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England
v Australia⁠

Result

Australia won by 2 wickets

England
204/8 (50 ov)
Australia
208/8 (49.4 ov)
Date
Sunday 2 March 2003 · England in 2003
Venue
St George's Park Cricket Ground, Port Elizabeth

Last checked 24 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · Innings 204/8 (50 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick c DR Martyn b GD McGrath 37 36 6 1 102.8
Nick Knight c DR Martyn b AJ Bichel 30 33 4 0 90.9
Michael Vaughan c AC Gilchrist b AJ Bichel 2 5 0 0 40.0
Nasser Hussain b AJ Bichel 1 3 0 0 33.3
Alec Stewart b AJ Bichel 46 92 1 0 50.0
Paul Collingwood c AC Gilchrist b AJ Bichel 10 16 0 1 62.5
Andrew Flintoff c AC Gilchrist b AJ Bichel 45 80 3 1 56.3
Craig White not out 16* 21 1 0 76.2
Ashley Giles c MG Bevan b AJ Bichel 2 7 0 0 28.6
Andy Caddick not out 5* 11 0 0 45.5
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 3, nb 4) 10
Total 50 overs 204/8

Did not bat: JM Anderson

Fall of wickets: 1-66 (NV Knight, 9.5 ov), 2-72 (MP Vaughan, 11.1 ov), 3-74 (N Hussain, 11.6 ov), 4-74 (ME Trescothick, 12.2 ov), 5-87 (PD Collingwood, 17.5 ov), 6-177 (A Flintoff, 42.3 ov), 7-180 (AJ Stewart, 44.2 ov), 8-187 (AF Giles, 46.1 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
GD McGrath 9 2 41 1 4.56 1 0
B Lee 9 0 58 0 6.44 1 4
AJ Bichel 10 0 20 7 2.00 0 0
GB Hogg 10 1 28 0 2.80 1 0
DS Lehmann 10 0 34 0 3.40 0 0
A Symonds 2 0 20 0 10.00 0 0

Australia · Innings 208/8 (49.4 overs)

Australia · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
AC Gilchrist c MP Vaughan b AR Caddick 22 18 5 0 122.2
ML Hayden c AF Giles b AR Caddick 1 4 0 0 25.0
RT Ponting c AF Giles b AR Caddick 18 21 2 1 85.7
DR Martyn lbw b AR Caddick 0 3 0 0 0.0
DS Lehmann c AJ Stewart b C White 37 62 3 0 59.7
MG Bevan not out 74* 126 6 1 58.7
A Symonds c & b AF Giles 0 5 0 0 0.0
GB Hogg c AJ Stewart b AF Giles 1 3 0 0 33.3
B Lee run out (C White) 6 23 0 0 26.1
AJ Bichel not out 34* 36 3 1 94.4
Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 4, nb 3) 15
Total 49.4 overs 208/8

Did not bat: GD McGrath

Fall of wickets: 1-15 (ML Hayden, 2.2 ov), 2-33 (AC Gilchrist, 4.2 ov), 3-33 (DR Martyn, 4.5 ov), 4-48 (RT Ponting, 8.4 ov), 5-111 (DS Lehmann, 28.2 ov), 6-112 (A Symonds, 29.5 ov), 7-114 (GB Hogg, 31.5 ov), 8-135 (B Lee, 37.4 ov)

Australia · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Andy Caddick 9 2 35 4 3.89 1 3
James Anderson 9 0 66 0 7.33 1 0
Andrew Flintoff 9.4 1 26 0 2.69 1 0
Craig White 10 2 21 1 2.10 0 0
Ashley Giles 10 0 42 2 4.20 1 0
Michael Vaughan 2 0 10 0 5.00 0 0

Player of the match: AJ Bichel · Umpires: Aleem Dar, RB Tiffin · TV umpire: DL Orchard · 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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