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Australia v ICC World XI @ Sydney Cricket Ground
14, 15, 16, 17 October 2005 (six-day match)
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: RE Koertzen, SJA Taufel
Third Umpire: DB Hair
Match Referee: RS Madugalle
Match Result: Australia won by 210 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Justin Langer | b Steve Harmison | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| 2. Matthew Hayden | c Jacques Kallis b Muttiah Muralitharan | 111 | 180 | 277 | 12 | - |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Jacques Kallis b Andrew Flintoff | 46 | 76 | 96 | 6 | 1 |
| 4. Michael Clarke | c Virender Sehwag b Daniel Vettori | 39 | 68 | 87 | 4 | - |
| 5. Simon Katich | run out (Graeme Smith > > ) | 0 | 9 | 9 | - | - |
| +6. Adam Gilchrist | lbw b Andrew Flintoff | 94 | 111 | 161 | 8 | 4 |
| 7. Shane Watson | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 24 | 60 | 65 | 1 | - |
| 8. Shane Warne | c Jacques Kallis b Andrew Flintoff | 5 | 20 | 31 | - | - |
| 9. Brett Lee | c Graeme Smith b Andrew Flintoff | 1 | 10 | 21 | - | - |
| 10. Glenn McGrath | run out (Rahul Dravid > > ) | 0 | 5 | 10 | - | - |
| 11. Stuart MacGill | not out | 0 | 5 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Justin Langer), 2-73 (Ricky Ponting), 3-154 (Michael Clarke), 4-163 (Simon Katich), 5-260 (Matthew Hayden), 6-323 (Shane Watson), 7-331 (Adam Gilchrist), 8-339 (Shane Warne), 9-344 (Brett Lee), 345 (Glenn McGrath). |
| Extras | 5b, 11lb, 3w, 6nb, 0pen) 25 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 90 ovs, 386 mins) 345 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Steve Harmison | 18 | 3 | 60 | 1 | (3w,2nb) |
| Andrew Flintoff | 18 | 3 | 59 | 4 | (0w,3nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 7 | 1 | 35 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 30 | 3 | 102 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 17 | 3 | 73 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
ICC World XI
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Graeme Smith | c Adam Gilchrist b Brett Lee | 12 | 25 | 33 | 1 | - |
| 2. Virender Sehwag | c Simon Katich b Shane Warne | 76 | 82 | 148 | 14 | - |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | c Adam Gilchrist b Glenn McGrath | 0 | 6 | 5 | - | - |
| 4. Brian Lara | lbw b Glenn McGrath | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | - |
| 5. Jacques Kallis | c Matthew Hayden b Shane Warne | 44 | 94 | 125 | 8 | - |
| 6. Inzamam-ul-Haq | st Adam Gilchrist b Stuart MacGill | 1 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| 7. Andrew Flintoff | c Brett Lee b Stuart MacGill | 35 | 36 | 44 | - | 4 |
| +8. Mark Boucher | c Adam Gilchrist b Shane Warne | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Daniel Vettori | not out | 8 | 16 | 33 | - | - |
| 10. Steve Harmison | c Michael Clarke b Stuart MacGill | 1 | 8 | 7 | - | - |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | c Justin Langer b Stuart MacGill | 2 | 4 | 7 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-27 (Graeme Smith), 2-31 (Rahul Dravid), 3-43 (Brian Lara), 4-134 (Virender Sehwag), 5-135 (Inzamam-ul-Haq), 6-147 (Jacques Kallis), 7-151 (Mark Boucher), 8-183 (Andrew Flintoff), 9-184 (Steve Harmison), 190 (Muttiah Muralitharan). |
| Extras | 1b, 1lb, 1w, 3nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 47.1 ovs, 214 mins) 190 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Glenn McGrath | 12 | 4 | 34 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brett Lee | 8 | 1 | 54 | 1 | (0w,3nb) |
| Shane Watson | 6 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 12 | 3 | 23 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stuart MacGill | 9.1 | 0 | 39 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Justin Langer | c Graeme Smith b Jacques Kallis | 22 | 33 | 40 | 2 | - |
| 2. Matthew Hayden | b Steve Harmison | 77 | 120 | 203 | 9 | - |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Mark Boucher b Andrew Flintoff | 54 | 111 | 189 | 4 | - |
| 4. Michael Clarke | b Steve Harmison | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | - |
| 5. Simon Katich | c & b Muttiah Muralitharan | 2 | 22 | 19 | - | - |
| +6. Adam Gilchrist | c Jacques Kallis b Muttiah Muralitharan | 1 | 3 | 10 | - | - |
| 7. Shane Watson | c Mark Boucher b Andrew Flintoff | 10 | 37 | 59 | 1 | - |
| 8. Shane Warne | c Rahul Dravid b Andrew Flintoff | 7 | 19 | 24 | - | - |
| 9. Brett Lee | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Steve Harmison | 3 | 28 | 48 | - | - |
| 10. Glenn McGrath | c Graeme Smith b Muttiah Muralitharan | 2 | 9 | 13 | - | - |
| 11. Stuart MacGill | not out | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-30 (Justin Langer), 2-152 (Matthew Hayden), 3-160 (Michael Clarke), 4-167 (Ricky Ponting), 5-167 (Simon Katich), 6-170 (Adam Gilchrist), 7-177 (Shane Warne), 8-192 (Shane Watson), 9-195 (Glenn McGrath), 199 (Brett Lee). |
| Extras | 7b, 7lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 65.3 ovs, 303 mins) 199 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Steve Harmison | 12.3 | 2 | 41 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Flintoff | 16 | 2 | 48 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 24 | 4 | 55 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
4th Innings
ICC World XI
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Graeme Smith | b Glenn McGrath | 0 | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| 2. Virender Sehwag | c Adam Gilchrist b Stuart MacGill | 7 | 13 | 24 | - | 1 |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | c Matthew Hayden b Shane Warne | 23 | 68 | 110 | 3 | - |
| 4. Brian Lara | c Adam Gilchrist b Shane Warne | 36 | 51 | 96 | 7 | - |
| 5. Jacques Kallis | not out | 39 | 85 | 109 | 3 | 1 |
| 6. Inzamam-ul-Haq | lbw b Brett Lee | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| 7. Andrew Flintoff | c sub b Stuart MacGill | 15 | 27 | 40 | 2 | - |
| +8. Mark Boucher | c Matthew Hayden b Shane Warne | 17 | 43 | 36 | 1 | - |
| 9. Daniel Vettori | c Ricky Ponting b Stuart MacGill | 0 | 5 | 6 | - | - |
| 10. Steve Harmison | lbw b Stuart MacGill | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | st Adam Gilchrist b Stuart MacGill | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Graeme Smith), 2-18 (Virender Sehwag), 3-56 (Rahul Dravid), 4-69 (Brian Lara), 5-70 (Inzamam-ul-Haq), 6-122 (Andrew Flintoff), 7-143 (Mark Boucher), 8-144 (Daniel Vettori), 9-144 (Steve Harmison), 144 (Muttiah Muralitharan). |
| Extras | 1b, 2lb, 0w, 4nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 50 ovs, 204 mins) 144 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Glenn McGrath | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brett Lee | 10 | 2 | 42 | 1 | (0w,4nb) |
| Shane Warne | 19 | 4 | 48 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stuart MacGill | 15 | 4 | 43 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Stuart MacGill, Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee, Shane Warne, Shane Watson, Adam Gilchrist, Simon Katich, Michael Clarke, Ricky Ponting, Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer