2002–03 Australia Tri-Nation Series

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Cricket series

2002–03 VB Series

Date

13 December 2002 – 25 January 2003

Location

Australia

Result

Won by

Australia
2–0 in final series

Teams
Australia	England	Sri Lanka
Captains
Ricky Ponting	Nasser Hussain	Sanath Jayasuriya
Most runs
Matthew Hayden (458)	Nick Knight (461)	Sanath Jayasuriya (359)
Most wickets
Brett Lee (18)	James Anderson (13)	Dilhara Fernando (13)

← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Australia Tri-Nation Series (more commonly known as the 2002–03 VB Series) was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tri-series where Australia played host to England and Sri Lanka. Australia and England reached the Finals, which Australia won 2–0.

Uniforms

Cricket team

Australia A

Australia A Kit

Uniforms

Cricket team

Australia

Australia Kit

Cricket team

England

England Kit

Cricket team

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Kit

Squads

Australia	England	Sri Lanka
Ricky Ponting (c) Michael Bevan Andy Bichel Nathan Bracken Ryan Campbell Michael Clarke Adam Gilchrist Jason Gillespie Matthew Hayden Brad Hogg Brett Lee Darren Lehmann Jimmy Maher Damien Martyn Glenn McGrath Shane Warne Shane Watson Brad Williams	Nasser Hussain (c) James Anderson Gareth Batty Ian Blackwell Andy Caddick Paul Collingwood Andrew Flintoff Steve Harmison Matthew Hoggard Ronnie Irani James Kirtley Nick Knight Owais Shah Alec Stewart Marcus Trescothick Michael Vaughan	Sanath Jayasuriya (c) Russel Arnold Marvan Atapattu Aravinda de Silva Dilhara Fernando Charitha Buddhika Pulasthi Gunaratne Avishka Gunawardene Mahela Jayawardene Romesh Kaluwitharana Chamila Gamage Jehan Mubarak Muttiah Muralitharan Prabath Nissanka Thilan Samaraweera Kumar Sangakkara Hashan Tillakaratne Chaminda Vaas

Points table

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Points	NRR
1	Australia	8	7	1	14	+0.730
2	England	8	3	5	6	−0.023
3	Sri Lanka	8	2	6	4	−0.993

Group stage

1st Match: Australia v England

13 December 2002
14:15 (D/N)
Scorecard

England 8/251 (50 overs)	v	Australia 3/252 (45 overs)
NV Knight 111* (133) B Lee 4/47 (8 overs)		ML Hayden 98 (92) ID Blackwell 2/38 (10 overs)

Australia won by 7 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: RE Koertzen (SA) and SJA Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: ML Hayden (Aus)

England won the toss and elected to bat.
Gareth Batty (Eng) made his ODI debut.

2nd Match: Australia v England

15 December 2002
14:15 (D/N)
Scorecard

Australia 6/318 (50 overs)	v	England 229 (48 overs)
AC Gilchrist 124 (104) ID Blackwell 2/54 (10 overs)		NV Knight 70 (68) B Lee 2/31 (9 overs)

Australia won by 89 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and SJA Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: AC Gilchrist (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
James Anderson (Eng) made his ODI debut.

3rd Match: England v Sri Lanka

17 December 2002
13:15 (D/N)
Scorecard

England 292 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 6/249 (50 overs)
N Hussain 79 (106) CRD Fernando 3/68 (10 overs)		DPMD Jayawardene 71 (92) SJ Harmison 2/39 (10 overs)

England won by 43 runs
The Gabba, Brisbane
Umpires: DB Hair (Aus) and RE Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: AJ Stewart (Eng)

England won the toss and elected to bat.
Steve Harmison (Eng) made his ODI debut.

4th Match: England v Sri Lanka

20 December 2002
12:15 (D/N)
Scorecard

England 9/258 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 163 (43.4 overs)
PD Collingwood 100 (124) CRD Fernando 4/48 (10 overs)		RP Arnold 44 (82) AR Caddick 3/30 (10 overs)

England won by 95 runs
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and SJA Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: PD Collingwood (Eng)

England won the toss and elected to bat.

5th Match: Australia v Sri Lanka

22 December 2002
12:15 (D/N)
Scorecard

Australia 5/305 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 163 (43 overs)
DS Lehmann 119 (119) RAP Nissanka 3/54 (8 overs)		KC Sangakkara 40 (70) B Lee 3/23 (7 overs)

Australia won by 142 runs
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: DB Hair (Aus) and RE Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: DS Lehmann (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

6th Match: Australia v Sri Lanka

9 January 2003
14:15 (D/N)
Scorecard

Sri Lanka 5/343 (50 overs)	v	Australia 264 (49.3 overs)
ST Jayasuriya 122 (105) SR Watson 2/72 (10 overs)		MG Bevan 41 (51) ST Jayasuriya 4/39 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 79 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: SJA Taufel (Aus) and RB Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: ST Jayasuriya (SL)

Australia won the toss and elected to bowl.

7th Match: Australia v England

11 January 2003
10:00
Scorecard

Australia 4/271 (50 overs)	v	England 7/264 (50 overs)
DR Martyn 101* (114) JM Anderson 2/40 (10 overs)		NV Knight 85 (102) GB Hogg 3/55 (9 overs)

Australia won by 7 runs
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Umpires: DB Hair (Aus) and DL Orchard (SA)
Player of the match: DR Martyn (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

8th Match: England v Sri Lanka

13 January 2003
14:15 (D/N)
Scorecard

Sri Lanka 7/284 (50 overs)	v	England 253 (49.2 overs)
ST Jayasuriya 106 (110) AR Caddick 2/29 (10 overs)		ME Trescothick 85 (86) PA de Silva 4/30 (6.2 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 31 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: DB Hair (Aus) and RB Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: ST Jayasuriya (SL)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

9th Match: Australia v Sri Lanka

15 January 2003
13:15 (D/N)
Scorecard

Sri Lanka 9/211 (50 overs)	v	Australia 6/214 (48.5 overs)
MS Atapattu 70 (101) GB Hogg 2/38 (10 overs)		MG Bevan 45* (79) M Muralitharan 4/27 (10 overs)

Australia won by 4 wickets
The Gabba, Brisbane
Umpires: SJA Taufel (Aus) and DL Orchard (SA)
Player of the match: MG Bevan (Aus)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

10th Match: England v Sri Lanka

17 January 2003
13:45 (D/N)
Scorecard

England 7/279 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 260 (49.2 overs)
NV Knight 88 (110) MKGCB Lakshitha 2/42 (9 overs)		ST Jayasuriya 99 (83) AR Caddick 4/35 (10 overs)

England won by 19 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: DJ Harper (Aus) and RB Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: AR Caddick (Eng)

England won the toss and elected to bat.

11th Match: Australia v England

19 January 2003
13:45 (D/N)
Scorecard

England 152 (48.3 overs)	v	Australia 6/153 (47.3 overs)
PD Collingwood 63* (106) NW Bracken 3/21 (7.3 overs)		DR Martyn 59 (102) ID Blackwell 3/26 (10 overs)

Australia won by 4 wickets
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: DJ Harper (Aus) and DL Orchard (SA)
Player of the match: NW Bracken (Aus)

England won the toss and elected to bat.
Michael Clarke (Aus) made his ODI debut.

12th Match: Australia v Sri Lanka

21 January 2003
14:15 (D/N)
Scorecard

Sri Lanka 8/214 (50 overs)	v	Australia 1/215 (34.3 overs)
DA Gunawardene 45 (72) GB Hogg 3/37 (10 overs)		Ricky Ponting 106* (97) WPUJC Vaas 1/45 (8 overs)

Australia won by 9 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: DJ Harper (Aus) and RB Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: AC Gilchrist (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

Final series

1st Final: Australia v England

23 January 2003
14:15 (D/N)
Scorecard

England 117 (41 overs)	v	Australia 0/118 (12.2 overs)
PD Collingwood 43 (71) AJ Bichel 4/18 (7 overs)		AC Gilchrist 69* (37) RC Irani 0/14 (2 overs)

Australia won by 10 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: DL Orchard (SA) and SJA Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: B Lee (Aus)

England won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd Final: Australia v England

25 January 2003
14:15 (D/N)
Scorecard

Australia 7/229 (50 overs)	v	England 224 (49.3 overs)
GB Hogg 71* (77) RC Irani 3/46 (10 overs)		AJ Stewart 60 (70) B Lee 5/30 (9.3 overs)

Australia won by 5 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: DB Hair (Aus) and RB Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: B Lee (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
Australia won the best of three final series against England 2–0.

Gallery

Damien Martyn strikes a four - England vs Australia, Bellerive Oval
Brett Lee in the outfield in the 7th match against England at Bellerive Oval

External links

Series home at Cricinfo

References

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"2nd Match, Carlton & United Series at Brisbane, Dec 15 2002". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
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v t e International cricket in 2002–03
Preceding season: International cricket in 2002
September 2002	Champions Trophy Final Bangladesh in South Africa
October 2002	Australia against Pakistan in Sri Lanka and UAE West Indies in India Sri Lanka in South Africa England in Australia The Ashes
November 2002	Pakistan in Zimbabwe West Indies in Bangladesh
December 2002	Pakistan in South Africa Kenya in Zimbabwe India in New Zealand Australia Tri-Nation Series
January 2003	Rose Bowl World Series of Women's Cricket
February 2003	World Cup Final England women in Australia
March 2003	Sri Lanka women in West Indies
April 2003	Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup
Following season: International cricket in 2003

International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan	2021–22 (cancelled)
Bangladesh	2003 2008
England	1876–77 1878–79 1881–82 1882–83 1884–85 1886–87 1887–88 1891–92 1894–95 1897–98 1901–02 1903–04 1907–08 1911–12 1920–21 1924–25 1928–29 1932–33§ 1936–37 1946–47§ 1950–51§ 1954–55§ 1958–59§ 1962–63§ 1965–66§ 1970–71§ 1974–75§ 1977 1978–79 1979–80 1982–83 1986–87 1987–88§ 1990–91 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18 2021–22 2022–23
India	1947–48 1967–68§ 1977–78 1980–81§ 1985–86 1991–92 1999–2000 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2015–16 2018–19 2020–21 2024–25
New Zealand	1973–74 1980–81 1982–83 1985–86 1987–88 1989–90 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2015–16 2016–17 2019–20 2022–23
Pakistan	1964–65§ 1972–73§ 1976–77 1978–79§ 1981–82 1983–84 1989–90 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 1999–2000 2002 2004–05 2009–10 2016–17 2019–20 2023–24 2024–25
South Africa	1910–11 1931–32§ 1952–53§ 1963–64§ 1971–72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17 2018–19 2022–23
Sri Lanka	1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 2004 2007–08 2010–11 2012–13 2016–17 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22
West Indies	1930–31 1951–52§ 1960–61 1968–69§ 1975–76 1979–80§ 1981–82 1984–85 1988–89 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 2000–01 2005–06 2009–10 2012–13 2015–16 2020–21 2022–23 2023–24
Zimbabwe	1994–95 2003–04 2022

Tournaments hosted
World Cup	1992 2015
T20 World Cup	2022
Tri-series	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2017–18
Other multi-team tournaments	1985 1987

Other tours
Afghanistan	2014–15
Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46
English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80
England Lions	2012–13 2021
Fijian	1907–08
Ireland	2014–15
Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06
Nepal	2023–24
New Zealand	1898–99 1913–14 1925–26 1927–28 1937–38 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1974–75
PNG	2014–15
Scotland	2014–15
Sri Lanka	1982–83
UAE	2014–15
World Series Cricket (West Indies & World XI)	1977-78 1978-79
Pakistan A	2024

§: Toured New Zealand as well as Australia

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