Australia v ICC World XI @ Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
5 October 2005
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: Aleem Dar, SJA Taufel
Third Umpire: RE Koertzen
Match Referee: RS Madugalle
Super Sub 1st Innings: Australia full substitute: CL White (DR Martyn, ICC World XI innings, 16.0 ov).
Super Sub 2nd Innings: ICC World XI full substitute: Shahid Afridi (M Muralitharan, Australia innings, 43.0 ov).
Match Result: Australia won by 93 runs
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| +1. Adam Gilchrist | b Jacques Kallis | 45 | 48 | 75 | 7 | - | |
| 2. Simon Katich | c & b Muttiah Muralitharan | 58 | 79 | 133 | 4 | - | |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Brian Lara b Shaun Pollock | 23 | 27 | 33 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4. Damien Martyn | c Daniel Vettori b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| 5. Andrew Symonds | c Andrew Flintoff b Daniel Vettori | 36 | 54 | 72 | 1 | 1 | |
| 6. Michael Clarke | c & b Daniel Vettori | 6 | 16 | 18 | - | - | |
| 7. Michael Hussey | c Kevin Pietersen b Daniel Vettori | 32 | 44 | 61 | 1 | - | |
| 8. Shane Watson | c Brian Lara b Daniel Vettori | 8 | 15 | 15 | - | - | |
| 9. Brett Lee | not out | 26 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 1 | |
| 10. Nathan Bracken | not out | 2 | 3 | 10 | - | - | |
| 11. Glenn McGrath | |||||||
| %12. Cameron White |
| FOW | 1-80 (Adam Gilchrist), 2-128 (Ricky Ponting), 3-128 (Damien Martyn), 4-142 (Simon Katich), 5-154 (Michael Clarke), 6-206 (Andrew Symonds), 7-223 (Shane Watson), 8-231 (Michael Hussey). |
| Extras | 2b, 6lb, 6w, 5nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs, 229 mins) 255 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shoaib Akhtar | 9 | 1 | 49 | 0 | (1w,3nb) |
| Shaun Pollock | 8 | 1 | 32 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Flintoff | 9 | 1 | 66 | 0 | (3w,1nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 41 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 1 | 33 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
ICC World XI
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| +1. Kumar Sangakkara | c Ricky Ponting b Shane Watson | 64 | 94 | 125 | 7 | - | |
| 2. Virender Sehwag | c Michael Hussey b Glenn McGrath | 6 | 10 | 22 | - | - | |
| 3. Jacques Kallis | lbw b Glenn McGrath | 8 | 23 | 26 | 1 | - | |
| 4. Brian Lara | c Andrew Symonds b Nathan Bracken | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| 5. Rahul Dravid | c Ricky Ponting b Brett Lee | 4 | 14 | 29 | - | - | |
| 6. Kevin Pietersen | lbw b Shane Watson | 2 | 6 | 10 | - | - | |
| 7. Andrew Flintoff | c Glenn McGrath b Shane Watson | 38 | 52 | 70 | 2 | 1 | |
| %8. Shahid Afridi | lbw b Andrew Symonds | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| *9. Shaun Pollock | run out (Shane Watson > ) | 5 | 12 | 14 | - | - | |
| 10. Daniel Vettori | c Ricky Ponting b Brett Lee | 15 | 28 | 31 | - | - | |
| 11. Shoaib Akhtar | not out | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| 12. Muttiah Muralitharan |
| FOW | 1-18 (Virender Sehwag), 2-45 (Jacques Kallis), 3-50 (Brian Lara), 4-75 (Rahul Dravid), 5-82 (Kevin Pietersen), 6-101 (Kumar Sangakkara), 7-104 (Shahid Afridi), 8-118 (Shaun Pollock), 9-150 (Andrew Flintoff), 162 (Daniel Vettori). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 6w, 1nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 41.3 ovs, 181 mins) 162 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 7.3 | 2 | 31 | 2 | (2w,1nb) |
| Glenn McGrath | 7 | 1 | 13 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Nathan Bracken | 8 | 0 | 36 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Shane Watson | 10 | 0 | 43 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
| Andrew Symonds | 9 | 0 | 38 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
Australia: Glenn McGrath, Nathan Bracken, Brett Lee, Shane Watson, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Damien Martyn, Ricky Ponting, Simon Katich, Adam Gilchrist, Cameron White
ICC World XI: Shoaib Akhtar, Daniel Vettori, Shaun Pollock, Shahid Afridi, Andrew Flintoff, Kevin Pietersen, Rahul Dravid, Brian Lara, Jacques Kallis, Virender Sehwag, Kumar Sangakkara, Muttiah Muralitharan