Australia v England
Australia won by 5 runs
VB Series, Final25 January 2003Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Australiabatted first
229/750 ov
Englandtarget 230 in 50 overs
22449.3 ov
Australia won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match B Lee
Australia innings
229/750 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Gilchrist | c JM Anderson b A Flintoff | 26 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 81.3 |
| ML Hayden | c OA Shah (sub) b RC Irani | 69 | 91 | 5 | 1 | 75.8 |
| RT Ponting | c A Flintoff b AR Caddick | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| DR Martyn | c AJ Stewart b AR Caddick | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 78.6 |
| MG Bevan | retired hurt | 10* | 21 | 1 | 0 | 47.6 |
| A Symonds | b RC Irani | 8 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 27.6 |
| GB Hogg | not out | 71* | 77 | 8 | 1 | 92.2 |
| SK Warne | c & b RC Irani | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| B Lee | c ID Blackwell b JM Anderson | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 105.9 |
| AJ Bichel | not out | 11* | 10 | 1 | 0 | 110.0 |
| Extras | b 3, w 1 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 7 wickets, 50 overs, run rate 4.58 | 229 | ||||
Did not batBA Williams
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 230
1-39 AC Gilchrist2-40 RT Ponting3-56 DR Martyn4-98 A Symonds5-147 ML Hayden6-148 SK Warne7-196 B Lee
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Caddick | 10 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 2.30 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JM Anderson | 9 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 6.33 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| A Flintoff | 10 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 5.60 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ID Blackwell | 10 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3.20 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| RC Irani | 10 | 1 | 46 | 3 | 4.60 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MP Vaughan | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12.00 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
England innings chasing 230
22449.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME Trescothick | c AJ Bichel b B Lee | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| NV Knight | c A Symonds b B Lee | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 |
| RC Irani | c A Symonds b BA Williams | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 53.8 |
| MP Vaughan | c RT Ponting b SK Warne | 60 | 81 | 6 | 1 | 74.1 |
| N Hussain | b GB Hogg | 28 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 56.0 |
| AJ Stewart | c B Lee b SK Warne | 60 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 85.7 |
| PD Collingwood | not out | 25* | 29 | 1 | 0 | 86.2 |
| A Flintoff | b B Lee | 16 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 88.9 |
| ID Blackwell | c DR Martyn b B Lee | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| AR Caddick | b B Lee | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 |
| JM Anderson | run out (AC Gilchrist) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | lb 7, w 4, nb 7 | 18 | ||||
| Total | all out, 49.3 overs, run rate 4.53 | 224 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 230
1-8 ME Trescothick2-18 RC Irani3-20 NV Knight4-88 N Hussain5-151 MP Vaughan6-182 AJ Stewart7-216 A Flintoff8-218 ID Blackwell9-224 AR Caddick10-224 JM Anderson
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B Lee | 9.3 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 3.16 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| BA Williams | 10 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 4.60 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| AJ Bichel | 10 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 4.20 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| GB Hogg | 10 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 4.10 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SK Warne | 10 | 0 | 58 | 2 | 5.80 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
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