2002–03 VB Series

Date	20 December 2002 – 27 January 2003
Location	Australia
Result	Won by Australia; 2-1 in final series

2002–03 VB Series
Date	20 December 2002 – 27 January 2003
Location	Australia
Result	Won by Australia; 2-1 in final series
Teams
Captains
Most runs
Most wickets
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The 2002–03 VB Series was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tri-series where Australia played host to England and Sri Lanka. Australia and England reached the Finals, which Australia won 2-0.

Squads

Australia	England	Sri Lanka
Ricky Ponting (c) Michael Bevan Andy Bichel Nathan Bracken Ryan Campbell Michael Clarke Adam Gilchrist Jason Gillespie Matthew Hayden Brad Hogg Brett Lee Darren Lehmann Jimmy Maher Damien Martyn Glenn McGrath Shane Warne Shane Watson Brad Williams	Nasser Hussain (c) James Anderson Gareth Batty Ian Blackwell Andy Caddick Paul Collingwood Andrew Flintoff Steve Harmison Matthew Hoggard Ronnie Irani James Kirtley Nick Knight Owais Shah Alec Stewart Marcus Trescothick Michael Vaughan	Sanath Jayasuriya (c) Russel Arnold Marvan Atapattu Aravinda de Silva Dilhara Fernando Charitha Buddhika Pulasthi Gunaratne Avishka Gunawardene Mahela Jayawardene Romesh Kaluwitharana Chamila Gamage Jehan Mubarak Muttiah Muralitharan Prabath Nissanka Thilan Samaraweera Kumar Sangakkara Hashan Tillakaratne Chaminda Vaas

Point Table

Pos	Team	P	W	L	NRR	Points
1	Australia	8	7	1	14	+0.730
2	England	8	3	5	6	-0.023
3	Sri Lanka	8	2	6	4	-0.993

Result Summary

1st Match on 13 December 2002 at Sydney Cricket Ground, Melbourne - Australia 252/3 (45 overs) defeated England, 251/8 (50 overs) by 7 wickets.^[1]
2nd Match on 15 December 2002 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Brisbane - Australia 318/650 overs) defeated England22948 overs) by 89 runs.^[2]
3rd Match on 17 December 2002 at Gabba, Brisbane - England 29250 overs) defeated Sri Lanka249/650 overs) by 43 runs.^[3]
4th Match on 20 December 2002 at WACA Ground, Sydney - England 258/9 (50 overs) defeated Sri Lanka, 163 (43.4 overs) by 95 runs.^[4]
5th Match on 22 December 2002 at WACA Ground, Melbourne - Australia 305/5 (50 overs) defeated Sri Lanka, 163 (43 overs) by 142 runs.^[5]
6th Match on 9 January 2003 at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney - Sri Lanka 343/5 (50 overs) defeated Australia, 264 (49.3 overs) by 79 runs.^[6]
7th Match on 11 January 2003 at Bellerive Oval, Adelaide - Australia 271/4 (50 overs) defeated England, 264/7 (50 overs) by 7 runs.^[7]
8th Match on 13 January 2003 at Sydney Cricket Ground, Adelaide - Sri Lanka 284/7 (50 overs) defeated England, 253 (49.2 overs) by 31 runs.^[8]
9th Match on 15 January 2003 at Gabba, Sydney - Australia 214/6 (48.5 overs) defeated Sri Lanka, 211/9 (50 overs) by 4 wickets.^[9]
10th Match on 17 January 2003 at Adelaide Oval, Hobart - England 279/7 (50 overs) defeated Sri Lanka, 260 (49.2 overs) by 19 runs.^[10]
11th Match on 19 January 2003 at Adelaide Oval, Perth - Australia 153/6 (47.3 overs) defeated England, 152 (48.3 overs) by 4 wickets.^[11]
12th Match on 21 January 2003 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Perth - Australia 215/1 (34.3 overs) defeated Sri Lanka, 215/8 (50 overs) by 9 wickets.^[12]

Final series

Australia won the best of three final series against England 2-0.

1st Final on 23 January 2003 at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney - Australia 118/0 (12.2 overs) defeated England, 117 (41 overs) by 10 wickets.^[13]
2nd Final on 25 January 2003 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne - Australia 229/7 (50 overs) defeated England, 224 (49.3 overs) by 5 runs.^[14]

External Links

Series home at Cricinfo

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