Oil Cup in Sri Lanka

Main article: Indian Oil Cup 2005
Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
 Sri Lanka 4 3 1 0 17 +0.19
 India 4 2 2 0 13 +0.26
 West Indies 4 1 3 0 6 −0.46
Group Stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
ODI 2262 30 July  Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu  India Rahul Dravid Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla  Sri Lanka by 3 wickets
ODI 2263 31 July  West Indies Shivnarine Chanderpaul  India Rahul Dravid Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla  India by 6 wickets
ODI 2264 2 August  Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu  West Indies Shivnarine Chanderpaul Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla  Sri Lanka by 50 runs
ODI 2265 3 August  Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu  India Rahul Dravid Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla  Sri Lanka by 4 wickets
ODI 2266 6 August  Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene  West Indies Shivnarine Chanderpaul R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo  West Indies by 33 runs
ODI 2267 7 August  West Indies Sylvester Joseph  India Rahul Dravid R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo  India by 7 runs
Final
No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
ODI 2268 9 August  Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu  India Rahul Dravid R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo  Sri Lanka by 18 runs

August

Afro-Asian Cup

Main article: 2005 Afro-Asian Cup
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 2269 17 August Shaun Pollock Inzamam-ul-Haq SuperSport Park, Centurion AFR by 2 runs
ODI 2270 20 August Shaun Pollock Inzamam-ul-Haq Kingsmead, Durban ASI by 17 runs
ODI 2271 21 August Graeme Smith Inzamam-ul-Haq Kingsmead, Durban No result

New Zealanders in Zimbabwe

Main article: New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2005
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1759 7–8 August Tatenda Taibu Stephen Fleming Harare Sports Club, Harare  New Zealand by an innings and 294 runs
Test 1761 15–17 August Tatenda Taibu Stephen Fleming Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo  New Zealand by an innings and 46 runs

Videocon Tri-Series

Main article: Videocon Tri-Series 2005-06
Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
 New Zealand 4 3 1 0 18 +1.32
 India 4 3 1 0 16 +0.68
 Zimbabwe 4 0 4 0 2 -2.03
No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
Group Stages
ODI 2272 24 August  Zimbabwe Tatenda Taibu  New Zealand Stephen Fleming Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo  New Zealand by 192 runs
ODI 2273 26 August  India Sourav Ganguly  New Zealand Stephen Fleming Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo  New Zealand by 51 runs
ODI 2274 29 August  Zimbabwe Tatenda Taibu  India Sourav Ganguly Harare Sports Club, Harare  India by 161 runs
ODI 2276 31 August  Zimbabwe Tatenda Taibu  New Zealand Stephen Fleming Harare Sports Club, Harare  New Zealand by 27 runs
ODI 2278 2 September  India Sourav Ganguly  New Zealand Stephen Fleming Harare Sports Club, Harare  India by 6 wickets
ODI 2280 4 September  Zimbabwe Tatenda Taibu  India Sourav Ganguly Harare Sports Club, Harare  India by 4 wickets
No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
Final
ODI 2281 6 September  India Sourav Ganguly  New Zealand Stephen Fleming Harare Sports Club, Harare  New Zealand by 6 wickets

Bangladesh in Sri Lanka

Main article: Bangladeshi cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2005
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2275 31 August Marvan Atapattu Habibul Bashar Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo  Sri Lanka by 88 runs
ODI 2277 2 September Marvan Atapattu Habibul Bashar R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo  Sri Lanka by 75 runs
ODI 2279 4 September Mahela Jayawardene Habibul Bashar R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo  Sri Lanka by 6 wickets (D/L)
Test series
Test 1764 12–14 September Marvan Atapattu Habibul Bashar R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo  Sri Lanka by an innings and 96 runs
Test 1766 20–22 September Marvan Atapattu Habibul Bashar P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo  Sri Lanka by an innings and 69 runs

September

India in Zimbabwe

Main article: Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2005
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1765 13−16 September Tatenda Taibu Sourav Ganguly Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo  India by an innings and 90 runs
Test 1767 20−22 September Tatenda Taibu Sourav Ganguly Harare Sports Club, Harare  India by 10 wickets

See also

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