1994–95 Australian Tri-Series

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1994–95 World Series
Dates2 December 1994 – 12 January 1995
Cricket formatOne Day International[a]
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s) Australia
Champions Australia
Runners-upAustralia Australia A
Participants4
Matches14
Most runsAustralia David Boon (384)[1]
Most wicketsAustralia Glenn McGrath (18)[2]

The 1994–95 World Series was a One Day International (ODI) cricket quadrangular where Australia played host to England and Zimbabwe. A development team Australia A also took part in the tournament. Australia and Australia A reached the finals, which Australia won 2–0. The matches involving Australia A were not classified as official One Day Internationals.

Background[]

Initially the tournament was only consisted of a tri-nation series with the schedule being revealed on 21 October 1993 with the three teams playing each other four times which started on 2 December with England taking on Zimbabwe and ending on 12 January before a three match final series which would go from the 15 to 19 January.[3]

Squads[]

 Australia Australia Australia A  England  Zimbabwe

Points table[]

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1  Australia 6 5 1 0 0 10 0.425
2 Australia Australia A 6 3 3 0 0 6 0.093
3  England 6 3 3 0 0 6 0.080
4  Zimbabwe 6 1 5 0 0 2 −0.595
Source:[citation needed]

Result summary[]

  • 1st Match on 2 December 1994 at WACA Ground, Perth – Australia 167/8 (47.2 overs) defeated Zimbabwe, 166/9 (50 overs) by 2 wickets.[4]
  • 2nd Match on 4 December 1994 at WACA Ground, Perth – Australia 'A' 167/5 (35.1 overs) defeated Zimbabwe, 166/9 (50 overs) by 5 wickets.[5]
  • 3rd Match on 6 December 1994 at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney – Australia 224/4 (50 overs) defeated England, 196 (48.3 overs) by 28 runs.[6]
  • 4th Match on 8 December 1994 at Bellerive Oval, Hobart – Australia 254/3 (50 overs) defeated Zimbabwe, 170/8 (50 overs) by 84 runs.[7]
  • 5th Match on 10 December 1994 at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide – Australia 'A' 202/3 (48.5 overs) defeated Zimbabwe, 201/8 (50 overs) by 7 wickets.[8]
  • 6th Match on 11 December 1994 at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide – Australia 202 (48.3 overs) defeated Australia 'A', 196 (47.4 overs) by 6 runs.[9]
  • 7th Match on 13 December 1994 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne – England 188/9 (50 overs) defeated Australia 'A', 157 (45.5 overs) by 31 runs.[10]
  • 8th Match on 15 December 1994 at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney – Zimbabwe 205 (49.3 overs) defeated England, 192 (49.1 overs) by 13 runs.[11]
  • 9th Match on 7 January 1995 at Gabba, Brisbane – England 200/8 (50 overs) defeated Zimbabwe, 174 (48.1 overs) by 26 runs.[12]
  • 10th Match on 8 January 1995 at Gabba, Brisbane – Australia 252/5 (50 overs) defeated Australia 'A', 218 (47.5 overs) by 34 runs.[13]
  • 11th Match on 10 January 1995 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne – England 225/8 (50 overs) defeated Australia, 188 (48 overs) by 37 runs.[14]
  • 12th Match on 12 January 1995 at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney – Australia 'A' 264/5 (50 overs) defeated England, 235/9 (50 overs) by 29 runs.[15]

Final series[]

Australia won the best of three final series against Australia A 2–0.

  • 1st Final on 15 January 1995 at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney – Australia 213/5 (50 overs) defeated Australia 'A', 209/8 (50 overs) by 5 wickets.[16]
  • 2nd Final on 17 January 1995 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne – Australia 229/4 (49 overs) defeated Australia 'A', 226 (49.4 overs) by 6 wickets.[17]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Excluding matches involving Australia A

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "1994–95 World series – Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. ^ "1994–95 World series – Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  3. ^ Wilkins, Phil (21 October 1993). "English will get five-star program". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 40.
  4. ^ "1st Match, Benson & Hedges World Series at Perth, Dec 2 1994". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  5. ^ "2nd Match, Benson & Hedges World Series at Perth, Dec 4 1994". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  6. ^ "3rd Match, Benson & Hedges World Series at Sydney, Dec 6 1994". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  7. ^ "4th Match, Benson & Hedges World Series at Hobart, Dec 8 1994". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  8. ^ "5th Match, Benson & Hedges World Series at Adelaide, Dec 10 1994". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  9. ^ "6th Match, Benson & Hedges World Series at Adelaide, Dec 11 1994". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  10. ^ "7th Match, Benson & Hedges World Series at Melbourne, Dec 13 1994". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  11. ^ "8th Match, Benson & Hedges World Series at Sydney, Dec 15 1994". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  12. ^ "9th Match, Benson & Hedges World Series at Brisbane, Jan 7 1995". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  13. ^ "10th Match, Benson & Hedges World Series at Brisbane, Jan 8 1995". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  14. ^ "11th Match, Benson & Hedges World Series at Melbourne, Jan 10 1995". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  15. ^ "12th Match, Benson & Hedges World Series at Sydney, Jan 12 1995". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  16. ^ "1st Match, Benson & Hedges World Series at Sydney, Jan 15 1995". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  17. ^ "2nd Match, Benson & Hedges World Series at Melbourne, Jan 17 1995". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
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