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Test # 1634
The Ashes, 2002-03, 4th Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28,29,30 December 2002 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 5 wickets
Series: Australia leads the 5-Test series 4-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: DL Orchard (SA) and RB Tiffin (Zim)
TV Umpire: DB Hair
Match Referee: Wasim Raja (Pak)
Test Debut: ML Love (Aus).
Man of the Match: JL Langer

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 356/3 (Langer 146*, Waugh 62*; 90 overs)
  • Day 2: Australia 551/6d, England 97/3 (Hussain 17*, Dawson 0*; 34 overs)
  • Day 3: England 270 and 111/2 (Vaughan 55*, Hussain 8*; 34 overs)
  • Day 4: England 387, Australia 8/0 (Langer 4*, Hayden 1*; 2 overs)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    JL Langer             c Caddick          b Dawson             250 578 407 30 1
    ML Hayden             c Crawley          b Caddick            102 189 149 10 3
    RT Ponting                               b White               21  40  32  3 0
    DR Martyn             c Trescothick      b White               17  38  30  3 0
    *SR Waugh             c Foster           b White               77 159 117 15 0
    ML Love               not out                                  62 160 141  4 0
    +AC Gilchrist                            b Dawson               1   9   6  0 0
    Extras                (lb 11, w 5, nb 5)                       21
    Total                 (6 wickets dec, 146 overs, 588 mins)    551
    
    DNB: B Lee, JN Gillespie, SCG MacGill, GD McGrath.
    
    FoW: 1-195 (Hayden, 44.2 ov), 2-235 (Ponting, 53.5 ov),
         3-265 (Martyn, 63.6 ov), 4-394 (Waugh, 103.3 ov),
         5-545 (Langer, 143.5 ov), 6-551 (Gilchrist, 145.6 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Caddick                     36      6    126      1 (3nb, 1w)
    Harmison                    36      7    108      0 (1nb)
    White                       33      5    133      3 (1nb)
    Dawson                      28      1    121      2
    Butcher                     13      2     52      0 (4w)
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    ME Trescothick        c Gilchrist        b Lee                 37  93  75  6 1
    MP Vaughan                               b McGrath             11  26  17  2 0
    MA Butcher            lbw                b Gillespie           25 111  78  3 0
    *N Hussain            c Hayden           b MacGill             24  87  58  3 0
    RKJ Dawson            c Love             b MacGill              6  22  18  1 0
    RWT Key               lbw                b Lee                  0   4   2  0 0
    JP Crawley            c Langer           b Gillespie           17  61  45  2 0
    C White               not out                                  85 182 134  9 3
    +JS Foster            lbw                b Waugh               19  76  76  0 0
    AR Caddick                               b Gillespie           17  30  30  1 1
    SJ Harmison           c Gilchrist        b Gillespie            2  16  14  0 0
    Extras                (b 3, lb 10, nb 14)                      27
    Total                 (all out, 89.3 overs, 364 mins)         270
    
    FoW: 1-13 (Vaughan, 6.2 ov), 2-73 (Trescothick, 22.4 ov),
         3-94 (Butcher, 32.1 ov), 4-111 (Dawson, 37.6 ov),
         5-113 (Key, 38.4 ov), 6-118 (Hussain, 41.6 ov),
         7-172 (Crawley, 54.2 ov), 8-227 (Foster, 76.5 ov),
         9-264 (Caddick, 85.5 ov), 10-270 (Harmison, 89.3 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    McGrath                     16      5     41      1 (2nb)
    Gillespie                   16.3    7     25      4 (1nb)
    MacGill                     36     10    108      2
    Lee                         17      4     70      2 (7nb)
    Waugh                        4      0     13      1
    
    England 2nd innings (following on)                              R   M   B  4 6
    ME Trescothick        lbw                b MacGill             37  68  46  5 1
    MP Vaughan            c Love             b MacGill            145 277 218 19 3
    MA Butcher            c Love             b Gillespie            6  36  29  0 0
    *N Hussain                           c & b McGrath             23  91  70  3 0
    RWT Key               c Ponting          b Gillespie           52 127 109  7 0
    JP Crawley                               b Lee                 33 137 105  3 0
    C White               c Gilchrist        b MacGill             21  95  62  3 0
    +JS Foster            c Love             b MacGill              6  22  13  1 0
    RKJ Dawson            not out                                  15  57  45  2 0
    AR Caddick            c Waugh            b MacGill             10  27  19  1 0
    SJ Harmison                              b Gillespie            7  11  15  1 0
    Extras                (b 3, lb 21, w 2, nb 6)                  32
    Total                 (all out, 120.4 overs, 477 mins)        387
    
    FoW: 1-67 (Trescothick, 15.6 ov), 2-89 (Butcher, 24.6 ov),
         3-169 (Hussain, 48.5 ov), 4-236 (Vaughan, 69.4 ov),
         5-287 (Key, 81.1 ov), 6-342 (Crawley, 104.5 ov),
         7-342 (White, 105.3 ov), 8-356 (Foster, 109.5 ov),
         9-378 (Caddick, 117.5 ov), 10-387 (Harmison, 120.4 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    McGrath                     19      5     44      1
    Gillespie                   24.4    6     71      3
    MacGill                     48     10    152      5
    Lee                         27      4     87      1 (6nb, 2w)
    Waugh                        2      0      9      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 107 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
    JL Langer             lbw                b Caddick             24  92  56  1 0
    ML Hayden             c sub (AJ Tudor)   b Caddick              1  10   2  0 0
    RT Ponting            c Foster           b Harmison            30  41  35  3 1
    DR Martyn             c Foster           b Harmison             0   3   3  0 0
    *SR Waugh             c Butcher          b Caddick             14  30  25  2 0
    ML Love               not out                                   6  25  14  0 0
    +AC Gilchrist         not out                                  10  20  13  2 0
    Extras                (b 8, lb 5, nb 9)                        22
    Total                 (5 wickets, 23.1 overs, 113 mins)       107
    
    DNB: B Lee, JN Gillespie, SCG MacGill, GD McGrath.
    
    FoW: 1-8 (Hayden, 2.1 ov), 2-58 (Ponting, 11.2 ov),
         3-58 (Martyn, 11.5 ov), 4-83 (Waugh, 18.1 ov),
         5-90 (Langer, 18.5 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Caddick                     12      1     51      3 (2nb)
    Harmison                    11.1    1     43      2 (7nb)
    

    • Hours of play: 11.00am - 1.00pm, 1.40pm - 3.40pm, 4.00pm - 6.00pm
    • 4th Offical - RL Parry
    • 12th Men - AJ Bichel (Aus), AJ Tudor (Eng).

      Day 1

    • Australia 50 (17.0 overs, 78 minutes)
    • Australia Langer/Hayden 50 partnership (78 minutes, 104 balls)
    • Australia Hayden 50 (112 minutes, 92 balls)
    • Australia 100 (130 minutes, 30.4 overs)
    • Australia Hayden/Langer 100 partnership (130 minutes, 186 balls)
    • Australia Langer 50 (135 minutes, 86 balls)
    • Australia 1st innings: 1x7 ball over (Dawson's 6th over)
    • Australia 150 (37.5 overs, 160 minutes)
    • Australia Langer/Hayden 150 partnership (160 minutes, 229 balls)
    • Australia Hayden 100 (177 minutes, 138 balls)
    • Hayden became the first Australian to score six centuries in a calendar year
    • Australia 200 (197 minutes, 46.1 overs)
    • Australia Langer 100 (205 minutes, 135 balls)
    • Australia 250 (61.5 overs, 259 minutes)
    • Australia 300 (70.3 overs, 297 minutes)
    • Australia Langer/Waugh 50 partnership (49 minutes,, 73 balls)
    • Australia Waugh 50 (59 minutes, 49 balls)
    • Attendance: 64189 (sell-out)

      Day 2

    • Australia 350 (359 minutes, 86.4 overs)
    • Australia Langer/Waugh 100 partnership (114 minutes, 173 balls)
    • Australia Langer 150 (388 minutes, 266 balls)
    • Australia 400 (437 minutes, 105.4 ovees)
    • Australia 450 (105.4 overs, 437 minutes)
    • Australia Langer/Love 50 partnership (59 minutes, 95 balls)
    • Australia Langer 200 (500 minutes, 356 balls)
    • Australia 500 (133.5 overs, 541 minutes)
    • Australia Langer/Love 100 partnership (108 minutes, 176 balls)
    • Australia Love 50 (134 minutes, 121 balls)
    • Australia Langer 250 (573 minutes, 403 balls)
    • Australia 550 (145.4 overs, 587 minutes)
    • Australia Langer/Love 150 partnership (148 minutes, 238 balls)
    • England 50 (16.3 overs, 70 minutes)
    • England Trescothick/Butcher 50 partnership (48 minutes, 79 balls)
    • Attendance: 50451

      Day 3

    • England-1 100 (34.2 overs, 147 minutes)
    • England-1 150 (49.3 overs, 210 minutes)
    • England-1 Crawley/White 50 partnership (48 minutes, 79 balls)
    • England-1 200 (67.3 overs, 283 minutes)
    • England-1 250 (335 minutes 82.4 overs)
    • England-1 White 50 (107 minutes, 80 balls)
    • England-1 White/Foster 50 partnership (81 minutes, 122 balls)
    • England-2 50 (13.2 overs, 58 minutes)
    • Crowd Day 3: 32057
    • England-2 100 (28.3 overs, 118 minutes)
    • England-2 Vaughan 50 (127 minutes, 94 balls)
    • England 2nd innings: 1x7 ball over (32nd over, SCG MacGill's 12th over)

      Day 4

    • England-2 Vaughan/Hussain 50 partnership (74 minutes, 117 balls)
    • England-2 Vaughan 100 (202 minutes, 153 balls)
    • England-2 Vaughan/Key 50 (52 minutes, 77 balls)
    • England-2 Key 50 (114 minutes, 92 balls)
    • England-2 Key/Crawley 50 partnership (41 minutes, 62 balls)
    • England-2 150 (45.4 overs, 184 minutes)
    • England-2 200 (59.1 overs, 236 minutes)
    • England-2 250 (73.3 overs, 293 minutes)
    • England-2 300 (83.0 overs, 332 minutes)
    • Crowd Day 4: 12295

      Day 5

    • Australia-2 50 (10.2 overs, 48 minutes)
    • Australia-2 Langer/Ponting 50 partnership (41 minutes, 52 balls)
    • Crowd Day 5: 18666




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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

    Australia Player Pages: JL Langer, ML Hayden, RT Ponting, DR Martyn, SR Waugh, ML Love, AC Gilchrist, B Lee, JN Gillespie, SCG MacGill, GD McGrath.

    England Player Pages: ME Trescothick, MP Vaughan, MA Butcher, N Hussain, RKJ Dawson, RWT Key, JP Crawley, C White, JS Foster, AR Caddick, SJ Harmison.

    Match Officials' Pages: DL Orchard, RB Tiffin, DB Hair, Wasim Raja.

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