- 2005 in cricket
Events
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January 2 -Pakistan iSalman Butt scores his first Test century in a match against Australia.
*January 10 - FirstWorld Cricket Tsunami Appeal match between Asian XI and ICC World XI is played. It's the first time a team representing more than one of the ICC member nations plays an ODI.
*January 10 - Bangladesh record their first Test victory, over Zimbabwe inChittagong .
*January 14 - Kenya's cricket association is dissolved by the government following allegations that it was misusing its funds.
*February 17 - Australia (214 for 5) defeat New Zealand (170) by 44 runs in the first ever internationalTwenty20 cricket match.
*17 February - Kenya's Sports Ministry announces the formation of Cricket Kenya, a new governing body for the sport in the country.
*March 6 - Seven players, includingBrian Lara , are dropped from the West Indies team over a sponsorship row.
*March 24 - Sri Lanka's Sports minister Jeevan Kumaratunga dissolves Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and appoints a six-member interim board headed by Jayantha Dharmadasa to run cricket in the country.
*May 20 - The BCCI appointGreg Chappell as India's new coach.
*May 25 -Tom Moody is employed as coach for Sri Lanka.
*June 18 - In the 2005 NatWest Series in England, world number ten Bangladesh defeats the three-time world champions and world number one Australia by five wickets atSophia Gardens ,Cardiff .Mohammed Ashraful scored a run-a-ball 100, only the second century in Bangladeshi history, securing him the Man of the Match award.
*July 2 - England come back from 33 for 5 to make 196 in the final of the NatWest Series, thus tying their match with Australia.
*July 13 - Scotland win the2005 ICC Trophy , beating Ireland in the final by 47 runs. Both teams qualify for the 2007 World Cup along with Bermuda, Canada and the Netherlands.
*July 13 - West Indies begin their tour of Sri Lanka without ten first-team regulars due to a contract dispute, with only captainShivnarine Chanderpaul remaining true to the side.
*July 21 -Glenn McGrath pass 500 wickets with 5-21 on the first day ofthe Ashes 2005 , as Australia recover from being bowled out for 190 to set the English back to 92 for 7.
*August 7 - England complete the second narrowest victory by runs in Test cricket, beating Australia by two runs to square the series at 1-1.
*August 11 -Shane Warne hasMarcus Trescothick caught behind to pass 600 Test wickets, the first bowler to do so.
*August 27 - England Women beat Australia Women in the second Test to win the series 1-0, and regain the Women's Ashes for the first time in 42 years.
*August 27 - England bowl Australia out for 218 in the fourth Test atTrent Bridge , and become the first team in seventeen years to ask Australia tofollow on . England go on to win the Test match and ensure at least a drawn series.
*September 12 - England regainThe Ashes with a 2-1 series victory over Australia.Andrew Flintoff wins theCompton-Miller medal as Man of the Series, Australia'sShane Warne finishes the series with 40 wickets.
*September 17 - Nottinghamshire clinch the 2005 County Championship title with a 214-run win over Kent.
*September 17 - Faisalabad Wolves beat Chilaw Marians by five wickets to become the inaugural winners of the .
*September 22 - Indian fast bowlerIrfan Pathan completes a 21-wicket-haul for the two-Test series against Zimbabwe, equalling the record for wickets taken in two-Test series. The win is India's first Test series victory in Zimbabwe.
*October 5 - theICC World XI make their international debut against Australia in the first of three ODIs in theICC Super Series . Australia win by 93 runs.
*October 9 - Australia complete a 3-0 series win in the Super Series ODIs, not losing a single match by less than 50 runs.
*October 13 - India nameRahul Dravid as captain for the two home ODI series with Sri Lanka and South Africa, replacingSourav Ganguly . Ganguly does not play a single game in the series against Sri Lanka, despite being fit.
*October 17 - Australia beat the ICC World XI in the Supertest at the SCG by 210 runs.Stuart MacGill takes nine wickets for Australia, whileMatthew Hayden hits 111 and 77.
*October 29 - Ireland beat Kenya by six wickets to win the Intercontinental Cup.
*October 31 - Indiawicket-keeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni hits 183not out in India's six-wicket win over Sri Lanka at Jaipur, setting a record for the highest score by a wicket-keeper in ODIs. It's the sixth-highest innings in ODIs, and also the highest innings for a team batting second.
*November 26 - In the third and final Test of theFrank Worrell Trophy series between West Indies and Australia,Brian Lara hits a first-innings 226 to passAllan Border as the all-time highest Test run scorer.
*9 December - New Zealand record the highest successful run chase ever in aOne Day International as they score 332 for 8 to beat Australia by two wickets inChristchurch . It's their first win in 19 years at Christchurch, after five matches there have been played without a Kiwi victory. However, Australia take theChappell-Hadlee Trophy after winning the series 2–1.
*17 December -Shane Warne takes his 86th Test wicket for the year, dismissingAshwell Prince lbw, and breaksDennis Lillee 's record of most Test wickets in a single year, set in 1981. Warne ends up with ten more wickets in the year, and the new record stands at 96.Test match series
:South Africa v England - (5 Tests, December-January) - England win series 2-1:Australia v Pakistan (3 Tests, December- January) - Australia win series 3-0.:Bangladesh v Zimbabwe (2 Tests, January) - Bangladesh win series 1-0.:South Africa v Zimbabwe (2 Tests, March) - South Africa win series 2-0.:India v Pakistan (3 Tests, March) - Series tied 1-1.:New Zealand v Australia (3 Tests, March) - Australia win series 2-0.:West Indies v South Africa (4 Tests, April-May) - South Africa win series 2-0.:West Indies v Pakistan (2 Tests, May-June) - Series tied 1-1.:England v Bangladesh (2 Tests, May-June) - England win series 2-0.:Sri Lanka v West Indies (2 Tests, July) - Sri Lanka win series 2-0.:Zimbabwe v New Zealand (2 Tests, August) - New Zealand win series 2-0.:England v Australia (5 Tests, July-September) - England win series 2-1.:Sri Lanka v Bangladesh (2 Tests, September) - Sri Lanka win series 2-0.:Zimbabwe v India (2 Tests, September) - India win 2-0.:Australia v
ICC World XI (1 Test, October) - Australia win Supertest 1-0.:Australia v West Indies (3 Tests, November) - Australia win series 3-0.:Pakistan v England (3 Tests, November-December) - Pakistan win series 2-0.:India v Sri Lanka (3 Tests, December) - India win series 2-0.:Australia v South Africa (3 Tests, December-January 2006) - Australia 1-0 up after 2 Tests at year end.Deaths
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January 7 - The famous Lime tree atCanterbury 'sSt Lawrence Ground .
*February 27 -Allan Rae , 82, Jamaica and West Indies
*March 1 -Brian Luckhurst ,Kent County Cricket Club and England
*March 5 -David Sheppard ,75,Sussex County Cricket Club and England
*March 25 -Ken Suttle ,Sussex County Cricket Club , who played a record played 423 consecutive County Championship matches
*May 30 -Fazal Mahmood , 78, Pakistan medium-pace bowler,Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1955
*June 18 -Syed Mushtaq Ali , 90, India, the first Indian batsman to score a Test century away from home.
*June 26 -Eknath Solkar , 57, India all-rounder, described byCricinfo as "one of India's greatest close-in fielders" [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/211873.html]
*July 5 -Baloo Gupte , 70, India leg spinner, record-holder ofDuleep Trophy best bowling figures with nine for 55
*November 30 -Denis Lindsay , 66, South Africawicket-keeper . [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/227953.html]
*December 30 -Eddie Barlow , 65, South African opening batsman [http://usa.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/231166.html] .ee also
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2005 English cricket season
*2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup
*International cricket in 2005
*International cricket in 2005-06
*2004 in cricket
*2006 in cricket
*2005 in sports
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