VB Series 2005/06 | Live Score, Schedule, News

266/9

AUS

(45.3/50 ov, T:267) 267/1

Australia won by 9 wickets (with 27 balls remaining)

RESULT

2nd Final (D/N), Sydney, February 12, 2006, VB Series

AUS

368/5

(36/50 ov, T:369) 201

Australia won by 167 runs

RESULT

1st Final (D/N), Adelaide, February 10, 2006, VB Series

274/8

AUS

(49.1/50 ov, T:275) 252

Sri Lanka won by 22 runs

RESULT

12th Match, Hobart, February 07, 2006, VB Series

257/9

(43.4/50 ov, T:258) 181

Sri Lanka won by 76 runs

RESULT

11th Match (D/N), Sydney, February 05, 2006, VB Series

AUS

344/6

(50 ov, T:345) 287/6

Australia won by 57 runs

RESULT

10th Match (D/N), Melbourne (Docklands), February 03, 2006, VB Series

AUS

281/7

(50 ov, T:282) 201/9

Australia won by 80 runs

RESULT

9th Match (D/N), W.A.C.A, January 31, 2006, VB Series

221

(45.1/50 ov, T:222) 224/5

South Africa won by 5 wickets (with 29 balls remaining)

RESULT

8th Match (D/N), W.A.C.A, January 29, 2006, VB Series

233/8

AUS

(41/50 ov, T:234) 237/4

Australia won by 6 wickets (with 54 balls remaining)

RESULT

7th Match (D/N), Adelaide, January 26, 2006, VB Series

218/8

AUS

(48.3/50 ov, T:219) 219/5

Australia won by 5 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)

RESULT

6th Match (D/N), Adelaide, January 24, 2006, VB Series

263/5

(50 ov, T:264) 254/8

South Africa won by 9 runs

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Stats & Records

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Overall Aus Tri Series (CB) records

Winner

Australiawon the best-of-3-finals 2-1

Mark Waugh supports Jaques

Mark Waugh has come out in support of Phil Jaques who was left out of the squad touring South Africa, partly because of his fielding

Shoaib Malik's resurgence, and hot chasing streaks

Shoaib Malik's batting has been quite exceptional since Bob Woolmer took over as coach, while India are closing in on the record for most number of successive wins when batting second&

Jaques let down by fielding - Hohns

Phil Jaques has been told by Trevor Hohns, the chairman of selectors, to improve his fielding

Symonds faces all-round fight

Andrew Symonds and Shane Watson will spend the one-day tour of South Africa fighting for the allrounder's spot for the three Tests starting in March

Australian batsmen fill top four places

Following impressive performances in the VB Series, four Australian batsmen occupy the top spots in the latest ICC ODI rankings

Watson picked for one-day comeback

Shane Watson has been rushed into Australia's one-day side for the tour of South Africa as the selectors continue to experiment ahead of the 2007 World Cup

'The monkey will never be off my back' - Katich

Simon Katich has survived a season of torment and as he contemplated the most important innings of his one-day career there were times when he struggled to speak

'Tonight that was brilliant, I loved it' - Gilchrist

Australia's VB Series success, which was sealed with a nine-wicket win in the third final at Gabba, was set up by the team's response to proving the doubters wrong

Outclassed all the way

This Australian side is not invincible in ODI cricket, as Sri Lanka showed in Adelaide, but on-song they are a class ahead of the rest

Gilchrist and Katich seal series

Adam Gilchrist finished his home international season the way he started it by smashing a national record for the fastest century as he led Australia to a 2-1 VB Series finals victory

VB Series 2006 Points Table

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AUS	8	6	2	27	0.787
SL	8	3	5	14	0.032
SA	8	3	5	12	-0.810

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VB Series 2006 Top Wicket Takers

Nathan Bracken

AUS, Lfm

Innings: 8Average: 18.76

Muthiah Muralidaran

SL, Ob

Innings: 11Average: 34.31

Brett Lee

AUS, Rf

Innings: 11Average: 29.26

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VB Series 2006 Top Run Scorers

Kumar Sangakkara

SL, Lhb

469

Innings: 11Average: 42.63

Adam Gilchrist

AUS, Lhb

432

Innings: 9Average: 48.00

Mahela Jayawardene

SL, Rhb

425

Innings: 11Average: 38.63

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