Indian national cricket team in England in the 2002 season

The tour of India's national cricket team to England in the 2002 season took place from July 20 to September 9, 2002. The international cricket tour was part of the 2002 international cricket season and included four test matches . The test series ran out 1–1.

prehistory

Both teams previously played a three-nation tournament with Sri Lanka . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2001/02 season in India .

Stages

The following stages have been designated as venues for the tour.

Leeds London (Lord's) London (oval) Nottingham

Tour venues

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	3rd test
The oval	London	23,500	4th test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	1st test
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	2nd test

Squad

England named their squad on July 20, 2002.

test
England	India
Nasser Hussain ( K ) Mark Butcher Andy Caddick Dominic Cork John Crawley Andrew Flintoff Ashley Giles Stephen Harmison Matthew Hoggard Simon Jones Robert Key Alec Stewart ( wk ) Graham Thorpe Marcus Trescothick Alex Tudor Michael Vaughan Craig White	Sourav Ganguly ( K ) Ajit Agarkar Sanjay Bangar Rahul Dravid Wasim Jaffer Zaheer Khan Anil Kumble VVS Laxman Ashish Nehra Parthiv Patel Ajay Ratra ( wk ) Virender Sehwag Harbhajan Singh Sachin Tendulkar

Tour matches

20.-22. July scorecard	Southampton	Indians 236 (81.1) & 139-4d (41.2)	-	Hampshire 123 (37.3) & 186 (46.2)
		Indians wins with 66 runs

July 31–3. August scorecard	Worcester	Indians 417-8d (105)	-	Worcestershire 200-6 (54)
		draw

14.-17. August scorecard	Chelmsford	Indians 516 (129.4) & 327-6d (88)	-	Essex 279 (75.4) & 186-3 (56)
		draw

28-30 August scorecard	Derby	Indians 445-8d (121.1) & 182-3 (43.3)	-	Derbyshire 358 (100.5)
		draw

Test matches

First test in London (Lord's)

25-29 July scorecard	London	England 487 (142.2) & 301-6d (64.4)	-	India 221 (81.5) & 397 (109.4)
		England wins with 170 runs

Second test in Nottingham

8-12 August scorecard	Nottingham	India 357 (101.1) & 424-8d (115)	-	England 617 (144.5)
		draw

Third test in Leeds

22-26 August scorecard	Leeds	India 628-8d (180.1)	-	England 273 (89) & 309 (110.5) (f / o)
		India wins with one innings and 46 runs

Fourth test in London (oval)

5th-9th September scorecard	London	England 515 (155.4) & 114-0 (28)	-	India 508 (170)
		draw

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Michael Vaughan	England	4th	7th	615	102.50	197	3	1
Rahul Dravid	India	4th	6th	602	100.33	217	3	1
Sachin Tendulkar	India	4th	6th	401	66.83	193	1	2
Sourav Ganguly	India	4th	6th	351	58.50	128	1	3
Wet Hussain	England	4th	6th	315	52.50	155	2	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Anil Kumble	India	3	174.1	14th	36.00	4/66	0	0
Matthew Hoggard	England	4th	160	14th	38.07	4/87	0	0
Harbhajan Singh	India	3	135.4	12	34.16	5/115	1	0
Zaheer Khan	India	4th	147	11	43.90	3/90	0	0
Ajit Agarkar	India	4th	118.3	8th	61.00	2/59	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Rahul Dravid Michael Vaughan

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Wet Hussain
2nd test	Michael Vaughan
3rd test	Rahul Dravid
4th test	Rahul Dravid

Web links

• Tour on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stephen Lamb: White and Cork extend England's batting options ( English ) Cricinfo. July 20, 2002. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
2. ↑ Records / India in England Test Series, 2002 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
3. ↑ Records / India in England Test Series, 2002 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved October 2, 2016.