a14784 o1919	Australia v England
	VB Series 2002/03
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 15th December 2002 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 89 runs
Points	Australia 6 (Bonus 1); England 0
Umpires	SA Bucknor, SJA Taufel
TV umpire	SJ Davis
Referee	Wasim Raja
Scorers	KV O'Neill, CJ Reece
Player of the Match	AC Gilchrist

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+AC Gilchrist	b Anderson	124	104	154	12	4	119.23
ML Hayden	c Batty b Kirtley	4	11	12	1	-	36.36
*RT Ponting	c Shah b Blackwell	119	123	160	9	3	96.75
MG Bevan	b Batty	3	4	4	-	-	75.00
DR Martyn	c Batty b White	9	12	14	-	-	75.00
DS Lehmann	not out	18	19	38	-	1	94.74
SR Watson	c White b Blackwell	9	12	13	-	-	75.00
SK Warne	not out	19	15	22	-	1	126.67
B Lee	did not bat
JN Gillespie	did not bat
GD McGrath	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 7 w)	13
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 212 minutes, 50 overs)	318
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Hayden, 2.5 ov), 2-240 (Gilchrist, 37.1 ov), 3-247 (Bevan, 38.2 ov), 4-271 (Ponting, 41.6 ov), 5-271 (Martyn, 42.2 ov), 6-286 (Watson, 45.5 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Kirtley	9	0	62	1	3	-	54.00	6.89
Anderson	6	0	46	1	2	-	36.00	7.67
White	10	1	56	1	-	-	60.00	5.60
Irani	5	0	29	0	-	-	-	5.80
Blackwell	10	0	54	2	2	-	30.00	5.40
Batty	10	0	65	1	-	-	60.00	6.50

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England innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
ME Trescothick	c Hayden b Gillespie	6	14	14	1	-	42.86
NV Knight	c Warne b Watson	70	68	122	9	-	102.94
RC Irani	run out (Watson->McGrath)	0	4	7	-	-	0.00
*N Hussain	b Warne	19	30	45	2	-	63.33
OA Shah	c McGrath b Warne	7	10	13	1	-	70.00
+AJ Stewart	run out (Bevan)	3	5	7	-	-	60.00
ID Blackwell	run out (Gilchrist)	43	54	90	2	2	79.63
C White	not out	57	74	93	1	-	77.03
GJ Batty	b Lehmann	3	9	6	-	-	33.33
JM Anderson	b Lee	6	13	18	1	-	46.15
RJ Kirtley	b Lee	1	8	8	-	-	12.50
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 5 w)	14
Total	(all out, 216 minutes, 48 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Trescothick, 3.3 ov), 2-16 (Irani, 4.2 ov), 3-76 (Hussain, 13.5 ov), 4-87 (Shah, 15.6 ov), 5-92 (Stewart, 17.4 ov), 6-131 (Knight, 24.6 ov), 7-203 (Blackwell, 38.6 ov), 8-208 (Batty, 40.6 ov), 9-223 (Anderson, 45.4 ov), 10-229 (Kirtley, 48 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
McGrath	6	1	31	0	-	-	-	5.17
Gillespie	10	0	55	1	1	1	60.00	5.50
Lee	9	0	31	2	-	-	27.00	3.44
Warne	7.5	0	39	2	1	-	23.50	4.98
Watson	7	0	31	1	1	-	42.00	4.43
Martyn	2.1	0	13	0	-	-	-	6.00
Lehmann	6	0	21	1	-	-	36.00	3.50

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Notes
--> Australia innings: 50 in 53 balls, 43 minutes
--> Australia innings: 100 in 100 balls, 79 minutes
--> Australia innings: 150 in 137 balls, 101 minutes
--> Australia innings: 200 in 192 balls, 131 minutes
--> Australia innings: 250 in 234 balls, 162 minutes
--> Australia innings: 300 in 285 balls, 200 minutes
--> England innings: 50 in 56 balls, 44 minutes
--> England innings: 100 in 116 balls, 100 minutes
--> England innings: 150 in 177 balls, 143 minutes
--> England innings: 200 in 232 balls, 179 minutes
--> JM Anderson made his debut in ODI matches
--> AC Gilchrist 50 in 48 balls, 99 minutes with 8 fours
--> AC Gilchrist 100 in 92 balls, 138 minutes with 11 fours and 2 sixes
--> AC Gilchrist passed 6000 runs in List A matches when he reached 4
--> RT Ponting 50 in 48 balls, 66 minutes with 7 fours and 2 sixes
--> RT Ponting 100 in 108 balls, 136 minutes with 9 fours and 2 sixes
--> SK Warne passed 1000 runs in ODI matches when he reached 3
--> NV Knight 50 in 39 balls, 79 minutes with 7 fours
--> C White passed his previous highest score of 38 in ODI matches
--> C White 50 in 64 balls with 1 four
--> C White passed 5500 runs in List A matches when he reached 7
--> JM Anderson made his debut for England in List A matches
--> JM Anderson made his debut in Australia in List A matches
--> AC Gilchrist and RT Ponting added 50 in 41 balls, 34 minutes for the Australia 2nd wicket
--> AC Gilchrist and RT Ponting added 100 in 92 balls, 81 minutes for the Australia 2nd wicket
--> AC Gilchrist and RT Ponting added 150 in 140 balls, 98 minutes for the Australia 2nd wicket
--> AC Gilchrist and RT Ponting added 200 in 191 balls, 128 minutes for the Australia 2nd wicket

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Hours of play: 2.15pm - 5.45pm, 6.30pm - 10.00pm
12th Men: AJ Bichel (Australia) and PD Collingwood (England)
Attendance: 34887

 

 

 

 

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