Ashes Tour 2002/03
The Ashes Tour 2002/03 was the tour of the English cricket team to Australia , the 62nd staging of the Ashes included and was between 22 October 2002 and 8 January 2003 as part of the international cricket season 2002/03 held . The Ashes Series 2002/03 was played in the form of five test matches between England and Australia. Australia won the Ashes 4-1.
Stages
The following stages have been designated as venues for the tour.
Tour venues |
Stadion | city | capacity | Games |
---|---|---|---|
Adelaide oval | Adelaide | 53,583 | 2nd test |
The gabba | Brisbane | 42,000 | 1st test |
Melbourne Cricket Ground | Melbourne | 100.024 | 5th test |
WACA Ground | Perth | 20,000 | 3rd test |
Sydney Cricket Ground | Sydney | 48,000 | 4th test |
Squad
The following squads have been announced by the teams.
test | |
---|---|
Australia | England |
Tour matches
October 22nd scorecard |
Perth |
Australian Cricket Board 301-7 (50) |
- |
England XI 243 (48.5) |
ACB Chairman's XI wins with 58 runs |
24.-25. October scorecard |
Perth |
England XI 221 (87.2) |
- | Western Australia 313-6 (90) |
draw |
28-30 October scorecard |
Perth | Western Australia 213 (65.5) & 248 (74.2) |
- |
England XI 327 (102.5) & 130-5 (20) |
draw |
2-4 November scorecard |
Brisbane | Queensland 582 (158) |
- |
England XI 322-7 (102) |
draw |
15-17 November scorecard |
Hobart | Australia A 353-3d (75) & 310-5d (128) |
- |
England XI 183 (70.2) |
draw |
December 6th scorecard |
Sydney |
England XI 206 (49.2) |
- |
New South Wales 211-2 (42) |
New South Wales wins with 8 wickets |
December 8th scorecard |
Sydney |
Australia A 205-9 (50) |
- |
England XI 182 (47) |
Australia A wins with 23 runs |
December 10th scorecard |
Canberra |
England XI 152 (40.4) |
- |
Prime Minister's XI 153-6 (31.4) |
Prime Minister's XI wins with 4 wickets |
January 8 scorecard |
Bowral |
England XI 279-8 (50) |
- |
Sir Donald Bradman XI 285-4 (46.3) |
Sir Donald Bradman XI wins with 6 wickets |
Test matches
First test in Brisbane
7-10 November scorecard |
Brisbane |
Australia 492 (130.2) & 296-5d (71) |
- |
England 325 (106.5) & 79 (28.2) |
Australia wins with 384 runs |
Second test in Adelaide
21.-24. November scorecard |
Adelaide |
England 342 (115.5) & 159 (59.2) |
- |
Australia 552-9d (139.2) |
Australia wins with one innings and 51 runs |
Third test in Perth
November 29–1. December scorecard |
Perth |
England 185 (64.2) & 223 (82.1) |
- |
Australia 456 (99.1) |
Australia wins with one innings and 48 runs |
Fourth test in Melbourne
26.-30. December scorecard |
Melbourne |
Australia 551-6d (146) & 387 (120.4) |
- |
England 270 (89.3) & 107-5 (23.1) (f / o) |
Australia wins with 5 wickets |
Fifth test in Sydney
2-6 January scorecard |
Sydney |
England 362 (127) & 452-9d (125.3) |
- |
Australia 363 (80.3) & 226 (54) |
England wins with 225 runs |
statistics
The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.
Testing | ||||||||
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Batting | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
Michael Vaughan | England | 5 | 10 | 633 | 63.30 | 183 | 3 | 0 |
Matthew Hayden | Australia | 5 | 8th | 496 | 62.00 | 197 | 3 | 0 |
Justin Langer | Australia | 5 | 8th | 423 | 52.87 | 250 | 1 | 0 |
Ricky Ponting | Australia | 5 | 8th | 417 | 52.12 | 154 | 2 | 1 |
Wet Hussain | England | 5 | 10 | 382 | 38.20 | 75 | 0 | 4th |
bowling | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
Jason Gillespie | Australia | 5 | 181.5 | 20th | 24.60 | 4/25 | 0 | 0 |
Andy Caddick | England | 4th | 171 | 20th | 34.50 | 7/94 | 1 | 1 |
Glenn McGrath | Australia | 4th | 162.2 | 19th | 20.00 | 4/36 | 0 | 0 |
Shane Warne | Australia | 3 | 131.1 | 14th | 24.78 | 4/93 | 0 | 0 |
Craig White | England | 4th | 122.1 | 14th | 38.00 | 5/127 | 1 | 0 |
Player of the Series
The following players were honored as Player of the Series .
series | Player of the Series |
---|---|
test | Michael Vaughan |
Player of the Match
The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .
game | Player of the Match |
---|---|
1st test | Matthew Hayden |
2nd test | Ricky Ponting |
3rd test | Damien Martyn |
4th test | Justin Langer |
5th test | Michael Vaughan |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Records / The Ashes, 2002/03 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ↑ Records / The Ashes, 2002/03 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 29, 2017.