MatchesMen's TestEngland tour of Australia 2002/03

Australia v England

4th Test · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 26 Dec 2002 – 30 Dec 2002

Australia won by 5 wickets

Australia 1st innings551/6d146.1 overs

England 1st innings27089.3 overs

England 2nd innings387120.5 overs

Australia 2nd innings107/523.1 overs

Australia 1st innings 551/6d (146.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langer	c AR Caddick b RKJ Dawson	250	407	30	1	61.4
ML Hayden	c JP Crawley b AR Caddick	102	149	10	3	68.5
RT Ponting	b C White	21	32	3	0	65.6
DR Martyn	c ME Trescothick b C White	17	30	3	0	56.7
SR Waugh	c JS Foster b C White	77	117	15	0	65.8
ML Love	not out	62	141	4	0	44.0
AC Gilchrist	b RKJ Dawson	1	6	0	0	16.7
Extras		21
Total	6 wickets declared, 146.1 overs	551

Did not bat: SCG MacGill, JN Gillespie, B Lee, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets: 195-1 (ML Hayden, 44.2 ov), 235-2 (RT Ponting, 53.5 ov), 265-3 (DR Martyn, 63.6 ov), 394-4 (SR Waugh, 103.3 ov), 545-5 (JL Langer, 143.5 ov), 551-6 (AC Gilchrist, 145.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
AR Caddick	36	6	126	1	3.50	161	1	3
SJ Harmison	36	7	108	0	3.00	164	0	1
C White	33	5	133	3	4.03	140	0	1
RKJ Dawson	28.1	1	121	2	4.30	108	0	0
MA Butcher	13	2	52	0	4.00	55	4	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	195	267	JL Langer 90, ML Hayden 102
2	40	57	JL Langer 18, RT Ponting 21
3	30	61	JL Langer 12, DR Martyn 17
4	129	237	JL Langer 45, SR Waugh 77
5	151	242	JL Langer 85, ML Love 58
6	6	13	ML Love 4, AC Gilchrist 1

England 1st innings 270 (89.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	37	75	6	1	49.3
MP Vaughan	b GD McGrath	11	17	2	0	64.7
MA Butcher	lbw b JN Gillespie	25	78	2	0	32.1
N Hussain	c ML Hayden b SCG MacGill	24	58	3	0	41.4
RKJ Dawson	c ML Love b SCG MacGill	6	18	1	0	33.3
RWT Key	lbw b B Lee	0	2	0	0	0.0
JP Crawley	c JL Langer b JN Gillespie	17	45	2	0	37.8
C White	not out	85	134	9	3	63.4
JS Foster	lbw b SR Waugh	19	76	0	0	25.0
AR Caddick	b JN Gillespie	17	30	1	1	56.7
SJ Harmison	c AC Gilchrist b JN Gillespie	2	14	0	0	14.3
Extras		27
Total	all out, 89.3 overs	270

Fall of wickets: 13-1 (MP Vaughan, 6.2 ov), 73-2 (ME Trescothick, 22.4 ov), 94-3 (MA Butcher, 32.1 ov), 111-4 (RKJ Dawson, 37.6 ov), 113-5 (RWT Key, 38.4 ov), 118-6 (N Hussain, 41.6 ov), 172-7 (JP Crawley, 54.2 ov), 227-8 (JS Foster, 76.5 ov), 264-9 (AR Caddick, 85.5 ov), 270-10 (SJ Harmison, 89.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
GD McGrath	16	5	41	1	2.56	79	2
JN Gillespie	16.3	7	25	4	1.52	87	1
SCG MacGill	36	10	108	2	3.00	167	0
B Lee	17	4	70	2	4.12	78	11
SR Waugh	4	0	13	1	3.25	15	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	13	38	ME Trescothick 2, MP Vaughan 11
2	60	98	ME Trescothick 35, MA Butcher 20
3	21	57	MA Butcher 5, N Hussain 14
4	17	35	N Hussain 9, RKJ Dawson 6
5	2	4	N Hussain 1, RWT Key 0
6	5	20	N Hussain 0, JP Crawley 4
7	54	74	JP Crawley 13, C White 32
8	55	135	C White 29, JS Foster 19
9	37	54	C White 20, AR Caddick 17
10	6	22	C White 4, SJ Harmison 2

England 2nd innings 387 (120.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	lbw b SCG MacGill	37	46	5	1	80.4
MP Vaughan	c ML Love b SCG MacGill	145	218	19	3	66.5
MA Butcher	c ML Love b JN Gillespie	6	29	0	0	20.7
N Hussain	c & b GD McGrath	23	70	3	0	32.9
RWT Key	c RT Ponting b JN Gillespie	52	109	7	0	47.7
JP Crawley	b B Lee	33	105	3	0	31.4
C White	c AC Gilchrist b SCG MacGill	21	62	3	0	33.9
JS Foster	c ML Love b SCG MacGill	6	13	1	0	46.2
RKJ Dawson	not out	15	45	2	0	33.3
AR Caddick	c SR Waugh b SCG MacGill	10	19	1	0	52.6
SJ Harmison	b JN Gillespie	7	15	1	0	46.7
Extras		32
Total	all out, 120.5 overs	387

Fall of wickets: 67-1 (ME Trescothick, 15.6 ov), 89-2 (MA Butcher, 24.6 ov), 169-3 (N Hussain, 48.5 ov), 236-4 (MP Vaughan, 69.4 ov), 287-5 (RWT Key, 81.1 ov), 342-6 (JP Crawley, 104.5 ov), 342-7 (C White, 105.3 ov), 356-8 (JS Foster, 109.5 ov), 378-9 (AR Caddick, 117.5 ov), 387-10 (SJ Harmison, 120.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
GD McGrath	19	5	44	1	2.32	92	0	0
JN Gillespie	24.4	6	71	3	2.88	116	0	0
SCG MacGill	48.1	10	152	5	3.16	222	0	0
B Lee	27	4	87	1	3.22	119	2	6
SR Waugh	2	0	9	0	4.50	7	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	67	96	ME Trescothick 37, MP Vaughan 28
2	22	54	MP Vaughan 15, MA Butcher 6
3	80	144	MP Vaughan 55, N Hussain 23
4	67	125	MP Vaughan 47, RWT Key 17
5	51	69	RWT Key 35, JP Crawley 8
6	55	142	JP Crawley 25, C White 21
7	0	4	C White 0, JS Foster 0
8	14	26	JS Foster 6, RKJ Dawson 1
9	22	48	RKJ Dawson 12, AR Caddick 10
10	9	17	RKJ Dawson 2, SJ Harmison 7

Australia 2nd innings 107/5 (23.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langer	lbw b AR Caddick	24	56	1	0	42.9
ML Hayden	c AJ Tudor b AR Caddick	1	2	0	0	50.0
RT Ponting	c JS Foster b SJ Harmison	30	35	3	1	85.7
DR Martyn	c JS Foster b SJ Harmison	0	3	0	0	0.0
SR Waugh	c MA Butcher b AR Caddick	14	25	2	0	56.0
ML Love	not out	6	14	0	0	42.9
AC Gilchrist	not out	10	13	2	0	76.9
Extras		22
Total	5 wickets, 23.1 overs	107

Did not bat: SCG MacGill, JN Gillespie, B Lee, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets: 8-1 (ML Hayden, 2.1 ov), 58-2 (RT Ponting, 11.2 ov), 58-3 (DR Martyn, 11.5 ov), 83-4 (SR Waugh, 18.1 ov), 90-5 (JL Langer, 18.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
AR Caddick	12	1	51	3	4.25	50	0	2
SJ Harmison	11.1	1	43	2	3.85	48	0	7

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	8	13	JL Langer 4, ML Hayden 1
2	50	55	JL Langer 11, RT Ponting 30
3	0	3	JL Langer 0, DR Martyn 0
4	25	38	JL Langer 5, SR Waugh 14
5	7	4	JL Langer 4, ML Love 3
Unbroken	17	26	ML Love 3, AC Gilchrist 10

Match details

Toss: Australia, chose to bat
Player of the match: JL Langer
Ground: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia
Season: 2002/03
Umpires: DL Orchard, RB Tiffin
Match referee: Wasim Raja
Source: Cricsheet match 64012