| AUSTRALIA Vs ENGLAND |
| 2-Innings Match Played At Melbourne (MCG) Aus, 26-Dec-2002, Test Cricket - The Ashes |
| AUSTRALIA Win Outright by 5 wkts |
| Round | 1634 |
| Toss won by | AUSTRALIA |
| Umpires | DL Orchard (SA) and RB Tiffin (Zim) |
| Man of the Match | Langer, Justin Lee |
| Comment | TV Umpire: DB Hair Match Referee: Wasim Raja (Pak) Test Debut: ML Love (Aus) |
| AUSTRALIA 1st Innings 551/6 Declared (Overs 146) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
| Langer,J | c Caddick,A | b Dawson,RKJ | 250 | 578 | 407 | 30 | 1 |
| Hayden,M | c Crawley,J | b Caddick,A | 102 | 189 | 149 | 10 | 3 |
| Ponting,R | b White,C | 21 | 40 | 32 | 3 | 0 | |
| Martyn,D | c Trescothick,ME | b White,C | 17 | 38 | 30 | 3 | 0 |
| Waugh,S* | c Foster,JS | b White,C | 77 | 159 | 117 | 15 | 0 |
| Love,ML | not out | 62 | 160 | 141 | 4 | 0 | |
| Gilchrist,A+ | b Dawson,RKJ | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee,B | dnb | - | |||||
| Gillespie,J | dnb | - | |||||
| MacGill,S | dnb | - | |||||
| McGrath,G | dnb | - | |||||
| extras | (b0 lb11 w5 nb5) | 21 | |||||
| TOTAL | 6 wickets for | 551 |
| FOW |
| 1-195(Hayden,M) 2-235(Ponting,R) 3-265(Martyn,D) 4-394(Waugh,S) 5-545(Langer,J) |
| 6-551(Gilchrist,A) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | wd | nb |
| Caddick,A | 36 | 6 | 126 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Harmison,SJ | 36 | 7 | 108 | 0 | - | 1 |
| White,C | 33 | 5 | 133 | 3 | - | 1 |
| Dawson,RKJ | 28 | 1 | 121 | 2 | - | - |
| Butcher,M | 13 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 4 | - |
| ENGLAND 1st Innings 270/10 All Out (Overs 89.3) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
| Trescothick,ME | c Gilchrist,A | b Lee,B | 37 | 93 | 75 | 6 | 1 |
| Vaughan,MP | b McGrath,G | 11 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 0 | |
| Butcher,M | lbw | b Gillespie,J | 25 | 111 | 78 | 3 | 0 |
| Hussain,N* | c Hayden,M | b MacGill,S | 24 | 87 | 58 | 3 | 0 |
| Dawson,RKJ | c Love,ML | b MacGill,S | 6 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| Key,RWT | lbw | b Lee,B | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Crawley,J | c Langer,J | b Gillespie,J | 17 | 61 | 45 | 2 | 0 |
| White,C | not out | 85 | 182 | 134 | 9 | 3 | |
| Foster,JS+ | lbw | b Waugh,S | 19 | 76 | 76 | 0 | 0 |
| Caddick,A | b Gillespie,J | 17 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 1 | |
| Harmison,SJ | c Gilchrist,A | b Gillespie,J | 2 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| extras | (b3 lb10 w0 nb14) | 27 | |||||
| TOTAL | 10 wickets for | 270 |
| FOW |
| 1-13(Vaughan,MP) 2-73(Trescothick,ME) 3-94(Butcher,M) 4-111(Dawson,RKJ) |
| 5-113(Key,RWT) 6-118(Hussain,N) 7-172(Crawley,J) 8-227(Foster,JS) 9-264(Caddick,A) |
| 10-270(Harmison,SJ) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | wd | nb |
| McGrath,G | 16 | 5 | 41 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Gillespie,J | 16.3 | 7 | 25 | 4 | - | 1 |
| MacGill,S | 36 | 10 | 108 | 2 | - | - |
| Lee,B | 17 | 4 | 70 | 2 | - | 7 |
| Waugh,S | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | - | - |
| ENGLAND 2nd Innings (Follow-on Enforced) 387/10 All Out (Overs 120.4) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
| Trescothick,ME | lbw | b MacGill,S | 37 | 68 | 46 | 5 | 1 |
| Vaughan,MP | c Love,ML | b MacGill,S | 145 | 277 | 218 | 19 | 3 |
| Butcher,M | c Love,ML | b Gillespie,J | 6 | 36 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Hussain,N* | c& | b McGrath,G | 23 | 91 | 70 | 3 | 0 |
| Key,RWT | c Ponting,R | b Gillespie,J | 52 | 127 | 109 | 7 | 0 |
| Crawley,J | b Lee,B | 33 | 137 | 105 | 3 | 0 | |
| White,C | c Gilchrist,A | b MacGill,S | 21 | 95 | 62 | 3 | 0 |
| Foster,JS+ | c Love,ML | b MacGill,S | 6 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Dawson,RKJ | not out | 15 | 57 | 45 | 2 | 0 | |
| Caddick,A | c Waugh,S | b MacGill,S | 10 | 27 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| Harmison,SJ | b Gillespie,J | 7 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | |
| extras | (b3 lb21 w2 nb6) | 32 | |||||
| TOTAL | 10 wickets for | 387 |
| FOW |
| 1-67(Trescothick,ME) 2-89(Butcher,M) 3-169(Hussain,N) 4-236(Vaughan,MP) |
| 5-287(Key,RWT) 6-342(Crawley,J) 7-342(White,C) 8-356(Foster,JS) 9-378(Caddick,A) |
| 10-387(Harmison,SJ) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | wd | nb |
| McGrath,G | 19 | 5 | 44 | 1 | - | - |
| Gillespie,J | 24.4 | 6 | 71 | 3 | - | - |
| MacGill,S | 48 | 10 | 152 | 5 | - | - |
| Lee,B | 27 | 4 | 87 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Waugh,S | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - |
| AUSTRALIA 2nd Innings 107/5 Closed (Overs 23.1) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
| Langer,J | lbw | b Caddick,A | 24 | 92 | 56 | 1 | 0 |
| Hayden,M | c sub | b Caddick,A | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ponting,R | c Foster,JS | b Harmison,SJ | 30 | 41 | 35 | 3 | 1 |
| Martyn,D | c Foster,JS | b Harmison,SJ | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Waugh,S* | c Butcher,M | b Caddick,A | 14 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 0 |
| Love,ML | not out | 6 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gilchrist,A+ | not out | 10 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 0 | |
| Lee,B | dnb | - | |||||
| Gillespie,J | dnb | - | |||||
| MacGill,S | dnb | - | |||||
| McGrath,G | dnb | - | |||||
| extras | (b8 lb5 w0 nb9) | 22 | |||||
| TOTAL | 5 wickets for | 107 |
| FOW |
| 1-8(Hayden,M) 2-58(Ponting,R) 3-58(Martyn,D) 4-83(Waugh,S) 5-90(Langer,J) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | wd | nb |
| Caddick,A | 12 | 1 | 51 | 3 | - | 2 |
| Harmison,SJ | 11.1 | 1 | 43 | 2 | - | 7 |
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