VB Series

Schedule

Jan 2005
Fri 14 Australia v West Indies Melbourne Cricket Ground D/N
Sun 16 Australia v Pakistan Hobart
Wed 19 Pakistan v West Indies Brisbane Cricket Ground
Fri 21 Australia v West Indies Brisbane Cricket Ground D/N
Sun 23 Australia v Pakistan Sydney Cricket Ground D/N
Wed 26 Australia v West Indies Adelaide Oval D/N
Fri 28 Pakistan v West Indies Adelaide Oval
Sun 30 Australia v Pakistan W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth D/N
Feb 2005
Tue 1 Pakistan v West Indies W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
Fri 4 VB Series 1st final Melbourne Cricket Ground D/N
Sun 6 VB Series 2nd final Sydney Cricket Ground D/N
Tue 8 VB Series 3rd final (if req) Adelaide Oval D/N


West Indies Squad

*Brian Lara
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Chris Gayle
Wavell Hinds
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Marlon Samuels
Dwayne Bravo
Ryan Hinds
+Courtney Browne
Ian Bradshaw
Pedro Collins
Mervyn Dillon
Reon King
Xavier Marshall

Pakistan Squad

Salman Butt
Taufeeq Umar
Yasir Hameed
Mohammad Hafeez
Yousuf Youhana
Inzamam-ul-Haq (capt)
Younis Khan
Shoaib Malik
Shahid Afridi
Abdul Razzaq
Azhar Mahmood
Kamran Akmal (wk)
Shoaib Akhtar
Naved-ul-Hasan
Mohammad Khalil
Iftikhar Anjum.

Australian squad

1 Matthew Hayden,
2 Adam Gilchrist (wk),
3 Ricky Ponting (capt),
4 Damien Martyn,
5 Darren Lehmann,
6 Michael Clarke,
7 Andrew Symonds, ,
8 Jason Gillespie,
9 Michael Kasprowicz,
10 Glenn McGrath,
11 Brett Lee,
12 Simon Katich,
13 Shane Watson,
14 Brad Hogg.

i haven't heard of some of the west indies player but i hope :upray that i can go to the mcg and watch australia loose.it's extrememly boring watching them win every match.brian lara might score 200(wishfull thinking i know).

Xavier Marshall <--- Meant to be a gun with the bat

hey "ste" shouldn't we have a vbookie betting thing over here too?

I hope there is.An opportunity for me to earn about 50 rep points

There will be a vBookie event for the VBSeries, but I need to wait for some betting websites to put up some odds so I can use them for the vBookie.

Also from now on all vBookie events will be in a special forum - http://www.planetcricket.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=83

Ste

The vb series is the best damn series in the world. Channel 9's bias commentry is so hilarious, and in favour of australia(which makes it even better!!!!).

The cricket is always good to watch. You always see top bowling and top batting (as long as aus are playing)

Another thing about the vb series is that Brett Lee usually plays th majority of the games.

vb series is too long though each team should play 6 instead of 8 matches

Too many games....... If anything theres too few.

totally agree.theres always some brill matches.west indies and australia in the final.aus 2/1,i just hope west indies win in melbourne.can't wait till jan 10.

i hope to see WestIndies and Pakistan in the Finals.

in oneday cricket anything can happen on any given day

pakistan maybe not be doing good in test series but they r stronger side in oneday matches

and dont forget westindies. they r ICC Champions

Australians r like always good at home

it will be good contest to see

doesnt matter whoever wins there
but cricket should be always the winner in the all sports

has anybody heard of the upcoming asia11 vs world 11.mcg jan 10?

it's actually ICC XI vs Asia XI, there's also going to be an ICC XI vs Asia XI match in Asia. All profits are going to the affected countries i believe

According to the news, Warnie's playing

pakistan should be favourite for this serries as they r good in australia but again pitch, umpiring,weather and australian's player behaviour can make this serries even hard for them