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Australia v England @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
25 January 2003
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: DB Hair, RB Tiffin
Third Umpire: SJA Taufel
Match Referee: CH Lloyd
Match Result: Australia won by 5 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +1. Adam Gilchrist | c James Anderson b Andrew Flintoff | 26 | 32 | 38 | 3 | 1 |
| 2. Matthew Hayden | c sub b Ronnie Irani | 69 | 91 | 170 | 5 | 1 |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Andrew Flintoff b Andy Caddick | 1 | 8 | 6 | - | - |
| 4. Damien Martyn | c Alec Stewart b Andy Caddick | 11 | 14 | 16 | 2 | - |
| 5. Michael Bevan | retired hurt | 10 | 21 | 26 | 1 | - |
| 6. Andrew Symonds | b Ronnie Irani | 8 | 29 | 34 | - | - |
| 7. Brad Hogg | not out | 71 | 77 | 94 | 8 | 1 |
| 8. Shane Warne | c & b Ronnie Irani | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Brett Lee | c Ian Blackwell b James Anderson | 18 | 17 | 24 | 1 | 1 |
| 10. Andy Bichel | not out | 11 | 10 | 20 | 1 | - |
| 11. Brad Williams |
| FOW | 1-39 (Adam Gilchrist), 2-40 (Ricky Ponting), 3-56 (Damien Martyn), 4-98 (Andrew Symonds), 5-147 (Matthew Hayden), 6-148 (Shane Warne), 7-196 (Brett Lee). |
| Extras | 3b, 0lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 4 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs, 219 mins) 229 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Andy Caddick | 10 | 2 | 23 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| James Anderson | 9 | 0 | 57 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Flintoff | 10 | 0 | 56 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Blackwell | 10 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ronnie Irani | 10 | 1 | 46 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Vaughan | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marcus Trescothick | c Andy Bichel b Brett Lee | 0 | 10 | 13 | - | - |
| 2. Nick Knight | c Andrew Symonds b Brett Lee | 5 | 22 | 35 | - | - |
| 3. Ronnie Irani | c Andrew Symonds b Brad Williams | 7 | 13 | 14 | 1 | - |
| 4. Michael Vaughan | c Ricky Ponting b Shane Warne | 60 | 81 | 128 | 6 | 1 |
| *5. Nasser Hussain | b Brad Hogg | 28 | 50 | 66 | 2 | - |
| +6. Alec Stewart | c Brett Lee b Shane Warne | 60 | 70 | 78 | 5 | - |
| 7. Paul Collingwood | not out | 25 | 29 | 69 | 1 | - |
| 8. Andrew Flintoff | b Brett Lee | 16 | 18 | 25 | 2 | - |
| 9. Ian Blackwell | c Damien Martyn b Brett Lee | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| 10. Andy Caddick | b Brett Lee | 4 | 6 | 8 | - | - |
| 11. James Anderson | run out (Adam Gilchrist > ) | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-8 (Marcus Trescothick), 2-18 (Ronnie Irani), 3-20 (Nick Knight), 4-88 (Nasser Hussain), 5-151 (Michael Vaughan), 6-182 (Alec Stewart), 7-216 (Andrew Flintoff), 8-218 (Ian Blackwell), 9-224 (Andy Caddick), 224 (James Anderson). |
| Extras | 0b, 7lb, 4w, 7nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.3 ovs, 224 mins) 224 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brett Lee | 9.3 | 0 | 30 | 5 | (1w,3nb) |
| Brad Williams | 10 | 1 | 46 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Andy Bichel | 10 | 0 | 42 | 0 | (1w,2nb) |
| Brad Hogg | 10 | 1 | 41 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 10 | 0 | 58 | 2 | (1w,2nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Damien Martyn, Michael Bevan, Andrew Symonds, Brad Hogg, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, Andy Bichel, Brad Williams