ODI # 1940
VB Series, 2002/03, 1st Final
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground (day/night)
23 January 2003 (50-over match)

Result: Australia won by 10 wickets
Series: Australia leads the best-of-3-finals 1-0

Toss: England
Umpires: DL Orchard (SA) and SJA Taufel
TV Umpire: DB Hair
Match Referee: CH Lloyd (WI)
Man of the Match: B Lee

England innings (50 overs maximum)                              R   M   B  4 6
ME Trescothick        c Gilchrist        b Lee                  0   7  11  0 0
NV Knight             c Gilchrist        b Lee                  5  24  16  0 0
MP Vaughan            lbw                b Bichel              21  81  48  2 0
*N Hussain                               b Williams             1  13  12  0 0
+AJ Stewart           c Gilchrist        b Williams            12  10  13  1 0
PD Collingwood        st Gilchrist       b Warne               43 117  71  2 0
ID Blackwell          c Ponting          b Bichel               0   1   2  0 0
RC Irani              c Bichel           b Lee                 10  36  34  0 0
AR Caddick            not out                                  12  46  34  0 0
JM Anderson           c Gilchrist        b Bichel               0   5   4  0 0
MJ Hoggard            c Gilchrist        b Bichel               0   1   2  0 0
Extras                (lb 7, w 5, nb 1)                        13
Total                 (all out, 41 overs, 172 mins)           117

FoW: 1-1 (Trescothick, 1.6 ov), 2-11 (Knight, 5.3 ov),
     3-19 (Hussain, 8.2 ov), 4-33 (Stewart, 10.6 ov),
     5-45 (Vaughan, 19.1 ov), 6-45 (Blackwell, 19.3 ov),
     7-79 (Irani, 29.2 ov), 8-115 (Collingwood, 38.6 ov),
     9-117 (Anderson, 40.4 ov), 10-117 (Hoggard, 40.6 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Williams                    10      2     22      2 (1w)
Lee                         10      1     29      3 (1nb, 1w)
Bichel                       7      2     18      4 (1w)
Warne                       10      0     28      1 (2w)
Hogg                         4      0     13      0

Australia innings (target: 118 runs from 50 overs)              R   M   B  4 6
+AC Gilchrist         not out                                  69  56  37 15 0
ML Hayden             not out                                  45  56  37  6 1
Extras                (lb 2, w 2)                               4
Total                 (0 wickets, 12.2 overs, 56 mins)        118

DNB: *RT Ponting, DR Martyn, MG Bevan, A Symonds, B Lee, GB Hogg,
     AJ Bichel, BA Williams, SK Warne.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Caddick                      3      0     31      0
Anderson                     4      0     35      0 (2w)
Hoggard                      3.2    0     36      0
Irani                        2      0     14      0

• Hours of Play: 2.15pm - 5.45pm, 6.30pm - 10.00pm
• 4th Umpire - NSD Fowler
• 12th Men - NW Bracken (Aus) and AJ Hollioake (Eng)
• Gilchrist 50 off 28 balls in 35 mins, 12x4
• Gilchrist's 27th ODI 50
• Australia 100 off 62 balls
• Attendance 38 980

Tournament Index

Team Pages: Australia, England.

Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

England Player Pages: ME Trescothick, NV Knight, MP Vaughan, N Hussain, AJ Stewart, PD Collingwood, ID Blackwell, RC Irani, AR Caddick, JM Anderson, MJ Hoggard.

Australia Player Pages: AC Gilchrist, ML Hayden, RT Ponting, DR Martyn, MG Bevan, A Symonds, B Lee, GB Hogg, AJ Bichel, BA Williams, SK Warne.

Match Officials' Pages: DL Orchard, SJA Taufel, DB Hair, CH Lloyd.