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Australia v England @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
15 December 2002
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: SA Bucknor, SJA Taufel
Third Umpire: SJ Davis
Match Referee: Wasim Raja
Match Result: Australia won by 89 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +1. Adam Gilchrist | b James Anderson | 124 | 104 | 154 | 12 | 4 |
| 2. Matthew Hayden | c Gareth Batty b James Kirtley | 4 | 11 | 12 | 1 | - |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Owais Shah b Ian Blackwell | 119 | 123 | 160 | 9 | 3 |
| 4. Michael Bevan | b Gareth Batty | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| 5. Damien Martyn | c Gareth Batty b Craig White | 9 | 12 | 14 | - | - |
| 6. Darren Lehmann | not out | 18 | 19 | 38 | - | 1 |
| 7. Shane Watson | c Craig White b Ian Blackwell | 9 | 12 | 13 | - | - |
| 8. Shane Warne | not out | 19 | 15 | 22 | - | 1 |
| 9. Brett Lee | ||||||
| 10. Jason Gillespie | ||||||
| 11. Glenn McGrath |
| FOW | 1-15 (Matthew Hayden), 2-240 (Adam Gilchrist), 3-247 (Michael Bevan), 4-271 (Ricky Ponting), 5-271 (Damien Martyn), 6-286 (Shane Watson). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 7w, 0nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs, 212 mins) 318 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| James Kirtley | 9 | 0 | 62 | 1 | (3w,0nb) |
| James Anderson | 6 | 0 | 46 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Craig White | 10 | 1 | 56 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ronnie Irani | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Blackwell | 10 | 0 | 54 | 2 | (2w,0nb) |
| Gareth Batty | 10 | 0 | 65 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marcus Trescothick | c Matthew Hayden b Jason Gillespie | 6 | 14 | 14 | 1 | - |
| 2. Nick Knight | c Shane Warne b Shane Watson | 70 | 68 | 122 | 9 | - |
| 3. Ronnie Irani | run out (Shane Watson > Glenn McGrath) | 0 | 4 | 7 | - | - |
| *4. Nasser Hussain | b Shane Warne | 19 | 30 | 45 | 2 | - |
| 5. Owais Shah | c Glenn McGrath b Shane Warne | 7 | 10 | 13 | 1 | - |
| +6. Alec Stewart | run out (Michael Bevan > ) | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | - |
| 7. Ian Blackwell | run out (Adam Gilchrist > ) | 43 | 54 | 90 | 2 | 2 |
| 8. Craig White | not out | 57 | 74 | 93 | 1 | - |
| 9. Gareth Batty | b Darren Lehmann | 3 | 9 | 6 | - | - |
| 10. James Anderson | b Brett Lee | 6 | 13 | 18 | 1 | - |
| 11. James Kirtley | b Brett Lee | 1 | 8 | 8 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-13 (Marcus Trescothick), 2-16 (Ronnie Irani), 3-76 (Nasser Hussain), 4-87 (Owais Shah), 5-92 (Alec Stewart), 6-131 (Nick Knight), 7-203 (Ian Blackwell), 8-208 (Gareth Batty), 9-223 (James Anderson), 229 (James Kirtley). |
| Extras | 4b, 4lb, 5w, 1nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 48 ovs, 216 mins) 229 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Glenn McGrath | 6 | 1 | 31 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jason Gillespie | 10 | 0 | 55 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Brett Lee | 9 | 0 | 31 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 7.5 | 0 | 39 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Shane Watson | 7 | 0 | 31 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Damien Martyn | 2.1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Darren Lehmann | 6 | 0 | 21 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Michael Bevan, Damien Martyn, Darren Lehmann, Shane Watson, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie, Glenn McGrath