VB SeriesFinal · ODI
Australia beat England by 5 runs in the final - Match Info
Melbourne Cricket Ground, . Australia won the toss and chose to bat.
Match details
- Match
- Final, ODI · VB Series 2002/03
- Date
- (Sat 25 Jan, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
- Toss
- Australia, chose to bat
- Result
- Australia won by 5 runs
- Player of the match
- Brett Lee
- Umpires
- Darrell Hair (Australia), Russell Tiffin
- TV umpire
- Simon Taufel (Australia)
- Match referee
- Clive Lloyd
Head to head (ODI)
Played 162 · AUS won 92 · ENG won 65 · Tied 2 · No result 3
Last 5 meetings
- Final · VB Series · ENG 117 v AUS 118/0Australia won by 10 wickets
- Match 11 · VB Series · ENG 152 v AUS 153/6Australia won by 4 wickets
- Match 7 · VB Series · AUS 271/4 v ENG 264/7Australia won by 7 runs
- 2nd Match · England tour of Australia · AUS 318/6 v ENG 229Australia won by 89 runs
- 1st Match · England tour of Australia · AUS 252/3 v ENG 251/8Australia won by 7 wickets (with 30 balls remaining)
Recent results (ODI)
Top players in this fixture
AUS v ENG ODIs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Waugh AUS | 20 | 834 | 113 | 43.89 | 79.35 |
| Steve Waugh AUS | 28 | 666 | 83 | 35.05 | 74.58 |
| Alec Stewart ENG | 27 | 631 | 79 | 24.27 | 67.56 |
| Nick Knight ENG | 17 | 570 | 111 | 35.63 | 69.85 |
| Adam Gilchrist AUS | 17 | 567 | 124 | 35.44 | 94.66 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn McGrath AUS | 17 | 29 | 4.02 |
| Steve Waugh AUS | 23 | 26 | 4.63 |
| Shane Warne AUS | 17 | 20 | 4.23 |
| Darren Gough ENG | 14 | 20 | 4.77 |
| Brett Lee AUS | 7 | 14 | 4.75 |
ODIs at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 113
- Average 1st-innings score
- 209
- Won batting first
- 54
- Won chasing
- 56
- Highest total
- 338/6 by Australia ()