1st Match: Australia v England at Sydney, 13 Dec 2002

ODI # 1917
VB Series, 2002/03, 1st Match
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground (day/night)
13 December 2002 (50-over match)

Result: Australia won by 7 wickets
Points: Australia 5, England 1

Toss: England
Umpires: RE Koertzen (SA) and SJA Taufel
TV Umpire: SJ Davis
Match Referee: Wasim Raja (Pak)
ODI Debut: GJ Batty (Eng).
Man of the Match: ML Hayden

England innings (50 overs maximum)                              R   M   B  4 6
ME Trescothick        c Warne            b Lee                 60  73  57  8 1
NV Knight             not out                                 111 209 133  6 1
RC Irani              lbw                b Warne                0   3   3  0 0
*N Hussain            c Gillespie        b Lehmann             52  80  81  1 1
ID Blackwell          c Gilchrist        b Lehmann              0   2   1  0 0
OA Shah               c Bevan            b Lehmann              2   7   4  0 0
+AJ Stewart           lbw                b Lee                  4  16   6  0 0
C White                                  b Lee                 15  17  13  2 0
GJ Batty                                 b Lee                  0   1   1  0 0
AR Caddick            not out                                   1   3   2  0 0
Extras                (b 2, w 3, nb 1)                          6
Total                 (8 wickets, 50 overs, 209 mins)         251

DNB: RJ Kirtley.

FoW: 1-101 (Trescothick, 16.5 ov), 2-103 (Irani, 17.2 ov),
    3-205 (Hussain, 40.2 ov), 4-206 (Blackwell, 40.5 ov),
    5-211 (Shah, 42.1 ov), 6-223 (Stewart, 45.3 ov),
    7-249 (White, 49.2 ov), 8-249 (Batty, 49.3 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                      8      0     36      0
Gillespie                    7      1     41      0
Watson                       3      0     25      0
Lee                          8      0     47      4 (1nb, 1w)
Warne                       10      0     42      1 (1w)
Lehmann                     10      0     32      3 (1w)
Martyn                       4      0     26      0

Australia innings (target: 252 runs from 50 overs)              R   M   B  4 6
+AC Gilchrist         c Shah             b Irani               53  61  50  7 0
ML Hayden             c Trescothick      b Blackwell           98 129  92  8 2
*RT Ponting           c Irani            b Blackwell           18  39  30  1 0
DR Martyn             not out                                  46  79  56  4 0
DS Lehmann            not out                                  27  51  45  1 0
Extras                (lb 5, w 2, nb 3)                        10
Total                 (3 wickets, 45 overs, 181 mins)         252

DNB: MG Bevan, SR Watson, SK Warne, B Lee, JN Gillespie,
    GD McGrath.

FoW: 1-101 (Gilchrist, 13.5 ov), 2-161 (Ponting, 24.5 ov),
    3-190 (Hayden, 32.2 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Kirtley                      7      1     53      0 (1nb)
Caddick                      6      0     35      0 (1nb, 1w)
White                        7      0     33      0 (1nb)
Irani                        5      0     33      1
Blackwell                   10      0     38      2
Batty                       10      0     55      0 (1w)

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• Hours of Play: 2.15pm - 5.45pm, 6.30pm - 10.00pm
• 12th Men: AJ Bichel (Aus) and PD Collingwood (England)
• Scorers: ME Gorham and R Kelleher

• England 50 in 41 mins, off 10 overs
• Trescothick/Knight 50 partnership in 41 mins, off 60 balls
• Trescothick 50 in 57 mins, off 46 balls, 7x4, 1x6
• England 100 in 70 mins, off 16.1 overs
• Trescothick/Knight 100 partnership in 70 mins, off 97 balls
• Knight 50 in 93 mins, off 57 balls, 3x4, 1x6
• England 150 in 121 mins, off 28.4 overs
• Knight/Hussain 50 partnership in 73 mins, off 75 balls, 1x4, 1x6
• England 200 in 154 mins, off 39.3 overs
• Knight/Hussain 100 partnership in 193 mins, off 127 balls, 4x4, 1x6
• Knight 100 in 193 mins, off 127 balls, 4x4, 1x6
• England 250 in 208 mins, off 49.5 overs
• Australia 50 in 27 mins, off 6.1 overs
• Gilchrist/Hayden 50 partnership in 27 mins, off 38 balls
• Gilchrist 50 in 54 mins, off 44 balls, 7x4
• Australia 100 in 60 mins, off 13.2 overs
• Gilchrist/Hayden 100 partnership in 60 mins, off 81 balls
• Hayden 50 in 66 mins, off 38 balls, 4x4, 1x6
• Australia 150 in 96 mins, off 23.1 overs
• Hayden/Ponting 50 partnership in 35 mins, off 57 balls
• Australia 200 in 139 mins, off 34.2 overs
• Martyn/Lehmann 50 partnership in 41 mins, off 63 balls