2002–03 Australia Tri-Nation Series

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.

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 →

Uniforms

Australia A

Australia A Kit

Uniforms

Australia

Australia Kit

England

England Kit

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	NR	T	Points	NRR
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

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[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

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[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

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[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

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[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

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[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

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[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

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[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

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[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

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[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

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[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

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[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

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[12] Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: DJ Harper (Aus) and RB Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: RT Ponting (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[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

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[14] 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

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

External links

• Series home at Cricinfo