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Test no. 1634

The Ashes - 4th Test
Australia v England

2002/03 season

Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 26,27,28,29,30 December 2002 (5-day match)

Result Australia won by 5 wickets


Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	JL Langer	c Caddick b Dawson	250	578	407	30	1	61.42
	ML Hayden	c Crawley b Caddick	102	189	149	10	3	68.45
	RT Ponting	b White	21	40	32	3	0	65.62
	DR Martyn	c Trescothick b White	17	38	30	3	0	56.66
	SR Waugh	c Foster b White	77	159	117	15	0	65.81
	ML Love	not out	62	160	141	4	0	43.97
	AC Gilchrist	b Dawson	1	9	6	0	0	16.66
	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)
SJ Harmison	36	7	108	0	3.00	(1nb)
C White	33	5	133	3	4.03	(1nb)
RKJ Dawson	28	1	121	2	4.32
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
	MP Vaughan	b McGrath	11	26	17	2	0	64.70
	MA Butcher	lbw b Gillespie	25	111	78	3	0	32.05
	N Hussain	c Hayden b MacGill	24	87	58	3	0	41.37
	RKJ Dawson	c Love b MacGill	6	22	18	1	0	33.33
	RWT Key	lbw b Lee	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
	JP Crawley	c Langer b Gillespie	17	61	45	2	0	37.77
	C White	not out	85	182	134	9	3	63.43
	JS Foster	lbw b Waugh	19	76	76	0	0	25.00
	AR Caddick	b Gillespie	17	30	30	1	1	56.66
	SJ Harmison	c Gilchrist b Gillespie	2	16	14	0	0	14.28
	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)
JN Gillespie	16.3	7	25	4	1.51	(1nb)
SCG MacGill	36	10	108	2	3.00
B Lee	17	4	70	2	4.11	(7nb)
SR Waugh	4	0	13	1	3.25


England 2nd innings (following on)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	ME Trescothick	lbw b MacGill	37	68	46	5	1	80.43
	MP Vaughan	c Love b MacGill	145	277	218	19	3	66.51
	MA Butcher	c Love b Gillespie	6	36	29	0	0	20.68
	N Hussain	c & b McGrath	23	91	70	3	0	32.85
	RWT Key	c Ponting b Gillespie	52	127	109	7	0	47.70
	JP Crawley	b Lee	33	137	105	3	0	31.42
	C White	c Gilchrist b MacGill	21	95	62	3	0	33.87
	JS Foster	c Love b MacGill	6	22	13	1	0	46.15
	RKJ Dawson	not out	15	57	45	2	0	33.33
	AR Caddick	c Waugh b MacGill	10	27	19	1	0	52.63
	SJ Harmison	b Gillespie	7	11	15	1	0	46.66
	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
JN Gillespie	24.4	6	71	3	2.87
SCG MacGill	48	10	152	5	3.16
B Lee	27	4	87	1	3.22	(6nb, 2w)
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
	ML Hayden	c sub (AJ Tudor) b Caddick	1	10	2	0	0	50.00
	RT Ponting	c Foster b Harmison	30	41	35	3	1	85.71
	DR Martyn	c Foster b Harmison	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
	SR Waugh	c Butcher b Caddick	14	30	25	2	0	56.00
	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)
SJ Harmison	11.1	1	43	2	3.85	(7nb)

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
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

Hours of play: 11.00am - 1.00pm, 1.40pm - 3.40pm, 4.00pm - 6.00pm
4th Offical - RL Parry
12th Men - AJ Bichel (Aus), AJ Tudor (Eng).

Day 1
Australia 50 (17.0 overs, 78 minutes)
Australia Langer/Hayden 50 partnership (78 minutes, 104 balls)
Australia Hayden 50 (112 minutes, 92 balls)
Australia 100 (130 minutes, 30.4 overs)
Australia Hayden/Langer 100 partnership (130 minutes, 186 balls)
Australia Langer 50 (135 minutes, 86 balls)
Australia 1st innings: 1x7 ball over (Dawson's 6th over)
Australia 150 (37.5 overs, 160 minutes)
Australia Langer/Hayden 150 partnership (160 minutes, 229 balls)
Australia Hayden 100 (177 minutes, 138 balls)
Hayden became the first Australian to score six centuries in a calendar year
Australia 200 (197 minutes, 46.1 overs)
Australia Langer 100 (205 minutes, 135 balls)
Australia 250 (61.5 overs, 259 minutes)
Australia 300 (70.3 overs, 297 minutes)
Australia Langer/Waugh 50 partnership (49 minutes,, 73 balls)
Australia Waugh 50 (59 minutes, 49 balls)
Attendance: 64189 (sell-out)

Day 2
Australia 350 (359 minutes, 86.4 overs)
Australia Langer/Waugh 100 partnership (114 minutes, 173 balls)
Australia Langer 150 (388 minutes, 266 balls)
Australia 400 (437 minutes, 105.4 ovees)
Australia 450 (105.4 overs, 437 minutes)
Australia Langer/Love 50 partnership (59 minutes, 95 balls)
Australia Langer 200 (500 minutes, 356 balls)
Australia 500 (133.5 overs, 541 minutes)
Australia Langer/Love 100 partnership (108 minutes, 176 balls)
Australia Love 50 (134 minutes, 121 balls)
Australia Langer 250 (573 minutes, 403 balls)
Australia 550 (145.4 overs, 587 minutes)
Australia Langer/Love 150 partnership (148 minutes, 238 balls)
England 50 (16.3 overs, 70 minutes)
England Trescothick/Butcher 50 partnership (48 minutes, 79 balls)
Attendance: 50451

Day 3
England-1 100 (34.2 overs, 147 minutes)
England-1 150 (49.3 overs, 210 minutes)
England-1 Crawley/White 50 partnership (48 minutes, 79 balls)
England-1 200 (67.3 overs, 283 minutes)
England-1 250 (335 minutes 82.4 overs)
England-1 White 50 (107 minutes, 80 balls)
England-1 White/Foster 50 partnership (81 minutes, 122 balls)
England-2 50 (13.2 overs, 58 minutes)
Crowd Day 3: 32057
England-2 100 (28.3 overs, 118 minutes)
England-2 Vaughan 50 (127 minutes, 94 balls)
England 2nd innings: 1x7 ball over (32nd over, SCG MacGill's 12th over)

Day 4
England-2 Vaughan/Hussain 50 partnership (74 minutes, 117 balls)
England-2 Vaughan 100 (202 minutes, 153 balls)
England-2 Vaughan/Key 50 (52 minutes, 77 balls)
England-2 Key 50 (114 minutes, 92 balls)
England-2 Key/Crawley 50 partnership (41 minutes, 62 balls)
England-2 150 (45.4 overs, 184 minutes)
England-2 200 (59.1 overs, 236 minutes)
England-2 250 (73.3 overs, 293 minutes)
England-2 300 (83.0 overs, 332 minutes)
Crowd Day 4: 12295

Day 5
Australia-2 50 (10.2 overs, 48 minutes)
Australia-2 Langer/Ponting 50 partnership (41 minutes, 52 balls)
Crowd Day 5: 18666

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