March 2005 in Sports - 5 March 2005

5 March 2005

• Rugby union: In the IRB Rugby Aid Match, a team of players from the Southern Hemisphere defeat the team from the Northern Hemisphere 54–19 at Twickenham, London. (Sydney Morning Herald)
• Dogsled racing: Rachael Scdoris became the first legally blind musher to compete in the 1,049-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska, U.S.
• Cricket:
  • Zimbabwe (54 and 265) lose to South Africa (340 for 3 declared) by an innings and 21 runs on the second day of the first Test of their two-Test series at Newlands, Cape Town. A number of records were set in the match: 54 is Zimbabwe's lowest-ever Test total; Jacques Kallis scored Test cricket's fastest-ever half-century in terms of balls bowled; South Africa's run rate of 6.8 was the highest for a first innings. (Wisden Cricinfo)
  • Australia (347 for 5) beat New Zealand (225 for 8) by 122 runs in the fifth and final One Day International at Napier, winning the series in a 5–0 whitewash. (Wisden Cricinfo)
• Curling – 2005 Tim Hortons Brier: Randy Dutiaume's Manitoba rink leads the pack with 2 wins (over British Columbia and Saskatchewan). Other undefeated rinks unclude Alberta (Randy Ferbey), Newfoundland and Labrador (Brad Gushue), Quebec (Jean-Michel Menard), and Ontario (Wayne Middaugh). (CBC sports)