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England men · Test · The Ashes · 5th Test

Australia
v England⁠

Result

England won by 225 runs

Australia
363 & 226
England
362 & 452/9d
Date
Thursday 2 January 2003 · England in 2003
Venue
Sydney

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Australia v England Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 362 all out (126.5 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick c AC Gilchrist b AJ Bichel 19 40 2 0 47.5
Michael Vaughan c AC Gilchrist b B Lee 0 7 0 0 0.0
MA Butcher b B Lee 124 275 19 0 45.1
Nasser Hussain c AC Gilchrist b JN Gillespie 75 149 8 0 50.3
Rob Key lbw b SR Waugh 3 27 0 0 11.1
JP Crawley not out 35* 142 3 0 24.6
Alec Stewart b AJ Bichel 71 86 15 0 82.6
RKJ Dawson c AC Gilchrist b AJ Bichel 2 9 0 0 22.2
Andy Caddick b SCG MacGill 7 29 0 0 24.1
Matthew Hoggard st AC Gilchrist b SCG MacGill 0 5 0 0 0.0
Steve Harmison run out (JL Langer/SCG MacGill) 4 4 1 0 100.0
Extras (b 6, lb 3, w 0, nb 13) 22
Total 126.5 overs 362

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (MP Vaughan, 3.1 ov), 2-32 (ME Trescothick, 13.5 ov), 3-198 (N Hussain, 67.5 ov), 4-210 (RWT Key, 75.6 ov), 5-240 (MA Butcher, 85.6 ov), 6-332 (AJ Stewart, 113.1 ov), 7-337 (RKJ Dawson, 115.3 ov), 8-348 (AR Caddick, 122.4 ov), 9-350 (MJ Hoggard, 124.3 ov), 10-362 (SJ Harmison, 126.6 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
JN Gillespie 27 10 62 1 2.30 0 1
B Lee 31 9 97 2 3.13 0 2
AJ Bichel 20.5 5 86 3 4.13 0 4
SCG MacGill 44 8 106 2 2.41 0 5
SR Waugh 4 3 2 1 0.50 0 0

Australia · 1st innings 363 all out (80.3 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
JL Langer c MJ Hoggard b AR Caddick 25 44 3 0 56.8
ML Hayden lbw b AR Caddick 15 11 2 0 136.4
RT Ponting c AJ Stewart b AR Caddick 7 6 1 0 116.7
DR Martyn c AR Caddick b SJ Harmison 26 71 4 0 36.6
SR Waugh c MA Butcher b MJ Hoggard 102 135 18 0 75.6
ML Love c ME Trescothick b SJ Harmison 0 6 0 0 0.0
AC Gilchrist c AJ Stewart b SJ Harmison 133 121 18 0 109.9
AJ Bichel c JP Crawley b MJ Hoggard 4 9 0 0 44.4
B Lee c AJ Stewart b MJ Hoggard 0 1 0 0 0.0
JN Gillespie not out 31* 83 2 1 37.3
SCG MacGill c N Hussain b MJ Hoggard 1 5 0 0 20.0
Extras (b 2, lb 6, w 2, nb 9) 19
Total 80.3 overs 363

Fall of wickets: 1-36 (ML Hayden, 5.6 ov), 2-45 (RT Ponting, 7.2 ov), 3-56 (JL Langer, 11.3 ov), 4-146 (DR Martyn, 34.2 ov), 5-150 (ML Love, 36.2 ov), 6-241 (SR Waugh, 52.5 ov), 7-267 (AJ Bichel, 58.2 ov), 8-267 (B Lee, 58.3 ov), 9-349 (AC Gilchrist, 78.3 ov), 10-363 (SCG MacGill, 80.3 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Matthew Hoggard 21.3 4 92 4 4.28 0 5
Andy Caddick 23 3 121 3 5.26 0 2
Steve Harmison 20 4 70 3 3.50 2 2
RKJ Dawson 16 0 72 0 4.50 0 0

England · 2nd innings 452/9 dec (125.3 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick b B Lee 22 21 4 0 104.8
Michael Vaughan lbw b AJ Bichel 183 278 27 1 65.8
MA Butcher c ML Hayden b SCG MacGill 34 66 4 0 51.5
Nasser Hussain c AC Gilchrist b B Lee 72 181 9 0 39.8
Rob Key c ML Hayden b B Lee 14 26 1 0 53.8
JP Crawley lbw b JN Gillespie 8 15 1 0 53.3
Alec Stewart not out 38* 82 3 0 46.3
RKJ Dawson c & b AJ Bichel 12 35 1 0 34.3
Andy Caddick c JL Langer b SCG MacGill 8 26 1 0 30.8
Matthew Hoggard b SCG MacGill 0 10 0 0 0.0
Steve Harmison not out 20* 23 4 0 87.0
Extras (b 9, lb 20, w 2, nb 10) 41
Total 125.3 overs 452/9

Fall of wickets: 1-37 (ME Trescothick, 5.5 ov), 2-124 (MA Butcher, 28.6 ov), 3-313 (N Hussain, 85.5 ov), 4-344 (RWT Key, 93.5 ov), 5-345 (MP Vaughan, 94.2 ov), 6-356 (JP Crawley, 98.6 ov), 7-378 (RKJ Dawson, 108.5 ov), 8-407 (AR Caddick, 116.4 ov), 9-409 (MJ Hoggard, 118.6 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
JN Gillespie 18.3 4 70 1 3.78 0 0
B Lee 31.3 5 132 3 4.19 1 5
SCG MacGill 41 8 120 3 2.93 0 0
AJ Bichel 25.3 3 82 2 3.22 1 5
DR Martyn 3 1 14 0 4.67 0 0
SR Waugh 6 2 5 0 0.83 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 226 all out (54 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
JL Langer lbw b AR Caddick 3 8 0 0 37.5
ML Hayden lbw b MJ Hoggard 2 6 0 0 33.3
AJ Bichel lbw b AR Caddick 49 58 8 0 84.5
RT Ponting lbw b AR Caddick 11 16 2 0 68.8
DR Martyn c AJ Stewart b RKJ Dawson 21 79 1 0 26.6
SR Waugh b AR Caddick 6 11 1 0 54.5
ML Love b SJ Harmison 27 50 3 0 54.0
AC Gilchrist c MA Butcher b AR Caddick 37 29 7 0 127.6
B Lee c AJ Stewart b AR Caddick 46 32 9 1 143.8
JN Gillespie not out 3* 36 0 0 8.3
SCG MacGill b AR Caddick 1 2 0 0 50.0
Extras (b 6, lb 8, w 3, nb 3) 20
Total 54 overs 226

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (JL Langer, 1.6 ov), 2-5 (ML Hayden, 2.2 ov), 3-25 (RT Ponting, 5.6 ov), 4-93 (AJ Bichel, 21.4 ov), 5-99 (SR Waugh, 25.3 ov), 6-109 (DR Martyn, 32.2 ov), 7-139 (ML Love, 39.4 ov), 8-181 (AC Gilchrist, 43.3 ov), 9-224 (B Lee, 53.2 ov), 10-226 (SCG MacGill, 53.6 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Matthew Hoggard 13 3 35 1 2.69 0 1
Andy Caddick 22 5 94 7 4.27 0 0
Steve Harmison 9 1 42 1 4.67 2 2
RKJ Dawson 10 2 41 1 4.10 0 0

Player of the match: Michael Vaughan · Umpires: DL Orchard, RB Tiffin · TV umpire: SJA Taufel · 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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