NatWest Series 2002

The NatWest Series 2002 was a three-nation tournament that was held from June 27 to July 13, 2002 in England in one-day cricket . In the tournament, which was part of the 2002 international cricket season, teams from India and Sri Lanka took part alongside the host . In the final India was able to prevail against England with 2 wickets.

prehistory

The tour took place following the test series in Sri Lanka in England . India previously played a tour in the West Indies .

format

In a preliminary round, each team played against each other three times. There were four points for a win, two points for a draw or no result. Bonus points were also awarded. The first two of the group qualified for the final and played for the tournament victory.

Stadion

Birmingham Bristol Chester-le-Street Leeds London (Lord's) London (oval) Manchester Nottingham

Tour venues

The following stadiums were chosen as the venues.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	24,803	6th game
Bristol County Ground	Bristol	17,500	9th game
Emirates Durham	Chester-le-Street	17,000	5th game
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	4th game
The oval	London	23,500	3rd & 8th game
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	2nd game; final
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	7th game
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	1st game

Squad lists

Sri Lanka named their squad on June 11, 2002. England named their squad on June 19, 2002.

ODI
England	India	Sri Lanka
Nasser Hussain ( K ) Paul Collingwood Andrew Flintoff Ashley Giles Darren Gough Matthew Hoggard Ronnie Irani James Kirtley Nick Knight Jeremy Snape Alec Stewart ( wk ) Graham Thorpe Marcus Trescothick Alex Tudor Michael Vaughan	Sourav Ganguly ( K ) Ajit Agarkar Rahul Dravid ( wk ) Harbhajan Singh Mohammad Kaif Zaheer Khan Anil Kumble VVS Laxman Dinesh Mongia Ashish Nehra Ajay Ratra ( wk ) Virender Sehwag Sachin Tendulkar Tinu Yohannan Yuvraj Singh	Sanath Jayasuriya ( K ) Russell Arnold Marvan Atapattu Charitha Buddhika Upul Chandana Dilhara Fernando Svishka Gunawardene Mahela Jayawardene Romesh Kaluwitharana ( wk ) Naveed Nawaz Thilan Samaraweera Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Chamara Silva Chaminda Vaas Pramodya Wickramasinghe Nuwan Zoysa

Games

Preliminary round

table

Teams	Sp.	S.	N	U	R.	NO	BP	Points	NRR
India	6th	4th	1	0	0	1	1	19th	+0.175
England	6th	3	2	0	0	1	1	15th	+0.386
Sri Lanka	6th	1	5	0	0	0	0	4th	-0.441

Win: 4 points; Draw: 2 points

Games

June 27th scorecard	Nottingham	England 294-6 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 249-9 (50)
		England wins with 44 runs

June 29 scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 271-7 (50)	-	India 272-4 (48.5)
		India wins with 6 wickets

June 30th scorecard	London (The Oval)	Sri Lanka 202-8 (50)	-	India 203-6 (45.2)
		India wins with 4 wickets

July 2nd scorecard	Leeds	Sri Lanka 240-7 (32/32)	-	England 241-7 (31.2 / 32)
		England wins with 3 wickets

July 4th scorecard	Chester-le-Street	India 285-4 (50)	-	England 51-1 (12.3)
		No result

July 6th scorecard	Birmingham	Sri Lanka 187 (48.2)	-	India 188-6 (48.1)
		India wins with 4 wickets

July 7th scorecard	Manchester	Sri Lanka 229 (49.4)	-	England 206 (47.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 23 runs

July 9th scorecard	London (The Oval)	England 229-8 (32/32)	-	India 165 (29.1 / 32)
		England wins with 64 runs

July 11th scorecard	Bristol	India 304 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 241 (44.1)
		India wins with 63 runs

final

July 13th scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 325-5 (50)	-	India 326-8 (49.3)
		India wins with 2 wickets

Web links

• Contest on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ National Westminster Bank Series 2002 Table ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
2. ^ Charlie Austin: Sri Lanka make four changes for NatWest one-day series ( English ) Cricinfo. June 11, 2002. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
3. ↑ England announce a 15-man squad for the NatWest Series ( English ) Cricinfo. June 19, 2002. Retrieved February 4, 2017.