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2005 English cricket season (15-30 June)
''See also: [[2005 English cricket season]]''

The period of the '''2005 English cricket season from 15 to 30 June''' started with another surprise - Australia were beaten in their final NatWest Series warm-up match by Somerset, or more specifically Graeme Smith and [[Sanath Jayasuriya]], who put on 197 for Somerset's first wicket.

(contracted; show full)
Umpires: [[Aleem Dar]] ([[Pakistan|Pak]]) and [[Jeremy Lloyds|JW Lloyds]] ([[England|Eng]])<br>
Man of the Match: [[Shahriar Nafees]] ([[Bangladesh|Ban]])
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| valign="top" rowspan="2" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px]] '''[[Australian cricket team|Australia]]'''
| '''254/4 (48.1 overs)'''
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[[Michael Clarke
 (cricketer)|MJ Clarke]] 80[[not out|*]] (104)<br>
[[Mashrafe Mortaza]] 2/44 [9]
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The last game of the round robin of the NatWest Series was, as expected, won by the Australians. However, it summed up the improvement Bangladesh had made over the tour of England. In the first international, they were rolled over meekly by a no-balling, rusty English side - twice. In the last, [[Brett Lee]] and [[Jason Gillespie]] put the pressure on early, and with the aid of [[Shane Watson]] had them on the reels with 75 for 5(contracted; show full)

== Reference ==
* {{mnb|cricinfo|1}} [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/bangladesh/content/story/211416.html Ten biggest one-day upsets, by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan, published 18 June 2005]
* {{mnb|telegraph|2}} [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050710/asp/look/story_4965846.asp Eye on England - The Telegraph, Kolkata, published 10 July 2005]

{{2005 English cricket season chronology}}

[[Category:2005 English cricket season|06-15]]