2002–03 Australia Tri-Nation Series
Cricket series
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Date | 13 December 2002 – 25 January 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | Won by Australia 2–0 in final series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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← 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.
Squads
Points table
Pos | Team | P | W | L | NR | T | Points | NRR |
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1 | Australia | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +0.730 |
2 | England | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.023 |
3 | Sri Lanka | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.993 |
Group stage
1st Match: Australia v England
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Australia won by 7 wickets[1] 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
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NV Knight 70 (68) B Lee 2/31 (9 overs) |
Australia won by 89 runs[2] 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
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England won by 43 runs[3] 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
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England won by 95 runs[4] 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
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Australia won by 142 runs[5] 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
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Sri Lanka won by 79 runs[6] 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 |
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NV Knight 85 (102) GB Hogg 3/55 (9 overs) |
Australia won by 7 runs[7] 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
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Sri Lanka won by 31 runs[8] 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
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Australia won by 4 wickets[9] 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
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NV Knight 88 (110) MKGCB Lakshitha 2/42 (9 overs) |
England won by 19 runs[10] 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
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Australia won by 4 wickets[11] 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
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Australia won by 9 wickets[12] 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
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Australia won by 10 wickets[13] 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
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- 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
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External links
- Series home at Cricinfo
References
- ^ "1st Match, Carlton & United Series at Melbourne, Dec 13 2002". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "2nd Match, Carlton & United Series at Brisbane, Dec 15 2002". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "3rd Match, Carlton & United Series at Brisbane, Dec 17 2002". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "4th Match, Carlton & United Series at Sydney, Dec 20 2002". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "5th Match, Carlton & United Series at Melbourne, Dec 22 2002". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "6th Match, Carlton & United Series at Sydney, Jan 9 2003". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "7th Match, Carlton & United Series at Adelaide, Jan 11 2003". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "8th Match, Carlton & United Series at Adelaide, Jan 13 2003". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "9th Match (D/N), VB Series at Brisbane, Jan 15 2003". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "10th Match, Carlton & United Series at Hobart, Jan 17 2003". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "11th Match, Carlton & United Series at Perth, Jan 19 2003". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "12th Match, Carlton & United Series at Perth, Jan 21 2003". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "1st Match, Carlton & United Series at Sydney, Jan 23 2003". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "2nd Match, Carlton & United Series at Melbourne, Jan 25 2003". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
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Preceding season: International cricket in 2002
- Pakistan in South Africa
- Kenya in Zimbabwe
- India in New Zealand
- Australia Tri-Nation Series
Following season: International cricket in 2003