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The Ashes - 4th Test

Australia v England

Australia won by 5 wickets

Test no. 1634 | 2002/03 season
Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
26,27,28,29,30 December 2002 (5-day match)


Australia 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langer	c Caddick b Dawson	250	578	407	30	1	61.42
143.5 caught Caddick 545/5
ML Hayden	c Crawley b Caddick	102	189	149	10	3	68.45
44.2 caught Crawley 195/1
RT Ponting	b White	21	40	32	3	0	65.62
53.5 bowled 235/2
DR Martyn	c Trescothick b White	17	38	30	3	0	56.66
63.6 caught Trescothick 265/3
SR Waugh*	c †Foster b White	77	159	117	15	0	65.81
103.3 caught †Foster 394/4
ML Love	not out	62	160	141	4	0	43.97

AC Gilchrist†	b Dawson	1	9	6	0	0	16.66
145.6 bowled 551/6
Extras	(lb 11, w 5, nb 5)	21

Total	(6 wickets dec; 146 overs; 588 mins)	551	(3.77 runs per over)

Did not bat B Lee, JN Gillespie, SCG MacGill, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets1-195 (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	Econ
AR Caddick	36	6	126	1	3.50	(3nb, 1w)
44.2 to Hayden, caught Crawley 195/1
SJ Harmison	36	7	108	0	3.00	(1nb)

C White	33	5	133	3	4.03	(1nb)
53.5 to Ponting, bowled 235/2 63.6 to Martyn, caught Trescothick 265/3 103.3 to Waugh, caught †Foster 394/4
RKJ Dawson	28	1	121	2	4.32
143.5 to Langer, caught Caddick 545/5 145.6 to Gilchrist, bowled 551/6
MA Butcher	13	2	52	0	4.00	(4w)


England 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	c †Gilchrist b Lee	37	93	75	6	1	49.33
22.4 caught †Gilchrist 73/2
MP Vaughan	b McGrath	11	26	17	2	0	64.70
6.2 bowled 13/1
MA Butcher	lbw b Gillespie	25	111	78	3	0	32.05
32.1 94/3
N Hussain*	c Hayden b MacGill	24	87	58	3	0	41.37
41.6 caught Hayden 118/6
RKJ Dawson	c Love b MacGill	6	22	18	1	0	33.33
37.6 caught Love 111/4
RWT Key	lbw b Lee	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
38.4 113/5
JP Crawley	c Langer b Gillespie	17	61	45	2	0	37.77
54.2 caught Langer 172/7
C White	not out	85	182	134	9	3	63.43

JS Foster†	lbw b Waugh	19	76	76	0	0	25.00
76.5 227/8
AR Caddick	b Gillespie	17	30	30	1	1	56.66
85.5 bowled 264/9
SJ Harmison	c †Gilchrist b Gillespie	2	16	14	0	0	14.28
89.3 caught †Gilchrist 270/10
Extras	(b 3, lb 10, nb 14)	27

Total	(all out; 89.3 overs; 364 mins)	270	(3.01 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-13 (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	Econ
GD McGrath	16	5	41	1	2.56	(2nb)
6.2 to Vaughan, bowled 13/1
JN Gillespie	16.3	7	25	4	1.51	(1nb)
32.1 to Butcher, 94/3 54.2 to Crawley, caught Langer 172/7 85.5 to Caddick, bowled 264/9 89.3 to Harmison, caught †Gilchrist 270/10
SCG MacGill	36	10	108	2	3.00
37.6 to Dawson, caught Love 111/4 41.6 to Hussain, caught Hayden 118/6
B Lee	17	4	70	2	4.11	(7nb)
22.4 to Trescothick, caught †Gilchrist 73/2 38.4 to Key, 113/5
SR Waugh	4	0	13	1	3.25
76.5 to Foster, 227/8


England 2nd innings (following on)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	lbw b MacGill	37	68	46	5	1	80.43
15.6 67/1
MP Vaughan	c Love b MacGill	145	277	218	19	3	66.51
69.4 caught Love 236/4
MA Butcher	c Love b Gillespie	6	36	29	0	0	20.68
24.6 caught Love 89/2
N Hussain*	c & b McGrath	23	91	70	3	0	32.85
48.5 caught & 169/3
RWT Key	c Ponting b Gillespie	52	127	109	7	0	47.70
81.1 caught Ponting 287/5
JP Crawley	b Lee	33	137	105	3	0	31.42
104.5 bowled 342/6
C White	c †Gilchrist b MacGill	21	95	62	3	0	33.87
105.3 caught †Gilchrist 342/7
JS Foster†	c Love b MacGill	6	22	13	1	0	46.15
109.5 caught Love 356/8
RKJ Dawson	not out	15	57	45	2	0	33.33

AR Caddick	c Waugh b MacGill	10	27	19	1	0	52.63
117.5 caught Waugh 378/9
SJ Harmison	b Gillespie	7	11	15	1	0	46.66
120.4 bowled 387/10
Extras	(b 3, lb 21, w 2, nb 6)	32

Total	(all out; 120.4 overs; 477 mins)	387	(3.20 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-67 (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	Econ
GD McGrath	19	5	44	1	2.31
48.5 to Hussain, caught & 169/3
JN Gillespie	24.4	6	71	3	2.87
24.6 to Butcher, caught Love 89/2 81.1 to Key, caught Ponting 287/5 120.4 to Harmison, bowled 387/10
SCG MacGill	48	10	152	5	3.16
15.6 to Trescothick, 67/1 69.4 to Vaughan, caught Love 236/4 105.3 to White, caught †Gilchrist 342/7 109.5 to Foster, caught Love 356/8 117.5 to Caddick, caught Waugh 378/9
B Lee	27	4	87	1	3.22	(6nb, 2w)
104.5 to Crawley, bowled 342/6
SR Waugh	2	0	9	0	4.50


Australia 2nd innings (target: 107 runs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langer	lbw b Caddick	24	92	56	1	0	42.85
18.5 90/5
ML Hayden	c sub (AJ Tudor) b Caddick	1	10	2	0	0	50.00
2.1 caught sub (AJ Tudor) 8/1
RT Ponting	c †Foster b Harmison	30	41	35	3	1	85.71
11.2 caught †Foster 58/2
DR Martyn	c †Foster b Harmison	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
11.5 caught †Foster 58/3
SR Waugh*	c Butcher b Caddick	14	30	25	2	0	56.00
18.1 caught Butcher 83/4
ML Love	not out	6	25	14	0	0	42.85

AC Gilchrist†	not out	10	20	13	2	0	76.92

Extras	(b 8, lb 5, nb 9)	22

Total	(5 wickets; 23.1 overs; 113 mins)	107	(4.61 runs per over)

Did not bat B Lee, JN Gillespie, SCG MacGill, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets1-8 (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	Econ
AR Caddick	12	1	51	3	4.25	(2nb)
2.1 to Hayden, caught sub (AJ Tudor) 8/1 18.1 to Waugh, caught Butcher 83/4 18.5 to Langer, 90/5
SJ Harmison	11.1	1	43	2	3.85	(7nb)
11.2 to Ponting, caught †Foster 58/2 11.5 to Martyn, caught †Foster 58/3

Match details

Toss Australia, who chose to bat
Series Australia led the 5-match series 4-0

Test debut ML Love (Australia)
Player of the match JL Langer (Australia)

Umpires DL Orchard (South Africa) and RB Tiffin (Zimbabwe)
TV umpire DB Hair
Match referee Wasim Raja (Pakistan)

Close of play
26 Dec day 1 - Australia 1st innings 356/3 (JL Langer 146*, SR Waugh 62*, 90 ov)
27 Dec day 2 - England 1st innings 97/3 (N Hussain 17*, RKJ Dawson 0*, 34 ov)
28 Dec day 3 - England 2nd innings 111/2 (MP Vaughan 55*, N Hussain 8*, 34 ov)
29 Dec day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 8/0 (JL Langer 4*, ML Hayden 1*, 2 ov)
30 Dec day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 107/5 (23.1 ov) - end of match

Match notes