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England men · Test · The Ashes · 4th Test

Australia
v England⁠

Result

Australia won by 5 wickets

Australia
551/6d & 107/5
England
270 & 387
Date
Thursday 26 December 2002 · England in 2002
Venue
Melbourne

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Australia v England Test scorecard

Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia · 1st innings 551/6 dec (146.1 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
JL Langer c AR Caddick b RKJ Dawson 250 407 30 1 61.4
ML Hayden c JP Crawley b AR Caddick 102 149 10 3 68.5
RT Ponting b C White 21 32 3 0 65.6
DR Martyn c ME Trescothick b C White 17 30 3 0 56.7
SR Waugh c JS Foster b C White 77 117 15 0 65.8
ML Love not out 62* 141 4 0 44.0
AC Gilchrist b RKJ Dawson 1 6 0 0 16.7
Extras (b 0, lb 11, w 5, nb 5) 21
Total 146.1 overs 551/6

Did not bat: B Lee, JN Gillespie, SCG MacGill, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets: 1-195 (ML Hayden, 44.2 ov), 2-235 (RT Ponting, 53.5 ov), 3-265 (DR Martyn, 63.6 ov), 4-394 (SR Waugh, 103.3 ov), 5-545 (JL Langer, 143.5 ov), 6-551 (AC Gilchrist, 145.6 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Andy Caddick 36 6 126 1 3.50 1 3
Steve Harmison 36 7 108 0 3.00 0 1
Craig White 33 5 133 3 4.03 0 1
RKJ Dawson 28.1 1 121 2 4.30 0 0
MA Butcher 13 2 52 0 4.00 4 0

England · 1st innings 270 all out (89.3 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick c AC Gilchrist b B Lee 37 75 6 1 49.3
Michael Vaughan b GD McGrath 11 17 2 0 64.7
MA Butcher lbw b JN Gillespie 25 78 2 0 32.1
Nasser Hussain c ML Hayden b SCG MacGill 24 58 3 0 41.4
RKJ Dawson c ML Love b SCG MacGill 6 18 1 0 33.3
Rob Key lbw b B Lee 0 2 0 0 0.0
JP Crawley c JL Langer b JN Gillespie 17 45 2 0 37.8
Craig White not out 85* 134 9 3 63.4
James Foster lbw b SR Waugh 19 76 0 0 25.0
Andy Caddick b JN Gillespie 17 30 1 1 56.7
Steve Harmison c AC Gilchrist b JN Gillespie 2 14 0 0 14.3
Extras (b 3, lb 10, w 0, nb 14) 27
Total 89.3 overs 270

Fall of wickets: 1-13 (MP Vaughan, 6.2 ov), 2-73 (ME Trescothick, 22.4 ov), 3-94 (MA Butcher, 32.1 ov), 4-111 (RKJ Dawson, 37.6 ov), 5-113 (RWT Key, 38.4 ov), 6-118 (N Hussain, 41.6 ov), 7-172 (JP Crawley, 54.2 ov), 8-227 (JS Foster, 76.5 ov), 9-264 (AR Caddick, 85.5 ov), 10-270 (SJ Harmison, 89.3 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
GD McGrath 16 5 41 1 2.56 0 2
JN Gillespie 16.3 7 25 4 1.52 0 1
SCG MacGill 36 10 108 2 3.00 0 0
B Lee 17 4 70 2 4.12 0 7
SR Waugh 4 0 13 1 3.25 0 0

England · 2nd innings 387 all out (120.5 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick lbw b SCG MacGill 37 46 5 1 80.4
Michael Vaughan c ML Love b SCG MacGill 145 218 19 3 66.5
MA Butcher c ML Love b JN Gillespie 6 29 0 0 20.7
Nasser Hussain c & b GD McGrath 23 70 3 0 32.9
Rob Key c RT Ponting b JN Gillespie 52 109 7 0 47.7
JP Crawley b B Lee 33 105 3 0 31.4
Craig White c AC Gilchrist b SCG MacGill 21 62 3 0 33.9
James Foster c ML Love b SCG MacGill 6 13 1 0 46.2
RKJ Dawson not out 15* 45 2 0 33.3
Andy Caddick c SR Waugh b SCG MacGill 10 19 1 0 52.6
Steve Harmison b JN Gillespie 7 15 1 0 46.7
Extras (b 3, lb 21, w 2, nb 6) 32
Total 120.5 overs 387

Fall of wickets: 1-67 (ME Trescothick, 15.6 ov), 2-89 (MA Butcher, 24.6 ov), 3-169 (N Hussain, 48.5 ov), 4-236 (MP Vaughan, 69.4 ov), 5-287 (RWT Key, 81.1 ov), 6-342 (JP Crawley, 104.5 ov), 7-342 (C White, 105.3 ov), 8-356 (JS Foster, 109.5 ov), 9-378 (AR Caddick, 117.5 ov), 10-387 (SJ Harmison, 120.4 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
GD McGrath 19 5 44 1 2.32 0 0
JN Gillespie 24.4 6 71 3 2.88 0 0
SCG MacGill 48.1 10 152 5 3.16 0 0
B Lee 27 4 87 1 3.22 2 6
SR Waugh 2 0 9 0 4.50 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 107/5 (23.1 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
JL Langer lbw b AR Caddick 24 56 1 0 42.9
ML Hayden c sub (AJ Tudor) b AR Caddick 1 2 0 0 50.0
RT Ponting c JS Foster b SJ Harmison 30 35 3 1 85.7
DR Martyn c JS Foster b SJ Harmison 0 3 0 0 0.0
SR Waugh c MA Butcher b AR Caddick 14 25 2 0 56.0
ML Love not out 6* 14 0 0 42.9
AC Gilchrist not out 10* 13 2 0 76.9
Extras (b 8, lb 5, w 0, nb 9) 22
Total 23.1 overs 107/5

Did not bat: B Lee, JN Gillespie, SCG MacGill, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets: 1-8 (ML Hayden, 2.1 ov), 2-58 (RT Ponting, 11.2 ov), 3-58 (DR Martyn, 11.5 ov), 4-83 (SR Waugh, 18.1 ov), 5-90 (JL Langer, 18.5 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Andy Caddick 12 1 51 3 4.25 0 2
Steve Harmison 11.1 1 43 2 3.85 0 7

Player of the match: JL Langer · Umpires: DL Orchard, RB Tiffin · TV umpire: DB Hair · Match referee: Wasim Raja. 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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