Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Justin Langer	c Caddick b Dawson	250	407	578	30	1	61.42
Matthew Hayden	c Crawley b Caddick	102	149	189	10	3	68.45
Ricky Ponting	b White	21	32	40	3	0	65.62
Damien Martyn	c Trescothick b White	17	30	38	3	0	56.66
Steve Waugh (c)	c †Foster b White	77	117	159	15	0	65.81
Martin Love	not out	62	141	160	4	0	43.97
Adam Gilchrist †	b Dawson	1	6	9	0	0	16.66
Extras	(lb 11, nb 5, w 5)	21
Total	146 Ov (RR: 3.77, 588 Mins)	551/6d
Did not bat: Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie, Stuart MacGill, Glenn McGrath
Fall of wickets: 1-195 (Matthew Hayden, 44.2 ov), 2-235 (Ricky Ponting, 53.5 ov), 3-265 (Damien Martyn, 63.6 ov), 4-394 (Steve Waugh, 103.3 ov), 5-545 (Justin Langer, 143.5 ov), 6-551 (Adam Gilchrist, 145.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andy Caddick	36	6	126	1	3.50	164	16	0	1	3
44.2 to ML Hayden, . 195/1
Steve Harmison	36	7	108	0	3.00	169	14	1	0	1
Craig White	33	5	133	3	4.03	140	14	2	0	1
53.5 to RT Ponting, . 235/2 63.6 to DR Martyn, . 265/3 103.3 to SR Waugh, . 394/4
Richard Dawson	28	1	121	2	4.32	107	14	1	0	0
143.5 to JL Langer, . 545/5 145.6 to AC Gilchrist, . 551/6
Mark Butcher	13	2	52	0	4.00	57	7	0	4	0

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick	c †Gilchrist b Lee	37	75	93	6	1	49.33
Michael Vaughan	b McGrath	11	17	26	2	0	64.70
Mark Butcher	lbw b Gillespie	25	78	111	3	0	32.05
Nasser Hussain (c)	c Hayden b MacGill	24	58	87	3	0	41.37
Richard Dawson	c Love b MacGill	6	18	22	1	0	33.33
Rob Key	lbw b Lee	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
John Crawley	c Langer b Gillespie	17	45	61	2	0	37.77
Craig White	not out	85	134	182	9	3	63.43
James Foster †	lbw b Waugh	19	76	76	0	0	25.00
Andy Caddick	b Gillespie	17	30	30	1	1	56.66
Steve Harmison	c †Gilchrist b Gillespie	2	14	16	0	0	14.28
Extras	(b 3, lb 10, nb 14)	27
Total	89.3 Ov (RR: 3.01, 364 Mins)	270
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Michael Vaughan, 6.2 ov), 2-73 (Marcus Trescothick, 22.4 ov), 3-94 (Mark Butcher, 32.1 ov), 4-111 (Richard Dawson, 37.6 ov), 5-113 (Rob Key, 38.4 ov), 6-118 (Nasser Hussain, 41.6 ov), 7-172 (John Crawley, 54.2 ov), 8-227 (James Foster, 76.5 ov), 9-264 (Andy Caddick, 85.5 ov), 10-270 (Steve Harmison, 89.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	16	5	41	1	2.56	81	5	0	0	2
6.2 to MP Vaughan, . 13/1
Jason Gillespie	16.3	7	25	4	1.51	87	3	0	0	1
32.1 to MA Butcher, . 94/3 54.2 to JP Crawley, . 172/7 85.5 to AR Caddick, . 264/9 89.3 to SJ Harmison, . 270/10
Stuart MacGill	36	10	108	2	3.00	168	6	5	0	0
37.6 to RKJ Dawson, . 111/4 41.6 to N Hussain, . 118/6
Brett Lee	17	4	70	2	4.11	82	11	0	0	7
22.4 to ME Trescothick, . 73/2 38.4 to RWT Key, . 113/5
Steve Waugh	4	0	13	1	3.25	17	1	0	0	0
76.5 to JS Foster, . 227/8

England 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick	lbw b MacGill	37	46	68	5	1	80.43
Michael Vaughan	c Love b MacGill	145	218	277	19	3	66.51
Mark Butcher	c Love b Gillespie	6	29	36	0	0	20.68
Nasser Hussain (c)	c & b McGrath	23	70	91	3	0	32.85
Rob Key	c Ponting b Gillespie	52	109	127	7	0	47.70
John Crawley	b Lee	33	105	137	3	0	31.42
Craig White	c †Gilchrist b MacGill	21	62	95	3	0	33.87
James Foster †	c Love b MacGill	6	13	22	1	0	46.15
Richard Dawson	not out	15	45	57	2	0	33.33
Andy Caddick	c Waugh b MacGill	10	19	27	1	0	52.63
Steve Harmison	b Gillespie	7	15	11	1	0	46.66
Extras	(b 3, lb 21, nb 6, w 2)	32
Total	120.4 Ov (RR: 3.20, 477 Mins)	387
Fall of wickets: 1-67 (Marcus Trescothick, 15.6 ov), 2-89 (Mark Butcher, 24.6 ov), 3-169 (Nasser Hussain, 48.5 ov), 4-236 (Michael Vaughan, 69.4 ov), 5-287 (Rob Key, 81.1 ov), 6-342 (John Crawley, 104.5 ov), 7-342 (Craig White, 105.3 ov), 8-356 (James Foster, 109.5 ov), 9-378 (Andy Caddick, 117.5 ov), 10-387 (Steve Harmison, 120.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	19	5	44	1	2.31	94	6	0	0	0
48.5 to N Hussain, . 169/3
Jason Gillespie	24.4	6	71	3	2.87	116	7	1	0	0
24.6 to MA Butcher, . 89/2 81.1 to RWT Key, . 287/5 120.4 to SJ Harmison, . 387/10
Stuart MacGill	48	10	152	5	3.16	224	20	3	0	0
15.6 to ME Trescothick, . 67/1 69.4 to MP Vaughan, . 236/4 105.3 to C White, . 342/7 109.5 to JS Foster, . 356/8 117.5 to AR Caddick, . 378/9
Brett Lee	27	4	87	1	3.22	125	11	0	2	6
104.5 to JP Crawley, . 342/6
Steve Waugh	2	0	9	0	4.50	7	1	0	0	0

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 107 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Justin Langer	lbw b Caddick	24	56	92	1	0	42.85
Matthew Hayden	c sub (AJ Tudor) b Caddick	1	2	10	0	0	50.00
Ricky Ponting	c †Foster b Harmison	30	35	41	3	1	85.71
Damien Martyn	c †Foster b Harmison	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Steve Waugh (c)	c Butcher b Caddick	14	25	30	2	0	56.00
Martin Love	not out	6	14	25	0	0	42.85
Adam Gilchrist †	not out	10	13	20	2	0	76.92
Extras	(b 8, lb 5, nb 9)	22
Total	23.1 Ov (RR: 4.61, 113 Mins)	107/5
Did not bat: Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie, Stuart MacGill, Glenn McGrath
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Matthew Hayden, 2.1 ov), 2-58 (Ricky Ponting, 11.2 ov), 3-58 (Damien Martyn, 11.5 ov), 4-83 (Steve Waugh, 18.1 ov), 5-90 (Justin Langer, 18.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andy Caddick	12	1	51	3	4.25	53	5	1	0	2
2.1 to ML Hayden, . 8/1 18.1 to SR Waugh, . 83/4 18.5 to JL Langer, . 90/5
Steve Harmison	11.1	1	43	2	3.85	50	3	0	0	7
11.2 to RT Ponting, . 58/2 11.5 to DR Martyn, . 58/3

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Thu, 26 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 356/3 (Justin Langer 146*, Steve Waugh 62*, 90 ov)

Fri, 27 Dec - day 2 - England 1st innings 97/3 (Nasser Hussain 17*, Richard Dawson 0*, 34 ov)

Sat, 28 Dec - day 3 - England 2nd innings 111/2 (Michael Vaughan 55*, Nasser Hussain 8*, 34 ov)

Sun, 29 Dec - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 8/0 (Justin Langer 4*, Matthew Hayden 1*, 2 ov)

Mon, 30 Dec - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 107/5 (23.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Australia 50 (17.0 overs, 78 minutes)
Australia Langer/Hayden 50 partnership (78 minutes, 104 balls)
Australia Hayden 50 (112 minutes, 92 balls)
Australia 100 (130 minutes, 30.4 overs)
Australia Hayden/Langer 100 partnership (130 minutes, 186 balls)
Australia Langer 50 (135 minutes, 86 balls)
Australia 1st innings: 1x7 ball over (Dawson's 6th over)
Australia 150 (37.5 overs, 160 minutes)
Australia Langer/Hayden 150 partnership (160 minutes, 229 balls)
Australia Hayden 100 (177 minutes, 138 balls)
Hayden became the first Australian to score six centuries in a calendar year
Australia 200 (197 minutes, 46.1 overs)
Australia Langer 100 (205 minutes, 135 balls)
Australia 250 (61.5 overs, 259 minutes)
Australia 300 (70.3 overs, 297 minutes)
Australia Langer/Waugh 50 partnership (49 minutes,, 73 balls)
Australia Waugh 50 (59 minutes, 49 balls)
Attendance: 64189 (sell-out)

Day 2

Australia 350 (359 minutes, 86.4 overs)
Australia Langer/Waugh 100 partnership (114 minutes, 173 balls)
Australia Langer 150 (388 minutes, 266 balls)
Australia 400 (437 minutes, 105.4 ovees)
Australia 450 (105.4 overs, 437 minutes)
Australia Langer/Love 50 partnership (59 minutes, 95 balls)
Australia Langer 200 (500 minutes, 356 balls)
Australia 500 (133.5 overs, 541 minutes)
Australia Langer/Love 100 partnership (108 minutes, 176 balls)
Australia Love 50 (134 minutes, 121 balls)
Australia Langer 250 (573 minutes, 403 balls)
Australia 550 (145.4 overs, 587 minutes)
Australia Langer/Love 150 partnership (148 minutes, 238 balls)
England 50 (16.3 overs, 70 minutes)
England Trescothick/Butcher 50 partnership (48 minutes, 79 balls)
Attendance: 50451

Day 3

England-1 100 (34.2 overs, 147 minutes)
England-1 150 (49.3 overs, 210 minutes)
England-1 Crawley/White 50 partnership (48 minutes, 79 balls)
England-1 200 (67.3 overs, 283 minutes)
England-1 250 (335 minutes 82.4 overs)
England-1 White 50 (107 minutes, 80 balls)
England-1 White/Foster 50 partnership (81 minutes, 122 balls)
England-2 50 (13.2 overs, 58 minutes)
Crowd Day 3: 32057
England-2 100 (28.3 overs, 118 minutes)
England-2 Vaughan 50 (127 minutes, 94 balls)
England 2nd innings: 1x7 ball over (32nd over, SCG MacGill's 12th over)

Day 4

England-2 Vaughan/Hussain 50 partnership (74 minutes, 117 balls)
England-2 Vaughan 100 (202 minutes, 153 balls)
England-2 Vaughan/Key 50 (52 minutes, 77 balls)
England-2 Key 50 (114 minutes, 92 balls)
England-2 Key/Crawley 50 partnership (41 minutes, 62 balls)
England-2 150 (45.4 overs, 184 minutes)
England-2 200 (59.1 overs, 236 minutes)
England-2 250 (73.3 overs, 293 minutes)
England-2 300 (83.0 overs, 332 minutes)
Crowd Day 4: 12295

Day 5

Australia-2 50 (10.2 overs, 48 minutes)
Australia-2 Langer/Ponting 50 partnership (41 minutes, 52 balls)
Crowd Day 5: 18666

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	2002/03
Player Of The Match	Justin Langer
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 4-0
Match number	Test no. 1634
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Martin Love
Umpires	David Orchard Russell Tiffin
TV Umpire	Darrell Hair
Match Referee	Wasim Raja

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Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
JL Langer	lbw	24	56
ML Hayden	caught	1	2
RT Ponting	caught	30	35
DR Martyn	caught	0	3
SR Waugh	caught	14	25
ML Love	not out	6	14
AC Gilchrist	not out	10	13
Extras	(b 8, lb 5, nb 9)
Total	107(5 wkts; 23.1 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
AR Caddick	12	1	51	3	4.25 (2 nb)
SJ Harmison	11.1	1	43	2	3.85 (7 nb)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	5	Justin Langer	Matthew Hayden
2nd	49	Justin Langer	Ricky Ponting
3rd	0	Damien Martyn	Justin Langer
4th	25	Steve Waugh	Justin Langer
5th	7	Justin Langer	Martin Love
6th	17	Adam Gilchrist	Martin Love

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