2nd Match: Australia v England at Melbourne, 15 Dec 2002

ODI # 1919
VB Series, 2002/03, 2nd Match
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground (day/night)
15 December 2002 (50-over match)

Result: Australia won by 89 runs
Points: Australia 6, England 0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and SJA Taufel
TV Umpire: SJ Davis
Match Referee: Wasim Raja (Pak)
ODI Debut: JM Anderson (Eng).
Man of the Match: AC Gilchrist

Australia innings (50 overs maximum)                            R   M   B  4 6
+AC Gilchrist                            b Anderson           124 154 104 12 4
ML Hayden             c Batty            b Kirtley              4  12  11  1 0
*RT Ponting           c Shah             b Blackwell          119 160 123  9 3
MG Bevan                                 b Batty                3   4   4  0 0
DR Martyn             c Batty            b White                9  14  12  0 0
DS Lehmann            not out                                  18  38  19  0 1
SR Watson             c White            b Blackwell            9  13  12  0 0
SK Warne              not out                                  19  22  15  0 1
Extras                (lb 6, w 7)                              13
Total                 (6 wickets, 50 overs, 212 mins)         318

DNB: B Lee, JN Gillespie, GD McGrath.

FoW: 1-15 (Hayden, 2.5 ov), 2-240 (Gilchrist, 37.1 ov),
    3-247 (Bevan, 38.2 ov), 4-271 (Ponting, 41.6 ov),
    5-271 (Martyn, 42.2 ov), 6-286 (Watson, 45.5 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Kirtley                      9      0     62      1 (3w)
Anderson                     6      0     46      1 (2w)
White                       10      1     56      1
Irani                        5      0     29      0
Blackwell                   10      0     54      2 (2w)
Batty                       10      0     65      1

England innings (target: 319 runs from 50 overs)                R   M   B  4 6
ME Trescothick        c Hayden           b Gillespie            6  14  14  1 0
NV Knight             c Warne            b Watson              70 122  68  9 0
RC Irani              run out (Watson/McGrath)                  0   7   4  0 0
*N Hussain                               b Warne               19  45  30  2 0
OA Shah               c McGrath          b Warne                7  13  10  1 0
+AJ Stewart           run out (Bevan)                           3   7   5  0 0
ID Blackwell          run out (Gilchrist)                      43  90  54  2 2
C White               not out                                  57  93  74  1 0
GJ Batty                                 b Lehmann              3   6   9  0 0
JM Anderson                              b Lee                  6  18  13  1 0
RJ Kirtley                               b Lee                  1   8   8  0 0
Extras                (b 4, lb 4, w 5, nb 1)                   14
Total                 (all out, 48 overs, 216 mins)           229

FoW: 1-13 (Trescothick, 3.3 ov), 2-16 (Irani, 4.2 ov),
    3-76 (Hussain, 13.5 ov), 4-87 (Shah, 15.6 ov),
    5-92 (Stewart, 17.4 ov), 6-131 (Knight, 24.6 ov),
    7-203 (Blackwell, 38.6 ov), 8-208 (Batty, 40.6 ov),
    9-223 (Anderson, 45.4 ov), 10-229 (Kirtley, 47.6 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                      6      1     31      0
Gillespie                   10      0     55      1 (1nb, 1w)
Lee                          9      0     31      2
Warne                        7.5    0     39      2 (1w)
Watson                       7      0     31      1 (1w)
Martyn                       2.1    0     13      0
Lehmann                      6      0     21      1

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• Hours of play: 2.15pm - 5.45pm, 6.30pm - 10.00pm
• 12th Men: AJ Bichel (Australia) and PD Collingwood (England)
• Scorers: KV O'Neill and CJ Reece
• Australia 50 (43 minutes, 53 balls) 100 (79 minutes, 100 balls)
• Australia 150 (101 minutes, 137 balls) 200 (131 minutes, 192 balls)
• Australia 250 (162 minutes, 234 balls), 300 (200 minutes, 285 balls)
• Australia Gilchrist/Ponting partnership 50 (34 minutes, 41 balls) 100 (81 minutes, 92 balls) 150 (98 minutes, 140 balls), 200 (128 minutes, 191 balls)
• Ponting 50 (66 minutes, 48 balls) 100 (136 minutes, 108 balls)
• Gilchrist 50 (99 minutes, 48 balls), 100 (138 minutes, 92 balls)
• England 50 (44 minutes, 56 balls) 100 (100 minutes, 116 balls)
• Knight 50 (79 minutes, 39 balls)
• Attendance: 34887
• England 150 (143 minutes, 177 balls)
• England 200 (179 minutes, 232 balls)