English cricket team in Australia in 2002–03

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Cricket series

2002–03 Ashes series

Date

7 November 2002 – 6 January 2003

Location

Australia

Result

Australia won the five-Test series 4–1.

Player of the series

Michael Vaughan (Eng)

Teams
Australia	England
Captains
Steve Waugh	Nasser Hussain
Most runs
Matthew Hayden (496)	Michael Vaughan (633)
Most wickets
Jason Gillespie (20)	Andy Caddick (20)

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The England cricket team toured Australia in 2002–03, playing a five-Test series for The Ashes and a number of tour matches against Australian domestic teams. They also played a triangular ODI series against Australia and Sri Lanka. The first Test of the series, at Brisbane, was the 800th Test match to be played by England.

Australia comfortably won the Test series 4–1 and retained the Ashes, which were in their possession since 1989. The player of the series was Michael Vaughan from England.

Tour matches

England XI v ACB Chairman's XI

22 October 2002
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ACB Chairman's XI 301/7 (50 overs)	v	England XI 243 (48.5 overs)
KM Harvey 114 (88) AF Giles 3/56		RWT Key 68 (71) GB Hogg 5/33

ACB Chairman's XI won by 58 runs
Lilac Hill, Perth
Umpires: B Bennett (Aus) and AR Craig (Aus)
Player of the match: KM Harvey (ACB XI)

England XI v Western Australia

24–25 October 2002
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England XI	v	Western Australia
221 (87.2 overs) AR Caddick 62 (78) CD Thorp 4/58		313/6 (90 overs) SE Marsh 92 (134) MJ Hoggard 2/49

Match drawn
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: AR Craig (Aus) and IH Lock (Eng)

Western Australia won the toss and elected to field.

England XI v Western Australia

28–30 October 2002
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Western Australia	v	England XI
213 (65.5 overs) MJ North 71 (124) AR Caddick 4/49		327 (102.5 overs) N Hussain 117 (220) MJ Nicholson 6/79
248 (74.2 overs) CJL Rogers 86 (151) SP Jones 5/78		130/5 (20 overs) RWT Key 59 (48) GB Hogg 2/26

Match drawn
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: IH Lock (Eng) and RG Patterson (Aus)

England XI won the toss and elected to field.
Attendance: Day 1 - 1203, Day 2 - 1484, Day 3 - 1171 (Total - 3858)

England XI v Queensland

2–4 November 2002
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Queensland	v	England XI
582 (158 overs) ML Love 250 (414) AF Giles 3/124		322/7 (102 overs) MP Vaughan 127 (204) NM Hauritz 3/48

Match drawn
Allan Border Field, Brisbane
Umpires: DL Orchard (SA) and PD Parker (Aus)

Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.

England XI v Australia A, 15–18 November 2002

15–17 November 2002
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Australia A	v	England XI
353/3d (75 overs) ML Love 201 (243) C White 1/70		183 (70.2 overs) JP Crawley 43* (125) BA Williams 5/52
		310/5d (128 overs) (f/o) RWT Key 174* (386) NM Hauritz 2/75

Match drawn
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Umpires: RL Parry (Aus) and JH Smeaton (Aus)
Player of the match: ML Love

England XI won the toss and elected to field.

England XI v New South Wales, 6 December 2002

6 December 2002
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England XI 206 (49.2 overs)	v	New South Wales 211/2 (42 overs)
RC Irani 81 (120) SM Katich 3/46		MJ Slater 115 (136) SJ Harmison 1/42

New South Wales won by 8 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: NSD Fowler (Aus) and SJA Taufel (Aus)

England XI won the toss and elected to field

England XI v Australia A, 8 December 2002

8 December 2002
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Australia A 205/9 (50 overs)	v	England XI 182 (47 overs)
JL Langer 62 (103) RC Irani 3/30		RC Irani 33 (22) GB Hogg 3/32

Australia A won by 23 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: PD Parker (Aus) and SJA Taufel (Aus)

Australia A won the toss and elected to bat

England XI v Prime Minister's XI, 10 December 2002

10 December 2002
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England XI 152 (40.4 overs)	v	Prime Minister's XI 153/6 (31.4 overs)
CMW Read 33* (43) ML Lewis 3/22		LA Carseldine 46 (60) RJ Kirtley 3/27

Prime Minister's XI won by 4 wickets
Manuka Oval, Canberra
Umpires: GR Clifton (Aus) and BNJ Oxenford (Aus)

England XI won the toss and elected to bat

England XI v Sir Donald Bradman XI, 8 January 2003

8 January 2003
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England XI 279/8 (50 overs)	v	Sir Donald Bradman XI 285/4 (46.3 overs)
OA Shah 127 (154) GJ Mail 2/11		ME Waugh 108* (99) MJ Hoggard 2/60

Sir Donald Bradman XI won by 6 wickets
Bradman Oval, Bowral

Sir Donald Bradman XI won the toss and elected to field

The Ashes series

1st Test

7–10 November 2002
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Australia	v	England
492 (130.2 overs) ML Hayden 197 (268) AF Giles 4/101		325 (106.5 overs) ME Trescothick 72 (158) GD McGrath 4/87
296/5d (71 overs) ML Hayden 103 (152) Andy Caddick 3/95		79 (28.2 overs) MA Butcher 40 (76) GD McGrath 4/36

Australia won by 384 runs
The Gabba, Brisbane
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and RE Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: ML Hayden (Aus)

England won the toss and elected to field.

The first Test of the series began with what Wisden called "one of the costliest decisions in Test history", as England captain Nasser Hussain won the toss and chose to send Australia in to bat. Australia's batsmen took advantage of several dropped catches and other mistakes in the field to amass 364 for 2, with Ricky Ponting contributing 123 before being bowled by Ashley Giles, and Matthew Hayden finishing the day on 186 not out. England's woeful day in the field was capped by a severe injury to young bowler Simon Jones, who ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament while sliding to field a ball and was forced to withdraw from the tour.

England fought back on the second day of the Test. Hayden advanced to 197 before gloving a catch to Wicket-keeper Alec Stewart, and the Australians' last eight wickets fell for just 128 runs despite 57 from Shane Warne. Giles added three more wickets to his total and Andy Caddick took three in the day, including the captain Steve Waugh for just 7. The England batsmen then began, Marcus Trescothick and Mark Butcher sharing an unbroken century partnership to take England to 158 for 1 at stumps.

However, the Australians fought back on the third day. Butcher and Trescothick were both out early in the same over to Glenn McGrath. Hussain and John Crawley managed to stabilise the England innings and advanced to 268 for 3. However, England lost their last six wickets for 57 runs as the tail collapsed around Crawley, leaving him on 69 not out at the end of the innings. Australia started their second innings positively but lost both Justin Langer and Ponting to Caddick by the end of the day. A partnership between Hayden and Damien Martyn saw each advance to 40 not out by the close.

Australia advanced to a commanding lead on the fourth and final day, Hayden becoming only the fourth Australian to score a century in both innings of a Test match with his 103. Adam Gilchrist weighed in with 60 not out from 59 balls to take the Aussies to 296 for 5. Giles and Caddick were the only England bowlers to have any success: Giles taking the wickets of both Hayden and Ponting to finish with figures of 2 for 90 and Caddick taking 3 for 95. Waugh's declaration left England with a target of 464 runs for victory. However, England eventually finished with figures of 79 all out in 28 overs, with Mark Butcher the highest scorer at 40. Michael Vaughan departed LBW to McGrath on the third ball of the innings and Trescothick soon followed, caught at slip off Jason Gillespie. Brief partnerships between Hussain and Butcher, and then Butcher and Craig White were soon ended by McGrath (4 for 36) and Warne (3 for 29).

2nd Test

21–24 November 2002
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England	v	Australia
342 (115.5 overs) MP Vaughan 177 (306) JN Gillespie 4/78		552/9d (139.2 overs) RT Ponting 154 (269) C White 4/106
159 (59.2 overs) AJ Stewart 57 (101) GD McGrath 4/41

Australia won by an innings and 51 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and RE Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: RT Ponting (Aus)

England won the toss and elected to bat.
Play on Day 4 was reduced due to rain.

The second Test at Adelaide started much more positively for England, who had made several changes to their side, bringing in spinner Richard Dawson, Steve Harmison and Rob Key for the injured Ashley Giles, Simon Jones and John Crawley. Nasser Hussain won the toss and this time decided to bat, a decision that looked good as England advanced to 295 for 4 by the end of the day. However, this confident score was largely built around a massive 177 from Michael Vaughan, who was finally out to the last ball of the day, edging Andy Bichel to slip. No other England batsmen passed fifty, and Vaughan himself was lucky to escape dismissal on just 19 when he seemed to have been caught off Bichel by Justin Langer – TV replays proved inconclusive.

Australia took firm control of the match on the second day after a strong performance with both ball and bat. England crumbled from their strong overnight position to 342 all out, losing their last seven wickets for just 47 runs. Mark Butcher was caught behind off Jason Gillespie having added nothing to the overnight total, and England's tail was quickly dismissed by Gillespie (who finished with 4 for 78) and Warne (4 for 93). The English bowlers were next to suffer as the Australians advanced to 247 for 2 at stumps with Ricky Ponting undefeated overnight on 83. Matthew Hoggard and Andy Caddick were both smashed around the field and it was left to Craig White and Dawson to make the only breakthroughs in the afternoon, White having Matthew Hayden caught on 46 and Dawson striking to have Justin Langer caught behind on 48.

The situation worsened for England on the third day. Ponting and Damien Martyn batted through the morning session to take their overnight partnership for the third wicket to 242 before Martyn was caught off Harmison for 95 shortly after lunch, and Ponting went on to convert his overnight 83 into 154 before holing out to White. Darren Lehmann, Steve Waugh and Shane Warne fell quickly but expensively, Waugh making 34 runs from just 40 deliveries. A 77 run eighth-wicket partnership between Bichel and Adam Gilchrist off just 14 overs advanced the Aussies to a commanding 552 before Gilchrist was out miscuing a hook off Harmison and Waugh declared the innings. Needing 211 to avoid an innings defeat, England got off to a nightmare start as they collapsed to 36 for 3 by the close of play, losing Marcus Trescothick LBW to Gillespie for a duck, Butcher LBW to Glenn McGrath shortly afterwards and finally Hussain clean bowled by Bichel.

England began the fourth day hoping for rain, but despite several short delays for weather the Aussies completed the innings victory with a day to spare. Key completed a disappointing Ashes debut as he was caught at mid-wicket off Bichel for 1 in the third over of the morning, and though Vaughan and Alec Stewart looked to stabilise the innings their partnership was broken when McGrath took an impressive catch to dismiss Vaughan off the bowling of Warne. Stewart, supported by a defensive Craig White, continued to make his 41st Test half century but the two fell in successive balls to leave England in hopeless circumstances. The tail fell to leave 159 all out, McGrath taking 4 for 41 and Warne 3 for 36, giving the Aussies a crushing victory by an innings and 51 runs.

3rd Test

29 November–1 December 2002
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England	v	Australia
185 (64.2 overs) RWT Key 47 (108) B Lee 3/78		456 (99.1 overs) DR Martyn 71 (158) C White 5/127
223 (82.1 overs) AJ Stewart 66* (83) GD McGrath 2/24

Australia won by an innings and 48 runs
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and RE Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: DR Martyn (Aus)

England won the toss and elected to bat.

4th Test

26–30 December 2002
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Australia	v	England
551/6d (146 overs) JL Langer 250 (407) C White 3/133		270 (89.3 overs) C White 85* (134) JN Gillespie 4/25
107/5 (23.1 overs) RT Ponting 30 (35) AR Caddick 3/51		387 (120.4 overs) (f/o) MP Vaughan 145 (218) SCG MacGill 5/152

Australia won by 5 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: DL Orchard (SA) and RB Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: JL Langer (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
Martin Love (Aus) made his Test debut.

5th Test

2–6 January 2003
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England	v	Australia
362 (127 overs) MA Butcher 124 (275) AJ Bichel 3/86		363 (80.3 overs) AC Gilchrist 133 (121) MJ Hoggard 4/92
452/9d (125.3 overs) MP Vaughan 183 (278) SCG MacGill 3/120		226 (54 overs) AJ Bichel 49 (58) AR Caddick 7/94

England won by 225 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: DL Orchard (SA) and RB Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: MP Vaughan (Eng)

England won the toss and elected to bat.

References

Booth, Lawrence (12 April 2018). The Shorter Wisden 2018: The Best Writing from Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2018. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472953582. Retrieved 29 April 2018 – via Google Books.
"Welcome back". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 November 2017.

Sources

Playfair Cricket Annual
Wisden Cricketers Almanack

International cricket tours of Australia

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PNG	2014–15
Scotland	2014–15
Sri Lanka	1982–83
UAE	2014–15
World Series Cricket (West Indies & World XI)	1977-78 1978-79
Pakistan A	2024

§: Toured New Zealand as well as Australia

v t e International cricket in 2002–03
Preceding season: International cricket in 2002
September 2002	Champions Trophy Final Bangladesh in South Africa
October 2002	Australia against Pakistan in Sri Lanka and UAE West Indies in India Sri Lanka in South Africa England in Australia The Ashes
November 2002	Pakistan in Zimbabwe West Indies in Bangladesh
December 2002	Pakistan in South Africa Kenya in Zimbabwe India in New Zealand Australia Tri-Nation Series
January 2003	Rose Bowl World Series of Women's Cricket
February 2003	World Cup Final England women in Australia
March 2003	Sri Lanka women in West Indies
April 2003	Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup
Following season: International cricket in 2003

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