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England men · ODI · International series

Australia
v England⁠

Result

Australia won by 5 runs

Australia
229/7
England
224
Date
Saturday 25 January 2003 · England in 2003
Venue
Melbourne
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Australia v England ODI scorecard

Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia · Innings 229/7 (50 overs)

Australia · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
AC Gilchrist c JM Anderson b A Flintoff 26 32 3 1 81.3
ML Hayden c sub (OA Shah) b RC Irani 69 91 5 1 75.8
RT Ponting c A Flintoff b AR Caddick 1 8 0 0 12.5
DR Martyn c AJ Stewart b AR Caddick 11 14 2 0 78.6
MG Bevan retired hurt 10 21 1 0 47.6
A Symonds b RC Irani 8 29 0 0 27.6
GB Hogg not out 71* 77 8 1 92.2
SK Warne c & b RC Irani 0 1 0 0 0.0
B Lee c ID Blackwell b JM Anderson 18 17 0 1 105.9
AJ Bichel not out 11* 10 1 0 110.0
Extras (b 3, lb 0, w 1, nb 0) 4
Total 50 overs 229/7

Did not bat: BA Williams

Fall of wickets: 1-39 (AC Gilchrist, 9.2 ov), 2-40 (RT Ponting, 10.4 ov), 3-56 (DR Martyn, 14.5 ov), 4-98 (A Symonds, 28.2 ov), 5-147 (ML Hayden, 40.3 ov), 6-148 (SK Warne, 40.5 ov), 7-196 (B Lee, 45.5 ov)

Australia · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Andy Caddick 10 2 23 2 2.30 0 0
James Anderson 9 0 57 1 6.33 0 0
Andrew Flintoff 10 0 56 1 5.60 0 0
Ian Blackwell 10 0 32 0 3.20 0 0
Ronnie Irani 10 1 46 3 4.60 0 0
Michael Vaughan 1 0 12 0 12.00 1 0

England · Innings 224 all out (49.3 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick c AJ Bichel b B Lee 0 10 0 0 0.0
Nick Knight c A Symonds b B Lee 5 22 0 0 22.7
Ronnie Irani c A Symonds b BA Williams 7 13 1 0 53.8
Michael Vaughan c RT Ponting b SK Warne 60 81 6 1 74.1
Nasser Hussain b GB Hogg 28 50 2 0 56.0
Alec Stewart c B Lee b SK Warne 60 70 5 0 85.7
Paul Collingwood not out 25* 29 1 0 86.2
Andrew Flintoff b B Lee 16 18 2 0 88.9
Ian Blackwell c DR Martyn b B Lee 1 3 0 0 33.3
Andy Caddick b B Lee 4 6 0 0 66.7
James Anderson run out (AC Gilchrist) 0 2 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 7, w 4, nb 7) 18
Total 49.3 overs 224

Fall of wickets: 1-8 (ME Trescothick, 2.5 ov), 2-18 (RC Irani, 5.5 ov), 3-20 (NV Knight, 6.6 ov), 4-88 (N Hussain, 23.2 ov), 5-151 (MP Vaughan, 35.3 ov), 6-182 (AJ Stewart, 41.1 ov), 7-216 (A Flintoff, 47.1 ov), 8-218 (ID Blackwell, 47.5 ov), 9-224 (AR Caddick, 49.1 ov), 10-224 (JM Anderson, 49.3 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
B Lee 9.3 0 30 5 3.16 1 3
BA Williams 10 1 46 1 4.60 1 0
AJ Bichel 10 0 42 0 4.20 1 2
GB Hogg 10 1 41 1 4.10 0 0
SK Warne 10 0 58 2 5.80 1 2

Player of the match: B Lee · Umpires: DB Hair, RB Tiffin · TV umpire: SJA Taufel · Match referee: CH Lloyd. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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