| Series: | Paktel Cup |
| Partof: | the Sri Lanka in Pakistan |
| Date: | 30 September 2004 – 16 October 2004 |
| Result: | victory |
| Player Of Series: |  Shoaib Malik |
| Captain1: | Inzamam-ul-Haq |
| Captain2: | Marvan Atapattu |
| Captain3: | Tatenda Taibu |
| Runs1: | Malik (260) Yousuf (159) Inzamam (153) |
| Runs2: | Atapattu (223) Sangakkara (175) Jayasuriya (124) |
| Runs3: | Ebrahim (124) Taylor (81) Matsikenyeri (78) |
| Wickets1: | Shahid Afridi (8) Shoaib Malik (7) Rana Naved (7) |
| Wickets2: | Chandana (7) Vaas (6) Jayasuriya (5) |
| Wickets3: | Panyangara (6) Hondo (5) Chigumbura (2) |
The 2004–05 Paktel Cup was a three-team One Day International men's cricket tournament held in Pakistan in September and October 2004, between the hosting nation's team, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.[1] The teams played each other two matches.[2] The top two teams on points went on to play the final.
| Group Stage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | T | NR | For | Against | Points | ||
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.612 | 1080/195.4 | 925/200.0 | 21 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +0.499 | 633/118.1 | 634/147.3 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | −1.508 | 504/150.0 | 658/116.2 | 4 | ||
| Group Stage | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | Venue | |
| 1st | 30 September | Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan | |||
| 2nd | 2 October | Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar | |||
| 3rd | 6 October | ||||
| 4th | 9 October | ||||
| 5th | 11 October | ||||
| 6th | 14 October | Gaddafi Stadium Lahore | |||
| Final | |||||
| Final | 16 October | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | |||