Australia v England, Melbourne

Australia 551/6 & 107/5

England 270/10 & 387/10

Australia won by 5 wickets

Australia v England 2002 · 1st Test Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 26–30 Dec 2002

Conditions

Conditions model covers 2008-present. Raw match aggregate: 1315 runs at 42.4 per wicket.

The lead

How Australia's lead moved across the match.

Best bowling

Top match figures

SCG MacGill5/152

JN Gillespie4/25

AR Caddick3/51

JN Gillespie3/71

Top score

250

JL Langer · Australia

Biggest stand

195

1st wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–24

3 wkts for 24 · England

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultAustralia won by 5 wickets

Length5 days

Australia

551 /6 (146.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langer	c AR Caddick b RKJ Dawson	250	407	30	1	61.43
ML Hayden	c JP Crawley b AR Caddick	102	149	10	3	68.46
RT Ponting	b C White	21	32	3	0	65.62
DR Martyn	c ME Trescothick b C White	17	30	3	0	56.67
SR Waugh	c JS Foster b C White	77	117	15	0	65.81
ML Love*	not out	62	141	4	0	43.97
AC Gilchrist	b RKJ Dawson	1	6	0	0	16.67

Extras 21 (lb 11, w 5, nb 5)

Total 551/6 (146.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
AR Caddick	36.0	6	126	1	3.50
SJ Harmison	36.0	7	108	0	3.00
C White	33.0	5	133	3	4.03
RKJ Dawson	28.1	1	121	2	4.30
MA Butcher	13.0	2	52	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-195 (ML Hayden, 44.2)·2-235 (RT Ponting, 53.5)·3-265 (DR Martyn, 63.6)·4-394 (SR Waugh, 103.3)·5-545 (JL Langer, 143.5)·6-551 (AC Gilchrist, 145.6)

England

270 /10 (89.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	37	75	6	1	49.33
MP Vaughan	b GD McGrath	11	17	2	0	64.71
MA Butcher	lbw b JN Gillespie	25	78	3	0	32.05
N Hussain	c ML Hayden b SCG MacGill	24	58	3	0	41.38
RKJ Dawson	c ML Love b SCG MacGill	6	18	1	0	33.33
RWT Key	lbw b B Lee	0	2	0	0	0.00
JP Crawley	c JL Langer b JN Gillespie	17	45	2	0	37.78
C White*	not out	85	134	9	3	63.43
JS Foster	lbw b SR Waugh	19	76	0	0	25.00
AR Caddick	b JN Gillespie	17	30	1	1	56.67
SJ Harmison	c AC Gilchrist b JN Gillespie	2	14	0	0	14.29

Extras 27 (b 3, lb 10, nb 14)

Total 270/10 (89.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	16.0	5	41	1	2.56
JN Gillespie	16.3	7	25	4	1.52
SCG MacGill	36.0	10	108	2	3.00
B Lee	17.0	4	70	2	4.12
SR Waugh	4.0	0	13	1	3.25

Fall of wickets

1-13 (MP Vaughan, 6.2)·2-73 (ME Trescothick, 22.5)·3-94 (MA Butcher, 32.1)·4-111 (RKJ Dawson, 37.6)·5-113 (RWT Key, 38.5)·6-118 (N Hussain, 41.6)·7-172 (JP Crawley, 54.2)·8-227 (JS Foster, 76.5)·9-264 (AR Caddick, 85.5)·10-270 (SJ Harmison, 89.3)

England

387 /10 (120.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	lbw b SCG MacGill	37	46	5	1	80.43
MP Vaughan	c ML Love b SCG MacGill	145	218	19	3	66.51
MA Butcher	c ML Love b JN Gillespie	6	29	0	0	20.69
N Hussain	c & b GD McGrath	23	70	3	0	32.86
RWT Key	c RT Ponting b JN Gillespie	52	109	7	0	47.71
JP Crawley	b B Lee	33	105	3	0	31.43
C White	c AC Gilchrist b SCG MacGill	21	62	3	0	33.87
JS Foster	c ML Love b SCG MacGill	6	13	1	0	46.15
RKJ Dawson*	not out	15	45	2	0	33.33
AR Caddick	c SR Waugh b SCG MacGill	10	19	1	0	52.63
SJ Harmison	b JN Gillespie	7	15	1	0	46.67

Extras 32 (b 3, lb 21, w 2, nb 6)

Total 387/10 (120.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	19.0	5	44	1	2.32
JN Gillespie	24.4	6	71	3	2.88
SCG MacGill	48.1	10	152	5	3.16
B Lee	27.0	4	87	1	3.22
SR Waugh	2.0	0	9	0	4.50

Fall of wickets

1-67 (ME Trescothick, 15.6)·2-89 (MA Butcher, 24.6)·3-169 (N Hussain, 48.5)·4-236 (MP Vaughan, 69.4)·5-287 (RWT Key, 81.1)·6-342 (JP Crawley, 104.5)·7-342 (C White, 105.3)·8-356 (JS Foster, 109.5)·9-378 (AR Caddick, 117.5)·10-387 (SJ Harmison, 120.4)

Australia

107 /5 (23.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langer	lbw b AR Caddick	24	56	1	0	42.86
ML Hayden	c AJ Tudor b AR Caddick	1	2	0	0	50.00
RT Ponting	c JS Foster b SJ Harmison	30	35	3	1	85.71
DR Martyn	c JS Foster b SJ Harmison	0	3	0	0	0.00
SR Waugh	c MA Butcher b AR Caddick	14	25	2	0	56.00
ML Love*	not out	6	14	0	0	42.86
AC Gilchrist*	not out	10	13	2	0	76.92

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

Total 107/5 (23.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
AR Caddick	12.0	1	51	3	4.25
SJ Harmison	11.1	1	43	2	3.85

Fall of wickets

1-8 (ML Hayden, 2.1)·2-58 (RT Ponting, 11.2)·3-58 (DR Martyn, 11.5)·4-83 (SR Waugh, 18.1)·5-90 (JL Langer, 18.5)