| Series: | 2004 Videocon Cup |
| Partof: | Indian cricket team in England in 2004 |
| Date: | 21–28 August 2004 |
| Place: | Netherlands |
| Result: | Won by Australia |
| Player Of Series: | No award |
| Captain1: | RT Ponting |
| Captain2: | SC Ganguly |
| Captain3: | Inzamam-ul-Haq |
| Runs1: | ML Hayden (88) |
| Runs2: | VVS Laxman (37) |
| Runs3: | Shoaib Malik (104) |
| Wickets1: | DS Lehmann (2) A Symonds (2) |
| Wickets2: | L Balaji (6) |
| Wickets3: | Shahid Afridi (4) |
The Videocon Cup was the name of the One Day International cricket tournament in the Netherlands during August 2004. It was a tri-nation series between Australia, India and Pakistan. All matches took place at the VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen. The tournament preceded, and acted as a warm-up for, the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy.
The tournament was disrupted by rain, with only one of the three group stage matches reaching a conclusion. Australia refused to reschedule their two washed-out group matches, and qualified for the final without completing a game.[1] [2]
By beating India in the opening match, Pakistan also qualified for the Final.[3] Australia beat Pakistan in the Final to win the series.
Shoaib Malik of Pakistan emerged as the top run-scorer with 104 runs, with an average of 52.00; Matthew Hayden of Australia followed close behind with 88 runs.[4] Lakshmipathy Balaji of India finished the series as top wicket-taker capturing 6 wickets, with Shahid Afridi of Pakistan taking 4.[5]
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | +2.000 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | +0.000 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −2.000 |