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2002-03 Annual Report

Cricket Australia Mission Statement
“To advance cricket as Australia’s national sport by:
• growing participation and interest in the game;
• fostering the success of Australian teams;
and
• striving for commercial excellence,
in a manner that upholds the tradition, integrity and spirit of cricket.”
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• Australia claimed victory at the ICC Cricket World Cup in South Africa, defeating India in
the final. The win, along with those of the Test side, confirmed Australia’s status as the
world’s best nation in both forms of the game.
• Australia set a world record in one-day international cricket with 21-consecutive wins.
• By defeating England over summer, the Australian Test side won its eighth consecutive
Ashes title. The side also retained the Frank Worrell Trophy against the West Indies in
the Caribbean – ensuring Australia regained its place on top of the ICC’s Test
Championship table.
• The Australian women’s team, the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars, defeated
England 1-0 to retain the Women’s Ashes title.
• The Australian Cricket Board was re-named Cricket Australia, with new branding to
provide a more consistent look for the Australian game.
• Women’s cricket was formally integrated with Cricket Australia after a successful
two-year trial.
• Work began on a new insurance strategy designed to save Australia’s 5000 cricket clubs
significant costs.
• Australian cricket attracted new commercial partners in the Ford Motor Company, and
renewed its association with National Foods and Sanitarium.
• Record distributions to state and territory cricket associations.
• Independent market research confirmed cricket is still Australians’ favourite team sport.
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HIGHLIGHTS OF 2002-03

Cricket Australia Mission Statement 1
Cricket Australia Highlights of 2002-03 2
Chairman’s Message 4-5
Corporate Governance 6-10
Organisational Overview 11-12
Australian Cricket – An Operational Review 13-31
Elite-Level Success 14-17
Attract, Develop and Keep People in the Game 18-21
Ensure Cricket Has a Strong and Sustainable Financial Base 22-27
Strengthen and Protect the Spirit of Cricket 28-31
State/Territory Associations 32-39
Tributes and Milestones 40-55
Cricket Australia Financials 56-62
2002-03 Scorebook 63
Travelex Tour against Pakistan and Kenya in Kenya, 2002 65
International Cricket Council Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka, 2002 66
Travelex Tour against Pakistan in Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates, 2002 67-69
Orange Ashes Test Series in Australia, 2002-03 70-74
VB Series in Australia, 2002-03 75-77
International Cricket Council Cricket World Cup in Southern Africa, 2003 78-81
Travelex Tour of the West Indies, 2002-03 82-86
Australia A, 2002-03 87-88
Cricket Australia Chairman’s XI v England, 2002-03 89
Prime Minister’s XI v England, 2002-03 89
Prime Minister’s XI v ATSIC Chairman’s XI, 2002-03 90
Pura Cup, 2002-03 91-93
ING Cup, 2002-03 94-96
Cricket Australia Cup, 2002-03 97
Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars four-nation series in New Zealand, 2002-03 98-99
Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars Ashes Test series, 2002-03 100-103
Women’s National Cricket League, 2002-03 104-105
Australian Under-19 v England Under-19 – men 106
Australian Under-19 v England Under-19 – women 107
Commonwealth Bank Shooting Stars v England, 2002-03 108
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CONTENTS

CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE
Bob Merriman
An overview of Australian cricket will
note the past 12 months as a landmark
period in the game, highlighted by team
success at both the Test and one-day
international level and continued
development of the game’s grassroots.
On reflection it is a period that can be looked upon with pride, but also one that has emphasised areas
for improvement if the game is to retain its unique place as Australia’s favourite team sport and
cherished summer pastime.
An eighth-consecutive Ashes series victory, the retention of the Frank Worrell Trophy and a convincing
series win over Pakistan, emphasised Australia’s fine year in the Test arena.
That the side reclaimed its grip on the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Championship Trophy
was due reward for a dominant era in that form of the game.
Test captain Stephen Waugh is to be congratulated on his leadership and for becoming the mostcapped
player in cricket history. The record is testament to his steely approach and pride in
representing his country.
At one-day international level, the undoubted highlights of the year were victory at the ICC Cricket
World Cup in Southern Africa, coupled with a record winning streak of 21-consecutive victories.
The road to World Cup success, which began as early as four years ago, was not without its challenges
and all involved at the elite level of the game, from captain Ricky Ponting through to the selectors and
team management, can take a great deal of satisfaction from the win.
Perhaps one of the greatest challenges linked to the World Cup campaign was the decision to fulfil
Australia’s commitment of playing its pool-match against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo.
In spite of intense public, media and political interest, both at home and overseas, Cricket Australia in
conjunction with player-representative body, the Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA), re-affirmed
its position that the decision to tour a country would be always made on cricket terms, with safety and
security being paramount.
The board is firmly of the view that Cricket Australia is a non-political organisation and any political
concerns associated with a scheduled tour should be addressed by those with an elected mandate.
This was a testing period for cricket’s administrators and the World Cup touring party, but the decision
to play the match emphasised the trust that exists within the organisation from the player-group
through to management and Directors.
Cricket Australia will not compromise the safety of its players, and this was emphasised only a few
months earlier when Australia stood down from its scheduled Test and one-day international tour to
Pakistan due to security concerns.
This decision was the result of deep consultation with a variety of stakeholders, including the Pakistan
Cricket Board (PCB). However, based on advice received, it was accepted that the security risks in
Pakistan at the time of the tour meant it could not proceed.
That the PCB agreed to shift the series to the neutral venues of Kenya, Sri Lanka and Sharjah, was
testament to the spirit of co-operation that exists within the international cricket fraternity.
Despite a 12-month period of unprecedented team success, the area of on-field player behaviour at all
levels of the game – from the elite level to local park cricket – has raised concerns about players’
awareness and commitment to the spirit of cricket.
Cricket Australia will continue to look at ways to protect and enhance the spirit of cricket throughout
all levels of the game.
Cricket’s appeal is closely related to its firmly entrenched values, and as such a dedicated effort to
work with state and territory cricket associations, national, state and club players about our
responsibilities as custodians of today’s game is being undertaken.
Throughout the year, boardroom discussion also revolved around the area of women’s cricket, and the
Directors adopted a recommendation to integrate the women’s game into the Cricket Australia
structure on a full-time basis.
This follows a successful two-year trial integration and signals women’s cricket as a key component of
the game growing into the future.
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Already young females around the nation have a set of successful role-models in the national side, the
Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars, which enjoyed a victorious 12 months in the Test and one-day
international arena.
Cricket will only prosper as a national sport if it appeals to and is supported by all Australians
regardless of gender or background.
At grassroots level, Cricket Australia continues to harness mass participation, recognising that game
development is the lifeblood of the sport in this country.
The challenge now is to broaden the game’s reach, including extending the cricket community to
include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and Australians of non-English speaking
backgrounds.
The Board has great confidence in the progress being made in these areas and that such work will
provide more opportunities for Australians to become involved in the game.
Cricket’s expanding brief also saw the Directors move on the proposal to adopt the Cricket Australia
name as its public mark, replacing the long-standing Australian Cricket Board (ACB).
Following expert presentations, stakeholder input and lengthy boardroom debate, it was felt the name
change better reflected the role of cricket’s administration, rather than simply the operation of a
Board.
The change represents an exciting era of Australian cricket as it moves to take the game to new
heights both on and off the field.
During the year, the search for a Cricket Centre of Excellence also came under Board focus as did a
full review of Australian cricket’s finances.
The testing 12 months saw Cricket Australia’s Directors contend with several major issues that
required significant time and consideration to bring about a resolution. Each Director assisted me
greatly in my role as Chairman.
In reviewing the year, Cricket Australia acknowledges the outstanding contribution of captains, players
and the ACA which has significantly enhanced our national sport.
Cricket Australia’s commercial partners again provided tremendous support to the game. Television
rights-holder, the Nine Network, reached its 24th year of high-class cricket presentation, whilst the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation has now provided cricket lovers with excellent coverage for over
70 years.
The Board of Directors extends its thanks to all of Cricket Australia’s partners for their contribution to
the game.
Local, state and federal government is also relied upon for the continued growth of the sport, and the
work of these bodies in the best interests of cricket does not go without the Board’s appreciation.
Cricket Australia management and staff should be acknowledged for their outstanding work which,
together with the contribution of state and territory association Directors and staff, has been crucial to
another successful year in Australian cricket.
In the international boardroom, the game saw the retirement of Australia’s Malcolm Gray as President
of the ICC.
Mr Gray, a former Chairman of Cricket Australia, performed this role with distinction in a challenging
and issues-rich environment.
He deserves praise for his judgement and sound decision-making in taking the game forward.
Finally, cricket throughout our nation owes a great debt of thanks to the thousands of volunteers
whose dedicated efforts are the foundation of our game. Cricket could not survive without such diligent
work.
Bob Merriman AM
Chairman, Cricket Australia
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Top. Test captain Stephen
Waugh firmly cemented his
place in cricket folklore during
2002-03.
Australia’s victory at the ICC
Cricket World Cup in Southern
Africa was one of the year’s true
highlights.
Cricket fans continued to turn
out in record numbers to
international fixtures
throughout the summer.
Bottom. A significant investment
in development programs
demonstrates Cricket
Australia’s commitment to
growing the game’s grassroots.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Cricket Australia, the custodian of the game in Australia, is made up of six member associations:
• Cricket New South Wales;
• Cricket Victoria;
• Queensland Cricket;
• South Australian Cricket Association;
• Tasmanian Cricket Association; and
• Western Australian Cricket Association.
The Australian Capital Territory Cricket Association and the Northern Territory Cricket Association are non-member
associations.
Cricket Australia is responsible for international and interstate cricket, national programs for development, coaching
and umpiring. The state and territory associations are responsible for cricket within their respective regions and for
the delivery of national programs developed and funded by Cricket Australia.
Board of Directors
Cricket Australia is governed by 14 Directors appointed by their respective member associations, and managed by its
Senior Management Team and staff. The Chief Executive Officer reports to the Board of Directors. Cricket Australia
has seven departments – Executive, Commercial Operations, Cricket Operations, Game Development, Finance and
Administration, Legal and Business Affairs and Public Affairs.
The state associations appoint the following number of Directors to the Board:
• New South Wales – three Directors;
• Queensland – two Directors;
• South Australia – three Directors;
• Tasmania – one Director;
• Victoria – three Directors; and
• Western Australia – two Directors.
The Board of Cricket Australia is responsible for the strategic direction of the organisation. In 2002, it endorsed a
strategic plan for Australian cricket entitled From Backyard to Baggy Green. As such it will promote excellence in
Cricket Australia governance and undertake periodic evaluation, ensuring it is adhering to best-practice principles.
The Board maintains a strategic focus in its governance of the game. However, the responsibility for implementing
the strategic plan and managing Cricket Australia’s operating activities rests with the Chief Executive Officer and
Senior Management Team.
During 2002-03, Cricket Australia Directors met 12 times, with the various Board committees convened regularly.
In fulfilling their corporate governance duties, Cricket Australia Directors do not receive remuneration.
Cricket Australia Board Committees
The Board committees support the various corporate governance functions. During 2002-03, the following
committees operated:
• Audit;
• Game Development;
• Industrial Relations;
• International;
• Playing Conditions;
• Remuneration; and
• Women’s Cricket Advisory.
The History and Umpire Advisory Committees, functional in 2001-02, were disbanded in 2002-03.
Following the integration of women’s cricket with Cricket Australia’s operations, the Women’s Cricket Advisory
Committee will not operate in 2003-04.
International role
Cricket Australia also has an international role as one of 10 full-member nations of the ICC, assisting in the
governance of cricket worldwide.
Australia is strongly represented at the international governance level, demonstrated by the number of officials who
hold positions within the ICC Board and committee structure. These officials are:
ICC Executive Board – Bob Merriman, Cricket Australia Chairman;
ICC Cricket Committee – Management – James Sutherland, Cricket Australia Chief Executive Officer; and
ICC Development Committee – Trevor Robertson, Cricket Australia Director.
Following a revamp of the ICC Cricket Committee – Playing’s representative structure in November 2002, Allan
Border was replaced as Cricket Australia’s player representative by Tim May, Chief Executive of the Australian
Cricketers’ Association.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Bob Merriman AM, Victoria
Appointed Cricket Australia Chairman in 2001 after serving as a Victorian-elected
Board member for 13 years.
Australia’s delegate on the ICC’s Executive and Development International boards,
he is also the President of Cricket Victoria – a position he has held since 1997 after
being appointed to the Board in 1982.
A former Industrial Relations Commissioner of Australia, he is the Patron of the
Geelong Cricket Association, of which he was President from 1965-1976.
Managed Australia’s 1979 tour of India, and became Cricket Australia’s first fulltime
team manager from 1984-1986, during which time he oversaw tours to
England, India, the United Arab Emirates and New Zealand, as well as Australian
home series against the West Indies, New Zealand and India.
Played cricket with the Geelong and Melbourne cricket clubs.
Made a Member of the Order of Australia in January for his service to cricket as an
administrator with Cricket Australia, Cricket Victoria and the Victorian Country
Cricket League.
Allan Border AO, Queensland
Joined the Queensland Cricket Board in 2001 and was appointed to Cricket
Australia’s Board of Directors the following year, replacing long-serving and
retiring Director, Dr Cam Battersby AM.
A former Australia captain who led the nation a record 93 times from 1984-85 to
his retirement from international cricket in 1993-94.
Made 156 Test match appearances for a world record 11,174 runs. Also played 273
one-day internationals, scoring 6524 runs.
His first-class tally of 27,131 runs (from 385 matches) is exceeded only by Sir
Donald Bradman’s 28,067 runs.
A national selector since 1998, he is also the coach of the Australia A side.
Jack Clarke, South Australia
Appointed a Director of Cricket Australia in 1999, becoming one of three South
Australians on the 14-man Board.
An Adelaide-based partner in national law firm Hunt & Hunt, he joined the South
Australian Cricket Association Board in 1987.
Played cricket with Glenelg District Cricket Club and St Peter’s Old Collegians
Cricket Club.
A member of the Lord’s Taverners Club and member of the Bradman Library
Appeal Committee.
Wally Edwards, Western Australia
Completes his seventh year as one of Western Australia’s two representatives on
the Board.
Vice-President of the Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA) since 2000,
he received life membership of that organisation in 2002.
A company Director of Holman Industries – a Perth-based irrigation products
manufacturer.
He represented Australia in three Test matches in 1974-75 against England as a
left-hand opening batsman and played 25 first-class matches for Western
Australia between 1973-74 and 1977-78.
At local level he played with the Midland-Guildford, University and North Perth
clubs.
He is the Chairman of the Cricket Australia Playing Conditions Committee.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Brian Freedman, New South Wales
The former General Manager and current consultant to Sheridan Australia Limited,
he completes his sixth year as a Cricket Australia Director.
He has been a Director of Cricket New South Wales since 1996.
Joined the Sydney Cricket Association’s committee of management in 1992.
The team manager of the Australian under-19 side since 1999, he oversaw the
team’s victory at the 2002 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.
He played cricket with Bankstown-Canterbury, where he has been President since
1982.
Tony Harrison, Tasmania
Replaced former Cricket Australia Director and retiring Chairman Denis Rogers AO
on the Board of Directors in 2002.
Chairman and Managing Director of Corporate Communications (Tasmania) Pty
Ltd, he has been a Director of the Tasmanian Cricket Association for more than a
decade.
A former National President of the Public Relations Institute of Australia, he is also
Chief Executive of Porter Novelli (Tasmania) and Kay & Kay Marketing, Advertising
and Public Relations.
He is a Director of Echo Projects Pty Ltd, PENPOW Pty Ltd, North West Foundation
Pty Ltd and a board member of the Menzies Research Institute.
A member of the Tasmanian Consumer Affairs Council from 1994 to 1998, he rose
to become Chairman of the Tasmanian Government’s Consumer Affairs Advisory
Committee in 1998.
Bob Horsell, New South Wales
One of three New South Wales representatives on the Board, he was appointed a
Director of Cricket Australia in 1997.
Appointed to the Cricket New South Wales Board in 1995, rising to the position of
Chairman in 1997 – a position he still holds.
Runs his own accounting firm in New South Wales, R E Horsell and Co
Accountants.
A Director of the Bradman Foundation since 1999, he played cricket with
Paddington and Eastern Suburbs cricket clubs.
Bill Jocelyn, New South Wales
The longest-serving of the three New South Wales representatives on the Board,
he completes his eighth year as a Cricket Australia Director.
Has served as a board member of Cricket New South Wales since 1991.
An actuary by profession, he is a Director of The Hills Motorway Ltd, and was the
Chief Executive Officer of GIO Australia for 15 years.
Named Actuary of the Year in 1993.
Played cricket for Bankstown, Central Cumberland, Northern District and St
George.
Awarded life membership of Cricket New South Wales in September 2003.
Damien Mullins SC, Queensland
At age 42, he has served for a decade on Cricket Australia’s Board after being
appointed in 1993.
Joined the Board of Queensland Cricket in 1991, and has served as Queensland
Cricket Chairman since 2000.
The Brisbane-based barrister was appointed to the rank of Senior Counsel for the
state of Queensland in 2002.
A member of the now disbanded ICC Finance and Marketing Committee from 2000
to 2002.
Played cricket with Eastern Suburbs (now Redlands) and University cricket clubs in
Brisbane.
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Creagh O’Connor, South Australia
Completes his sixth year as a Cricket Australia Director.
A South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) Director since 1990, he is a trustee
of the Les Favell Foundation in Adelaide.
The Chairman of the Adelaide Community Health Alliance, and Director of So Co
Limited, Broken Hill Cobalt Limited and Pacific Strategic Investments Limited.
Played cricket with Kensington and Western Australian club Floreat.
Governor of the Bradman Memorial Fund, along with Cricket Australia Chairman,
Bob Merriman.
Bob Paulsen, Western Australia
Completes his third year as a Cricket Australia Director after being appointed to
the Board in 2001, following the retirement of Barry Shepherd.
A Director of R G Paulsen Pty Ltd, the former leg-spin bowler played 75 first-class
matches for Queensland and Western Australia between 1966-67 and 1978-79.
A WACA Director since 1989, he represents the association on the Western
Australian Senior Club Cricket Board.
An accredited Cricket Australia coach, he was Chairman of the Western Australian
Players’ Association during the late 1970s and has managed Australian under-19
sides in home series against Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
A board member of the Western Australian Cancer Support Association.
Trevor Robertson, South Australia
A school teacher for more than 30 years, he was appointed a Cricket Australia
Director in 1996 having served as a SACA Director since 1991.
The former wicket-keeper played 32 first-class matches for South Australia, later
becoming a state selector and senior coach.
Chairman of Cricket Australia’s Game Development Committee, National
Indigenous Cricket Advisory Committee, and the ICC East Asia-Pacific Advisory
Committee.
Chairman of the Australian under-19 selection panel, he is also the team manager
of Australia A – a position he has held since 1998 – overseeing tours to the United
Kingdom and South Africa.
Tony Steele, Victoria
Completes his third year as a Cricket Australia Director, and his fifth year as joint
Vice-President of Cricket Victoria – a position he shares with fellow Cricket
Australia Director, Geoff Tamblyn.
The Chairman of Tandem Hotels and Entertainment Group, he has worked in the
hospitality industry for over four decades.
A former member of the Victorian state squad, he captained Melbourne University
Cricket Club and also played with Hawthorn-East Melbourne.
Geoff Tamblyn, Victoria
The managing partner of accounting firm Fox, Gregory and Associates in Victoria,
he is also the Chairman of Cricket Australia’s Audit and Finance Review
Committees, and a member of the Remuneration Committee.
Chairman and joint Vice-President of Cricket Victoria, he completes his sixth year
as a Director of Cricket Australia.
Played cricket for the St Kilda Cricket Club and represented Victoria at first-class
level in 1974 as a right-hand batsman and wicket-keeper.
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Meetings of Directors
The table below details meetings held of the Board and its committees during the year ending 30 June 2003.
Meetings held (H) while a
director and attended (A) H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A
R F Merriman AM 12 12 1 1 2 2 2 2
Dr A C Battersby AM 2
3 2
AR Border AO 8 9 8 1 1
J J Clarke 1
12 11 1 1 2 1
W J Edwards 12 12 1 1 2 2
B F Freedman 12 12 2 2 2 1
T T Harrison 8
7 7 1 1 1 1
R E Horsell 12 12 2 2 2 2
W J Jocelyn 6 12 11 2 1
D G Mullins SC 3
F C O’Connor 4
R G Paulsen 12 12 2 2
12 9 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
12 10 2 2 1 1
T J Robertson 12 12 2 2 2 2
D W Rogers AO 7
R A Steele 5
FULL MEETINGS OF
DIRECTORS
5 4 1 1 1 1
12 10 2 2
G L Tamblyn 12 12 2 2 2 2
1 Casual vacancy on 23 July 2002 filled by T J Robertson
2 Resigned August 2002; Casual vacancy on 23 July 2002 filled by D G Mullins SC
3 Casual vacancy on 6 August 2002 filled by A C Battersby AM
4 Casual vacancy on 6 August 2002 filled by J J Clarke
5 Casual vacancy on 8 August 2002 filled by G L Tamblyn
6 Casual vacancy on 23 August 2002 filled by R E Horsell
7 Resigned October 2002; Casual vacancy on 23 August 2002 filled by T T Harrison
8 Appointed August 2002; Casual vacancy on 22 October 2002 filled by B Phelan
9 Appointed October 2002
Committee Chairmen
AUDIT
Audit – Mr Tamblyn, Industrial Relations – Mr Merriman, International – Mr Merriman, Playing Conditions – Mr Edwards,
Remuneration – Mr Merriman, Game Development – Mr Robertson.
CRICKET AUSTRALIA
60 Jolimont Street Jolimont VIC 3002
Tel: (03) 9653 9999 Fax: (03) 9653 9911
CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES
Sydney Cricket Ground, Driver Avenue Paddington NSW 2021
Tel: (02) 9339 0999 Fax: (02) 9331 1555
CRICKET VICTORIA
86 Jolimont Street Jolimont VIC 3002
Tel: (03) 9653 1100 Fax: (03) 9653 1196
QUEENSLAND CRICKET
1 Bogan Street Breakfast Creek QLD 4010
Tel: (07) 3292 3100 Fax: (07) 3262 9160
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CRICKET ASSOCIATION
Adelaide Oval North Adelaide SA 5006
Tel: (08) 8300 3800 Fax: (08) 8231 4346
GAME
DEVELOPMENT
INDUSTRIAL
RELATIONS
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INTERNATIONAL
PLAYING
CONDITIONS
REMUNERATION
TASMANIAN CRICKET ASSOCIATION
WOMEN’S CRICKET
ADVISORY
Bellerive Oval, Derwent Street Bellerive TAS 7018
Tel: (03) 6244 7099 Fax: (03) 6244 3924
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CRICKET ASSOCIATION
WACA Ground, Nelson Crescent East Perth WA 6004
Tel: (08) 9265 7222 Fax: (08) 9221 1823
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY CRICKET
ASSOCIATION
Level 2, Sir Donald Bradman Stand, Manuka Oval
Manuka ACT 2603
Tel: (02) 6239 6002 Fax: (02) 6295 7135
NORTHERN TERRITORY CRICKET ASSOCIATION
Marrara Cricket Ground, Abala Road Marrara NT 0812
Tel: (08) 8927 0444 Fax: (08) 8927 0306

ORGANISATIONAL OVERVIEW
Cricket Australia Structure
Cricket Australia administers the game of cricket using a wide range
of resources (the chart over the page represents full-time staff
predominantly based at Cricket Australia headquarters and excludes
state association employees).
In addition to the Executive department, which manages the day-today
operations of the Chief Executive Officer and Directors, Cricket
Australia operates six other departments.
Commercial Operations
Overall role: Drive and consolidate revenue-raising and new
business activities for Australian cricket.
Responsibilities:
• media rights;
• acquiring and servicing commercial partners;
• carrying out a licensing program;
• formulating advertising strategies;
• market research;
• event management for international matches; and
• promotions.
Cricket Operations
Overall role: Manage Australian teams at international level,
administer the country’s premier domestic competitions, the Pura
Cup and the ING Cup and oversee all first-class umpiring.
Responsibilities:
• all elite-level men’s cricket operations, including management
of the Australian Test and one-day international teams;
• programming for international and domestic cricket, including
Australia A;
• playing conditions for international and interstate cricket;
• pre-tour inspections;
• umpiring; and
• Australian Cricketers’ Association relationship management.
Finance and Administration
Overall role: Manage Australian cricket’s finances and administer its
internal operations.
Responsibilities:
• financial management of the business behind cricket;
• human resources;
• information technology infrastructure and service; and
• office management.
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Game Development
Overall role: Responsible for overseeing all cricket development
activity from the game’s highest level through to its grassroots.
Responsibilities:
• increasing participation across the nation;
• revitalising club cricket;
• co-ordinating world-class development programs for players,
coaches and umpires;
• contemporary education and training models for coaches,
umpires, administrators and curators, designed to better
service the game;
• national youth championships; and
• ICC East Asia Development program.
Legal and Business Affairs
Overall role: Provide in-house legal counsel, and ensure the
organisation adheres to sound legal practice.
Responsibilities:
• legal drafting;
• risk management; and
• dispute resolution.
Public Affairs
Overall role: Plan and implement the organisation’s strategic
communications programs, ensuring that cricket’s stakeholders are
kept informed about the game.
Responsibilities:
• issues management;
• media relations;
• strategic communications;
• publication production;
• publicity;
• Internet management; and
• corporate hospitality.

Organisational chart at 30 September 2003
Commercial Operations
DAVID FOUVY,
General Manager,
Commercial Operations
EMMA MASON,
Commercial Operations
Co-ordinator
ANTHONY EVERARD,
Marketing Manager
PENNY COSTELLO,
Commercial Partners
Executive
TRUDY CLARK,
Event Operations
Executive
BEN KING,
Sponsorship and
Promotions Officer
ROB AIVATOGLOU,
Sales Manager
DAMIEN ADAMS,
Business Development
Manager
EMMA CRIMMINS,
Marketing Services
Executive
GLEN TOWERS,
Consumer Products
Executive
Cricket Operations
MICHAEL BROWN,
General Manager,
Cricket Operations
SEANA MARTIN,
Cricket Operations
Co-ordinator
GEOFF ALLARDICE,
Cricket Manager
JO ILSLEY,
Team Administration
Manager
MATHEW BELL,
Team Administration
Officer
BRENT SILVA,
Umpire Officer
STEPHEN BERNARD,
Team Manager
JOHN BUCHANAN,
Team Coach
TIM NIELSEN,
Assistant
Coach/Performance Analyst
ERROL ALCOTT,
Physiotherapist
JOCK CAMPBELL,
Physical Performance
Manager
Finance and Administration
KATE BANOZIC,
General Manager,
Finance and
Administration
ANDREW WILES,
Finance Manager
RICHARD PAPWORTH,
Management Accountant
CAROLINE MILES,
Payroll Officer
MARCIA CHRISTMAS,
Accounting Officer
SHARYN LANGLEY,
Accounts Assistant
JO MITCHELL,
Administration Officer
CLAIRE STUBBS,
Receptionist
DAVID BELLEVUE,
Travel services -
Show Travel
LEONIE HORTON,
Travel services -
Show Travel
The following staff members departed during 2002-03. Their
contribution to developing and administering cricket is appreciated:
Tim Andrew, Troy Cooley, Simone Cresp, Susie Griffiths, Catherine
Johnston, Catherine Kenny, Travis Mardling, Graham Miller, Anthony
Moore, Patrick O’Beirne, Bob Parish, Wayne Phillips, Michelle Slade,
Mike Walsh and Richard Watson. During the year Quentin Crombie,
Mark Lazarus and Richard McInnes completed Cricket Australia
secondments.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Executive
JAMES SUTHERLAND,
Chief Executive Officer
TESS LYNCH,
Executive Assistant to
Chief Executive Officer
EMMA HOPLEY,
Assistant to
Executive Office
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Game Development
ROSS TURNER,
General Manager,
Game Development
ANNA RYAN,
Game Development
Co-ordinator
MATTHEW DRAIN,
High Performance
Cricket Manager
GRANT SMETHURST,
High Performance
Cricket Project Officer
BENNETT KING,
Commonwealth Bank
Cricket Academy
Head Coach
DAVID MOORE,
Commonwealth Bank
Cricket Academy
Senior Coach
JOHN HARMER,
Commonwealth Bank
Cricket Academy
Senior Coach
DAMIEN FLEMING,
Commonwealth Bank
Cricket Academy
Senior Coach
SHAUN McMAHON,
Commonwealth Bank
Cricket Academy
Performance Co-ordinator
STEPHEN JENKIN,
AIS/National Head
Women’s Coach
MARC PORTUS,
Cricket Australia Sports
Science Officer
PETER HANLON,
Education and Training
Manager
MEGAN SMITH,
Education and Training
Project Officer
BELINDA CLARK,
Women’s Cricket
Operations Manager
JANINE STAINER,
Senior Officer, Women’s
Cricket Development
MARK McALLION,
Community Cricket
Manager
MEREDITH KELLY,
Community Cricket
Project Officer
Legal and Business Affairs
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General Manager, Legal
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Manager, Legal Affairs
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Co-ordinator
Public Affairs
PETER YOUNG,
General Manager,
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JESSICA KENDALL,
Public Affairs
Co-ordinator
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SEAN CADD,
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DAVID STONE,
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James Sutherland
AUSTRALIAN CRICKET –
AN OPERATIONAL REVIEW
Australian cricket has experienced an eventful 12 months, highlighted by elite-level success and
implementation of Cricket Australia’s strategic plan, entitled From Backyard to Baggy Green.
The year 2002-03 has been one of the more challenging years in recent times. The public interest and
debate surrounding a broad range of issues meant that the focus – for both the game’s stakeholders
and Cricket Australia’s administration – often shifted from cricket itself to off-field matters.
Nevertheless, outstanding on-field performances – highlighted by Australia’s victory at the 2003 ICC
Cricket World Cup – and committed work undertaken away from the field of play have seen the game
emerge stronger.
The key indicators of cricket’s health, such as on-field performances, crowd figures, television ratings
and grassroots participation demonstrate that the game retains a prominent position in Australia’s
sport and entertainment industry.
The following pages report on the progress made by Cricket Australia over the course of the past 12
months and how it goes about its role of overseeing the game on behalf of the Australian cricket
community.
True to the organisation’s strategic approach, the report comments on the progress made in four
specific areas, each one a priority within From Backyard to Baggy Green.
The four strategic priorities are:
• Thrive at the elite level;
• Attract, develop and keep people in the game;
• Ensure cricket has a strong and sustainable financial base; and
• Strengthen and protect the spirit of cricket.
The report emphasises Cricket Australia’s commitment to fostering and growing the game at all levels
and across all boundaries. It details work undertaken from the grassroots to the elite level that
ensures the game remains strong.
Together with state and territory cricket associations, Cricket Australia plays a critical role as a trustee
of the game that means so much to so many Australians.
This responsibility is not taken lightly as we work together to ensure cricket remains Australia’s
favourite team sport.
James Sutherland
Chief Executive Officer, Cricket Australia
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ELITE-LEVEL SUCCESS
To thrive at the elite level,
Australian cricket requires
high-quality training facilities
and talent development
programs, healthy domestic
competitions, world-class
umpires and exceptional
team-support services.
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When implementing From Backyard to Baggy Green, Cricket Australia aims to:
• continue to excel on the field;
• maintain Australians’ pride in their teams’ performances;
• drive commercial returns;
• generate and drive interest in the game; and
• provide an inspirational goal for all cricketers.
In 2002-03, Cricket Australia undertook significant work geared towards its teams thriving at the elite
level.
Australian team management
One of the platform strategies for Australia to continue its dominance of world cricket is to establish
an environment that ensures its players are given every opportunity to perform at their best.
As such, Cricket Australia, primarily through its Cricket Operations and Game Development
departments, invests heavily in a support structure for its elite teams.
Throughout 2002-03, the Australian men’s Test and one-day international teams were supported on the
road by a team manager, coach, assistant coach / performance analyst, physiotherapist, physical
performance manager, massage therapist, as well as a variety of consultants including specialist
coaches.
Team management played a key role in helping Australia claim:
• the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup;
• the 2002-03 Orange Test series against England;
• the 2002-03 VB Series;
• the 2002-03 Test and one-day series against the West Indies; and
• the 2002-03 Travelex Test series against Pakistan.
Media management is also provided to the team to help deal with ever-increasing levels of media
attention.
From an Australian team perspective, dealing with intense media interest requires a well-developed
and effective system to balance the essential access to players required by the media, with the
importance of allowing the team time and space to prepare for and recover from each game.
All other national teams including Australia A, the Australian women’s team, the Commonwealth Bank
Southern Stars, and under-age squads are also provided with appropriate support structures.
In 2002-03 the Australian team’s busy schedule saw players in the Test and one-day international
teams away from home for more than 230 days of the year.
Cricket Australia is conscious of this heavy workload and supports the principle of players’ partners
and families travelling with the team both at home and overseas.
Australian Cricketers’ Association
Cricket Australia is mindful of the importance of consultation with the ACA on important issues to
ensure the views of its membership are taken into account.
An example of this collaborative approach took place in August 2002, when Cricket Australia and the
ACA worked together to overcome concerns stemming from the ICC’s player contracts for the ICC
Champions Trophy tournament in Sri Lanka.
Thorough consultation ensured a standard set of guidelines was created to clarify the contractual
obligations of the ICC, Cricket Australia and ACA members, including the introduction of an approval
and disputes resolution process to ensure the ICC’s use of player images was appropriate and did not
constitute a player endorsement.
Following the process, the ICC offered the same guidelines to all full-member nations.
Pre-tour inspections
In ensuring that the Australian Test and one-day international teams are provided with an environment
conducive to elite performance, Cricket Australia undertakes comprehensive pre-tour inspections prior
to any overseas series.
These inspections ensure that each venue the Australian team visits passes a detailed checklist,
ranging from playing and training facilities to team travel and accommodation arrangements.
In a climate of increasing world security tension, the safety of the Australian players and team
management is Cricket Australia’s highest priority. As such, when carrying out these inspections,
Cricket Australia includes a thorough review of proposed security arrangements for the Australian
team.
These security assessment procedures were tested in 2002 when Cricket Australia was forced to
abandon the Australian team’s scheduled tour of Pakistan due to an unacceptable risk to national
players and team management.
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Opposite page. Following a
spectacular diving catch,
Damien Martyn celebrates the
wicket of India’s Dinesh Mongia
in the final of the ICC Cricket
World Cup in South Africa.
Top. Planning ahead. Australian
coach John Buchanan (right)
discusses tactics with his
assistant, Tim Nielsen, during
Australia’s World Cup campaign.
Middle. Australian Team
Physiotherapist Errol Alcott
attends to Adam Gilchrist during
a VB Series match.
Bottom. Damien Martyn (right)
keeps in check with Physical
Performance Manager, Jock
Campbell, in Port Elizabeth,
South Africa.

ELITE-LEVEL SUCCESS
Top. National selectors Allan
Border (left), Trevor Hohns and
Andrew Hilditch (far right) with
Australian Team
Physiotherapist, Errol Alcott,
prior to the second Orange Test
in Adelaide.
Middle. Simon Taufel was
rewarded for his decisionmaking
skills when he was
appointed to the ICC’s Elite
Panel of umpires.
Bottom. History in the making.
A drop-in wicket was installed
at Darwin’s Marrara Oval as it
prepared to become an
international venue.
In the lead-up to the decision, Cricket Australia received daily briefings from a range of advisers,
including the High Commissioner in Pakistan and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
The advice was combined with assessments from Cricket Australia’s own independent security
experts, allowing Cricket Australia to make an informed decision about the tour.
Understanding Cricket Australia’s concerns, the Pakistan Cricket Board staged the tour in the neutral
venues of Kenya, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates.
A similar process was undertaken in the lead-up to Australia’s World Cup fixture against Zimbabwe in
Bulawayo.
Selection
Key to the ability to foster the ongoing success of Australian teams is the work of the National
Selection Panel (NSP) that is charged with the responsibility of selecting all national men’s sides at
home and overseas.
Led by Trevor Hohns (Chairman), the panel consists of former Australian players David Boon, Allan
Border and Andrew Hilditch.
Team performances in 2002-03 suggest the NSP again performed its task with great effect.
Much of the on-field success achieved by Australian cricket over the past year, including the ICC
Cricket World Cup in Southern Africa, can be credited to the work of the NSP, which began preparing a
squad for the tournament following the 1999 World Cup.
The selection panel for the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars, comprising Margaret Jennings
(Chairperson), Peter Bakker and Wendy Weir, contributed to the team’s fine year that resulted in both
Test and one-day international success.
Developing world-class umpires
A nation’s cricketing strength can be assessed in the performances of its top-level players and
umpires.
In 2002-03 Cricket Australia’s umpiring unit achieved significant success, highlighted by the
appointment of Darrell Hair and Simon Taufel to the ICC’s Elite Panel of Umpires.
Hair and Taufel joined Daryl Harper as Australia’s ICC Elite Panel representatives and are now
regularly appointed to officiate in Test matches and one-day internationals around the world.
Harper’s year saw him gain selection for the World Cup semi-final between India and Kenya, the most
significant fixture that he could officiate in at the tournament, given he was ineligible to umpire all
Australian matches, including the World Cup final.
Members of last year’s Cricket Australia National Panel, Peter Parker and Steve Davis, were also
promoted, being appointed to the ICC’s International Panel.
In this role, the pair can officiate in one-day internationals around the world and provide cover for the
ICC Elite Panel at peak times in the international calendar.
The year also saw Cricket Australia commence an initiative to attract former first-class players to
umpiring.
In July 2002 former Australian Test player Paul Reiffel and one-time Tasmanian vice-captain Rod
Tucker were appointed to a Cricket Australia Project Panel, an initiative that saw the pair officiate in
Cricket Australia Cup and grade-level matches throughout the summer.
Reiffel and Tucker join Bruce Oxenford as the Cricket Australia-contracted umpires with first-class
cricket experience. Oxenford, who is on Cricket Australia’s Supplementary Panel, played eight firstclass
games for Queensland in the early 1990s.
The Cricket Australia Project Panel was added to a structure that includes a six-man National Panel, a
Supplementary Panel of the same number and a 12-man Development Panel. The total of 26 Cricket
Australia-contracted umpires is up 18 from last year.
The larger group of umpires and an enhanced support structure is designed to allow Cricket Australia
to develop more officials capable of adjudicating at the highest level.
Programming
Under the direction of From Backyard to Baggy Green, Cricket Australia is encouraged to, where
possible, be innovative and pursue programming changes that have the potential to enhance Australian
cricket.
In 2002-03, Cricket Australia was confronted with a number of challenges in planning the international
and domestic program.
With the Australian team required to depart for South Africa on 29 January 2003 for the World Cup, the
Australian season had to be condensed.
This included a shift away from the traditional ‘blocked’ program of five Test matches, followed by a
series of one-day internationals.
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The other challenge included conforming to the ICC’s 10-year program, where Australia is obligated to
play all other Test nations in a full series at least once, home and away, every five years.
In rising to meet this challenge, the northern Australian cities of Darwin and Cairns were identified as
new international venues for the inaugural series against Bangladesh in July and August 2003.
By extending the season beyond its traditional boundaries, Cricket Australia has greater flexibility in
meeting international expectations, while providing an opportunity to encourage the growth of the
national game by taking the Australian team to different parts of the country.
Nurturing high-performance cricket
If Cricket Australia is to maintain the nation’s current place at the leading edge of international cricket,
it must invest in high-performance programs that help nurture talent and provide every opportunity for
players, coaches and umpires to reach the top.
Cricket Australia’s Game Development department is responsible for the organisation’s highperformance
program, soon to be spearheaded by a new cricket Centre of Excellence – a multi-faceted
institution incorporating a broad curriculum that includes the core Commonwealth Bank Cricket
Academy (CBCA) program.
The concept for the Centre of Excellence will see a base created to cater for a wider range of training
programs, not just for players. The facility will provide programs for coaches, umpires, curators and
administrators. It will also incorporate Cricket Australia’s Sports Science and Medicine Programs.
Plans also extend to establishing an information resource centre at the venue, designed to compile a
range of cricket knowledge in one central location.
The search for a Centre of Excellence base began in September 2002, presenting an opportunity for
state/territory cricket associations, governments, local councils, tertiary institutions or private
companies to build a significant connection with Australian cricket.
The CBCA, a program of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) remains cricket’s premier playerdevelopment
program that annually sees up to 26 of Australia’s leading young players selected to
attend its Adelaide base as residential scholarship holders.
CBCA head coach Bennett King, the head coach and selector from each state and territory cricket
association, NSP Chairman Trevor Hohns and the AIS work through a consultative process to select
these players.
The scholars involved in the main residential program live at the academy for two six-week blocks
between April and August.
In addition, a number of other promising players are granted camp-based scholarships to work on
specialised skills such as batting, spin and pace bowling, and wicket-keeping.
Cricket Australia, in partnership with the state and territory cricket associations, conducts additional
programs to identify and develop talent.
These include the national under-17 and under-19 championships, both benchmark competitions
considered vital for the development of promising young male and female cricketers.
All under-age tournaments showcase Australia’s best cricketing talent and are watched by coaches
and talent scouts from around the country.
In 2002-03 Cricket Australia’s under-17 championships for boys and girls were both won by New South
Wales.
At under-19 level, Victoria took out the men’s competition, while Queensland won the women’s. Both
championships were held in Canberra.
The championships also help to select national under-age teams. In 2002-03 the Australian under-19
side for men defeated the English under-19 side in a series of youth Tests and one-day internationals,
whilst the under-19 side for women also defeated their English counterparts in two one-day
internationals.
Helping to strengthen the international game
As an ICC member country, Australia has a responsibility to help strengthen the world game.
In May, Cricket Australia committed to a three-year development agreement with the Asian Cricket
Council (ACC) to help it form a self-sustained education program.
The agreement will also see Cricket Australia support the ACC in its quest to establish regional cricket
academies in Malaysia, Nepal and the United Arab Emirates.
Cricket Australia’s commitment to global cricket development has been evident for a number of years,
having hosted the ICC’s Development department for the East Asia-Pacific region.
The ICC uses Australian cricket partner programs with state associations to help spread the game
beyond the traditional boundaries of the region.
The aim of the program is to improve playing standards and facilities, coach education, junior
development, elite development and research. •
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Top. Cricket Australia’s under-age
championships are benchmark
competitions, considered vital to
the development of promising
young players.
Bottom. Cricket Australia’s new
Centre of Excellence will cater for
a broad range of training
programs.

ATTRACT, DEVELOP
AND KEEP PEOPLE IN THE GAME
One of Cricket Australia’s key
strategies is to attract, develop
and keep people in the game by
building skills, participation levels
and cricket pathways.
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When implementing From Backyard to Baggy Green, Cricket Australia aims to:
• advance cricket’s position as Australia’s foremost truly national sport;
• attract and develop potential champions;
• maintain and grow the pool of ‘cricket-lovers’ and participants in Australia;
• protect, develop and recognise cricket’s volunteer base;
• foster cricket’s role in the community; and
• nurture and develop high-performance cricket.
Participation
Australia invests heavily in the development of cricket.
A key component of cricket’s development strategy is the highly successful MILO Cricket program
which see nearly half a million primary and secondary students experience the game, annually, by way
of tailored matches, clinics and activities.
MILO Kanga Cricket, Have-A-Go and Super 8s aim to raise awareness and draw participants to the
game.
Vital to the function of these programs is the collaborative approach undertaken by local volunteers –
parents, family and school teachers – who ensure mass interest in the game is being harnessed.
Participation at the community and club level is being reviewed. A long-term study has been
undertaken to help states and territories clarify the emerging role of both premier/district and
community/regional competitions. As part of the work, methods for linking both forms of club cricket
will be examined, balancing needs born out of the relatively new era of full-time professional
cricketers in each state, with the important community and social role the sport plays.
All of these programs are in-part funded by the Australian Sports Commission.
Club cricket – insurance
Throughout the year Cricket Australia addressed the soaring public liability and related insurance
costs for cricket clubs.
In the next financial year a national club insurance scheme is set to offer more affordable and
appropriate insurance cover for clubs, associations, players, officials, administrators and volunteers.
While cost savings will vary for Australia’s 5000 clubs, many could see their insurance costs cut by
half.
The insurance scheme will provide clubs with cover for personal accident insurance, public/products
liability and association / directors liability.
Junior Cricket Policy
As part of its commitment to fostering access and participation for players, Cricket Australia launched
its Junior Cricket Policy in January 2003.
Following more than 12 months of extensive research and consultation with coaches, teachers,
administrators and other key cricket stakeholders, the policy will provide direction for Australia’s
cricket associations, clubs and schools by establishing guidelines on important on- and off-field
matters.
The Junior Cricket Policy has been distributed to all clubs and associations in Australia.
Women’s cricket
Throughout the year the responsibility for women’s cricket was assumed by Cricket Australia’s Game
Development department, having previously fallen under the auspices of Cricket Operations.
The shift of departments created a greater structure for the women’s game which, following board
approval, will now move forward as part of the Cricket Australia administration on a permanent basis
as it carries out its commitment to attract more females to the game.
This decision followed a two-year trial integration of Women’s Cricket Australia with the then ACB.
One of the highlights of the women’s cricket year was the launch of a pilot program targeted at young
girls. Cric Hit, a modified program tailored for 10-13-year-old girls, began in March and was run by
Cricket Australia co-ordinators in six venues around the country.
The concept was developed through funding assistance from the Australian Sports Commission’s
Targeted Participation Growth Program.
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Opposite page. A clear example
of Cricket Australia’s emphasis
on grassroots development are
the MILO Cricket programs that
encourage youngsters to take
up the game.
Top. Glenn McGrath at a junior
clinic in Pretoria, South Africa,
during the ICC Cricket World
Cup.
Middle. Moving forward,
Australia’s 5000 cricket clubs
will see insurance costs
significantly reduced.
Bottom. Australian women’s
wicket-keeper Julia Price.
Women’s cricket is now
integrated into the Cricket
Australia structure.

ATTRACT, DEVELOP AND KEEP PEOPLE IN THE GAME
Middle & bottom. Part of Cricket
Australia’s Game Development
brief is to extend cricket beyond
its traditional boundaries by
increasing participation
amongst Indigenous
communities.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cricket
As part of its commitment to extending cricket beyond its traditional boundaries, Cricket Australia has
continued the challenging task of increasing participation in Indigenous communities.
The bulk of the strategy involves exposing cricket to a culture under represented in the game since an
Aboriginal team made the first trip to England in 1868.
Broadly speaking, Indigenous cricket is guided by Cricket Australia’s National Indigenous Advisory
Committee which this year was assisted by a sub-committee in each state and territory.
The committees’ charter is to act as a reference group to provide Cricket Australia and state and
territory associations with information, advice and policy direction on Indigenous cricket matters.
As a result, Cricket Australia is rolling out an Indigenous cricket strategic plan adopted in January
2002 entitled Two Strong Cultures: Australia’s New Cricket Tradition which identifies a number of ways
cricket can be taken to Aboriginal people.
The plan’s objectives are to:
• increase participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in all areas of cricket;
• educate both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians to build knowledge for increased
cricket participation in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities;
• build an organisational structure and relationship that allows for effective two-way
communication between all stakeholders; and
• provide access to cricket facilities and equipment, appropriate to the needs of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander communities.
The showpiece of the Indigenous program is the annual Prime Minister’s XI v Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) Chairman’s XI match that serves as an opportunity for talented
Indigenous cricketers to display their skills on a national stage.
In 2003 this match attracted a far greater development focus, with all members of the ATSIC
Chairman’s XI attending a training camp prior to the game at the Commonwealth Bank Cricket
Academy.
The all-Indigenous cricket carnival, the Imparja Cup, is another key plank of the Indigenous program
that sees representative teams from across the nation take part in a four-day tournament in Alice
Springs.
From that tournament, a 16-man development squad was selected, and, from that squad, certain
players joined members of the ATSIC Chairman’s XI to represent an Indigenous team at the State
Institute Challenge in far north Queensland during August 2003.
The year also saw the task of making cricket more accessible to Indigenous Australians continue, with
more than 200 junior cricket kits distributed to Aboriginal communities across the nation.
The Australian Sports Commission’s Indigenous Sports Program contributes heavily to these
initiatives.
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Coach education
A strategy important to attracting, developing and keeping people in the game is to harness technology
to actively support game development activities.
In 2002-03, Cricket Australia’s approach to e-learning for cricket coaches won a major national
innovation award.
The project – an e-learning trading solution for cricket coaches – was developed in conjunction with
leading consulting firm, Accenture. The award was presented by the Australian Information Industry
Association.
Created as a CD-ROM, the project is the first step in developing an on-line training system that
provides coaches in remote areas with better access to Cricket Australia’s coaching programs.
The resource focuses on teaching coaching skills via a self-paced competency model and also covers
interpersonal communication, planning and strategies.
Children registered in Cricket Australia’s MILO Have-A-Go program have also benefited from the use of
technology, with a CD-ROM developed for junior cricketers in October 2002.
Umpire education
What’s Your Decision?, Cricket Australia’s umpire education manual and video was updated during the
year, and rolled out to cater for level-two accredited umpires. •
All of Cricket Australia’s development
programs share the common objective of
strengthening the game from the grassroots
to the elite levels of competition.
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Nathan Bracken claimed 15
scalps during the ING Cup year,
earning him a call-up to the
Australian World Cup side.
ENSURE CRICKET HAS A STRONG AND
SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL BASE
A strong and sustainable financial
base will provide Cricket Australia
with the resources and flexibility
to invest in the future of the
game by delivering the cricket
programs and initiatives outlined
in its strategic plan.
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From Backyard to Baggy Green demands Cricket Australia:
• maintains a secure financial base;
• ensures the financial resources are used to support all levels of cricket; and
• be responsive to change.
2002-03 Financial performance
Cricket Australia generated total revenue of $87.1 million, an increase of $16.3 million on the previous
year. The increase can be attributed to additional income from ICC distributions in a World Cup year,
overseas broadcast rights, new sponsorship agreements and marketing activities linked to the
popularity of an Ashes series.
Operating expenditure was reduced by $2.3 million, to $39.3 million. This was mainly due to lower
promotional costs for the Ashes series, and costs associated with staging Super Challenge being
reflected in the previous financial year.
Distributions to state associations increased by $5.7 million to $36.3 million, the highest-ever amount.
A growing business
The business of Australian cricket has experienced significant growth over the past five years from
each of its core revenue streams: gate receipts, sponsorship and media rights.
Given the cyclical nature of international tour programs, financial trends are best represented as fouryear
moving averages.
The four-year average smooths the seasonal fluctuation of media rights sales associated with each
home tour, and results over the last decade illustrate a pronounced upward trend in revenue.
Revenue
Cricket Australia’s revenue continues to grow. Over the past five years, Cricket Australia has generated
a 95 per cent increase in revenue. This has largely been triggered by increases in sponsorship and
media rights income.
Operating surplus
The operating surplus for the year, after distributions to state associations of $36.3 million, is $11.6
million. The surplus funds have not been distributed due to the smoothing of both player payments and
distributions to state associations over the four years to 30 June 2005.
The accumulated funds will be used to support expected operating deficits arising in future years due
to fluctuations in revenue streams, such as media rights. The smoothing policy ensures that the future
investment in developing the game continues at a consistent level, and is not subject to the annual
variances in state distributions.
Distributions to state and territory associations
Since 1998-99, distributions to state associations have increased by 112 per cent, allowing state
associations to increase their involvement in the game from the first-class level through to cricket’s
grassroots.
The ACTCA and NTCA also received funding, sharing in over $720,000.
Australian Cricket Revenue
The revenue streams of the seven main Australian cricket bodies – the six state associations and
Cricket Australia – are largely managed independently of one another. State revenue streams include
gate takings, sponsorship and merchandising. Most states also derive income from other sources
including membership, catering, signage and match-day corporate facilities.
Under the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Cricket Australia and the ACA,
all cricket-related income from Cricket Australia and the state associations is combined to calculate
what is called Australian Cricket Revenue (ACR).
The MOU states that 25 per cent of ACR over the four years to 30 June 2005 will be allocated to the
Player Payments Pool.
The Player Payments Pool is divided between Cricket Australia-contracted players (55 per cent) and
state-contracted players (45 per cent). Players ultimately receive their payments out of the Player
Payments Pool in the form of retainers, match fees tour payments, superannuation and prize money.
Due to a range of factors, including a reduced distribution from the ICC and a downturn in projected
media rights income, ACR will not increase to the level that was anticipated when the MOU was first
struck in 2001. As a consequence, the Player Payments Pool was revised from $26 million to $25
million for 2003-04.
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Crowds flocked to the five
Orange Test matches, with a 22
per cent increase in attendance
on Australia’s last Ashes series
in 1998-99.
Revenue – four year moving average
$90 MILLION
$80 MILLION
$70 MILLION
$60 MILLION
$50 MILLION
$40 MILLION
$30 MILLION
$20 MILLION
$10 MILLION
1998/99
1999/00
2000/01
2001/02
2002/03
Operating surplus before distributions – four
year moving average
$35 MILLION
$30 MILLION
$25 MILLION
$20 MILLION
$15 MILLION
$10 MILLION
$5 MILLION
$35 MILLION
$30 MILLION
$25 MILLION
$20 MILLION
$15 MILLION
$10 MILLION
$5 MILLION
1998/99
1998/99
1999/00
1999/00
2000/01
2000/01
2001/02
2001/02
2002/03
Distributions – four year moving average
Opposite page. More than
920,000 people passed
through the gates at
international fixtures
throughout the 2002-03
season.
2002/03

ENSURE CRICKET HAS A STRONG AND SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL BASE
Cricket’s popularity is reflected in
its impressive portfolio of major
sponsors.
Growing existing revenue
The relationship between Cricket Australia and its commercial partners continues to provide the
financial foundations that underpin the success of the game, from the grassroots to the elite levels of
competition.
In return, cricket continues to help these companies achieve tangible return on investment as they
leverage their association with the game and Australian team success.
Cricket’s popularity is reflected in its impressive portfolio of major sponsors, and in 2002-03, the Ford
Motor Company joined that list.
Hutchison 3G Australia
Hutchison 3G Australia experienced its second season as the naming-rights sponsor of the
Australian Test team at home and the domestic Test series.
In 2002-03 Hutchison used its Orange mobile phone brand for naming rights during the
five-Test series against England.
Moving forward, it will align its new 3 brand with its Test cricket sponsorship,
complementing its exclusive rights for mobile wireless communication (3G) in Australia.
During the 2003-04 summer of cricket, users of Hutchison’s 3 network will be able to
access video highlights of the Australia/India/Zimbabwe series via all 3 mobiles.
Throughout the series, the service will provide cricket fans with video wraps as well as
score updates during both Test matches and one-day internationals.
Carlton & United Breweries
Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) entered its second year of a five-year agreement as
sponsor of Australia’s one-day international cricket series.
The company has sponsored the series since 1996-97 and is also the official supplier of
beer products to Australian teams at home and overseas.
In 2002-03, CUB again associated its famous Victoria Bitter (VB) label with cricket, by
branding the tri-angular series between Australia, England and Sri Lanka, the VB Series.
Travelex
The world’s biggest foreign exchange specialist, Travelex, is Australia’s major sponsor for
all overseas tours.
This meant that in 2002-03, the Travelex name appeared on Australian Test and one-day
international uniforms for tours to Kenya, United Arab Emirates, the ICC Cricket World Cup
in Southern Africa and the West Indies.
The partnership also includes the exclusive rights to all Australia A and Australian under-
19 tours.
Ford
The Ford Motor Company is the new automotive partner of Australian cricket.
The partnership sees Ford supply vehicles to Cricket Australia and all state and territory
associations for three years.
Ford used the sponsorship to help promote its new BA Falcon range.
During the innings-break at all VB Series matches, Ford Performance Vehicles sponsored
the sprint series which showcased some of the nation’s best sprinting talent.
ING
Financial services company, ING, has sponsored Australia’s domestic limited-overs
competition for the past 11 years.
In 2002-03 cricket fans across the nation experienced the competition with matches played
at venues from New South Wales’ Stadium Australia, Drummoyne Oval and Coffs Harbour
as well as the Victorian city of Ballarat.
A healthy television audience watches the ING Cup competition via the quality free-to-air
coverage of the Nine Network.
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National Foods
National Foods, which plays a major role in the promotion of state cricket, will continue its
sponsorship of the world’s strongest domestic first-class cricket competition, the Pura
Cup, for another two years.
The contract renewal came towards the end of Pura Milk’s initial four-year investment in
Australian cricket in 1999.
Sanitarium
Cricket Australia and breakfast food manufacturer Sanitarium renewed their partnership in
June by a further three years.
In its travels, both at home and overseas, the Australian team enjoys a range of Sanitarium
health products.
Nestlé
Since 1992, Nestlé brand MILO has played an important role in supporting grassroots
cricket through its sponsorship of Cricket Australia’s world-leading junior development
programs.
The sponsorship includes MILO’s Kanga Cricket, Have-A-Go and Super 8s programs, which
exposes thousands of children to the game annually.
The energy drink also receives exposure through on-ground cricket demonstrations at
international cricket fixtures throughout the season.
Cricket Australia marked Nestlé’s 10-year involvement in cricket during the fifth Orange
Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Commonwealth Bank
The Commonwealth Bank has sponsored the national cricket academy in Adelaide since its
inception in 1988.
The Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy, a program of the Australian Institute of Sport,
sets world standards in the development of promising cricketers.
The bank’s role of fostering the development of cricket talent extends to its sponsorship of
the national under-17 and under-19 championships for men.
The bank is also a strong supporter of women’s cricket, being sponsor of the Australian
women’s team, the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars, and the national youth side, the
Commonwealth Bank Shooting Stars.
Qantas
Qantas Airways entered the second year of a four-year agreement as Cricket Australia’s
official travel partner.
Qantas carries all Australian teams, including Test, one-day international, Australia A,
under-19 and women’s sides to domestic and international venues.
It is also the official carrier of the six state teams for the Pura Cup and ING Cup
competitions.
Gatorade
Gatorade entered its second year as the official supplier of sports drinks to the Australian
cricket team at home and overseas, using its expertise in meeting the hydration
requirements of elite athletes.
Australian Sports Commission
Australian cricket also receives significant backing from government, enjoying a longstanding
working relationship with the Australian Sports Commission (ASC).
The ASC invests in the future growth of the game by helping to fund key coaching and
development programs, including the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy, CricHit and
the Indigenous Sport Program.
It also contributes to the Australian women’s side, the Commonwealth Bank Southern
Stars.
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The relationship between Cricket
Australia and its comercial
partners provides the financial
foundations that underpin the
game’s success.

Swimming
Cricket - Outdoor
Tennis
Australian Rules
Soccer
Rugby League
Rugby Union
Golf
Motor Car Racing
Basketball
Athletics (Track & Field)
Jogging/Running/Marathons/Fun Runs
Fishing
Bushwalking/Hiking
Gym Workout
Snooker/Pool/Billiards
Cycling
Gymnastics
Netball
Motor Cycle Racing
Surfing
Snow Skiing - Downhill
Ten Pin Bowling
Ice Skating
Boxing
Horse Racing
Iron Man
Hockey
Sailing/Yachting
Beach Volleyball
Triathlons
Martial Arts
Table Tennis
Canoeing/Kayaking
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ENSURE CRICKET HAS A STRONG AND SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL BASE
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2000-01 2001-02 2002-03
Top. Results from the Sweeney
Sports Report indicate that
cricket is still Australia’s favourite
team sport.
Bottom. SInce 1995-96 Cricket
Australia’s licensing income has
demonstrated consistent growth.
Cricket interest
Traditionally, an Ashes series brings increased levels of interest, but in 2002-03 the five-match Test
series drew 576,190 to grounds around the nation, an increase of 104,000 in match attendance from
the last time England travelled to our shores in 1998-99.
The VB Series enjoyed sell-out crowds in each capital city apart from Melbourne. A total of 344,809
people passed through the gates at the 14 one-day internationals throughout the summer.
Market research demonstrates cricket’s popularity
According to independent market research in the form of the 2002-03 Sweeney Sports Report, cricket
retained its mantle as Australia’s favourite team sport.
The survey of 1500 Australians revealed that 57 per cent of the population has an interest in cricket,
remaining firm on last year’s result.
Coming in behind cricket is Australian Rules Football (52 per cent), soccer (47 per cent) and Rugby
League (39 per cent).
The survey also confirmed that cricket:
• is Australia’s favourite sport to watch on television;
• is Australia’s favourite sport to listen to on radio; and
• is the most read-about Australian sport in newspapers.
TV Ratings – cricket out-rates other team sports
The wide appeal for the game is also proven by cricket’s performance in media ratings. On television
both Test and one-day international cricket consistently rate higher than any other sport.
ATR research indicated that the Nine Network’s coverage of the VB Series of one-day internationals
had a national average rating of 14.6 and the Orange Test series 14.4. Both are higher than the
Australian Open Tennis (10.2), the Australian Football League (9.4) and National Rugby League (7.7).
The ATR system represents a percentage of the total number of households watching any one sport.
Consumer products
Cricket Australia’s licensing program continues to provide the game with a growing revenue stream
and an increased range of products for cricket fans.
In 2002-03 fans around the nation purchased record levels of licensed product that saw the consumer
product’s arm of Cricket Australia’s Commercial Operations department enjoy its most successful year.
Licensing revenue reached $1.6 million, up $350,000 from last year, resulting in the secondconsecutive
year that income from the program has exceeded the $1 million mark.
The strong financial results stem from the sale of popular merchandise items, particularly the replica
playing shirts produced by official supplier, FILA.
Other well-received items around the nation included Concept Sport’s Ashes range of event
merchandise, match programs produced by News Custom Publishing and the Nine Network’s range of
cricket DVD’s and videos.
A highlight of the consumer product’s year saw Cricket Australia and Liberation Music join forces to
produce two albums featuring the favourite music of Australia’s cricketers.
Australian Cricket’s Greatest Hits and Australian Cricket’s Classic Cuts feature 18 tracks by original
Australian artists, with each song personally selected by the players.
Since 1998-99, the consumer products program has demonstrated consistent growth as the range of
cricket products and services has expanded to include electronic games, sporting equipment, novelty
items and memorabilia.
Sales of merchandise and official programs were up 152 per cent on last season, and 81 per cent
higher than at the same time four years ago (1998-99) when England last travelled to our shores.
The Australian team made several in-store appearances at Rebel Sport stores in Adelaide, Melbourne
and Brisbane to promote Australian cricket merchandise.
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Cricket Australia licensees
Apparel – FILA Sport, Playcorp, Concept Sports International, Rembrandt Ties.
Accessories – AZ Designz.
Cricket Tours – Australian Sports Tours, Gulliver’s Sport Travel.
Electronic Games – Electronic Arts.
Novelties, Toys and Games – Concept Sports International, Custom International.
Manchester / Homewares – Playcorp.
Sporting Equipment – Hunter Leisure, Playcorp, Albion Hat & Cap Co.
Video / DVD / Music – Nine Network Australia, Liberation Music, Visual Entertainment Group.
Publishing, Printed Materials, Photos – Elite Sports Properties, Custom Publishing, Getty Images,
Jim’s Talking Card Company.
Memorabilia – Elite Sports Properties, Phil Gray Photography, Legends Genuine Memorabilia,
SportsArt Australia, Art of Cricket, Magic Moments Memorabilia.
Cricket Australia suppliers
Airline – Qantas.
Apparel – Albion Hat & Cap Company, FILA Sport, Rembrandt Ties.
Food & Beverage – Beringer Blass, Carlton & United Breweries, Sanitarium.
Motor vehicles – Ford Motor Company.
Other – Ninemsn, Kookaburra Sport, Ricoh Office Automation, Getty Images, Swisse Vitamins.
Re-branding Australian cricket
From Backyard to Baggy Green requires Cricket Australia to build the value of the game’s brands.
Part of this strategy saw the organisation change its name from the Australian Cricket Board.
The new name is part of an overhaul of the organisation’s brand structure, which will give all levels of
Australian cricket the chance to be part of an integrated look.
The Cricket Australia name and brand, which better reflects the role and symbolism of modern
Australian cricket, comes with a new corporate logo that will appear on elite team uniforms and
equipment, and be incorporated into all advertising, licensing and game development programs.
The cherished baggy green cap has not changed. After consultation with players and other
stakeholders about a suitable approach for Australia’s most famous cap, it was agreed that the iconic
baggy green should remain in its current form. It will keep the traditional cricket coat of arms emblem.
The new brand mark incorporates the kangaroo and emu from the traditional cricket coat of arms, the
Southern Cross, Australia’s green and gold colours and a sunburst, representing the traditional
relationship between cricket and the Australian summer.
Developing the new brand mark involved more than 12 months of consultation and planning with
cricket’s key stakeholders, including players, former Australian captains, directors, state and territory
associations, commercial partners, licensees and media.
The brand and logo was designed by FutureBrand, an Australian company that has worked in a similar
capacity with the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, the Australian Football League
and major corporate organisations Telstra and BHP Billiton. •
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Top. Cricket Australia Chief Executive
Officer, James Sutherland, launched
the new mark in March.
Middle. The Cricket Australia formal
mark will be used for all Cricket
Australia-specific communication.
Bottom. Cricket Australia’s public mark.

Nathan Bracken claimed 15
scalps during the ING Cup year,
earning him a call-up to the
Australian World Cup side.
STRENGTHEN AND PROTECT
THE SPIRIT OF CRICKET
Cricket Australia acknowledges
the “spirit of cricket” as being
fundamental to the game, noting
that cricket’s unique appeal is
closely related to its firmly
entrenched values of fair play
and sportsmanship.
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By adopting From Backyard to Baggy Green, Cricket Australia aims to:
• celebrate the contribution cricket makes to the development of Australian culture;
• build and protect cricket’s reputation and its appeal to all Australians;
• highlight cricket’s traditions of fair play; and
• provide international leadership on the spirit of cricket.
In 2002-03, Cricket Australia undertook several projects aligned to strengthening and protecting the
spirit of cricket.
Codes and policies
As part of Cricket Australia’s responsibility to defend and promote the spirit of cricket, it works to
educate all of its contracted players about the responsibilities and expectations that go with being elite
cricketers.
This is intended to provide players, coaches and officials with a clear understanding of the Cricket
Australia Code of Behaviour, Cricket Australia Racial and Religious Vilification Policy and Cricket
Australia Anti-Doping Policy.
The Anti-Doping Policy received unprecedented attention in February when Shane Warne returned a
positive drug Test ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup in South Africa.
Cricket Australia regards its Anti-Doping Policy – which includes a testing and education program – as
essential for the continuing conduct of the game, affirming its position that there is no place for doping
in sport whilst reinforcing an anti-drugs message to the wider community.
Warne tested positive to the banned substance, hydrochlorothiazide and amiloride, both diuretics, and
subsequently received a 12-month suspension from all forms of cricket.
Developed in 1998, the policy is approved by the Australian Sports Commission with independent
testing procedures undertaken by the Australian Sports Drug Agency.
Since last season, Cricket Australia has increased its investment in drug testing and education by 44
per cent. This includes an increase in the number of tests in 2002-03, from 81 to 131.
As part of an annual Cricket Australia review, all of its codes and policies are being evaluated over the
coming 12 months.
The Allan Border Medal
No event on the Australian cricket calendar better celebrates the spirit of cricket than the Allan Border
Medal presentation, held annually at Melbourne’s Crown Palladium Ballroom.
The event, a joint initiative of Cricket Australia, the ACA and the Nine Network, sees cricket identities
from past and present gather to reflect on the year just gone and honour the achievements of today’s
players and induct a former great into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.
In 2003 more than 1000 black-tie guests and a large Channel Nine audience witnessed wicketkeeper/batsman
Adam Gilchrist claim the Allan Border Medal, Australian cricket’s ultimate individual
honour.
• Gilchrist claims Allan Border Medal. Tributes and Milestones. Page 40.
Australia welcomes home its World Cup champions
In fulfilling its commitment to strengthening the spirit of cricket, Cricket Australia celebrates the
people, the events and the traditions that have made the game such a unique part of the nation’s
culture.
As such, Cricket Australia worked in March to stage a public reception for Australia’s triumphant World
Cup side in Perth.
Nearly 10,000 people packed the city’s Forrest Place precinct to honour Ricky Ponting’s men who, less
than 48 hours earlier, claimed one-day international cricket’s greatest prize by defeating India in the
final of the ICC Cricket World Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The event, supported by Cricket Australia’s overseas tour partner, Travelex, and the City of Perth, gave
cricket fans the opportunity to celebrate a history-making achievement, as Australia became the first
side to win three World Cup titles.
• Australia’s World Cup Win. Tributes and Milestones. Page 44.
• 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup. Scorebook. Page 78.
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Opposite page. Keep the spirit
growing. Justin Langer
congratulates the West Indies’
Shivnarine Chanderpaul during
the fourth Test in Antigua.
Top. Adam Gilchrist (right) was
all smiles at Australian cricket’s
night of nights, the Allan Border
Medal presentation.
Bottom. Band of brothers.
The triumphant Australian World
Cup squad celebrates its success
in Perth.

STRENGTHEN AND PROTECT THE SPIRIT OF CRICKET
Top. A collection of trophies won
by Australian teams were placed
on public display around the
nation as part of the Travelex
Cricket Roadshow.
Middle. Paceman Brett Lee signs
autographs at the launch of the
Travelex Cricket Roadshow in
Sydney.
Bottom. Lest we forget. Jason
Gillespie (left) was presented
with the inaugural Spirit of
ANZAC Medal by Queensland
Cricket Life Member, Ernie
Toovey.
Cricket silverware goes on tour
Cricket fans around the nation were given the chance to witness some of the game’s prized silverware
during the 2002-03 summer of cricket.
A collection of trophies won by Australian teams, including the 1999 World Cup and the ICC Test
Championship Trophy, were placed on public display across Australia as part of the Travelex Cricket
Roadshow.
The project saw six trophies won by Australian Test and one-day international teams tour a host of
capital cities and regional locations from November 2002 to January 2003.
The collection also included the:
• World Cup won by Allan Border’s 1987 side in India;
• Waterford Crystal Ashes Urn contested by Australia and England;
• Frank Worrell Trophy, currently held by Australia after its 2000-01 series victory over the West
Indies; and
• women’s Ashes trophy, which Australia holds after defeating England in the United Kingdom in
2001 and again in 2002-03.
The Travelex Cricket Roadshow, which also featured public displays, player appearances and
interactive events, followed the Australian team during the Orange Test series and also visited regional
locations including Toowoomba, Orange and Mildura.
Its purpose was to take the spoils of Australia’s cricket success to fans, giving them a chance to
experience a range of items entrenched in Australian cricket history.
Celebrating former Australian teams
Throughout the year, Cricket Australia also sought to recognise the contribution made to Australian life
by two representative teams – the Aboriginal side of 1868 that toured England and Sir Donald
Bradman’s 1948 Invincibles.
Both sides were inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, having been nominated for the honour
by Cricket Australia.
The nomination emphasised Cricket Australia’s commitment to commemorating some of the people
who have paved the way for today’s cricket success.
• 1868 Aboriginal team honoured. Tributes and Milestones. Page 44.
• 1948 Invincibles honoured. Tributes and Milestones. Page 44.
Honouring the Spirit of ANZAC
The 2002-03 season got off to a very special start when Cricket Australia, in conjunction with the
Returned and Services League (RSL) of Australia presented Australian fast-bowler Jason Gillespie with
the inaugural Spirit of ANZAC Medal at the first Orange Test in Brisbane.
Gillespie was presented with the award at the conclusion of the match by former Queensland player,
selector and serviceman, Ernie Toovey.
A voting panel comprising of Mr Toovey, former Australian captain and Australian of the Year Mark
Taylor, and ICC Match Referee Wasim Raja, decided the award winner.
The award was just one of several initiatives struck by Cricket Australia and the RSL to commemorate
Remembrance Day, which fell during the course of the match.
Prior to the start of play on day one, Australian captain Stephen Waugh recited the traditional
Remembrance Day reading, The Ode, after which both teams observed a minute’s silence.
Poppies were sold at the ground and the Last Post was played on the first morning of the Test. •
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What a moment. Brad Hogg celebrates
Australia’s World Cup success in front of his
adoring home crowd in Perth.

State/territory associations
State/Territory Associations
Top. The year saw Michael Bevan
register his 100th first-class
match for the state.
Middle. Pura Cup success.
Michael Clarke (left) celebrates
with wicket-keeper Brad Haddin
following the Blues’ victory over
Queensland.
Bottom. Limited-overs legends.
The Blues and the ING Cup
trophy.
State/territory associations – building Australia’s cricket future
Several strategies within From Backyard to Baggy Green note the importance of
domestic cricket and highlight the crucial role the six state and two territory
associations play in developing the game.
The following section of this report illustrates the progress of cricket at the state
and territory level by outlining on-field and administrative highlights from around
the nation.
CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES
Cricket New South Wales enjoyed an outstanding season of on-field success, culminating in the state
claiming both domestic titles, the Pura Cup and ING Cup.
It was the fourth time New South Wales had claimed the ‘domestic double’ – the Blues being the most
recent state to achieve the feat when it captured the titles in 1993-94. The win in the ING Cup
competition extended the Blues’ reign to a third consecutive limited-overs title.
In women’s cricket, the New South Wales Institute of Sport Blues played in its seventh consecutive
Women’s National Cricket League final, but were overpowered by Victoria Spirit. Next year, women’s
cricket in the state will be integrated with the Cricket New South Wales structure.
The state’s under-17 sides dominated their respective competitions, claiming the Commonwealth Bank
Under-17 Championship Series and the Betty Butcher Shield.
New South Wales’ female under-15 side also won its championship series, while the female under-19 side
finished second in 2002-03.
At international level, New South Wales contributed the highest number of representatives to both the
men’s and women’s Australian teams, an indication of the depth of talent throughout the state.
The Blues’ new recruit, Simon Katich, proved a valuable acquisition, contributing to the formidable New
South Wales line-up.
Michael Bevan, the state’s greatest first-class run-scorer, played his 100th first-class match for New South
Wales. In another celebration of centuries, Mark Waugh took his 100th catch for the Blues in the Pura
Cup final against Queensland.
Mark Waugh – Australia’s highest one-day international runs-scorer and greatest outfielder in Test history
– bid farewell to the international stage after 128 Tests and 244 limited-over matches for Australia.
Lisa Keightley also retired from international level with seven Tests and 54 one-day internationals in a
distinguished career. Keightley and Waugh continue to play a vital role for New South Wales in their
respective domestic competitions.
Former Australian representative Shane Lee brought an end to his domestic career after 93 first-class
matches for New South Wales and 45 one-day internationals for Australia.
Off-field, Cricket New South Wales introduced the Steve Waugh Medal for the state’s Player of the Year.
Fittingly for the man whose name adorns the medal, captain Steve Waugh was the inaugural winner.
The New South Wales Road and Traffic Authority continued its sponsorship of the SpeedBlitz Blues in
2002-03.
NSW AT A GLANCE
Pura Cup: first
ING Cup: first
Cricket Australia Cup: second
Women’s National Cricket League: second
Commonwealth Bank Under-19 Championship Series: third
Commonwealth Bank Under-17 Championship Series: first
Betty Wilson Shield for under-19 women: second
Betty Butcher Shield for under-17 women: first
Men’s Grade cricket champion: Sydney University
Women’s Grade cricket champion: Gordon
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QUEENSLAND CRICKET
With the Top End Tour scheduled for July and August 2003, Queensland Cricket continued its hosting
preparations throughout the year, planning for Cairns to stage a Test and two one-day internationals
against Bangladesh.
History was also created at the Gabba in February when the venue staged the first women’s Ashes Test
between Australia and England since 1984-85 – Julia Price representing Queensland in the women’s Test
side.
The state boasted several international representatives throughout the year.
Andrew Bichel, Nathan Hauritz, Matthew Hayden, Jimmy Maher and Andrew Symonds played an important
part in Australia’s victorious World Cup campaign, while the state also featured six representatives in
Australia A squads, captained by Maher.
Two Queenslanders made their international debuts during the year. Martin Love became Australia’s
385th Test player, while Melissa Bulow played her first limited-overs match for the Commonwealth Bank
Southern Stars on its tour of New Zealand.
Love, who played his 100th first-class match for Queensland during the year, was recognised for his
outstanding domestic season at the Allan Border Medal presentation, claiming the State Player of the
Year award.
Love’s team-mate, young off-spinner Nathan Hauritz, was named Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year at
the medal count, while Clinton Perren capped a memorable season to claim Pura Cup Player of the Year
honours.
Under new coach Terry Oliver, the Bulls advanced to their fourth consecutive Pura Cup final, but were
defeated at home by the New South Wales Blues.
Wicket-keeper Wade Seccombe passed 400 Pura Cup / Sheffield Shield dismissals for his state, while
fast-bowler Michael Kasprowicz won the Ian Healy Trophy as the Bulls Player of the Year.
Queensland’s female under-19 side broke through for the state’s first title at that level, completing the
series undefeated to claim the Betty Wilson Shield. The team’s success saw six Queenslanders named in
the Australian under-19 team.
Luke Davis and Grant Sullivan were named in the Australian men’s under-19 side, Michael Philipson
gained selection in the Australian under-17 development squad, while the Queensland Academy of Sport
took out the 2002-03 Cricket Australia Cup.
Away from the field, attendance figures at the Gabba reached new levels with 81,300 people flocking to
the first Ashes Test over four days – the best since the Bodyline Series in 1933 and the second highest
ever for Brisbane. The one-day international between Australia and Sri Lanka was a sell-out.
Major sponsor XXXX also brought up its 10th year of sponsorship of Queensland Cricket in
2002-03.
At board level, former Australian captain Allan Border assumed the vacancy left by the retirement of
long-serving Director Dr Cam Battersby AM.
Moving forward, plans begin for Queensland to host the Cricket Centre of Excellence from 2004.
QLD AT A GLANCE
Pura Cup: second
ING Cup: third
Cricket Australia Cup: first
Women’s National Cricket League: fourth
Commonwealth Bank Under-19 Championship Series: fourth
Commonwealth Bank Under-17 Championship Series: fourth
Betty Wilson Shield for under-19 women: first
Betty Butcher Shield for under-17 women: third
Men’s Grade cricket champion: Gold Coast Dolphins
Women’s Grade cricket champion: Beenleigh/Logan
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Top. Prolific batsman Martin Love
enjoyed an outstanding year at
both state and international
level.
Bottom. The hard-working
Michael Kasprowicz earned
himself Bulls Player of the Year
honours.

State/Territory Associations
The new-look Adelaide Oval will
provide improved facilities for
South Australian cricket fans.
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CRICKET
ASSOCIATION
Major highlights of the South Australian Cricket Association’s (SACA) year included work commencing on
the $20 million redevelopment of the Adelaide Oval’s eastern side, the induction of 5800 new members
and major sponsor, West End, renewing its commitment to South Australian cricket for a further five
years.
Highlights also extended to the international arena. Attendance figures soared with a sell-out crowd at
the Australia-England VB Series match in January, while the largest crowd (78,508 people) since 1994-95
turned out for the second Test.
In state competitions, Redbacks captain Darren Lehmann played his 100th first-class match for South
Australia and surpassed 11,000 runs in the Pura Cup/Sheffield Shield. His vice-captain, Greg Blewett,
celebrated his 200th first-class game.
Blewett, who has scored more than 15,000 first-class runs, topped the 2002-03 Pura Cup run-scoring
charts with 843 at an average of 49.58.
Season 2002-03 was coach Greg Chappell’s sixth and final season with the Redbacks. He was replaced
by former Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy coach Wayne Phillips who assumes the coaching reins in
2003-04, a season which also heralds the arrival of new recruit, former Zimbabwe captain, Andy Flower.
In women’s cricket, the South Australian Women’s Cricket Association and the SACA continued working
towards creating a united and streamlined approach to the game.
Under new coach Mark Sorell, the Southern Scorpions narrowly missed a finals berth in the Women’s
National Cricket League, while captain Karen Rolton claimed her second consecutive Women’s
International Cricketer of the Year award at the Allan Border Medal presentation.
South Australia’s under-19 sides showed rapid progress, finishing second in the Commonwealth Bank
Under-19 Championship Series for men. Three players from that team – Mark Cosgrove, Trent Kelly and
Callum Ferguson – were elevated to the Redbacks list, making their senior state debuts during the
season.
Cosgrove, the Player of the Championship for the under-19 series, broke the record for the most runs
scored in a single competition – 451 at an average of 75.16.
The Adelaide Oval also hosted the annual Prime Minister’s XI versus ATSIC Chairman’s XI match in March,
the first time the game had been staged outside Canberra.
The SACA also launched its re-vamped website for fans and members.
SA AT A GLANCE
Pura Cup: fourth
ING Cup: sixth
Cricket Australia Cup: third
Women’s National Cricket League: third
Commonwealth Bank Under-19 Championship Series for men: second
Commonwealth Bank Under-17 Championship Series for men: third
Betty Wilson Shield for under-19 women: sixth
Betty Butcher Shield for under-17 women: fourth
Men’s Grade cricket champion: Kensington
Women’s Grade cricket champion: Port Adelaide
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TASMANIAN CRICKET
ASSOCIATION
Tasmanian cricket entered a new era at Bellerive Oval on 11 January, with the official opening of the redeveloped
ground.
The re-opening of the ground coincided with Australia’s VB Series match against England – the first fully
pre-sold match at Bellerive Oval.
In state competitions the Tigers could not repeat their 2001-02 Pura Cup performances, finishing down
the competition ladder.
However, under state coach Brian McFadyen, there were several positives from the cricket year.
State captain and Australian one-day international skipper Ricky Ponting continued Tasmania’s
representation at the elite level, leading the nation to its third World Cup title and taking out the Test
Player of the Year award at the Allan Border Medal presentation.
Shane Watson also played a significant role in the Australian one-day international side before injury cut
short his World Cup ambitions.
Medium-pacer Damien Wright toured South Africa with the Australia A side in September, also playing in
the home series against the Proteas in April.
At domestic level, Daniel Marsh claimed the inaugural ING Cup All-Rounder of the Year award, presented
for the first time in 2002-03. Marsh has been appointed vice-captain of the Tigers for next season after
Jamie Cox stood down from the position. Cox will continue to play for Tasmania.
Prolific run-scorer Michael Di Venuto played his 100th first-class match for Tasmania in the last game of
the season at Adelaide Oval.
Tasmania’s Cricket Australia Cup team performed strongly, finishing in fourth place on percentage only.
Andrew Downton finished as the competition’s leading wicket-taker with 25 scalps.
At under-age level, Luke Butterworth was named in Australia’s under-19 side, while Gordon Kerr gained
selection in the Australian under-17 development squad.
Women’s cricket in Tasmania continues to make progress. Bellerive Oval will next year host a women’s
one-day international fixture as part of Australia’s Rose Bowl series against New Zealand on 27 February
2004.
Veronica Pyke gained selection in the Australian Youth side – the Commonwealth Bank Shooting Stars –
for 2003-04, while Tasmania recorded the highest representation in Australia for the girl’s pilot game
development program – CricHit.
At board level, Tony Harrison became the Tasmanian-elected Director on the Cricket Australia Board in
October, following the retirement of Denis Rogers AO.
Local brewery Cascade continued as major sponsor of the Tasmanian Cricket Association.
TAS AT A GLANCE
Pura Cup: sixth
ING Cup: fourth
Cricket Australia Cup: fourth
Commonwealth Bank Under-19 Championship Series: fifth
Commonwealth Bank Under-17 Championship Series: sixth
Betty Wilson Shield for under-19 women: eighth
Men’s Grade cricket champion: Clarence
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Top. A statue of Tasmanian hero
David Boon complements the
new-look Bellerive Oval. Boon
was joined by his former
Australian team-mate Allan
Border at the unveiling of the
statue in November.
Bottom. Michael Di Venuto made
his 100th first-class appearance
for the Tigers.

State/Territory Associations
Top. Newly-appointed Bushrangers
coach, David Hookes.
Middle. Jonathon Moss was
named the inaugural WM Lawry
Medal winner for the Pura Cup
Player of the Season.
Bottom. Darren Berry became
Victoria’s all-time games record
holder in Pura Cup/Sheffield
Shield cricket.
CRICKET VICTORIA
Victorian cricket enjoyed an exciting year, highlighted by several milestones both on and off the field.
Former Australian batsman David Hookes assumed the Bushrangers ‘coaching reins, with former
Tasmanian state coach Greg Shipperd appointed as his assistant. New South Wales batsman Graeme
Rummans also joined the Victorian squad.
The recruiting paid dividends, as the Bushrangers improved on its Pura Cup performance from 2001-
02, finishing in third place on 36 points – the same number as eventual champions, New South Wales –
with four outright victories during the season.
The year saw veteran wicket-keeper Darren Berry – named as Pura Cup captain for next season –
break Dean Jones’ all-time games record for Victoria (124 matches).
Jonathon Moss was named the inaugural WM Lawry Medal winner for the Pura Cup Player of the
Season, while Brad Hodge claimed the DM Jones Medal for the ING Cup Player of the Year.
Young fast-bowler Rob Cassell, a member of Australia’s victorious under-19 World Cup side in 2002,
was awarded the Robert Rose Scholarship for the Young Cricketer of the Year.
Women’s cricket also delivered its share of milestones for the state. Victoria Spirit won the Women’s
National Cricket League, ending New South Wales’ six-year grip on the title. Captain Belinda Clark was
named Player of the Finals.
The Spirit’s win was also recognised by VicSport, the side claiming the award for Women’s Team of the
Year.
Victorian success also followed at under-age level, with Victoria’s under-19 side winning the
Commonwealth Bank Under-19 Championship Series in Canberra and the under-15 side winning the
Australian Schoolboys Cricket Championships.
The strong performances of Adam Crosthwaite, Matthew Gale and Matthew Harrison at the under-19
championships earned the trio selection in the Australian Under-19 team.
The state’s under-17 sides almost completed an under-age dominance for Victoria, finishing second in
the Commonwealth Bank Under-17 Championship and the Betty Butcher Shield.
Off-field, the year was also filled with a number of highlights. Redevelopment of the Melbourne Cricket
Ground commenced, with the re-modelled venue set to provide Victorian cricket with state-of-the-art
indoor and outdoor training facilities.
The ground’s building works didn’t, however, deter Victorian cricket fans from attending international
fixtures, with more than 177,000 people passing through the gates during the Melbourne Test which
began on Boxing Day.
Cricket Victoria commenced two new partnerships during the year: a two-year trial integration with the
Victorian Women's Cricket Association and a three-year agreement with VicHealth through the
Partnerships for Health Scheme. The organisation also appointed its first IT Manager.
VIC AT A GLANCE
Pura Cup: third
ING Cup: fifth
Cricket Australia Cup: sixth
Women’s National Cricket League: first
Commonwealth Bank Under-19 Championship Series: first
Commonwealth Bank Under-17 Championship Series: second
Betty Wilson Shield for under-19 women: fourth
Betty Butcher Shield for under-17 women: second
Men’s Grade cricket champion: St Kilda
Women’s Grade cricket champion: Buckley Ridges
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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN
CRICKET ASSOCIATION
In 2002-03, the $12 million redevelopment of the WACA Ground – one of the most significant projects
of recent times – was completed.
The redevelopment saw the WACA members’ facilities shifted from the northern to the southern side
of the ground, in the Lillee-Marsh Stand, providing better amenities for its growing membership base.
Former South Australian paceman Paul Wilson was the Warrior’s major recruit for the year, the
experienced bowler providing valuable service to the state in a year that saw Western Australian
players regularly called up for international duties.
Six Warriors – Ryan Campbell, Brad Hogg, Adam Gilchrist, Justin Langer, Damien Martyn and Brad
Williams – represented Australia in the Test or one-day international arena, while Campell, Michael
Hussey, Marcus North and Chris Rogers played for Australia A.
In coach Mike Veletta’s final season, the Warriors excelled in the ING Cup, but faced an imposing New
South Wales in the final to finish runners-up in 2002-03.
Other on-field highlights for the state saw fast bowler Jo Angel and Australian world cup hero Damien
Martyn play their 100th Pura Cup/Sheffield Shield match for Western Australia.
Angel – Western Australia’s greatest first-class wicket-taker – also captured his 400th wicket during
the year.
Left-handers Chris Rogers (194) and Marcus North (178) meanwhile set a state record 369-run fourthwicket
partnership in the Pura Cup match against New South Wales in Perth in March.
Another highlight for the state was the inclusion of Theo Doropoulos and Liam Davis in the Australian
under-19 side, with Matthew Johnston, Drew Porter and Ben Wright selected in the Australian under-
17 development squad.
In women’s cricket, the Western Fury, under new coach Murray Robbins, endured a disappointing
season, despite the consistency of former Australian player Zoe Goss who produced another solid
season.
In men’s grade cricket, Subiaco-Floreat won its third-consecutive title. Subiaco-Marist was crowned
women’s grade champions.
Away from the field, the WACA continued its association with major sponsors Carlton and United
Breweries and Western Power, while attendance figures reached new heights with the first day of the
Perth Test declared a sell-out.
Moving forward, the Western Warriors will commence season 2003-04 under new state coach, former
Australian paceman Wayne Clark.
WA AT AGLANCE
Pura Cup: fifth
ING Cup: second
Cricket Australia Cup: fifth
Women’s National Cricket League: fifth
Commonwealth Bank Under-19 Championship Series: sixth
Commonwealth Bank Under-17 Championship Series: fifth
Betty Wilson Shield for under-19 women: seventh
Betty Butcher Shield for under-17 women: sixth
Men’s Grade cricket champion: Subiaco-Floreat
Women’s Grade cricket champion: Subiaco-Marist
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Top. Tower of strength. The giant
Jo Angel enjoyed a recordbreaking
season, playing his
100th Pura Cup match and
capturing his 400th first-class
wicket.
Bottom. The rapidly improving
Chris Rogers earned Australia A
selection in April.

State/Territory Associations
Top. Manuka Oval hosted
Australia A in its return series
against South Africa A.
Bottom. The Prime Minister of
Australia, The Hon. John Howard
MP, with opposing captains Mark
Waugh (left) and Nasser Hussain
prior to Canberra’s annual Prime
Minister’s XI fixture.
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
CRICKET ASSOCIATION
The Australian Capital Territory Cricket Association (ACTCA) again hosted the traditional Prime Minister’s
XI’s match at Manuka Oval, welcoming touring side England to Canberra in January.
The Prime Minister’s XI match has become a regular highlight of the Australian cricket calendar and an
event which promotes the game in the nation’s capital.
The Territory’s David Dawson was a key member of the Prime Minister’s XI, scoring an unbeaten 19.
Canberra’s Manuka Oval also played host to the international fixture between Australia A and South Africa
A in April. The World Cup trophy was transported to the match, ensuring the local community shared in
the spoils of Australia’s international triumph.
In the Cricket Australia Cup, the Territory boasted two players in the top five of the run-scoring charts.
Twenty-one-year-old Dawson led the competition’s run chart with 552 at an average of 50.18. The
Territory’s Cade Brown was the fifth highest, scoring 384 runs at 32.00.
Despite finishing down the competition ladder, the Canberra Comets’ emphatic victory against New South
Wales was a highlight of the ACT’s Cricket Australia Cup campaign.
During the year, ACT player Stewart Heaney was made a member of the Commonwealth Bank Cricket
Academy. He follows in the footsteps of 2001-02 academy scholars Jack Smith and Dawson.
The ACTCA hosted both the men’s and women’s national under-19 championships in 2002-03.
Kris Britt, the ACT’s under-19 captain, topped the competition’s run-scoring charts in the battle for the
Betty Wilson Shield. Britt scored 384 runs at an average of 76.80, including an unbeaten 145 runs from
116 balls against South Australia. She was also the tournament’s second highest wicket-taker – her legspinners
netted 15 wickets at 14.73.
One of the ACT’s finest products, Britt went on to make her international debut for Australia during its
one-day international series against New Zealand.
At the Commonwealth Bank Under-17 and Under-19 Championships, the ACT finished in seventh position,
while the Territory finished fifth in the Australian Under-17 and Under-19 Championships – Female.
In game development, the ACT continues to play a vital role in the region. Super 8s competitions and
Have-A-Go programs were run throughout schools in the territory, while the ACT registered the second
highest number of registrations for the CricHit program for young girls.
During the year, the ACTCA formed a partnership with the Boomanulla community to develop cricket
programs for Indigenous players.
ACT ATAGLANCE
Cricket Australia Cup: seventh
Commonwealth Bank Under-19 Championship Series: seventh
Commonwealth Bank Under-17 Championship Series: seventh
Betty Wilson Shield for under-19 women: fifth
Betty Butcher Shield for under-17 women: fifth
Men’s Grade cricket champion: Weston Creek
Women’s Grade cricket champion: Eastlake
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NORTHERN TERRITORY
CRICKET ASSOCIATION
The Northern Territory Cricket Association (NTCA) continued its development role throughout the region in
2002-03.
Preparations for the Top End Tour – the inaugural series between Australia and Bangladesh in Darwin
and Cairns in July/August 2003 – intensified during the year, with Darwin’s Marrara Oval undergoing redevelopment
works to bring it up to international standard.
ICC Match Referee and West Indian great Clive Lloyd visited the Territory in January to inspect the ground
ahead of the series, approving the $2.5 million venue upgrades.
Melbourne Cricket Club head curator Tony Ware was also a regular visitor to Darwin, making the journey
to oversee the development of drop-in wickets for the series.
In a significant highlight for the region, three players gained Australian selection during the year.
Left-hand batter Shelley Nitschke was selected in the Australian women’s team for season 2003-04.
Hailing from Katherine, Nitschke plays with the Southern Scorpions in the Women’s National Cricket
League (WNCL).
Promising players Ken Skewes and Julie Woerner gained Australian under-19 selection in the respective
men’s and women’s sides.
Skewes, a late inclusion into the Australian under-19 team, finished the limited-overs series against the
England under-19 side as Australia’s second highest run-scorer, with 176 at an average of 35.20.
Woerner, a member of the Australian women’s youth side, also plays with the Southern Scorpions in the
WNCL. She scored tallies of 35 and 16 in Australia’s two limited-over matches against the England female
under-19 side.
The year also saw the NTCA host the all-Indigenous cricket carnival, the Imparja Cup in Alice Springs in
March.
Despite finishing eighth in the Commonwealth Bank Under-19 and Under-17 Championships, the Northern
Territory sides showed promise, with the under-19 team claiming a thrilling one-run victory over eventual
champions Victoria. Skewes finished as the under-19 series’ fourth highest run-scorer with 305 at 43.57,
while at the under-17 level, the Territory boasted two players in the top 10 run-scoring charts.
Peter Brown was the under-17 series’ third-highest run-scorer with 367 at an average of 89.00, with
Stephen Regan also enjoying a solid series, scoring 219 runs at 43.80. Regan was later named in the
Australian Under-17 development squad.
NT AT A GLANCE
Commonwealth Bank Under-19 Championship Series: eighth
Commonwealth Bank Under-17 Championship Series: eighth
Men’s Grade cricket champion: Palmerston (Darwin), RSL Works (Alice Springs)
Women’s Grade cricket champion: Pint
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Top. The Northern Territory’s
Chief Minister Clare Martin (right)
and Sports Minister John Ah Kit
give ICC Match Referee Clive
Lloyd (left) a tour of Marrara’s
upgraded facilities.
Bottom. Ground works begin as
Marrara Oval prepares for
international cricket.

Tributes and Milestones
Adam Gilchrist’s spectacular year
was rewarded when he claimed
Australian cricket’s highest
individual honour, the 2003 Allan
Border Medal.
ADAM GILCHRIST
ALLAN BORDER MEDALLIST
& ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Adam Gilchrist’s fine year was rewarded when he took home Australian cricket’s highest individual
honour, the Allan Border Medal in January.
In a tense count, Gilchrist polled 88 votes, claiming the award by four votes ahead of Ricky Ponting,
with leg-spinner Shane Warne rounding out the top three with 79 votes.
The medal, awarded annually to the most outstanding Australian player of the preceding 12
months, is voted by players, media and umpires.
Gilchrist’s victory rewarded his fearless stroke-play and sound glove-work over the 11 Tests and 27
one-day internationals played during the voting period.
His memorable year began on the Travelex Tour of South Africa in February, where he amassed a
series-high 473 runs and averaged 157.67 at nearly a run-a-ball.
He was quite simply awesome with the bat, and it is difficult to believe that anyone in the history of
the game – Trumper, Jessop, Richards or Botham – could have batted as devastatingly.
Australia’s highest run-scorer at the ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka, Gilchrist added another
333 runs and 25 dismissals to his season tally in Australia’s Ashes victory against England.
In the summer’s VB Series, the left-hander averaged 44.28 at a typically amazing strike-rate of
119.23 – the highest for any player in the series. His 10 catches and three stumpings were also
series highs.
The West Australian notched five hundreds and nine fifties over the 12 months, including a new
Test high score of 204* in South Africa. He collected runs at a spectacular rate in both forms of the
game, averaging 77.33 in Tests and 32.65 in ODIs.
His work behind the stumps during the year was outstanding: acrobatic, quick and ever-reliable,
Gilchrist recorded 102 dismissals.
In addition to his Allan Border Medal, Gilchrist was named One-day International Player of the
Year, polling 18 votes to edge out last year’s Allan Border Medallist, Matthew Hayden, and quick,
Brett Lee, who tied for second with 17 votes.
The One-day International Player of the Year award is presented to the player who polls the most
votes from his Australian team-mates on a 3-2-1 basis.
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RICKY PONTING
TEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Ricky Ponting was rewarded for his outstanding performances in the traditional form of the game,
securing a one-vote win to claim 2003 Test Player of the Year honours at the Allan Border Medal
presentation.
The win for Australia’s number three batsman follows his 2002 One-day International Player of the
Year award, making him only the second player to have won both awards – the other being Glenn
McGrath.
Ponting held off a challenge from Shane Warne to claim the award by the narrowest of margins,
with Adam Gilchrist finishing a further two votes behind in third place.
Amassing 1068 Test runs in the 12-month voting period, Ponting scored five centuries from 11
Tests, at an average of 66.75.
He began with some strong starts on the Travelex Tour of South Africa, stringing together a
century and an innings of 89 in the second and third Tests.
The South African tour provided an indication of things to come for the Tasmanian.
The three-Test tour against Pakistan in October showcased Ponting’s magnificent stroke-play, as
he dominated Pakistan’s attack.
He easily topped the series run-aggregate with 342 at an average of 85.50, leading Australia’s
charge to a 3-0 series sweep.
The final Test series of the calendar year – an Ashes series on Australian soil – saw Ponting
deliver.
While the series produced several great batting performances, Ponting maintained his devastating
form, scoring 417 runs at 64.55. His two centuries in the opening Tests at Brisbane and Adelaide
took his year-long tally to five.
The Test Player of the Year is presented to the player who polls the most votes from his Australian
team-mates, on a 3-2-1 basis.
Ponting’s year was capped off when he was appointed Test vice-captain ahead of the Travelex Tour
of the West Indies.
MARTIN LOVE
STATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
A superb season of prolific run scoring made Martin Love his peers’ choice as State Player of the
Year at the Allan Border Medal presentation, bringing to an end Darren Lehmann’s three-year
reign.
The Queensland right-hander’s 12 month domestic campaign in the Pura Cup and ING Cup
competitions netted him 1096 runs at an average of 60.88, including an unbeaten double century
(202) against South Australia in February.
Although outside the voting for the state player award, Love twice repeated the double century feat
against England during the season (250* for Queensland and 201* for Australia A), becoming the
year’s highest first-class run-scorer.
The State Player of the Year award recognises the most outstanding player in Pura Cup and ING
Cup cricket.
Love took the honour as State Player of the Year after all contracted first-class cricketers were
given one vote to choose the most valuable domestic player of the past 12 months.
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Test triumph. Ricky Ponting
claimed 2003 Test Player of the
Year honours and was later
honoured with the Test vicecaptaincy.
Prolific Queensland Bulls runscorer
Martin Love enjoyed a
memorable year, capped off by
State Player of the Year honours.

Tributes and Milestones
Young talent time. Queensland
Bulls off-spinner Nathan Hauritz
continues to impress. Not only
did he gain selection for tours to
the World Cup and West Indies,
but was recognised as the year’s
most outstanding young
cricketer.
Back-to-back success: National
women’s vice-captain Karen
Rolton again dominated
international and domestic
cricket in 2003. It was her
second-consecutive Women’s
International Player of the Year
award.
NATHAN HAURITZ
BRADMAN YOUNG CRICKETER
OF THE YEAR
A second Queenslander was honoured on Allan Border Medal night, with 22-year-old off-spinner
Nathan Hauritz being named the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year.
Hauritz made a solid impact for his state in both domestic competitions during the voting period,
taking 44 wickets at an average of 23.91 in Pura Cup and ING Cup cricket.
He claimed eight wickets in his five Pura Cup games and went on to finish the season as
Queensland’s equal highest ING Cup wicket-taker with 14 at an average of 18.14.
His ING Cup haul was the best return by a spin bowler in the competition.
Such performances certainly captured the attention of the national selectors, and it was no
surprise when Hauritz was called up for Australia’s successful ICC Cricket World Cup campaign,
and a subsequent trip to the West Indies in April/May.
Playing three matches in the Caribbean, he worked hard with the ball (claiming two wickets) and
gained valuable experience in testing conditions.
He joins Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken and Shane Watson as winners of the award.
All contracted first-class Australian players cast one vote for the award, on the criteria that the
player must be under 24-years-of-age and have played less than 10 first-class matches at the time
of voting.
KAREN ROLTON
WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL
CRICKETER OF THE YEAR
For the second consecutive year, dynamic left-hand batter Karen Rolton was voted Australia’s most
outstanding female cricketer of the past 12 months.
After claiming the inaugural Women’s International Cricketer of the Year award in 2002, the 29year-old
Australian vice-captain continued her batting dominance during the Rose Bowl series
between Australia and New Zealand.
During the six-match Rose Bowl series, Rolton made more runs than any other player, scoring 330
at an average of 66.00, with a strike-rate of 87.30.
In the last match at Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln, she scored an unbeaten century (105 from 102
balls) to steer the Australian team, the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars, to victory and help
the side record its highest limited-overs score against New Zealand (253) on the last ball of the
game.
From 67 one-day international appearances for Australia (equal second highest), Rolton has now
scored 2278 runs – second only to Australian captain, Belinda Clark.
In domestic competition, the Southern Scorpions captain was the leading run-scorer in the
Women’s National Cricket League for the third consecutive year, with 468 runs at 78.00. Rolton
also finished the season as the competition’s third highest wicket-taker, her left-arm mediumpacers
capturing 15 wickets at 8.60 apiece.
The Women’s International Cricketer of the Year is voted by Australian team members, umpires
and national selectors.
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AUSTRALIAN CRICKET
HALL OF FAME
LINDSAY HASSETT
Hassett’s induction into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame is due recognition of a man who
devoted more than half a century of service to the game as a player, captain and commentator.
Born in Geelong in 1913, Hassett made his debut for Australia against England in the 1938 Test at
Nottingham.
Scoring just 1 and 2 in his Test debut, Hassett’s career was interrupted by World War II and it
wasn’t until 1946-47 against the old foe England that Hassett scored his maiden Test century in
Brisbane.
From there, the records flourished as Hassett scored more than 1000 runs in each of his three
tours to England in 1938, 1948 and 1953.
Going on to play 43 Tests for Australia, Hassett scored 3073 runs at an average of 46.56, including
an unbeaten 198 against India in Adelaide in 1947-48.
He captained Australia 24 times and also captained Victoria in 40 of his 73 matches.
At state level, he scored 6825 runs at an average of 63.19. Only four batsmen have bettered this
aggregate for Victoria – Dean Jones (10,412), Matthew Elliott (7670), Bill Lawry (7618) and Bill
Ponsford (6902).
His contribution to state cricket remains strong with Cricket Victoria’s Lindsay Hassett Club named
in his honour. The Club serves as a supporter base for state cricket and helps raise funds to
recognise and honour past and present greats of Victorian cricket.
Lindsay Hassett’s grandson, Ben Scarlett, accepted the Hall of Fame inductee presentation on
Lindsay’s behalf.
IAN CHAPPELL
Ian Chappell’s revered place in cricket history was further acknowledged after he was inducted into
Australian Cricket’s Hall of Fame in 2003, joining his brother Greg in the illustrious club.
A determined and steadfast batsman, Chappell’s ability to read the play and craft deliberate,
powerful strokes against all opposition made him one of the game’s most durable players.
Renowned for his attractive and aggressive style, his concentration and focus to build a solid
innings became a key element of his armoury.
A thinking captain with a wide range of strokes, his batting brilliance was complemented by his
skills in the field as a superb slips catcher.
So admired was Chappell, that team mate Dennis Lillee recognised him as the best captain he
played under.
Playing 76 Tests, Chappell score 5345 runs at an average of 42.42. He also made 16 one-day
international appearances, maintaining an average just under 50 in scoring 673 runs.
Chappell was appointed Australia’s 34th Test captain in 1971, leading the nation in 30 Tests for 15
victories, five losses and 10 draws. As captain, his most notable victories included reclaiming the
Ashes in 1974-75, retaining them in 1975, and winning a series in the West Indies in 1973.
He was also a key member of the team that inflicted a 5-1 defeat on the West Indies at home in
1975-76.
Chappell has maintained his involvement in cricket after his retirement in 1979-80 as a respected
newspaper columnist and television commentator.
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Lindsay Hassett scored more
than 1000 runs in each of his
three tours to England.
Australia’s 34th Test captain, Ian
Chappell led the nation on 30
occasions. He joins his younger
brother, Greg, in the Australian
Cricket Hall of Fame.

Tributes and Milestones
Pic courtesy of Art of Cricket.
Pic courtesy of the Australian Gallery of Sport &
Olympic Museum at the MCG, Melbourne Cricket
Club Museum, Melbourne Cricket Club Library.
Top. The 1868 Indigenous team
that toured England has earned
a proud place in the history of
the game.
Bottom. The 1948 Invincibles, led
by Sir Donald Bradman, returned
from a five-month, 34-match tour
of England undefeated.
Below. Brett Lee enjoyed a
spectacular World Cup, helping
to spearhead Australia’s pace
attack.
Below bottom. Ricky Ponting
during his unbeaten 140 in the
World Cup final.
SPORT AUSTRALIA HALL OF FAME
RECOGNISES AUSTRALIAN
CRICKET SIDES
Two famous Australian cricket teams were honoured at the annual Sport Australia Hall of
Fame awards.
In the new recognition of teams category, Australia’s 1948 ‘Invincibles’ and the country’s first
touring side – the 1868 Indigenous team that toured England – were inducted at the Hall of Fame
ceremony at Crown’s Palladium Ballroom on 5 December.
Cricket Australia nominated both teams on not only the strength of their performances, but the
significant social and historical impact of their contribution to Australian culture.
Bradman’s all-conquering 1948 side, touted as one of the greatest sporting teams in Australia’s
history, returned from a five-month, 34-match tour of the United Kingdom undefeated – the first
Australian team to achieve the feat.
The performance of the side re-ignited hope, spirit and national pride among Australians
following a bleak period of depression, war and English cricket dominance for over a decade.
Long before Bradman’s Invicibles completed the journey to the United Kingdom, Australia’s first
touring side – an all-Indigenous team – rose to the challenge in 1868.
The pioneering Australian 1868 side, who played an astonishing 47 matches instead of the
scheduled 10, earned great respect for their skill, stamina and perseverance.
Drawing glowing praise from all who saw them, the Sporting Life wrote at the conclusion of their
tour: “No eleven has in one season ever played so many matches so successfully...”
Overcoming substandard travelling conditions, illness and bereavement amongst team members,
the group showed remarkable character and blazed the trail for Australian touring sides of
the future.
AUSTRALIAN SUCCESS
AUSTRALIAN ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL TEAM
AUSTRALIA’S
WORLD CUP WIN
Australia claimed one-day international cricket’s greatest prize for the third time when it defeated
India by 125 runs in the final of the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup in South Africa.
Thanks to an unbeaten 140 from captain Ricky Ponting, and 88 from the injured Damien Martyn,
the Australians reached 2-359 at the end of their 50 overs – a record score for a World Cup final
and Australia’s greatest of all time.
Ponting’s knock also saw his name entered into the record books, registering the highest
individual score in a final of a World Cup.
He also clubbed eight sixes – the most by an Australian in one-day international cricket.
Despite a short-lived rain delay, the Australians dismissed India in 39.2 overs, becoming the first
side since the West Indies to have won consecutive titles.
It was a record-breaking tournament for Ponting’s men, who overcame the set-back of losing
strike bowlers Shane Warne and Jason Gillespie, to go through the competition undefeated.
Australia has now won 40 from 58 World Cup matches – the most in history.
2003 ICC Cricket World Cup. Scorebook. Page 78.
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WORLD CUP
INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS
Middle-order batsman Andrew Symonds registered the competition’s highest batting average,
notching 326 runs from five innings at 163.00.
Symonds’ performance headed a record-breaking tournament for the Australians, many of which
fell during its pool-match against Namibia at Potchefstroom, where it defeated the cricket
minnow by 256 runs – the largest victory of all time.
Darren Lehmann set a record for the most runs scored in a World Cup over, amassing 28. He
smashed 4,4,4,6,4,6 off the bowling of Rudi Van Vuuren to overtake West Indian Brian Lara’s
record of 26 runs, set earlier in the tournament.
In the same match, Glenn McGrath claimed the best-ever figures in a World Cup fixture and the
best by an Australian of all-time, taking 7-15.
McGrath’s figures helped wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist take part in the record-breaking action.
He claimed the most dismissals in a World Cup innings with six catches.
Later in the tournament, Gilchrist reached the 5000 one-day international-run mark against Sri
Lanka in Australia’s first Super-Six match at Centurion.
One-day success in the Caribbean marks 21 in a row
When Australia defeated the West Indies in the fourth one-day international of the Travelex Tour
of the West Indies at Trinidad in May, the team not only took a series-clinching lead in the bestof-seven
match competition, but firmly cemented its place in the history of the game.
The victory was Australia’s 21st consecutive one-day international win, a world record held
previously by the West Indies, who won 11 limited-over matches in a row between 1984 and 1985.
The winning streak came to an end the following day when the West Indies capitalised on a weary
Australian side.
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Top. Run machine. Andrew
Symonds celebrates his maiden
one-day international hundred,
an innings that set the tone for
his outstanding World Cup
campaign.
Middle. Take that. Darren
Lehmann smashed 28 runs in
one over against Namibia, a
World Cup record.
Bottom. Seven-up. Glenn
McGrath claimed the best
bowling figures in World Cup
history, taking 7-15 against
Namibia.

Tributes and Milestones
One of the genuine highlights of
Australia’s Ashes series victory
was Justin Langer’s highest Test
score of 250 in Melbourne.
Australian Test captain Stephen
Waugh continued to make
history in 2002-03, breaking a
string of records.
AUSTRALIAN TEST TEAM
AUSTRALIA CONTINUES ITS
ASHES DOMINANCE
Australia’s victory over England in the 2002-03 Orange Test Series was its eighthconsecutive
series win against its oldest rival.
The winning-streak, which bettered England’s seven-series retention of the Ashes in the
1880s, began under the captaincy of Allan Border in 1989, having registered wins in
1990-91, 1993, 1994-95, 1997, 1998-99, 2001 and 2002-03.
2003 Orange Ashes Test series. Scorebook. Page 70.
Australia retains the Frank Worrell Trophy
Australia maintained its dominance over the West Indies, retaining the Frank Worrell
Trophy with its fifth consecutive series victory over the Caribbean conglomerate.
In doing so, Stephen Waugh’s men became the first side in cricket history to win the first
three Tests of a Caribbean tour, and came extremely close to creating another piece of
history by sweeping the series.
That record eluded the Australians, but only after the West Indies produced a worldrecord
fourth-innings score of 418 in Antigua to register victory and deny the visitors a
fourth Test win.
2003 Travelex Tour of the West Indies. Scorebook. Page 82.
AUSTRALIAN
INDIVIDUAL MILESTONES
STEPHEN WAUGH
REWRITES RECORDS
Test captain Stephen Waugh certainly enjoyed a historic 12 months in the Test arena.
When he donned his famous baggy green cap for the first Test of the Travelex Tour of the
West Indies at Georgetown, Guyana – his 157th match – he passed Allan Border’s record
as the most capped player in the history of the game.
By the end of the series, Waugh had played 32 Tests against the West Indies – the most
by any player in Test history.
But the records did not end there. In May, the New South Welshman passed another
world record held by an Australian. After scoring his 30th Test hundred against the West
Indies at Bridgetown, Barbados, he overtook Sir Donald Bradman’s mark for the most
Test hundreds.
A month later he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday
Honours List, not only recognising his services to Australian cricket, but also his charity
work for the Udayan orphanage in India.
Former internationals Norm O'Neill and Peter Philpott also received the Medal of the
Order of Australia, as did former Cricket Australia Chief Executive Officer, David
Richards.
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BELINDA CLARK
REWRITES WOMEN’S TEST
RECORD
Women’s captain Belinda Clark became Australia’s highest Test run-scorer during the
first Ashes Test at the Gabba in February, surpassing the previous mark set by the great
Betty Wilson in 1957-58.
Chasing 139 runs for victory in the first Test, Clark made the most of her opportunities
against arch-rival England, top scoring for the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars with
47 runs in her 12th Test match.
The feat took her career Test run total past Wilson’s record of 862 runs, and guided
Australia to a five-wicket victory and an unassailable 1-0 Ashes series lead.
Clark added to her Test tally in the second Ashes Test at Bankstown, bringing her
impressive career profile to 899 runs from 13 appearances at an average of 56.18.
A pioneer of women’s cricket in the post-war era, Wilson’s 862 runs came from 11 Tests
between 1947-48 and 1957-58 in which she also claimed 68 wickets.
Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars Ashes series. Scorebook. Page 100.
GLENN McGRATH
BREAKS THE 400 TEST
WICKET MARK
Glenn McGrath’s long-time dominance with the ball took him past 400 Test wickets in the
third Test of the Travelex Tour against Pakistan in Sharjah during October.
McGrath, who finished the match with seven wickets to his name, reached the mark
when he had Pakistan captain Waqar Younis trapped leg before wicket in the first
innings.
In achieving the milestone, he became just the eighth player in cricket history to reach
400 Test wickets and the second Australian to do so, joining team-mate Shane Warne.
The New South Welshman is now the sixth most successful bowler of all-time, having
claimed 425 career wickets at the close of the financial year.
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Australian captain Belinda Clark
became the nation’s highest Test
run-scorer in the women’s game.
There it is. Glenn McGrath
became just the eighth bowler in
history to pass the 400-Test
wicket mark.

Tributes and Milestones
Stuart MacGill claimed his 100th
Test wicket during Australia’s
successful Travelex Tour of the
West Indies.
Top. The power of Love.
Queenslander Martin Love
became the 385th Australian to
wear the baggy green cap when
he made his Test debut against
England in Melbourne.
Bottom. Exciting youngster
Michael Clarke in action during
his one-day international debut
against England.
STUART MACGILL
REACHES A CENTURY
OF HIS OWN
Leg-spinner Stuart MacGill carved his own piece of cricket history at Queen’s Park Oval
in Trinidad during April, when he claimed the wicket of West Indies wicket-keeper,
Carlton Baugh.
The wicket was MacGill’s 100th Test victim.
He becomes the 30th Australian to reach the 100-wicket milestone, and only the fifth
leg-spinner to have achieved the mark.
INTERNATIONAL DEBUTS
MARTIN LOVE
AND MICHAEL CLARKE
Melbourne’s Boxing Day Test saw Martin Love become Australia’s 385th Test player
when he made his debut against England in December.
The typically composed Queenslander had little trouble adjusting to the pressures of
international cricket, and greatly impressed the strong second-day crowd with his
delicate stroke play and shot selection.
Love featured in a 151-run stand for the fifth wicket alongside Justin Langer, scoring an
unbeaten 62 before Steve Waugh declared the innings at 6-551.
His influence also extended well beyond the crease, playing a hand in four English
dismissals with a polished display of sharp slips catching.
In the shortened form of the game, exciting prospect Michael Clarke made his one-day
international debut against England in the VB Series match at Adelaide Oval on 19
January 2003.
His attacking style at the crease saw him make an unbeaten 39 runs off 47 balls.
Clarke, the 149th player to represent Australia at one-day international level, was
rewarded with selection in the Australian squad for the Travelex Tour of the West Indies
in May, scoring two successive unbeaten half-centuries.
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FAB FIVE MAKE
INTERNATIONAL DEBUT
Four players made their Australian Test debuts for the Commonwealth Bank Southern
Stars in season 2002-03.
New South Wales trio Alex Blackwell, Lisa Sthalekar and Emma Twining made their
debuts in the first Ashes Test against England at the Gabba in February.
South Australia’s Kris Britt became Australia’s 144th female Test representative when
she was selected for the second Ashes Test at Bankstown.
Two of the Test debutants enjoyed a busy international schedule, also making their
Australian one-day international debuts in the four-nation limited-overs tournament in
New Zealand during January, ahead of the home Ashes series.
Britt debuted against New Zealand in the opening match of the tournament, while
Blackwell made her first one-day appearance in Australia’s next match against England
in Lincoln.
Queensland top-order batter Melissa Bulow became Australia’s 98th female one-day
international player when she also made her limited-overs debut in the four-nation
tournament, in Australia’s third match of the series against India.
CLINTON PERREN
PURA CUP
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Queensland Bull Clinton Perren’s patience and determination at the crease were
rewarded in season 2002-03, as the 28-year-old was named Pura Cup Player of the Year.
Polling 17 votes from six matches, Perren took the award by three votes clear of his
Bulls team-mate Michael Kasprowicz. South Australian batsman David Fitzgerald
finished in third place with 13 votes.
Perren’s standout performance capped a dramatic rise from the periphery of state
cricket. He was overlooked for last season’s victorious Pura Cup side, and was unable to
break into the Bulls best XI until the team’s third match of the season.
Once he got his chance, he never looked back.
His 659 runs at an average of 65.90 included his highest ever score of 224 against South
Australia, the performance coming in his first innings as an opener for Queensland.
He notched up two centuries and two fifties for the season, and was the competition’s
eighth highest run-scorer, despite playing at least three fewer games than the other
leaders.
The award is voted on a 3-2-1 basis by umpires after every series match, and is
accompanied by $8000 and a trophy.
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The dashing Lisa Sthalekar made
her Test debut against England
at the ‘Gabba in Brisbane.
Clinton Perren enjoyed his most
successful season for the
Queensland Bulls, claiming Pura
Cup Player of the Year honours.

Tributes and Milestones
Justin Langer edged out South
Australian Greg Blewett to claim
the ING Cup Player of the Year
title.
Top. How sweet it is. The New
South Wales Blues enjoyed
success in both the long and
short form of the game.
Bottom. Simon Katich scored the
winning runs in the ING Cup final
against his former side, the
Western Warriors.
JUSTIN LANGER
ING CUP
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Western Warriors vice-captain Justin Langer was named the 2002-03 ING Cup Player of
the Year after a superb season in which relished the opportunity to represent his state in
domestic competition.
The left-hander’s 18 votes edged him one ahead of South Australian all-rounder Greg
Blewett, and two votes ahead of reigning ING Cup Player of the Year – Queensland Bulls
captain Jimmy Maher in third place.
In seven ING Cup matches, Langer clubbed a total of 437 runs at an average of 86.20.
This tally was bettered only by Blewett, who scored 486 runs from 10 matches.
The 32-year-old's highest score – an unbeaten 114 – came in a man-of-the-match
performance against the Tasmanian Tigers at the WACA Ground in Perth in December.
Langer finished with two centuries and two fifties from his seven ING Cup matches to
claim the award, voted on a 3-2-1 basis by umpires after each match.
The gritty Warrior is Western Australia's highest domestic one-day run-scorer with 2497
runs.
NEW SOUTH WALES CLAIM
THE DOMESTIC DOUBLE
The New South Wales Blues completed the rare double when they captured both the
Pura Cup and ING Cup domestic titles in 2002-03.
The Steve Waugh-led Blues became the first state to triumph in both domestic finals in
the same year since their New South Wales predecessors managed the feat in 1993-94.
A comprehensive 246-run victory over Queensland at the Gabba broke the sunshine
state’s three year dominance of the Pura Cup trophy.
The victory capped an amazing turnaround for the Blues, who finished the 2001-02
season at the bottom of the table with just two victories.
The ING Cup title came with another win on the road, this time at the expense of
Western Australia who were outclassed by seven wickets in front of a parochial WACA
crowd.
The win extended the Blues’ ING Cup winning streak to three consecutive titles.
During the season, New South Wales fielded a formidable list in the domestic
competition, including 12 players, who throughout their careers have worn
Australian colours in Test or one-day action.
The Blues’ dominance was reflected in the season statistics.
New South Wales boasted two of the top five Pura Cup run-scorers in Michael Slater
(770) and Michael Clarke (763) while Stuart MacGill enjoyed another fine year, heading
the wicket-taker’s list with 48 victims.
In the limited-overs arena, Michael Clarke (385), Steve Waugh (343) and Simon Katich
(328) featured in the competition’s top 10 run-makers, while Nathan Bracken’s 15 scalps
placed him as the ING Cup’s third highest wicket-taker.
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VICTORIA SPIRIT CLAIM TITLE
Victoria Spirit captured its first Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) title in 2002-
03, breaking the New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) Blues’ six-year reign of the
competition trophy.
Led by captain Belinda Clark, Victoria Spirit defeated the NSWIS Blues 2-0 in the bestof-three
finals series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in January.
The WNCL title was sealed with a three-wicket win in match one and a 40-run victory in
game two, as the Spirit atoned for their defeat at the hands of New South Wales by the
same 2-0 margin in the 2001-02 WNCL finals series.
Belinda Clark was named Player-of-the-Finals after a match-winning 83 from 137 balls
in game one, and a top score of 63 from 107 balls in the second final.
After finishing the season on top of the WNCL ladder with 40 points, the Spirit won the
right to host the finals series at home for the first time in the competition’s history.
Historically, finals series were staged by the winning state from the previous year.
It was the first domestic title victory for Victoria Spirit since the inception of the WNCL in
1996-97.
FAREWELL
MARK WAUGH
ENDS ON A HIGH
Mark Waugh, regarded as one of the finest cricketers Australia has produced, retired
from international cricket in October after 128 Tests and 244 one-day internationals.
His outstanding international career included 8029 Test runs at an average of 41.81, as
well as 8500 one-day international runs at 39.35.
Waugh’s 14 years at the elite level were lined with records.
Since bursting onto the international scene against Pakistan in 1988-89, he was a nearpermanent
fixture in an Australian side that enjoyed outstanding success, including the
1999 World Cup and the record-breaking streak of 16 consecutive Test wins.
Australia’s third highest run-scorer in Test history, he is one of only six Australians to
have scored more than 7000 Test runs, one of only seven Australians to have played
more than 100 Tests and one of only 16 Australians to have scored a Test century on
debut.
Waugh’s elegant stroke-play suited both forms of the game.
He is Australia’s highest one-day international run-scorer and his 173 runs from 148
balls at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in February 2001 remains Australia’s highest
individual one-day score.
His flair with the bat was matched by his brilliance in the field, claiming 157 catches –
the most in Test history.
Waugh was honoured for his contribution to the game in front of his home crowd with a
lap of the ground during the fifth and final Orange Test match against England in Sydney.
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Victoria Spirit won its first
Women’s National Cricket League
title in 2002-03, defeating the
New South Wales Institute of
Sport Blues 2-0 in the finals
series.
Thanks for the memories. Mark
Waugh brought to a close a
glittering career that included
128 Tests and 244 one-day
internationals.

Tributes and Milestones
Damien Fleming announced his
retirement from domestic cricket
in May opting to take up a
coaching position at the
Commonwealth Bank Cricket
Academy.
The colourful Colin Miller said
goodbye to all forms of cricket
in July 2002.
DAMIEN FLEMING
MOVES FROM PLAYING
TO COACHING
Damien Fleming’s decorated playing career came to an end in May, when he announced
his retirement from domestic cricket.
The former Australian representative was, however, not lost to Australian cricket – the
popular right-arm seamer accepting the role of senior coach at the Commonwealth
Bank Cricket Academy.
He replaced Wayne Phillips at the academy, who assumed the head coach position at
South Australia.
Fleming played 20 Test matches for Australia after making his debut against Pakistan in
1994-95, claiming 75 wickets at an average of 25.89.
He was renowned for his steadiness and reliability at the bowling crease, and for his
hat-trick against Pakistan on debut – only the third time in the history of cricket this feat
has been achieved.
Fleming was also a key member of Australia’s one-day international team, playing 88
matches including the 1999 World Cup victory.
His composed bowling in the final overs of the World Cup semi-finals in 1996 and 1999
against the West Indies and Pakistan, respectively, have long gone down in cricket
folklore.
Having spent 12 years with Victoria, Fleming joined the Redbacks for the 2002-03
domestic season, playing just five games before suffering a serious shoulder injury.
COLIN MILLER
CALLS IT A DAY
Charismatic former Australian Test off-spinner and medium-pacer Colin Miller retired
from first-class cricket in July 2002.
Miller’s unique 17-year first-class career culminated in 18 Test appearances for
Australia and the honour of being named Test Player of the Year in 2000-01.
Originally a medium-pace bowler who could swing the ball either way, an ankle injury
forced the colourful Victorian to try his hand bowling off-spin during a club match in
Tasmania.
The change brought astonishing success at state level, including an Australian record of
67 wickets in the domestic first-class competition and a Tasmanian record of 70 firstclass
wickets in 1997-98.
His unlikely Australian debut was as a 34-year-old off-spinner, and he performed with
superb reliability, netting 69 Test wickets at 26.15, including a 10-wicket haul against the
West Indies at the Adelaide Oval in 2000-01.
He went on to play an important role in Australia’s record 16 Test match winning streak
from 1999 to 2001, claiming 35 wickets at 22.23 in seven matches.
Miller made his debut for Victoria in 1985-86, which was followed by four years in South
Australia (from 1988-89 to 1991-92), nine years in Tasmania (1992-93 to 2000-01) before
finally returning to play with Victoria in 2001-02.
He claimed 446 first-class victims at an average of 30.97.
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ADAM DALE
STANDS DOWN
Former Australian player Adam Dale retired from first-class cricket in April, after being
plagued by injuries late in his career.
The 34-year-old took six wickets in two Tests for Australia against India in Bangalore in
1997-98 and the West Indies in St John's in 1998-99.
The only Queenslander in the victorious 1999 World Cup squad, Dale played 30 one-day
internationals after making his debut on the 1996-97 tour of South Africa, finishing his
national limited-overs career with 32 wickets at 30.59.
He also toured South Africa (1997), New Zealand (1997-98), India (1998), United Arab
Emirates (1998), the West Indies (1999), England (1999), Sri Lanka (1999) and Zimbabwe
(1999).
At domestic level, Dale was an outstanding contributor to the Queensland Bulls,
capturing 245 first-class career wickets at the average of 20.76 after making his debut
for Queensland in 1996-97.
He was a member of the Bulls side that won the 1996-97 Sheffield Shield, the 1999-2000
Pura Cup, the 2000-2001 Pura Cup and the 1995-96 Mercantile Mutual Cup
championship.
A popular clubman, he twice won the Peter Burge Medal for the best and fairest
Queensland first-grade player.
SHANE LEE
SAYS GOODBYE
Former Australian one-day international all-rounder and New South Wales captain
Shane Lee announced his retirement from the game in April.
Lee came to the decision following a persistent knee injury that hampered much of his
2002-03 season.
After making his domestic debut in 1992-93, Lee played 93 first-class matches for New
South Wales, scoring 5071 runs and capturing 150 wickets. He captained the Blues on 13
occasions in the four-day game.
He also made a state record 59 limited-over appearances for the state, and led the side
in 14 matches.
At the international level he represented Australia in 45 one-day internationals and was
a member of the triumphant 1999 World Cup squad.
His all-round ability and cool approach on the limited-overs stage saw him score 477
runs and take 48 wickets for Australia.
Lee will now concentrate on his business interests, as he forges a career in talent
management.
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The accurate one. Adam Dale
ended a decorated career in April
that included Test representation
and a place in the 1999 World
Cup squad.
Former Australian and New South
Wales all-rounder Shane Lee
retired from all forms of cricket
in April.

Tributes and Milestones
Lisa Keightley retired from
international cricket after a
seven-year career at the highest
level.
Dr Cam Battersby AM served on
the Board of Cricket Australia for
15 years, including managing
several Australian teams on
overseas tours.
LISA KEIGHTLEY
RETIRES FROM
INTERNATIONAL CRICKET
Australian top-order batter Lisa Keightley retired from international cricket in
December, after a seven-year career at the highest level.
One of Australia’s most accomplished female players, Keightley played seven Tests for
Australia, scoring 362 runs at an average of 36.20 after making her debut against New
Zealand at Wanganui in 1994-95.
An Australian representative in 54 one-day internationals, she is the country’s third
highest run-scorer in the limited-overs game with 1827 runs at 44.56.
One of Keightley’s most notable achievements came in 1998 against England at Lord’s,
when she scored the first century (113*) by a female player at the historic ground.
She also holds the second highest one-day international score for Australia (156*)
behind Belinda Clark’s world record 229*.
Keightley is continuing her cricket career, at state domestic level with New South Wales
in the Women’s National Cricket League.
DR CAM BATTERSBY AM
In August 2002, long-serving Cricket Australia Director Dr Cam Battersby completed his
15th and final year on the Board.
He was replaced by former Australian captain and Queensland Cricket Director, Allan
Border.
Joining the Board of Queensland Cricket in 1991, Dr Battersby later became the Chair of
the state association for seven years from 1993 to 2000.
During his tenure on the Cricket Australia Board, he worked tirelessly on numerous
committees across a range of cricket areas including development, umpiring and
women’s cricket.
Away from the boardroom, he was involved in several other duties including Australian
team manager on tours to New Zealand (1990), Sri Lanka (1992), South Africa (1994), Sri
Lanka and India (1996) and India again in 1998.
Dr Battersby entered the private practice of medicine in 1977 and during his career
worked as a lecturer in anatomy at the University of Queensland and surgery at Royal
Brisbane Hospital, and was also a Senior Lecturer and Reader in Surgery at the
University of Queensland.
A Director of the Australia-India Council, he has a demonstrated commitment and
passion to developing the game broadly.
He was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his contribution to medicine
as a surgeon and his service to cricket administration in June 2000.
In other changes at board level, Tony Harrison replaced Denis Rogers AO as the
Tasmanian-elected Director in October 2002.
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OBITUARIES
ERNIE TOSHACK
One of Sir Donald Bradman’s 1948 Invincibles, left-arm medium-pacer Ernie Toshack
died on 11 May 2003, aged 88.
Toshack, who made his Test debut in 1946, played 12 Tests for Australia between 1945-46
and 1948, taking 47 wickets at an average of 21.04.
His style as a bowler was both lively and impeccably controlled. His consistency was a
critical part of Bradman’s plan in 1948 to minimise England’s scoring rate while keeping
the pressure up.
Toshack was the ideal bowler to tighten the screws, delivering 70 maidens from his 173
overs.
Not only consistent, Toshack could take wickets. He claimed 4-9 in his very first Test
innings, and once took 11 wickets in a Test, grabbing 5-2 then 6-29 against India at the
Gabba in 1947-48.
He had a miserly economy rate of 1.88 in Tests, an impressive feat considering the rapid
scoring that often characterised the era.
Toshack also enjoyed a successful career with New South Wales, making 48 first-class
appearances between 1945-46 and 1949-50, before a troublesome knee forced his
premature retirement.
Mr Toshack is survived by wife Cathleen and daughter Maria.
DOUG RING
Another of Bradman’s 1948 Invincibles, all-rounder Doug Ring, passed away on 23 June
2003, aged 84.
Ring made his debut for Australia in the fifth Test against India at the Melbourne Cricket
Ground in 1948 – along with Invincibles team-mate Sam Loxton.
A valuable right-hand batsman and leg-break bowler, Ring played 13 Tests for Australia
scoring 426 runs at an average of 22.42 and took 35 wickets at 37.28 apiece.
He also enjoyed a successful first-class career spanning 14 years (1938-39 to 1952-53),
in which he made 3418 runs and captured 451 wickets.
Mr Ring is survived by his wife Lesley, three children, six grandchildren and six great
grandchildren.
There are now seven surviving members of the undefeated 1948 team that toured
England – Bill Brown, Ron Hamence, Neil Harvey, Bill Johnston, Sam Loxton, Keith
Miller and Arthur Morris.
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Ernie Toshack was known for his
consistency and ability to restrict
scoring as a left-arm mediumpace
bowler.
Doug Ring made his Test debut
in his home city of Melbourne in
1948.

CRICKET AUSTRALIA FINANCIALS
The financial information presented is extracted from the audited financial report.
CRICKET AUSTRALIA (FORMERLY AUSTRALIAN CRICKET BOARD)
(COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2003
56
Notes 2003 2002
$ $
Revenue from operating activities 85,334,688 68,331,687
Revenue from outside the operating activities 1,802,220 2,422,626
Total revenue 87,136,908 70,754,313
Expenditure from operating activities 1 39,259,924 41,642,800
Operating surplus before distributions 47,876,984 29,111,513
Distributions to state associations 36,279,748 26,375,926
Net surplus 11,597,236 2,735,587

CRICKET AUSTRALIA (FORMERLY AUSTRALIAN CRICKET BOARD)
(COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 30 JUNE 2003
57
Notes 2003 2002
$ $
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash 2 2,380,938 239,242
Receivables 3 9,067,871 1,967,980
Inventories 4 47,894 111,877
Investments 5 22,021,664 24,095,170
Other 6 2,362,712 2,541,905
Total current assets 35,881,079 28,956,174
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Receivables 7 9,158,388 50,000
Property, plant and equipment 8 7,684,205 7,720,507
Total non-current assets 16,842,593 7,770,507
TOTAL ASSETS 52,723,672 36,726,681
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Payables 9 4,011,941 4,428,240
Provisions 10 849,315 568,024
Other 11 8,009,022 10,722,887
Total current liabilities 12,870,278 15,719,151
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Provisions 12 2,775,096 2,138,441
Other 13 9,158,388 2,546,415
Total non-current liabilities 11,933,484 4,684,856
TOTAL LIABILITIES 24,803,762 20,404,007
NET ASSETS 27,919,910 16,322,674
MEMBERS' FUNDS
Australian Youth Cricket Foundation Fund 14 8,936,968 8,936,968
General reserves 15 904,590 904,590
Accumulated funds 16 18,078,352 6,481,116
TOTAL MEMBERS' FUNDS 27,919,910 16,322,674
Contingent liabilities 17

CRICKET AUSTRALIA (FORMERLY AUSTRALIAN CRICKET BOARD)
(COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2003
58
2003 2002
$ $
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Receipts from spectators, media, sponsors and customers 73,337,139 70,052,253
Payments to suppliers, players and employees (38,853,113) (38,444,747)
Payments to members (36,095,717) (26,174,979)
(1,571,691) 5,432,527
Interest received 1,759,945 1,027,543
Net cash inflow (outflow) from operating activities 188,254 6,460,070
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Payments for plant and equipment (220,174) (1,852,266)
Proceeds from sale of investments 55,659,177 25,900,000
Proceeds from sale of plant and equipment - 46,275
Proceeds from sale of land and buildings - 1,537,108
Payments for investments (53,585,561) (27,748,430)
Repayment of loans by Queensland Cricket 100,000 100,000
Payment for ACRA restricted investments (1,445,843) -
Net cash inflow (outflow) from investing activities 507,599 (2,017,313)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Payments to members from accumulated funds - (4,212,000)
Net cash inflow (outflow) from financing activities - (4,212,000)
Net increase (decrease) in cash held 695,853 230,757
Cash at the beginning of the financial year 239,242 8,485
Cash at the end of the financial year 935,095 239,242

CRICKET AUSTRALIA (FORMERLY AUSTRALIAN CRICKET BOARD)
(COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2003
1 NET SURPLUS/(LOSS)
The net surplus/(loss) includes the following specific items:
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2003 2002
$ $
Expenses
Net (gain)/loss on sale of assets - 72,146
Net foreign exchange (gain)/loss
Charges against employee entitlement provisions
(545,926) 10,451
Annual leave 134,677 40,173
Long service leave
Movement in other provisions
50,870 11,546
Players' and Umpires' Retirement Benefits (246,919) (131,597)
Australian Cricketers’ Retirement Account
Depreciation
915,832 -
Buildings 158,164 148,333
Plant and equipment
Rental expense relating to operating leases
100,674 74,141
Minimum lease payments 130,020 86,714
Write down of inventories 16,004 35,212
2 CURRENT ASSETS - CASH
Cash at bank and on hand 935,095 239,242
Restricted Cash - ACRA 1,445,843 -
2,380,938 239,242
3 CURRENT ASSETS - RECEIVABLES
Debtors 3,303,380 1,110,913
Less: Provision for doubtful debts 2,000 28,161
. 3,301,380 1,082,752
Hedge receivable 5,520,830 -
Loan to Queensland Cricket Association 50,000 100,000
Other debtors 195,661 785,228
4 CURRENT ASSETS - INVENTORIES
9,067,871 1,967,980
Uniforms - cost 47,894 111,877
5 CURRENT ASSETS - INVESTMENTS
Interest-bearing deposits - cost 2,611,900 2,196,071
Commercial bills - cost 12,380,927 16,496,604
Managed funds - market value 7,028,837 5,402,495
Interest-bearing deposits and commercial bills have a weighted average
interest rate of 4.78% (2002: 4.64%). Managed funds reflect market value
at balance date.
22,021,664 24,095,170

CRICKET AUSTRALIA (FORMERLY AUSTRALIAN CRICKET BOARD)
(COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2003
60
2003 2002
$ $
6 CURRENT ASSETS - OTHER
Accrued income 1,942,525 1,677,298
Prepayments 420,187 864,607
2,362,712 2,541,905
7 NON-CURRENT ASSETS - RECEIVABLES
Hedge receivables 9,158,388 -
Loan to Queensland Cricket - 50,000
9,158,388 50,000
8 NON-CURRENT ASSETS - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Land and buildings
Land - cost 1,000,000 1,000,000
Building - cost 6,640,358 6,504,799
Less accumulated depreciation 395,918 237,735
6,244,440 6,267,064
Total land and buildings 7,244,440 7,267,064
Plant and equipment
Physiotherapy equipment - cost 4,241 4,241
Less accumulated depreciation 3,638 3,517
603 724
Office equipment - cost 538,210 468,250
Less accumulated depreciation 265,186 181,862
273,024 286,388
Furniture, fixtures and fittings - cost 193,024 178,368
Less accumulated depreciation 26,886 12,037
166,138 166,331
Total plant and equipment 439,765 453,443
7,684,205 7,720,507

CRICKET AUSTRALIA (FORMERLY AUSTRALIAN CRICKET BOARD)
(COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2003
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2003 2002
$ $
9 CURRENT LIABILITIES - PAYABLES
Trade creditors 4,011,941 4,428,240
10 CURRENT LIABILITIES - PROVISIONS
Annual leave 440,110 305,432
ACRA entitlements 335,688 -
Players' and Umpires' Retirement Benefits 73,517 262,592
849,315 568,024
11 CURRENT LIABILITIES - OTHER
Accrual for player payments 252,960 875,719
Accrual for distribution in respect of Super Challenge II - 413,647
Revenue received in advance 2,235,232 9,433,521
Deferred gain on hedge transactions 5,520,830 -
8,009,022 10,722,887
12 NON CURRENT LIABILITIES - PROVISIONS
Players' and Umpires' Retirement Benefits 1,354,260 1,412,103
ACRA entitlements 1,308,015 -
Provision for player payments - 365,413
Provision for distribution of state player payments - 298,975
Long service leave 112,821 61,950
2,775,096 2,138,441
13 NON CURRENT LIABILITIES - OTHER
Revenue received in advance - 2,293,455
Accrual for player payments - 252,960
Deferred gain on hedge transactions 9,158,388 -
9,158,388 2,546,415

CRICKET AUSTRALIA (FORMERLY AUSTRALIAN CRICKET BOARD)
(COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2003
62
2003 2002
$ $
14 AUSTRALIAN YOUTH CRICKET FOUNDATION FUND
Movements:
Balance 1 July 8,936,968 8,936,968
Transfer from/(to) accumulated funds - -
Balance 30 June 8,936,968 8,936,968
15 GENERAL RESERVES
Movements:
Balance 1 July 904,590 904,590
Transfer from/(to) accumulated funds - -
Balance 30 June 904,590 904,590
16 ACCUMULATED FUNDS
Movements:
Balance 1 July 6,481,116 7,957,529
Net surplus/(loss) for the financial year 11,597,236 2,735,587
Distributions paid - (4,212,000)
Balance 30 June 18,078,352 6,481,116
17 CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
Cricket Australia has entered into an arrangement with the Australian Cricketers’
Association which entitles professional cricketers to a certain share of Australian
Cricket Revenue (ACR) over a four-year period to 30 June 2005.
To the extent that ACR exceeds an agreed estimate, Cricket Australia is required to
pay an adjustment to players. Cricket Australia periodically reassesses the expected
ACR over the four-year period and current forecasts indicate that this estimate will
not be exceeded. Consequently, the prior year accrual has been reversed and no
accrual has been recognised at balance date. In the event that current forecasts
differ from actual ACR, additional payments may be required.
18 COMMITMENTS FOR EXPENDITURE
Lease Commitments
Commitments relating to leases contracted at reporting date but
not recognised as liabilities payable:
Within one year 125,448 138,017
Later than one year but not later than five years 60,630 172,515
186,078 310,532

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2002-03 Scorebook

Australian cricket enjoyed a successful 2002-03 season.
At the elite level, the Australian men’s and women’s teams were
victorious in both the Test and one-day international arenas.
During the past 12 months, Australia reaffirmed its status as
world champions in both forms of the game. It was a year that
saw the side:
•prevail over both Pakistan (2-0) and Kenya (2-0) in the trinations
one-day international series in Kenya;
•suffer defeat at the hands of host nation Sri Lanka in the
semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy;
• defeat Pakistan in three Tests played at neutral venues
Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates;
• claim the Ashes for an eighth-consecutive time against
England in the five-match Orange Test Series at home;
• named as leaders of the ICC one-day international
Championship ahead of its victorious VB Series campaign
against England and Sri Lanka;
•capture Australia’s third World Cup title at the 2003 ICC
Cricket World Cup in Southern Africa, defeating India in the
final at Johannesburg;
•travel to the West Indies to retain the Frank Worrell trophy
and regain the ICC Test Championship trophy with a 3-1
victory in the Test series;
• defeat the West Indies 4-3 in the corresponding limited-over
series, on the way to setting a record 21 consecutive one-day
international victories.
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The following pages include scorecards and reports from all of
these matches, as well as summaries of Australia A and
Australian women’s fixtures for the year, and details of all
games in the domestic calendar over the past 12 months – the
Pura Cup, the ING Cup, Cricket Australia Cup and Women’s
National Cricket League.
Tour matches including the Chairman’s XI, Prime Minister’s XI,
ATSIC XI, and Australian under-19 series against the England
under-19 sides, also feature in the 2002-03 scoreboard.
•Travelex Tour against Pakistan and Kenya in Kenya, 2002 65
• International Cricket Council Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka, 2002 66
•Travelex Tour against Pakistan in Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates, 2002 67
•Orange Ashes Test Series in Australia, 2002-03 70
• VB Series in Australia, 2002-03 75
• International Cricket Council Cricket World Cup in Southern Africa, 2003 78
•Travelex Tour of the West Indies, 2002-03 82
• Australia A, 2002-03 87
• Cricket Australia Chairman’s XI v England, 2002-03 89
• Prime Minister’s XI v England, 2002-03 89
• Prime Minister’s XI v ATSIC Chairman’s XI, 2002-03 90
• Pura Cup, 2002-03 91
• ING Cup, 2002-03 94
• Cricket Australia Cup, 2002-03 97
• Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars four-nation series in New Zealand, 2002-03 98
• Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars Ashes Test series, 2002-03 100
•Women’s National Cricket League, 2002-03 104
• Australian Under-19 v England Under-19 – men 106
• Australian Under-19 v England Under-19 – women 107
• Commonwealth Bank Shooting Stars v England, 2002-03 108

Back, left to right: Lucy Frostick (Team Massage Therapist), Reg Dickason (Security Consultant), Errol Alcott (Physiotherapist), Brett Lee, Matthew Hayden,
Jason Gillespie, Andrew Symonds, Shane Watson, Nathan Hauritz, Mike Walsh (Assistant Manager/Cricket Analyst), Jock Campbell (Physical Performance Manager).
Front, left to right: Andrew Bichel, Michael Bevan, Shane Warne, Stephen Bernard (Team Manager), Ricky Ponting (Captain), Adam Gilchrist (Vice-captain), Allan Border
(Coach), Glenn McGrath, Damien Martyn, Jimmy Maher.
TRAVELEX TOUR AGAINST PAKISTAN
AND KENYA IN KENYA, 2002
Australia took the opportunity to shake off any winter cobwebs
and prepare for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy with a triseries
in Kenya, pitting itself against the hosts and Pakistan.
And while the finale of the tournament was unsatisfactory – the
final was washed out when Ricky Ponting’s side appeared well
on the road to victory – the tournament still served its purpose
as Australia looked impressive and was unbeaten throughout.
For much of the event it appeared as though Australia was
playing on a different level to the other two sides as they
crushed both Kenya and Pakistan in four qualifying matches.
So easily did it win its first three games there was even scope
for experimentation with the batting order in the final qualifying
match against the home side to ensure all players spent some
quality time at the crease.
Australia’s dominance was founded on top-quality pace bowling
and the dominance of opener Matthew Hayden. Ponting’s men
had the two leading wicket-takers in the tournament in Jason
Gillespie (15) and Glenn McGrath (9), and by capturing early
wickets they ensured the opposition was always under pressure.
Hayden continued the dominant form he had begun in India 18
months earlier and proved almost impossible to bowl at with
scores of 146, 40*, 59* and 20*. The Queensland left-hander
finished as the leading batsman in the tournament.
Australia was coached by former Test captain and current
selector Allan Border during the tournament. Border was
originally due to take charge of the Australia A side in South
Africa but stepped in when John Buchanan dropped out to rest a
back injury. Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy coach Bennett
King took over as coach of the A squad in Border’s absence.
Australia was also without batsman Darren Lehmann during the
tournament. The South Australian left-hander was selected but
had to miss out because of a hand injury sustained playing
county cricket for Yorkshire. Jimmy Maher of Queensland took
his place.
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Australia v Pakistan
At Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, 30 August 2002: Australia won by 224 runs;
Australia five for 332 (ML Hayden 146, RT Ponting 65, JP Maher 35; Wasim Akram
2-58, Shahid Afridi 2-56); Pakistan 108 (Azhar Mahmood 32; GD McGrath 2-11,
JN Gillespie 5-22); Man of the Match: ML Hayden.
Australia v Kenya
At Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, 2 September 2002: Australia won by eight
wickets; Kenya 84 (GD McGrath 3-8, JN Gillespie 3-40, SR Watson 2-13); Australia
two for 85 (ML Hayden 40*); Man of the Match: GD McGrath.
Australia v Pakistan
At Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, 4 September 2002: Australia won by nine
wickets; Pakistan 117 (Misbah-ul-Haq 39; GD McGrath 3-15, JN Gillespie 2-33,
B Lee 4-32); Australia one for 121 (ML Hayden 59*); Man of the Match: B Lee.
Australia v Kenya
At Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, 5 September 2002: Australia won by five
wickets; Kenya nine for 204 (BJ Patel 42, SO Tikolo 35, MO Odumbe 55; NM Hauritz
4-39); Australia five for 205 (AC Gilchrist 41, SR Watson 77*, A Symonds 43; TM
Odoyo 2-38); Man of the Match: MO Odumbe.
FINAL - Australia v Pakistan
At Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, 7 September 2002: no result; Pakistan 227
(Shoaib Malik 37, Misbah-ul-Haq 50, Abdur Razzaq 59; JN Gillespie 5-70,
B Lee 2-38); Australia one for 67; Man of the Match: no award.
T ravelex Tour against Pakistan and Kenya in Kenya, 2002

I nternational Cricket Council Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka, 2002
Back, left to right: Reg Dickason (Security Consultant), Michael Bevan, Shane Watson, Andrew Bichel, Nathan Hauritz, Jock Campbell (Physical Performance Manager).
Middle, left to right: Errol Alcott (Physiotherapist), Lucy Frostick (Team Massage Therapist), Jimmy Maher, Brett Lee, Matthew Hayden, Jason Gillespie, Darren Lehmann,
Mike Walsh (Assistant Manager/Cricket Analyst), Tim Nielsen (Assistant Coach/Performance Analyst).
Front, left to right: Damien Martyn, John Buchanan (Coach), Glenn McGrath, Ricky Ponting (Captain), Adam Gilchrist (Vice-captain), Stephen Bernard (Team Manager), Shane Warne.
ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY IN SRI LANKA, 2002
Australia failed to live up to its billing as favourites and fell at
the semi-final stage of the tournament regarded as second only
in importance to the World Cup, when Ricky Ponting’s side were
comprehensively beaten by hosts Sri Lanka.
The result was a bitter pill for the squad to swallow, especially
after the omens for success appeared good. Australia reached
the last four by winning its first matches in the event at the third
time of asking, having been eliminated by India in the opening
round in the two previous tournaments, in 1998 and 2000.
However, the semi-final saw Ponting and his players undone by
a Sri Lankan side packed full of spin-bowling options on a pitch
tailor-made for that style of bowling. And after Adam Gilchrist
and Matthew Hayden got the side off to a flying start by adding
49 inside seven overs, the introduction of spin saw Australia lose
its way completely. No batsman reached 40 and the side was
bowled out for only 162 with eight balls unused.
With Australia omitting off-spinner Nathan Hauritz and opting to
play just one frontline slow bowler in Shane Warne, it faced an
uphill task to win the game after the disappointing batting
display and, despite plenty of endeavour from the players,
Sri Lanka cruised home by seven wickets with 10 overs to spare.
Ponting’s side did have the consolation of two straightforward
wins earlier in the tournament, against New Zealand and
Bangladesh.
The victory over the Black Caps was partial revenge for the way
Stephen Fleming’s side beat Australia to a place in the VB
Series finals earlier in the year, and with Damien Martyn
making a cultured 73 and Glenn McGrath taking 5-37 – including
his 250th wicket in the shortened form of the game – Australia
romped home by 164 runs. Jason Gillespie’s spell of 3-20 set
the tone for the match against Bangladesh, and half-centuries
from Hayden and Gilchrist sealed a nine-wicket win.
India and Sri Lanka shared the trophy when rain ruined the final
between the two sides.
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Australia v New Zealand
At Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, 15 September 2002: Australia won by
164 runs; Australia seven for 296 (AC Gilchrist 44, ML Hayden 42, RT Ponting 37,
DR Martyn 73, DS Lehmann 35; SE Bond 2-63, JDP Oram 2-60); New Zealand 132
(GD McGrath 5-37, B Lee 3-38); Man of the Match: GD McGrath.
Australia v Bangladesh
At Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, 19 September 2002: Australia won
by nine wickets; Bangladesh 129 (Alok Kapali 45; JN Gillespie 3-20, B Lee 2-23,
SR Watson 2-7); Australia one for 133 (AC Gilchrist 54, ML Hayden 67*); Man of
the Match: JN Gillespie.
Australia v Sri Lanka
At R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, 27 September 2002: Sri Lanka won by seven
wickets; Australia 162 (AC Gilchrist 31, SK Warne 36; HDPK Dharmasena 2-30,
M Muralidaran 3-26); Sri Lanka three for 163 (ST Jayasuriya 42, MS Atapattu 51,
KC Sangakkara 48; GD McGrath 2-41); Man of the Match: PA De Silva.

Back, left to right: Mike Walsh (Assistant Manager/Cricket Analyst), Errol Alcott (Physiotherapist), Darren Lehmann, Damien Martyn, Brad Williams, Brett Lee, Andrew
Bichel, Nathan Hauritz, Reg Dickason (Security Consultant), Jock Campbell (Physical Performance Manager), Lucy Frostick (Team Massage Therapist).
Front, left to right: Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer, Glenn McGrath, John Buchanan (Coach), Stephen Waugh (Captain), Adam Gilchrist (Vice-captain), Stephen Bernard (Team
Manager), Mark Waugh, Shane Warne, Ricky Ponting.
TRAVELEX TOUR AGAINST PAKISTAN
IN SRI LANKA AND THE UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES, 2002
Australia made light of uncomfortable conditions to beat an
inexperienced Pakistani side in a three-Test series that took
place in Sri Lanka and Sharjah.
The series was played in neutral countries after Cricket
Australia declined to send the tour party to Pakistan following
information received from the Department of Foreign Affairs and
the Australian High Commissioner in Pakistan.
Indications were that the safety and security of the players and
officials would be compromised if they undertook the trip, but
with Cricket Australia still keen to play the series to fulfil
commitments under the International Cricket Council’s future
tour program, the Pakistan Cricket Board agreed to stage the
matches elsewhere.
The new venues still presented problems. The scene of the first
Test was Colombo, which was just moving into a period of rainy
weather, while the opposite was true of the venue for the
second and third matches, the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the
United Arab Emirates. There, the temperature on the field
exceeded 40 degrees Celsius, some of the worst conditions
most of the players had ever encountered.
Despite these difficulties, however, it was Australia that adapted
best and, in the face of the high levels of determination shown
by Stephen Waugh and his men, the Pakistan side, without many
of its more experienced players, crumpled.
After a keenly fought first match, the second Test finished inside
two days with Pakistan bowled out for 59 and 53, its two lowest
scores in Test history, and Australia completed the 3-0 success
with a three-day win. That match saw Glenn McGrath claim his
400th Test wicket in his 87th match when he trapped Pakistan
captain Waqar Younis leg before wicket. McGrath became the
second Australian player to reach the mark after Shane Warne.
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Warne was a key figure in Australia’s success taking 27 wickets
in the series including 11 in the first match in Sri Lanka, as
Pakistan fought back after conceding a first innings lead of 188.
With McGrath taking 14 wickets in the series, the duo ensured
there was little respite for Pakistan when they batted.
Ricky Ponting confirmed his growing reputation by finishing as
the leading run-scorer on either side with 342 runs, including
two hundreds. Matthew Hayden also continued his prolific form
with 246 runs and captain Waugh, who played his 150th Test in
the second match of the series, finished the tour with his first
hundred at the highest level since March 2001, an innings that
confirmed his place in the side for the upcoming Ashes series.
Stephen’s brother Mark, by contrast, made his final
international appearance in the third Test. When he returned
home he was told he would not be selected for the first Test
against England and promptly announced his retirement from
international cricket.
Mark finished with 8029 runs at an average of 41.81 from 128
Tests including 20 hundreds as well as 59 wickets and the
record for most catches by an outfielder in Test history – 181.
In one-day international cricket he made 8500 runs at 39.35
including 18 hundreds (record totals for an Australian player),
took 85 wickets and held 108 catches.
Australia made just one change in personnel through the series
with Andrew Bichel replacing Jason Gillespie for the second and
third Tests after the latter sustained a calf injury. Brad Williams,
the Western Australian fast-bowler, joined the squad as a result.
T ravelex Tour against Pakistan in Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates, 2002

T ravelex Tour against Pakistan in Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates, 2002
FIRST TEST
At P.Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 October 2002: Australia won by 41 runs; Toss: Australia; Close of play: First day, Australia (1) five for 330 (Martyn 6, Gilchrist 1);
Second day, Pakistan (1) five for 210 (Faisal Iqbal 78, Rashid Latif 30); Third day, Australia (2) all out 127; Fourth day, Pakistan (2) three for 179 (Younis Khan 32, Misbah-ul-Haq 4);
Umpires: SA Bucknor and S Venkataraghavan; TV Umpire: Aleem Dar; Referee: CH Lloyd; Man of Match: SK Warne.
AUSTRALIA
JL Langer c Rashid Latif b Abdur Razzaq 72 – c Taufeeq b Saqlain Mushtaq 25
ML Hayden c Imran Nazir b Waqar Younis 4 – c Taufeeq b Saqlain Mushtaq 34
RT Ponting c Younis Khan b Waqar Younis 141 – b Shoaib Akhtar 7
ME Waugh c and b Saqlain Mushtaq 55 – b Shoaib Akhtar 0
*SR Waugh c Younis Khan b Saqlain Mushtaq 31 – lbw b Shoaib Akhtar 0
DR Martyn c Younis Khan b Saqlain Mushtaq 67 – c Imran b Saqlain Mushtaq 20
+AC. Gilchrist not out 66 – b Shoaib Akhtar 5
SK Warne c Faisal Iqbal b Shoaib Akhtar 0 – lbw b Shoaib Akhtar 0
B Lee b Shoaib Akhtar 2 – c Misbah-ul-Haq b Saqlain Mushtaq 12
JN Gillespie lbw b Shoaib Akhtar 0 – lbw b Mohammad Sami 1
GD McGrath lbw b Saqlain Mushtaq 4 – not out 5
B 4, l-b 16, n-b 5 25 – B 4, l-b 12, n-b 2 18
(116.5 overs, 554 mins) 467 (39.5 overs, 200 mins) 127
Fall: 5 188 272 302 329 457 458 462 462 467 Fall: 61 74 74 74 74 85 89 107 112 127
Bowling: First Innings - Waqar Younis 16-2-86-2; Shoaib Akhtar 21-5-51-3; Mohammad
Sami 20-3-93-0; Abdur Razzaq 17-0-78-1; Saqlain Mushtaq 40.5-6-136-4; Taufeeq Umar
2-1-3-0. Second Innings - Waqar Younis 8-1-23-0; Shoaib Akhtar 8-2-21-5; Saqlain
Mushtaq 15.5-0-46-4; Taufeeq Umar 2-0-8-0; Mohammad Sami 6-0-13-1.
SECOND TEST
PAKISTAN
Imran Nazir c Warne b McGrath 0 – c Gilchrist b Warne 16
Taufeeq Umar b Lee 0 – run out (Ponting/McGrath) 0
Abdur Razzaq c Martyn b Warne 21 – retired hurt 4
Younis Khan c Bichel b McGrath 5 – lbw b McGrath 0
Misbah-ul-Haq c ME Waugh b Bichel 2 – c SR Waugh b Bichel 12
Faisal Iqbal lbw b Warne 4 – c ME Waugh b Warne 7
+Rashid Latif not out 4 – c ME Waugh b Bichel 0
Saqlain Mushtaq lbw b Warne 0 – c Warne b Lee 9
Shoaib Akhtar c Gilchrist b Bichel 1 – c SR Waugh b Warne 2
*Waqar Younis lbw b Warne 0 – lbw b Warne 0
Danish Kaneria b Lee 8 – not out 1
B 8, l-b 2, n-b 4 14 – N-b 2 2
(31.5 overs, 148 mins) 59 (24.5 overs, 121 mins)(9 wkts dec) 53
Fall: 0 1 8 23 41 46 46 49 50 59 Fall: 0 13 32 34 36 50 52 52 53
Bowling: First Innings - McGrath 7-4-10-2; Lee 7.5-1-15-2; Bichel 6-2-13-2; Warne 11-4-
11-4. Second Innings - McGrath 6-2-5-1; Lee 5-2-16-1; Bichel 7-1-19-2; Warne 6.5-2-13-4.
THIRD TEST
AUSTRALIA
JL Langer b Waqar Younis 4
ML Hayden c Faisal Iqbal b Saqlain Mushtaq 89
RT Ponting b Waqar Younis 150
ME Waugh c Rashid Latif b Saqlain Mushtaq 23
*SR Waugh not out 103
DR Martyn lbw b Waqar Younis 0
+AC Gilchrist c Rashid Latif b Danish Kaneria 34
SK Warne lbw b Danish Kaneria 11
B Lee run out (Misbah-ul-Haq/Latif) 1
AJ Bichel c Taufeeq Umar b Danish Kaneria 9
GD McGrath c Rashid Latif b Waqar Younis 3
B 4, l-b 10, n-b 3 17
(128.3 overs, 582 mins) 444
Fall: 4 188 233 308 308 363 403 404 418 444
Bowling: First Innings - Waqar Younis 17.3-5-55-4; Mohammad Sami 28-6-81-0; Saqlain
Mushtaq 45-5-159-2; Danish Kaneria 36-8-128-3; Taufeeq Umar 2-0-7-0.
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PAKISTAN
Imran Nazir lbw b McGrath 0 – c McGrath b Warne 40
Taufeeq Umar c Ponting b Gillespie 0 – c ME Waugh b Lee 88
Abdur Razzaq c Gilchrist b Warne 11 – lbw b Warne 4
Younis Khan c Langer b Lee 58 – lbw b Warne 51
Misbah-ul-Haq c ME Waugh b Warne 17 – c SR Waugh b Warne 10
Faisal Iqbal c ME Waugh b Warne 83 – c Ponting b McGrath 39
+Rashid Latif c Martyn b Warne 66 – c Gilchrist b Gillespie 11
Saqlain Mushtaq lbw b Warne 1 – c SR Waugh b McGrath 1
*Waqar Younis lbw b Warne 14 – c Gilchrist b Gillespie 1
Shoaib Akhtar c McGrath b Warne 5 – lbw b McGrath 6
Mohammad Sami not out 0 – not out 6
B 7, l-b 14, n-b 3 24 – B 3, l-b 6, n-b 8 17
(65.3 overs, 290 mins) 279 (94.2 overs, 452 mins) 274
Fall: 2 4 45 75 116 219 239 267 274 279 Fall: 91 117 173 187 230 248
251 252 259 274
Bowling: First Innings - McGrath 15-3-40-1; Gillespie 12-2-55-1; Lee 11-3-49-1; Warne
24.3-7-94-7; ME Waugh 3-0-20-0. Second Innings - McGrath 24.2-12-38-3; Gillespie 23.3-
8-62-2; Lee 14-1-63-1; Warne 30.3-3-94-4; ME Waugh 2-1-8-0.
At Sharjah CA Stadium, Sharjah, 11, 12 October 2002: Australia won by an innings and 198 runs; Toss: Pakistan; Close of play: First day, Australia (1) four for 191 (Hayden 74, Martyn 19);
Umpires: SA Bucknor and S Venkataraghavan; TV Umpire: Nadeem Ghauri; Referee: CH Lloyd; Man of Match: ML Hayden.
AUSTRALIA
JL Langer run out (Danish Kaneria) 37
ML Hayden c Imran Nazir b Saqlain Mushtaq 119
RT Ponting lbw b Danish Kaneria 44
ME Waugh lbw b Saqlain Mushtaq 2
*SR Waugh c (sub) Imran Farhat b Saqlain Mushtaq 0
DR Martyn c Taufeeq Umar b Abdur Razzaq 34
+AC Gilchrist c Taufeeq Umar b Shoaib Akhtar 17
SK Warne c Younis Khan b Saqlain Mushtaq 19
B Lee lbw b Abdur Razzaq 12
AJ Bichel not out 2
GD McGrath lbw b Abdur Razzaq 0
B 15, l-b 7, n-b 2 24
(92.1 overs, 310 mins) 310
Fall: 55 145 148 148 224 252 285 304 310 310
Bowling: Waqar Younis 8-2-25-0; Shoaib Akhtar 14-3-42-1; Danish Kaneria 26-2-116-1;
Abdur Razzaq 10.1-3-22-3; Saqlain Mushtaq 34-2-83-4.
At Sharjah CA Stadium, Sharjah, 19, 20, 21, 22 October 2002: Australia won by an innings and 20 runs; Toss: Australia; Close of play: First day, Australia (1) three for 293 (Ponting 142,
SR Waugh 33); Second day, Pakistan (1) six for 163 (Hasan Raza 37, Saqlain Mushtaq 27); Third day, Pakistan (2) eight for 176 (Hasan Raza 56, Mohammad Sami 12); Umpires: SA Bucknor
and S Venkataraghavan; TV Umpire: Asad Rauf; Referee: CH Lloyd; Man of Match: RT Ponting; Man of the Series: SK Warne.
PAKISTAN
Taufeeq Umar lbw b McGrath 5 – c Gilchrist b McGrath 1
Imran Farhat lbw b Warne 29 – c Gilchrist b Bichel 18
Younis Khan c Gilchrist b McGrath 5 – lbw b McGrath 4
Faisal Iqbal c Gilchrist b Warne 9 – run out (sub) NM Hauritz 2
Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b Bichel 11 – lbw b Warne 17
Hasan Raza not out 54 – c Gilchrist b Bichel 68
+Rashid Latif c ME Waugh b Warne 17 – lbw b Warne 17
Saqlain Mushtaq b McGrath 44 – lbw b Warne 10
*Waqar Younis lbw b McGrath 6 – c ME Waugh b McGrath 24
Mohammad Sami lbw b Warne 0 – c Martyn b Bichel 22
Danish Kaneria st Gilchrist b Warne 15 – not out 2
B 3, l-b 10, w 2, n-b 11 26 – L-b 9, n-b 9 18
(71.1 overs, 327 mins) 221 (67.2 overs, 331 mins) 203
Fall: 22 50 50 70 76 100 191 198 199 221 Fall: 6 12 18 30 58 86 102 157
197 203
Bowling: First Innings - McGrath 16-4-41-4; Lee 11-1-47-0; Warne 30.1-10-74-5;
Bichel 9-0-31-1; ME Waugh 4-0-10-0; Ponting 1-0-5-0. Second Innings - McGrath 7-2-18-3;
Lee 18-5-44-0; Bichel 11.2-1-43-3; Warne 21-3-56-3; ME Waugh 10-3-33-0.

TEST SERIES AVERAGES
AUSTRALIA Mat I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
RT Ponting 3 4 0 342 150 85.50 67.58 2 - 2 -
ML Hayden 3 4 0 246 119 61.50 50.00 1 1 - -
SR Waugh 3 4 1 134 103* 44.66 53.60 1 - 4 -
AC Gilchrist 3 4 1 122 66* 40.66 63.87 - 1 10 1
JL Langer 3 4 0 138 72 34.50 66.34 - 1 1 -
DR Martyn 3 4 0 121 67 30.25 41.72 - 1 3 -
ME Waugh 3 4 0 80 55 20.00 66.11 - 1 8 -
AJ Bichel 2 2 1 11 9 11.00 29.72 - - 1 -
SK Warne 3 4 0 30 19 7.50 38.96 - - 2 -
B Lee 3 4 0 27 12 6.75 51.92 - - - -
GD McGrath 3 4 1 12 5* 4.00 33.33 - - 2 -
JN Gillespie 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 6.25 - - - -
Mat O M R W Ave Best 5 10 SR Econ
GD McGrath 3 75.2 27 152 14 10.85 4-41 - - 32.2 2.01
SK Warne 3 124 29 342 27 12.66 7-94 2 1 27.5 2.75
AJ Bichel 2 33.2 4 106 8 13.25 3-43 - - 25.0 3.18
JN Gillespie 1 35.3 10 117 3 39.00 2-62 - - 71.0 3.29
B Lee 3 66.5 13 234 5 46.80 2-15 - - 80.2 3.50
RT Ponting 3 1 0 5 0 - - - - - 5.00
ME Waugh 3 19 4 71 0 - - - - - 3.73
PAKISTAN Mat I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Hasan Raza 1 2 1 122 68 122.00 38.85 - 2 - -
Faisal Iqbal 3 6 0 144 83 24.00 59.01 - 1 2 -
Imran Farhat 1 2 0 47 29 23.50 58.02 - - - -
Rashid Latif 3 6 1 115 66 23.00 52.75 - 1 4 -
Younis Khan 3 6 0 123 58 20.50 50.40 - 2 4 -
Taufeeq Umar 3 6 0 94 88 15.66 47.47 - 1 5 -
Imran Nazir 2 4 0 56 40 14.00 44.44 - - 3 -
Mohammad Sami2 4 2 28 22 14.00 36.84 - - - -
Abdur Razzaq 2 4 1 40 21 13.33 24.69 - - - -
Danish Kaneria 2 4 2 26 15 13.00 54.16 - - - -
Misbah-ul-Haq 3 6 0 69 17 11.50 34.15 - - 1 -
Saqlain Mushtaq3 6 0 65 44 10.83 46.09 - - 1 -
Waqar Younis 3 6 0 45 24 7.50 68.18 - - - -
Shoaib Akhtar 2 4 0 14 6 3.50 32.55 - - - -
Mat O M R W Ave Best 5 10 SR Econ
Shoaib Akhtar 2 43 10 114 9 12.66 5-21 1 - 28.6 2.65
Abdur Razzaq 2 27.1 3 100 4 25.00 3-22 - - 40.7 3.68
Saqlain Mushtaq3 135.4 13 424 14 30.28 4-46 - - 58.1 3.12
Waqar Younis 3 49.3 10 189 6 31.50 4-55 - - 49.5 3.81
Danish Kaneria 2 62 10 244 4 61.00 3-128 - - 93.0 3.93
Mohammad Sami 2 54 9 187 1 187.00 1-13 - - 324.0 3.46
Taufeeq Umar 3 6 1 18 0 - - - - - 3.00
The heat is on. Ricky Ponting does his best to quell the scorching Sharjah heat
with an ice vest, neck cooler and re-hydrating fluid. Temperatures on the field
exceeded 40 degrees Celsius.
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Winners are grinners. Captain Steve Waugh and his deputy Adam Gilchrist
celebrate Australia’s eighth consecutive Ashes victory.
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Back, left to right: Errol Alcott (Physiotherapist), Justin Langer, Damien Martyn, Darren Lehmann, Andrew Bichel, Matthew Hayden, Jason Gillespie, Brett Lee,
Jock Campbell (Physical Performance Manager), Tim Nielsen (Assistant Coach/Performance Analyst).
Front, left to right: Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne, Stephen Bernard (Team Manager), Stephen Waugh (Captain), John Buchanan (Coach), Adam Gilchrist (Vice-captain), Ricky Ponting.
ORANGE ASHES TEST SERIES
IN AUSTRALIA, 2002-03
Australia stretched its dominance of the oldest rivalry in
international cricket by winning its eighth successive series
against England 4-1, a run dating back to the 4-0 win by Allan
Border’s side in 1989.
Stephen Waugh’s side ensured they retained the crystal replica
urn of The Ashes after just 11 days of cricket and looked set to
become the first Australian side to complete a series whitewash
in a five-Test Ashes rubber for 81 years until injuries and a
spirited England effort in Sydney brought defeat.
Even in that defeat, however, there was still plenty for Australia
to celebrate as Waugh confirmed his return to form with a
brilliant 102 that will live long in the memories of those who
saw it. It was his 29th Test hundred equalling the Australian
record of Sir Donald Bradman, Waugh’s first at home in almost
two years. During the course of his innings he became only the
third player in history, after former Australian captain Allan
Border and Sunil Gavaskar of India, to reach 10,000 Test runs.
All that on his 156th appearance, equalling the world record for
caps held by Border.
Australia’s series success was founded on a top-class team
performance as, despite its dominance, none of its players
totalled 500 runs and only one bowler – leg-spinner Stuart
MacGill – claimed a five-wicket haul.
Matthew Hayden began the series with a bang, scoring twin
hundreds in his home Test at The Gabba after England captain
Nasser Hussain had decided to bowl first on winning the toss.
Hayden added a third three-figure score at the Melbourne
Cricket Ground and finished as Australia’s leading run-scorer
with 496 runs.
Ricky Ponting, with hundreds in each of the first two Tests at
Brisbane and Adelaide, and Hayden’s opening partner Justin
Langer, who made 250 at Melbourne as part of an opening
stand of 195, also passed 400 runs. With Adam Gilchrist,
Damien Martyn and Waugh all topping 300 runs for the series,
Australia usually had big totals at which to bowl.
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The attack took full advantage of that situation with the old firm
of Jason Gillespie, Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne all proving
as effective as ever. They were three of six bowlers in Australia’s
ranks who claimed 10 or more wickets in the series. Gillespie
finished as the joint leading wicket-taker in the series with 20
victims, a mark he shared with England’s Andrew Caddick.
McGrath topped the averages with 19 wickets at 20 runs apiece
and Warne claimed 14 wickets in three matches.
Warne missed the final two matches of the series after
dislocating his right shoulder in a VB Series match before
Christmas, and McGrath picked up a troublesome back injury in
the fourth Orange Test in Melbourne that ruled him out of the
final match of the series in Sydney.
Those injuries meant Australia took the field for that fifth
Orange Test without either McGrath or Warne for the first time
in 119 Tests, and that fact, together with the effort of spending
more than two days in the field in Melbourne after making
England follow on, proved too much of a handicap to cope with
as England rallied, thanks to hundreds from Mark Butcher and
Michael Vaughan, and 10 wickets for Caddick on a deteriorating
pitch.
Vaughan, who also scored hundreds in Adelaide and Melbourne,
was named man-of-the-series by a panel of media
commentators after totalling 633 runs in the five Tests.
During the series, Australia gave a Test debut to Queensland’s
Martin Love, who replaced Darren Lehmann of South Australia
for the final two matches, at Melbourne and Sydney, when the
latter was struck down by illness. Love became Australia’s
385th Test cricketer.
In keeping with the International Cricket Council’s policy, two
overseas umpires stood in each of the five Tests, the first time
this had taken place in Australia.
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FIRST TEST
At Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, 7, 8, 9, 10 November 2002: Australia won by 384 runs; Toss: England; Attendance: 81,277; Close of play: First day, Australia (1) two for 364 (Hayden
186, Martyn 9); Second day, England (2) one for 158 (Trescothick 63, Butcher 51); Third day, Australia (2) two for 111 (Hayden 40, Martyn 40); Umpires: SA Bucknor and RE Koertzen;
TV Umpire: SJA Taufel; Referee: Wasim Raja; Man of Match: ML Hayden.
AUSTRALIA
JL Langer c Stewart b Jones 32 – c Stewart b Caddick 22
ML Hayden c Stewart b Caddick 197 – c and b Giles 103
RT Ponting b Giles 123 – c Trescothick b Caddick 3
DR Martyn c Trescothick b White 26 – c Hussain b Giles 64
*SR Waugh c Crawley b Caddick 7 – (6) c Trescothick b Caddick 12
DS Lehmann c Butcher b Giles 30 – (7) not out 20
+AC Gilchrist c Giles b White 0 – (5) not out 60
SK Warne c Butcher b Caddick 57
AJ Bichel lbw b Giles 0
JN Gillespie not out 0
GD McGrath lbw b Giles 0
B 1, l-b 11, w 1, n-b 7 20 – B 3, l-b 5, n-b 4 12
(130.2 overs, 587 mins) 492 (71.0 overs, 307 mins)(5 wkts dec) 296
Fall: 67 339 378 399 408 415 478 478 492 492 Fall: 30 39 192 213 242
Bowling: First Innings - Caddick 35-9-108-3; Hoggard 30-4-122-0; Jones 7-0-32-1; White
27-4-105-2; Giles 29.2-3-101-4; Butcher 2-0-12-0. Second Innings - Caddick 23-2-95-3;
Hoggard 13-2-42-0; White 11-0-61-0; Giles 24-2-90-2.
SECOND TEST
ENGLAND
ME Trescothick b McGrath 35 – lbw b Gillespie 0
MP Vaughan c Warne b Bichel 177 – c McGrath b Warne 41
RWT Key c Ponting b Warne 1 – (5) c Lehmann b Bichel 1
*N Hussain c Gilchrist b Warne 47 – b Bichel 10
MA Butcher c Gilchrist b Gillespie 22 – (3) lbw b McGrath 4
+AJ Stewart lbw b Gillespie 29 – lbw b Warne 57
C White c Bichel b Gillespie 1 – c (sub) B. Lee b McGrath 5
RKJ Dawson lbw b Warne 6 – c Gilchrist b McGrath 19
AR Caddick b Warne 0 – (11) not out 6
MJ Hoggard c Gilchrist b Gillespie 6 – (9) b McGrath 1
SJ Harmison not out 3 – (10) lbw b Warne 0
L-b 7, n-b 8 15 – B 3, l-b 4, n-b 8 15
(115.5 overs, 484 mins) 342 (59.2 overs, 257 mins) 159
Fall: 88 106 246 295 295 308 325 325 337 342 Fall: 5 17 36 40 114 130 130 132 34 159
Bowling: First Innings - McGrath 30-11-77-1; Gillespie 26.5-8-78-4; Bichel 20-2-78-1;
Warne 34-10-93-4; Waugh 5-1-9-0. Second Innings - McGrath 17.2-6-41-4; Gillespie
12-1-44-1; Warne 25-7-36-3; Bichel 5-0-31-2.
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ENGLAND
ME Trescothick c Ponting b McGrath 72 – c Gilchrist b Gillespie 1
MP Vaughan c Gilchrist b McGrath 33 – lbw b McGrath 0
MA Butcher c Hayden b McGrath 54 – c Ponting b Warne 40
*N Hussain c Gilchrist b Gillespie 51 – c Ponting b McGrath 11
JP Crawley not out 69 – run out (Langer/Gilchrist) 0
+AJ Stewart b Gillespie 0 – c Hayden b Warne 0
C White b McGrath 12 – c Hayden b McGrath 13
AF Giles c Gilchrist b Bichel 13 – c Gilchrist b McGrath 4
AR Caddick c Ponting b Bichel 0 – c Lehmann b Warne 4
MJ Hoggard c Hayden b Warne 4 – not out 1
SP Jones (did not bat).
B 2, l-b 8, n-b 7 17 – L-b 1, n-b 4 5
(106.5 overs, 451 mins) 325 (28.2 overs, 127 mins) 79
Fall: 49 170 171 268 270 283 308 308 325 Fall: 1 3 33 34 35 66 74 74 79
Bowling: First Innings - McGrath 30-9-87-4; Gillespie 18-4-51-2; Bichel 23-4-74-2; Warne
26.5-4-87-1; Waugh 4-2-5-0; Lehmann 5-0-11-0. Second Innings - McGrath 12-3-36-4;
Gillespie 6-1-13-1; Warne 10.2-3-29-3.
At Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, 21, 22, 23, 24 November 2002: Australia won by an innings and 51 runs; Toss: England; Attendance: 78,508; Close of play: First day, England (1) four for 295
(Butcher 22); Second day, Australia (1) two for 247 (Ponting 83, Martyn 48); Third day, England (2) three for 36 (Vaughan 17); Umpires: SA Bucknor and RE Koertzen; TV Umpire: SJ Davis;
Referee: Wasim Raja; Man of Match: RT Ponting.
THIRD TEST
ENGLAND
ME Trescothick c Gilchrist b Lee 34 – c Gilchrist b Lee 4
MP Vaughan c Gilchrist b McGrath 34 – run out (Lee/Gilchrist/McGrath) 9
MA Butcher run out (Waugh) 9 – (4) lbw b McGrath 0
*N Hussain c Gilchrist b Lee 8 – (5) c Gilchrist b Warne 61
RWT Key b Martyn 47 – (6) lbw b McGrath 23
+AJ Stewart c Gilchrist b McGrath 7 – (7) not out 66
C White c Martyn b Lee 2 – (8) st Gilchrist b Warne 15
AJ Tudor c Martyn b Warne 0 – (9) retired hurt 3
RKJ Dawson not out 19 – (3) c Waugh b Gillespie 8
CEW Silverwood c Hayden b Gillespie 10
SJ Harmison b Gillespie 6 – (10) b Lee 5
L-b 2, n-b 7 9 – B 8, l-b 5, w 1, n-b 15 29
(64.2 overs, 295 mins) 185 (82.1 overs, 377 mins) (8 wkts dec) 223
Fall: 47 69 83 101 111 121 135 156 173 185 Fall: 13 33 34 34 102 169 208 223
Bowling: First Innings - McGrath 17-5-30-2; Gillespie 17.2-8-43-2; Lee 20-1-78-3; Warne
9-0-32-1; Martyn 1-1-0-1. Second Innings - Lee 18.1-3-72-2; McGrath 21-9-24-2;
Gillespie 15-4-35-1; Martyn 2-0-9-0; Warne 26-5-70-2.
AUSTRALIA
JL Langer c Stewart b Dawson 48
ML Hayden c Caddick b White 46
RT Ponting c Dawson b White 154
DR Martyn c Hussain b Harmison 95
*SR Waugh c Butcher b White 34
DS Lehmann c (sub) A. Flintoff b White 5
+AC Gilchrist c Stewart b Harmison 54
SK Warne c and b Dawson 25
AJ Bichel b Hoggard 48
JN Gillespie not out 0
GD McGrath (did not bat).
B 1, l-b 17, w 7, n-b 18 43
(139.2 overs, 594 mins) (9 wkts dec) 552
Fall: 101 114 356 397 414 423 471 548 552
Bowling: First Innings - Caddick 20-2-95-0; Hoggard 26-4-84-1; Harmison 28.2-8-106-2;
White 28-2-106-4; Dawson 37-2-143-2.
At W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth, 29, 30 November, 1 December 2002: Australia won by an innings and 48 runs; Toss: England; Attendance: 56,974; Close of play: First day, Australia (1)
two for 126 (Ponting 43, Martyn 20); Second day, England (2) one for 33 (Vaughan 8, Dawson 8). Umpires: SA Bucknor and RE Koertzen; TV Umpire: DJ Harper; Referee: Wasim Raja;
Man of Match: DR Martyn.
AUSTRALIA
JL Langer run out (Silverwood/Stewart) 19
ML Hayden c Tudor b Harmison 30
RT Ponting b White 68
DR Martyn c Stewart b Tudor 71
DS Lehmann c Harmison b White 42
*SR Waugh b Tudor 53
+AC Gilchrist c Tudor b White 38
SK Warne run out (Tudor/Harmison) 35
B Lee c Key b White 41
JN Gillespie b White 27
GD McGrath not out 8
B 4, l-b 5, n-b 15 24
(99.1 overs, 436 mins) 456
Fall: 31 85 159 226 264 316 348 416 423 456
Bowling: First Innings - Silverwood 4-0-29-0; Tudor 29-2-144-2; Harmison 28-7-86-1;
White 23.1-3-127-5; Butcher 10-1-40-0; Dawson 5-0-21-0.

Dizzy spell. Jason Gillespie was Australia’s most durable paceman against
England – the only fast-bowler to play in all five Ashes Tests.
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FOURTH TEST
At Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 December 2002: Australia won by five wickets; Toss: Australia; Attendance: 177,658; Close of play: First day, Australia (1)
three for 356 (Langer 146, Waugh 62); Second day, England (1) three for 97 (Hussain 17, Dawson 0); Third day, England (2) two for 111 (Vaughan 55, Hussain 8); Fourth day, Australia (2)
zero for 8 (Langer 4, Hayden 1); Umpires: DL Orchard and RB Tiffin; TV Umpire: DB Hair; Referee: Wasim Raja; Man of Match: JL Langer.
AUSTRALIA
JL Langer c Caddick b Dawson 250 – lbw b Caddick 24
ML Hayden c Crawley b Caddick 102 – c (sub) AJ Tudor b Caddick 1
RT Ponting b White 21 – c Foster b Harmison 30
DR Martyn c Trescothick b White 17 – c Foster b Harmison 0
*SR Waugh c Foster b White 77 – c Butcher b Caddick 14
ML Love not out 62 – not out 6
+AC. Gilchrist b Dawson 1 – not out 10
B Lee
JN Gillespie
SCG MacGill
GD McGrath
L-b 11, w 5, n-b 5 21 – B 8, l-b 5, n-b 9 22
(146.0 overs, 588 mins) (6 wkts dec) 551 (23.1 overs, 113 mins) (5 wkts) 107
Fall: 195 235 265 394 545 551 Fall: 8 58 58 83 90
Bowling: First Innings - Caddick 36-6-126-1; Harmison 36-7-108-0; White 33-5-133-3;
Dawson 28-1-121-2; Butcher 13-2-52-0. Second Innings - Caddick 12-1-51-3; Harmison
11.1-1-43-2.
FIFTH TEST
At Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 January 2003: England won by 225 runs; Toss: England; Man of the Series: MP Vaughan; Attendance: 174,357; Close of play: First day,
England (1) five for 264 (Crawley 5, Stewart 20); Second day, Australia (1) five for 237 (Waugh 102, Gilchrist 45); Third day, England (2) two for 218 (Vaughan 113, Hussain 34); Fourth day,
Australia (2) three for 91 (Bichel 49, Martyn 19); Umpires: DL Orchard and RB Tiffin; TV Umpire: SJA Taufel; Referee: Wasim Raja; Man of Match: MP Vaughan.
ENGLAND
ME Trescothick c Gilchrist b Bichel 19 – b Lee 22
MP Vaughan c Gilchrist b Lee 0 – lbw b Bichel 183
MA Butcher b Lee 124 – c Hayden b MacGill 34
*N Hussain c Gilchrist b Gillespie 75 – c Gilchrist b Lee 72
RWT Key lbw b Waugh 3 – c Hayden b Lee 14
JP Crawley not out 35 – lbw b Gillespie 8
+AJ Stewart b Bichel 71 – not out 38
RKJ Dawson c Gilchrist b Bichel 2 – c and b Bichel 12
AR Caddick b MacGill 7 – c Langer b MacGill 8
MJ Hoggard st Gilchrist b MacGill 0 – b MacGill 0
SJ Harmison run out (Langer/MacGill) 4 – not out 20
B 6, l-b 3, n-b 13 22 – B 9, l-b 20, w 2, n-b 10 41
(127.0 overs, 530 mins) 362 (125.3 overs, 530 mins)(9 wkts dec) 452
Fall: 4 32 198 210 240 332 337 348 350 362 Fall: 37 124 313 344 345 356 378 407 409
Bowling: First Innings - Gillespie 27-10-62-1; Lee 31-9-97-2; Bichel 21-5-86-3; MacGill
44-8-106-2; Waugh 4-3-2-1. Second Innings - Gillespie 18.3-4-70-1; Lee 31.3-5-132-3;
MacGill 41-8-120-3; Bichel 25.3-3-82-2; Martyn 3-1-14-0; Waugh 6-2-5-0.
TEST SERIES AVERAGES
AUSTRALIA Mat I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
ML Hayden 5 8 0 496 197 62.00 70.55 3 - 8 -
JN Gillespie 5 5 4 61 31* 61.00 36.74 - - - -
AC Gilchrist 5 8 2 333 133 55.50 102.46 1 2 23 2
JL Langer 5 8 0 423 250 52.87 64.48 1 - 2 -
RT Ponting 5 8 0 417 154 52.12 64.55 2 1 6 -
ML Love 2 4 2 95 62* 47.50 45.02 - 1 4 -
DR Martyn 5 8 0 320 95 40.00 40.50 - 3 2 -
SK Warne 3 3 0 117 57 39.00 73.58 - 1 1 -
SR Waugh 5 8 0 305 102 38.12 61.49 1 2 2 -
DS Lehmann 3 4 1 97 42 32.33 58.78 - - 2 -
B Lee 3 3 0 87 46 29.00 119.17 - - - -
AJ Bichel 3 4 0 101 49 25.25 81.45 - - 2 -
GD McGrath 4 2 1 8 8* 8.00 72.72 - - 2 -
SCG MacGill 2 2 0 2 1 1.00 28.57 - - - -
Mat O M R W Ave Best 5 10 SR Econ
GD McGrath 4 162.2 53 380 19 20.00 4-36 - - 51.2 2.34
SR Waugh 5 25 8 43 2 21.50 1-2 - - 75.0 1.72
DR Martyn 5 6 2 23 1 23.00 1-0 - - 36.0 3.83
JN Gillespie 5 181.5 53 492 20 24.60 4-25 - - 54.5 2.70
SK Warne 3 131.1 29 347 14 24.78 4-93 - - 56.2 2.64
AJ Bichel 3 94.3 14 351 10 35.10 3-86 - - 56.7 3.71
SCG MacGill 2 169 36 486 12 40.50 5-152 1 - 84.5 2.87
B Lee 3 144.4 26 536 13 41.23 3-78 - - 66.7 3.70
DS Lehmann 3 5 0 11 0 - - - - - 2.20
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ENGLAND
ME Trescothick c Gilchrist b Lee 37 – lbw b MacGill 37
MP Vaughan b McGrath 11 – c Love b MacGill 145
MA Butcher lbw b Gillespie 25 – c Love b Gillespie 6
*N Hussain c Hayden b MacGill 24 – c and b McGrath 23
RKJ Dawson c Love b MacGill 6 – (9) not out 15
RWT Key lbw b Lee 0 – (5) c Ponting b Gillespie 52
JP Crawley c Langer b Gillespie 17 – (6) b Lee 33
C White not out 85 – (7) c Gilchrist b MacGill 21
+JS Foster lbw b Waugh 19 – (8) c Love b MacGill 6
AR Caddick b Gillespie 17 – c Waugh b MacGill 10
SJ Harmison c Gilchrist b Gillespie 2 – b Gillespie 7
B 3, l-b 10, n-b 14 27 – B 3, l-b 21, w 2, n-b 6 32
(89.3 overs, 364 mins) 270 (120.4 overs, 477 mins) 387
Fall: 13 73 94 111 113 118 172 227 Fall: 67 89 169 236 287 342 342
264 270 356 378 387
Bowling: First Innings - McGrath 16-5-41-1; Gillespie 16.3-7-25-4; MacGill 36-10-108-2;
Lee 17-4-70-2; Waugh 4-0-13-1. Second Innings - McGrath 19-5-44-1; Gillespie 24.4-6-
71-3; MacGill 48-10-152-5; Lee 27-4-87-1; Waugh 2-0-9-0.
AUSTRALIA
JL Langer c Hoggard b Caddick 25 – lbw b Caddick 3
ML Hayden lbw b Caddick 15 – lbw b Hoggard 2
RT Ponting c Stewart b Caddick 7 – (4) lbw b Caddick 11
DR Martyn c Caddick b Harmison 26 – (5) c Stewart b Dawson 21
*SR Waugh c Butcher b Hoggard 102 – (6) b Caddick 6
ML Love c Trescothick b Harmison 0 – (7) b Harmison 27
+AC Gilchrist c Stewart b Harmison 133 – (8) c Butcher b Caddick 37
AJ Bichel c Crawley b Hoggard 4 – (3) lbw b Caddick 49
B Lee c Stewart b Hoggard 0 – c Stewart b Caddick 46
JN Gillespie not out 31 – not out 3
SCG MacGill c Hussain b Hoggard 1 – b Caddick 1
B 2, l-b 6, w 2, n-b 9 19 – B 6, l-b 8, w 3, n-b 3 20
(80.3 overs, 367 mins) 363 (54.0 overs, 240 mins) 226
Fall: 36 45 56 146 150 241 267 267 349 363 Fall: 5 5 25 93 99 109 139 181 224 226
Bowling: First Innings - Hoggard 21.3-4-92-4; Caddick 23-3-121-3; Harmison 20-4-70-3;
Dawson 16-0-72-0. Second Innings - Hoggard 13-3-35-1; Caddick 22-5-94-7; Harmison
9-1-42-1; Dawson 10-2-41-1.
ENGLAND Mat I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
MP Vaughan 5 10 0 633 183 63.30 58.02 3 - - -
AJ Stewart 4 8 2 268 71 44.66 59.29 - 3 11 -
JP Crawley 3 6 2 162 69* 40.50 35.76 - 1 3 -
N Hussain 5 10 0 382 75 38.20 40.38 - 4 3 -
MA Butcher 5 10 0 318 124 31.80 43.74 1 1 6 -
ME Trescothick 5 10 0 261 72 26.10 55.53 - 1 5 -
C White 4 8 1 154 85* 22.00 45.29 - 1 - -
RWT Key 4 8 0 141 52 17.62 34.64 - 1 1 -
RKJ Dawson 4 8 2 87 19* 14.50 35.08 - - 2 -
JS Foster 1 2 0 25 19 12.50 28.08 - - 3 -
CEW Silverwood 1 1 0 10 10 10.00 71.42 - - - -
AF Giles 1 2 0 17 13 8.50 47.22 - - 2 -
SJ Harmison 4 8 2 47 20* 7.83 51.08 - - 1 -
AR Caddick 4 8 1 52 17 7.42 38.23 - - 3 -
AJ Tudor 1 2 1 3 3* 3.00 13.63 - - 2 -
MJ Hoggard 3 6 1 12 6 2.40 15.78 - - 1 -
SP Jones 1 0 - - - - - - - - -
Mat O M R W Ave Best 5 10 SR Econ
AF Giles 1 53.2 5 191 6 31.83 4-101 - - 53.3 3.58
SP Jones 1 7 0 32 1 32.00 1-32 - - 42.0 4.57
AR Caddick 4 171 28 690 20 34.50 7-94 1 1 51.3 4.03
C White 4 122.1 14 532 14 38.00 5-127 1 - 52.3 4.35
SJ Harmison 4 132.3 28 455 9 50.55 3-70 - - 88.3 3.43
MJ Hoggard 3 103.3 17 375 6 62.50 4-92 - - 103.5 3.62
AJ Tudor 1 29 2 144 2 72.00 2-144 - - 87.0 4.96
RKJ Dawson 4 96 5 398 5 79.60 2-121 - - 115.2 4.14
CEW Silverwood 1 4 0 29 0 - - - - - 7.25
MA Butcher 5 25 3 104 0 - - - - - 4.16

Back, left to right: Errol Alcott (Physiotherapist), Darren Lehmann, Matthew Hayden, Jason Gillespie, Andrew Bichel, Shane Watson, Brett Lee, Tim Nielsen (Assistant
Coach/Performance Analyst), Jock Campbell (Physical Performance Manager).
Front, left to right: Michael Bevan, Glenn McGrath, Stephen Bernard (Team Manager), Ricky Ponting (Captain), Adam Gilchrist (Vice-captain), John Buchanan (Coach),
Shane Warne, Damien Martyn.
VB SERIES IN AUSTRALIA, 2002-03
Australian one-day captain Ricky Ponting enjoyed an outstanding
first home series in charge as he lifted the VB Series trophy
following a keenly fought battle against England and Sri Lanka.
The success helped to make amends for Australia’s failure to
qualify for the finals series for only the third time in history the
previous summer, as well as demonstrating the depth of talent
available to the selectors.
Australia was without three of its leading bowlers for much of
the campaign as Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne and Jason
Gillespie all succumbed to injury. There were other fitness
concerns for fast-bowler Andrew Bichel, all-rounder Shane
Watson and batsman Darren Lehmann, who also missed the
last part of the tournament through suspension.
On paper those problems looked sure to stretch the home side’s
resources, particularly as the selectors were keen to rest other
key players, where possible, ahead of a demanding schedule
involving the World Cup and Test and one-day action in the West
Indies.
However, Australia was able to make light of its apparent
difficulties, thanks to the way other players stepped up to take
opportunities presented to them. In the end, it claimed the finals
series against England, thanks to a crushing 10-wicket win in
Sydney and a thrilling last-over success in Melbourne.
Key among the players who stood up to be counted was fastbowler
Brett Lee. Ponting called for greater consistency from
the player who had a reputation for being expensive as well as a
wicket-taker in the shortened form of the game. Lee responded
brilliantly, leading the attack in the absence of McGrath and
Gillespie, and growing in potency as the series progressed.
Lee finished as the top wicket-taker in the VB Series with 18
victims, and his devastating performance in taking 5-30 in the
Melbourne final not only won a game Australia appeared set to
lose, it also secured him the match and series awards. Form
like that was a prelude to his outstanding World Cup.
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Without Warne, who dislocated his right shoulder in the
second match of the tournament, Australia looked to Western
Australia’s Brad Hogg to provide the main slow bowling options.
The left-arm wrist-spinner, out of the international scene for
more than four years, was another who rose to the challenge.
Hogg was rarely collared by England or Sri Lanka and finished
with 12 wickets in the series. He was also brilliant in the field
and added to the depth in Australia’s lower order with an unbeaten
71 in the Melbourne final proving to be a crucial innings.
Brad Williams of Western Australia and New South Wales’
Nathan Bracken came into the squad to bolster the fast-bowling
stocks, and both played key roles in the series with Bracken
named man-of-the-match for his three for 21 against England
in Adelaide. Twenty-one-year-old Michael Clarke, also of New
South Wales, stepped in as a late replacement for Lehmann in
Adelaide and announced himself with a wicket, a run-out and a
nerveless unbeaten 39 to help defeat England.
With Matthew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist and Ponting all topping
300 runs, Australia usually had enough runs to bowl at and, as
ever, they scored their runs in attractive fashion.
Australia’s only defeat of the tournament came against Sri
Lanka in Sydney when it conceded the highest score ever made
against it in one-day cricket at home, 5-343, a total made all the
more amazing by the way Sri Lanka had been bowled out for
just 65 by Australia A in Adelaide only two days beforehand.
For the first time since 1997-98, the tournament was not played
as one continuous series of matches because all three sides
had to be in South Africa for the World Cup at the beginning of
February. Consequently, they needed to fit in five of the 12
qualifying games in December, between the third and fourth
Orange Test matches.
Sri Lanka rallied after Christmas, having lost its first three
matches but, aside from its spectacular performance against
Australia in Sydney when both the captain Sanath Jayasuriya
and Marvan Atapattu scored hundreds, it rarely made enough
runs and lacked penetration with the ball.
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England had the leading run-scorer in the tournament in lefthanded
opener Nick Knight, but he found too little support with
the bat. England unearthed a new fast-bowling talent in James
Anderson, called up from their Academy squad, who claimed
13 wickets.
For the first time the third final of the VB Series was scheduled
to be played in Adelaide, but Australia’s successes in the first
two matches in Sydney and Melbourne, removed the need for
the match to take place.
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Lehmann’s suspension was for five matches and was imposed
by International Cricket Council match referee Clive Lloyd after
the player was found guilty of racial vilification. The charge
related to an incident following Lehmann’s dismissal during
Australia’s match against Sri Lanka in Brisbane on 15 January.
Brett Lee’s VB Series performance was a prelude to his outstanding
World Cup campaign.

Australia v England (D/N)
At Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, 13 December 2002: Australia won by seven
wickets; England eight for 251 (ME Trescothick 60, NV Knight 111*, N Hussain 52;
B Lee 4-47, DS Lehmann 3-32); Australia three for 252 (AC Gilchrist 53, ML Hayden
98, DR Martyn 46*; ID Blackwell 2-38); Man of the Match: ML Hayden.
Australia v England (D/N)
At Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, 15 December 2002: Australia won by
89 runs; Australia six for 318 (AC Gilchrist 124, RT Ponting 119; ID Blackwell 2-54);
England 229 (NV Knight 70, ID Blackwell 43, C White 57*; B Lee 2-31, SK Warne
2-39); Man of the Match: AC Gilchrist.
England v Sri Lanka (D/N)
At Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, 17 December 2002: England won by 43 runs;
England 292 (N Hussain 79, PD Collingwood 37, AJ Stewart 64; PW Gunaratne 2-55,
CRD Fernando 3-68); Sri Lanka six for 249 (MS Atapattu 38, DPM Jayawardene 71,
RP Arnold 60*; JM Anderson 2-48, SJ Harmison 2-39); Man of the Match: AJ Stewart.
England v Sri Lanka (D/N)
At W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth, 20 December 2002: England won by 95 runs; England
nine for 258 (PD Collingwood 100, C White 48; WPUJC Vaas 3-36, CRD Fernando
4-48, RAP Nissanka 2-59); Sri Lanka 163 (DPM Jayawardene 30, RP Arnold 44; AR
Caddick 3-30, JM Anderson 2-23, SJ Harmison 2-45, ID Blackwell 2-14); Man of the
Match: PD Collingwood.
Australia v Sri Lanka (D/N)
At W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth, 22 December 2002: Australia won by 142 runs;
Australia five for 305 (DS Lehmann 119, ML Hayden 64, MG Bevan 40*; RAP
Nissanka 3-54); Sri Lanka 163 (KC Sangakkara 40, RS Kaluwitharana 35; GD
McGrath 2-22, B Lee 3-23, SR Watson 3-27); Man of the Match: DS Lehmann.
Australia v Sri Lanka (D/N)
At Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, 9 January 2003: Sri Lanka won by 79 runs;
Sri Lanka five for 343 (MS Atapattu 101, ST Jayasuriya 122, DPM Jayawardene 37*;
SR Watson 2-72) Australia 264 (ML Hayden 35, DR Martyn 40, MG Bevan 41, SR
Watson 35*; PW Gunaratne 2-54, M Muralidaran 2-44, ST Jayasuriya 4-39); Man of
the Match: ST Jayasuriya.
Australia v England
At Bellerive Oval, Hobart, 11 January 2003: Australia won by seven runs; Australia
four for 271 (DR Martyn 101*, MG Bevan 52, JP Maher 49*; JM Anderson 2-40);
England seven for 264 (NV Knight 85, ME Trescothick 82, N Hussain 43; SR Watson
2-36, GB Hogg 3-55); Man of the Match: DR Martyn.
Rising stars. Shane Watson (left) and Michael Clarke leave the
field after hitting the winning runs in the VB Series match
against England at Adelaide Oval.
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England v Sri Lanka (D/N)
At Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, 13 January 2003: Sri Lanka won by 31 runs;
Sri Lanka seven for 284 (ST Jayasuriya 106, HP Tillakaratne 44, PA De Silva 51,
DPM Jayawardene 33; AR Caddick 2-29, JM Anderson 2-58); England 253 (ME
Trescothick 85, NV Knight 42, OA Shah 39; PA De Silva 4-30, CRD Fernando 2-38);
Man of the Match: ST Jayasuriya.
Australia v Sri Lanka (D/N)
At Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, 15 January 2003: Australia won by four
wickets; Sri Lanka nine for 211 (MS Atapattu 70, DPM Jayawardene 56, KC
Sangakkara 42*; GB Hogg 2-38); Australia six for 214 (JP Maher 30, ML Hayden 42,
DS Lehmann 38, MG Bevan 45*; M Muralidaran 4-27); Man of the Match: MG Bevan.
England v Sri Lanka (D/N)
At Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, 17 January 2003: England won by 19 runs; England
seven for 279 (ME Trescothick 39, NV Knight 88, AJ Stewart 51; WPUJC Vaas 2-54,
MKGCP Lakshitha 2-42, CRD Fernando 2-52); Sri Lanka 260 (ST Jayasuriya 99,
KC Sangakkara 56, RP Arnold 35; AR Caddick 4-35, JM Anderson 2-54); Man of the
Match: AR Caddick.
Australia v England (D/N)
At Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, 19 January 2003: Australia won by four wickets;
England 152 (PD Collingwood 63*; NW Bracken 3-21, SR Watson 2-18, GB Hogg
2-39); Australia six for 153 (DR Martyn 59, MG Bevan 30, MJ Clarke 39*;
ID Blackwell 3-26); Man of the Match: NW Bracken.
Australia v Sri Lanka (D/N)
At Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, 21 January 2003: Australia won by nine
wickets; Sri Lanka eight for 214 (DA Gunawardene 45, KC Sangakkara 43, PA De
Silva 44; BA Williams 2-57, GB Hogg 3-37); Australia one for 215 (ML Hayden 80*,
RT Ponting 106*); Man of the Match: RT Ponting.
FIRST FINAL - Australia v England (D/N)
At Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, 23 January 2003: Australia won by 10 wickets;
England 117 (PD Collingwood 43; BA Williams 2-22, B Lee 3-29, AJ Bichel 4-18);
Australia 0 for 118 (AC Gilchrist 69*, ML Hayden 45*); Man of the Match: B Lee.
SECOND FINAL - Australia v England (D/N)
At Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, 25 January 2003: Australia won by five
runs; Australia seven for 229 (ML Hayden 69, GB Hogg 71*; AR Caddick 2-23,
RC Irani 3-46); England 224 (MP Vaughan 60, AJ Stewart 60; B Lee 5-30, SK Warne
2-58); Man of the Match: B Lee.
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World Champions. Australia overcame a series of obstacles –
injuries, the loss of Shane Warne, and speculation about playing
in Zimbabwe – to successfully defend its World Cup title.

Back, left to right: Errol Alcott (Physiotherapist), Jock Campbell (Physical Performance Manager), Jimmy Maher, Bradley Hogg, Mike Young (Specialist Throwing Coach), Tim
Nielsen (Assistant Coach/Performance Analyst).
Middle, left to right: Darren Lehmann, Andrew Symonds, Andrew Bichel, Jason Gillespie, Matthew Hayden, Brett Lee, Ian Harvey, Lucy Frostick (Team Massage Therapist).
Front, left to right: Damien Martyn, Glenn McGrath, Ricky Ponting (Captain), John Buchanan (Coach), Adam Gilchrist (Vice-captain), Stephen Bernard (Team Manager), Shane
Warne, Michael Bevan.
ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP IN
SOUTHERN AFRICA, 2003
Australia became the first side to win the World Cup for the third
time when it swept aside its opponents in the final, India, by 125
runs at The Wanderers, Johannesburg on 23 March 2003.
That match will rightly be remembered in large measure for the
magnificent innings of captain Ricky Ponting, who set up the win
with a brilliant, unbeaten 140 that helped his side to 2-359, a new
record total for Australia in one-day international cricket.
However, the final was just the last act of a remarkable effort by
the whole squad as it went unbeaten throughout the whole
tournament, a feat not achieved since the West Indies did it in
1979 when it played just five matches (one of which was washed
out) to lift the Cup. Australia’s 11 successive wins, together with
six more victories that finished the VB Series, gave it a new world
record of 17 straight victories, a mark the players would extend to
21 in the Caribbean.
That statistic alone reveals Australia’s consistent excellence,
but what it does not show is that the World Cup triumph was
achieved despite a series of problems that may well have
unhinged lesser sides.
After losing promising young all-rounder Shane Watson to a back
injury before the tour party even left for South Africa, the squad
then had to cope with the loss of star leg-spinner Shane Warne,
Australia’s leading one-day wicket-taker, on the eve of its first
match against Pakistan.
Warne had tested positive for a banned substance during the
VB Series and returned home to address the situation. He was
eventually banned from all cricket for 12 months.
Despite those issues, and continued speculation about whether
Australia would play in Zimbabwe, Ponting’s men got off to a
flying start only to lose another key member of the attack, Jason
Gillespie, to a heel injury after four matches.
Amazingly, however, Australia barely missed a beat throughout
the tournament and whenever the side was threatened someone
emerged to play a key role that saw it home.
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Two players who emerged to play major parts in the side’s
success were the Queensland duo of Andrew Symonds and
Andrew Bichel. Symonds’ selection in the final squad appeared
questionable after years of underachievement but, when it
mattered most, he finally came of age with 326 runs, a handy mix
of spin and seam, and some brilliant fielding. Symonds played
two crucial innings that helped shape the side’s progress: an
unbeaten 143 in the opening match against Pakistan in
Johannesburg to lead a recovery from 4-86 to 8-310, and then 91
not out in testing conditions in the semi-final against Sri Lanka in
Port Elizabeth.
Bichel began the tournament as a fringe player, but Gillespie’s
injury handed him his chance and he took it so spectacularly that
by the end of the tournament his name was on most
commentators’ lips as a key figure in Australia’s success. He took
16 wickets, including 7-20 against England in Port Elizabeth, the
second best World Cup figures of all time, and although he batted
only three times each contribution he made was vital. His first, an
unbeaten 34, helped haul Australia back from 8-135 to beat
England’s 8-204. His second was 64, a maiden one-day fifty, that
helped his side recover from 7-84 against New Zealand. Thirdly
his unbeaten 19 against Sri Lanka helped Symonds add a
priceless 37 for the eighth wicket in the semi-final. Bichel even
excelled in the field with his brilliant pick-up and throw to run out
Aravinda de Silva in that semi-final, the moment when Australia
really sealed victory.
Bichel and Symonds may have been the most visible rising stars
by the end of the tournament, but there were plenty of other
established stars for Australia. Chief among them was Brett Lee,
who continued his spectacular form from the second half of the
VB Series by claiming 22 wickets in the tournament, a mark
beaten only by Sri Lanka’s Chaminda Vaas. Lee claimed
Australia’s first hat-trick in World Cup history, against Kenya.
He devastated New Zealand with 5-42 and his opening spell in
the semi-final against Sri Lanka was a key factor in allowing
Australia to defend a modest total with genuine comfort.
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Not too far behind Lee was Glenn McGrath who took 21 wickets
including the best ever return in World Cup history, 7-15, as
Namibia were shot out for 45 in just 14 overs. With Brad Hogg
stepping into Warne’s shoes by claiming 13 wickets with his leftarm
wrist-spin, Australia had a potent attack.
With the bat, Ponting was Australia’s leading run-scorer with 415
runs and a hundred against Sri Lanka in the Super Six match to
go with his other three-figure score in the final. Adam Gilchrist
(408) Matthew Hayden (328), Symonds and Damien Martyn (323)
all topped 300 runs. Martyn made an unbeaten 88 from 87 balls in
the final, despite a fractured right index finger that sidelined him
from the Travelex Tour of the West Indies that followed. Ponting’s
contributions also included astute captaincy and his usual
excellence in the field.
Michael Bevan did not figure in the list of leading run-scorers, but
he still played two match-winning innings, both in company with
Bichel. Against England he kept his nerve to finish unbeaten with
74, and against New Zealand his 56 helped see Australia to a
winning score. Against Namibia Darren Lehmann took 28 runs
from one Rudi van Vuuren over, a World Cup record.
Ian Harvey replaced Watson in the tour party and he saw
Australia through a tricky period against Kenya when an upset
seemed possible, as well as bowling effectively whenever called
upon. Nathan Hauritz, the Queensland off-spinner, and New
South Wales left-arm fast-bowler Nathan Bracken, replaced
Warne and Gillespie, respectively, but neither man played in a
match in the tournament.
Australia’s success, to go with earlier triumphs in 1987 and 1999,
means it will defend the World Cup in the West Indies in 2007.
Australia v Pakistan
At Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, 11 February 2003: Australia won by 82
runs; Australia eight for 310 (RT Ponting 53, A Symonds 143*; Wasim Akram 3-64,
Shoaib Akhtar 2-45, Waqar Younis 2-50); Pakistan 228 (Saleem Elahi 30, Rashid
Latif 33, Wasim Akram 33; IJ Harvey 4-58, GB Hogg 3-54); Man of the Match:
A Symonds.
Australia v India
At Centurion Park, Centurion, 15 February 2003: Australia won by nine wickets;
India 125 (SR Tendulkar 36; B Lee 3-36, JN Gillespie 3-13); Australia one for 128
(AC Gilchrist 48, ML Hayden 45*); Man of the Match: JN Gillespie.
Australia v Netherlands
At North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom, 20 February 2003: Australia won
by 75 runs (D/L method); Australia two for 170 (ML Hayden 33, DR Martyn 67*;
TBM De Leede 2-34); Netherlands 122 (JN Gillespie 2-7, DS Lehmann 2-27,
AJ Bichel 3-13, IJ Harvey 3-25); Man of the Match: DR Martyn.
Australia v Zimbabwe
At Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo, 24 February 2003: Australia won by seven
wickets; Zimbabwe nine for 246 (A Flower 62, GW Flower 37, AM Blignaut 54;
GD McGrath 2-24, JN Gillespie 2-50, GB Hogg 3-46); Australia three for 248
(AC Gilchrist 61, ML Hayden 34, RT Ponting 38, DR Martyn 50*, DS Lehmann 56*);
Man of the Match: AM Blignaut.
Australia v Namibia
At North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom, 27 February 2003: Australia won by
256 runs; Australia six for 301 (ML Hayden 88, A Symonds 59, DR Martyn 35,
DS Lehmann 50*; LJ Burger 3-39); Namibia 45 (GD McGrath 7-15, AJ Bichel 2-0);
Man of the Match: GD McGrath.
Australia v England
At St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth, 2 March 2003: Australia won by two wickets;
England eight for 204 (ME Trescothick 37, NV Knight 30, AJ Stewart 46, A Flintoff
45; AJ Bichel 7-20); Australia eight for 208 (DS Lehmann 37, MG Bevan 74*,
AJ Bichel 34*; AR Caddick 4-35, AF Giles 2-42); Man of the Match: AJ Bichel.
Australia v Sri Lanka
At Centurion Park, Centurion, 7 March 2003: Australia won by 96 runs; Australia
five for 319 (AC Gilchrist 99, RT Ponting 114, DR Martyn 52; CRD Fernando 3-47);
Sri Lanka nine for 223 (PA De Silva 92; GD McGrath 2-25, B Lee 3-52, GB Hogg
2-45); Man of the Match: RT Ponting.
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Australia v New Zealand
At St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth, 11 March 2003: Australia won by 96 runs;
Australia nine for 208 (DR Martyn 31, MG Bevan 56, AJ Bichel 64; SE Bond 6-23,
JDP Oram 2-48); New Zealand 112 (SP Fleming 48; GD McGrath 3-29, B Lee 5-42);
Man of the Match: SE Bond.
Australia v Kenya
At Kingsmead, Durban, 15 March 2003: Australia won by five wickets; Kenya eight
for 174 (RD Shah 46, SO Tikolo 51, HS Modi 39*; B Lee 3-14, AJ Bichel 2-42,
DS Lehmann 2-22); Australia five for 178 (AC Gilchrist 67, A Symonds 33*; PJ
Ongondo 2-44, AY Karim 3-7); Man of the Match: AY Karim.
SEMI-FINAL - Australia v Sri Lanka
At St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth, 18 March 2003: Australia won by 48 runs (D/L
Method); Australia seven for 212 (DS Lehmann 36, A Symonds 91*; WPUJC Vaas
3-34, PA De Silva 2-36, ST Jayasuriya 2-42); Sri Lanka seven for 123 (KC
Sangakkara 39*; B Lee 3-35, GB Hogg 2-30); Man of the Match: A Symonds.
FINAL - Australia v India
At Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, 23 March 2003: Australia won by 125 runs;
Australia two for 359 (AC Gilchrist 57, ML Hayden 37, RT Ponting 140*, DR Martyn
88*; Harbhajan Singh 2-49); India 234 (V Sehwag 82, RS Dravid 47; GD McGrath
3-52, B Lee 2-31, A Symonds 2-7); Man of the Match: RT Ponting.
AUSTRALIA WORLD CUP AVERAGES
Batting M Inn NO Runs HS 100 50 Ave Ct St SR
A Symonds 9 5 3 326 143* 1 2 163.00 4 - 90.56
AJ Bichel 8 3 2 117 64 - 1 117.00 2 - 83.57
DR Martyn 10 8 3 323 88* - 4 64.60 5 - 81.77
RT Ponting 11 10 2 415 140* 2 1 51.88 11 - 87.92
MG Bevan 9 5 2 148 74* - 2 49.33 1 - 56.06
DS Lehmann 10 8 3 224 56* - 2 44.80 2 - 82.35
AC Gilchrist 10 10 - 408 99 - 4 40.80 21 - 102.51
ML Hayden 11 11 1 328 88 - 1 32.80 - - 80.00
IJ Harvey 6 5 2 66 28* - - 22.00 - - 76.74
JP Maher 2 2 - 35 26 - - 17.50 3 - 58.33
B Lee 10 3 1 23 15* - - 11.50 8 - 65.71
GB Hogg 10 6 1 42 19* - - 8.40 4 - 67.74
JN Gillespie 4 1 1 6 6* - - - - - 150.00
GD McGrath 11 1 1 3 3* - - - 3 - 150.00
Bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Best 5wi Ave
JN Gillespie 30 4 98 8 3-13 - 12.25
AJ Bichel 57 7 197 16 7-20 1 12.31
GD McGrath 87 18 310 21 7-15 1 14.76
B Lee 83.1 9 394 22 5-42 1 17.91
IJ Harvey 36 3 157 8 4-58 - 19.63
DS Lehmann 36 - 138 6 2-22 - 23.00
GB Hogg 75.4 4 322 13 3-46 - 24.77
A Symonds 27 1 123 2 2-7 - 61.50
DR Martyn 4 - 21 0 - - -

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The real deal. Andy Bichel established himself as a genuine allrounder
after a spectacular World Cup campaign which proved
a key factor in Australia’s overall success.
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Justin Langer picked up from where he left off after the
Ashes Test Series, adding another two centuries to his
tally and finishing as Australia’s second highest runscorer
in the Caribbean.

Back, left to right: Michael Clarke, Jimmy Maher, Martin Love, Andrew Bichel, Stuart MacGill, Bradley Hogg.
Middle, left to right: Tim Nielsen (Assistant Coach/Performance Analyst), Errol Alcott (Physiotherapist), Lucy Frostick (Team Massage Therapist), Darren Lehmann, Brett
Lee, Jason Gillespie, Brad Williams, Ashley Noffke, Jock Campbell (Physical Performance Manager), Jonathan Rose (Media Manager).
Front, left to right: Matthew Hayden, Glenn McGrath, John Buchanan (Coach), Ricky Ponting (Vice-captain), Stephen Waugh (Captain), Stephen Bernard (Team Manager),
Adam Gilchrist, Justin Langer.
TRAVELEX TOUR OF THE WEST INDIES, 2002-03
Australia regained its place at the head of the International
Cricket Council’s Test World Championship ladder – lost before
Christmas when South Africa beat Pakistan – with a 3-1 series
win in the Caribbean, and then followed it up with a 4-3 victory
in the one-day series, confirming its status as World Champions
and setting a new mark for successive one-day wins at 21.
The West Indies did rally to take advantage of some signs of
tiredness among Australia’s players, and secured consolation
wins in both forms of the game. Their victory in the final Test in
Antigua broke the record for the highest-ever successful runchase
when they reached 7-418.
However, it was Australia that retained the Frank Worrell Trophy
and added the one-day silverware to its bulging trophy cabinet.
Both successes were fully deserved.
In the Test series, Stephen Waugh’s side scored its runs quickly
enough to dismiss the West Indies twice, and that time was
needed as all four Tests – in Guyana, Trinidad, Barbados and
Antigua – were played on pitches that offered the bowlers
precious little encouragement.
Ricky Ponting was the man to take the biggest advantage of
those surfaces as he totalled 523 runs in three Tests with scores
of 117, 42*, 206, 45 and 113 before illness, possibly induced by
fatigue from the amount of time he batted, cost him his place in
the final match. Ponting, who was named vice-captain of the
Test side instead of Adam Gilchrist, ahead of the tour, was
named player of the Test series.
Ponting was one of six Australian players to score at least one
hundred during the Test series. Justin Langer and Matthew
Hayden managed two each, while there was one apiece for
captain Stephen Waugh, Adam Gilchrist and Darren Lehmann,
the latter his first at the highest level. It meant Australia was
rarely short of runs.
Without the suspended Shane Warne and with Glenn McGrath
absent for the first two Tests as he stayed with his sick wife at
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home, Australia had to look elsewhere for wickets and they
were provided, in the main, by fast-bowlers Jason Gillespie and
Brett Lee, and leg-spinner Stuart MacGill. That trio formed the
most potent parts of a five-man attack, as Australia opted to
break with recent selection policy by pushing Gilchrist up to
number six in the order to allow the inclusion of an extra bowler.
Gillespie topped the Test averages with 17 wickets, including his
150th in Tests during the win in Guyana. Lee also managed 17
wickets, while MacGill claimed 20 victims, the most by any
bowler in the Test series, including a match-winning haul of
nine wickets in Barbados. Andrew Bichel took 11 Test wickets as
well as claiming the prize scalp of Brian Lara seven times in
Test and one-day action during the tour.
The one-day squad won its series with victories in Jamaica
– twice – plus St Lucia and Trinidad, but once the prize was
secured, the players were unable to lift themselves sufficiently
for the final three matches against a West Indies line-up that
was playing for pride.
Andrew Symonds, along with Ponting, one of only two everpresents
in the one-day side, made the most runs – 275
– while Lee confirmed his new-found reputation as one of the
best one-day bowlers in the world with 11 wickets in six matches.
The West Indies relied heavily on Lara, appointed as captain for
the second time just prior to the tour, and he responded with
533 Test runs and 242 runs in the one-day series. Ramnaresh
Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul both averaged more than
40 in the Test series and both men topped three figures in the
epic run-chase in Antigua. For the most part, however, it was
the West Indies’ lack of a cutting edge with the ball that cost it
most dearly. Fast-bowler Jermaine Lawson emerged to take a
Test match hat-trick in Barbados, but he ended the series with
his bowling action under intense scrutiny.
Wavell Hinds, dropped after the second Test, bounced back to be
named player of the one-day series by scoring 352 runs in five
matches, while Chris Gayle scored 275 runs and took 11 wickets
with his off-spin.
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FIRST TEST
At Bourda, Georgetown, 10, 11, 12, 13 April 2003: Australia won by nine wickets; Toss: West Indies; Close of play: First day, Australia (1) one for 120 (Langer 55, Ponting 46); Second day,
West Indies (2) zero for 16 (Hinds 2, Smith 13); Third day, West Indies (2) five for 381 (Chanderpaul 26, Drakes 14). Umpires: EAR De Silva and RE Koetrzen; TV Umpire: EA Nicholls;
Referee: MJ Procter; Man of Match: JL Langer.
WEST INDIES
WW Hinds c Langer b Hogg 10 – lbw b MacGill 7
DS Smith lbw b Lee 3 – c Gilchrist b Gillespie 62
D Ganga b Gillespie 0 – c Lee b Lehmann 113
*BC Lara lbw b Bichel 26 – hit wicket b Hogg 110
MN Samuels c Hayden b Hogg 0 – c Ponting b MacGill 7
S Chanderpaul lbw b Bichel 100 – c Gilchrist b Gillespie 31
+RD Jacobs not out 54 – (9) c Lehmann b MacGill 11
VC Drakes c Gilchrist b Bichel 0 – (7) lbw b Gillespie 14
M Dillon lbw b MacGill 20 – (8) lbw b Gillespie 0
PT Collins st Gilchrist b MacGill 3 – not out 1
JJC Lawson b Lee 0 – lbw b Gillespie 0
B 10, l-b 2, w 3, n-b 6 21 – B 6, l-b 13, w 1, n-b 22 42
(50.3 overs, 247 mins) 237 (105.2 overs) 398
Fall: 9 10 47 47 53 184 184 222 236 237 Fall: 52 110 295 303 354 382
384 391 397 398
Bowling: First Innings - Lee 10.3-1-41-2; Gillespie 12-3-40-1; Bichel 8-1-55-3; Hogg 8-1-
40-2; MacGill 12-4-49-2. Second Innings - MacGill 31-5-140-3; Hogg 15-0-68-1; Lee 14-4-
57-0; Gillespie 20.2-5-39-5; Bichel 13-4-40-0; Waugh 8-1-29-0; Lehmann 4-0-6-1.
SECOND TEST
AUSTRALIA
JL Langer lbw b Dillon 25 – lbw b Drakes 3
ML Hayden lbw b Dillon 30 – not out 100
RT Ponting st Baugh b Samuels 206 – c Baugh b Dillon 45
DS Lehmann c Baugh b Drakes 160 – b Dillon 66
+AC Gilchrist not out 101
GB Hogg not out 17
*SR Waugh
AJ Bichel
B Lee
JN Gillespie
SCG MacGill
B 11, l-b 7, w 7, n-b 12 37 – B 12, l-b 6, w 1, n-b 5 24
(132.5 overs) (4 wkts dec) 576 (66.2 overs) (3 wkts dec) 238
Fall: 49 56 371 542 Fall: 12 118 238
Bowling: First Innings - Dillon 28.5-1-124-2; Collins 25-2-123-0; Drakes 33-3-112-1;
Samuels 26-2-111-1; Bernard 11-1-61-0; Sarwan 2-0-7-0; Hinds 7-0-20-0. Second
Innings - Dillon 18.2-0-64-2; Drakes 20-4-61-1; Samuels 21-1-65-0; Collins 7-1-30-0.
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AUSTRALIA
JL Langer c Hinds b Drakes 146 – not out 78
ML Hayden run out (Drakes) 10 – c (sub) N. Deonarine b Lawson 19
RT Ponting c Samuels b Drakes 117 – not out 42
DS Lehmann c (sub) DE Bernard
b Drakes 6
*SR Waugh lbw b Dillon 25
+AC Gilchrist c and b Lawson 77
GB Hogg lbw b Collins 3
AJ Bichel c Hinds b Drakes 39
B Lee c Dillon b Drakes 20
JN Gillespie b Lawson 7
SCG MacGill not out 4
B 18, l-b 5, w 2, n-b 10 35 – B 1, l-b 2, w 2, n-b 3 8
(115.1 overs, 538 mins) 489 (42.1 overs, 181 mins) (1 wkt) 147
Fall: 37 285 300 319 349 362 447 473 485 489 Fall: 77
Bowling: First Innings - Dillon 23-1-116-1; Collins 23-1-96-1; Lawson 21-0-111-2; Drakes
26.1-5-93-5; Samuels 21-6-49-0; Ganga 1-0-1-0. Second Innings - Dillon 6-0-21-0; Drakes
8-0-28-0; Collins 6-2-14-0; Lawson 9-2-31-1; Samuels 9.1-1-41-0; Ganga 4-0-9-0.
At Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 April 2003: Australia won by 118 runs; Toss: Australia; Close of play: First day, Australia (1) three for 391 (Ponting 146, Gilchrist 14);
Second day, West Indies (1) three for 186 (Ganga 69, Sarwan 1); Third day, Australia (2) 1-31 (Hayden 15, Ponting 10); Fourth day, West Indies three for 107 (Lara 52, Sarwan 0); Umpires:
EAR De Silva and RE Koertzen; TV Umpire: B Doctrove; Referee: MJ Procter; Man of Match: RT Ponting.
THIRD TEST
AUSTRALIA
JL Langer c Chanderpaul b Banks 78 – lbw b Lawson 0
ML Hayden c Gayle b Drakes 27 – not out 2
RT Ponting run out (Best/Baugh) 113
DS Lehmann lbw b Drakes 96 – (3) not out 4
*SR Waugh b Lawson 115
+AC Gilchrist c Smith b Banks 65
AJ Bichel c Lara b Banks 71
B Lee b Lawson 11
JN Gillespie not out 18
SCG MacGill b Lawson 0
GD McGrath (did not bat).
B 3, l-b 3, w 3, n-b 2 11 – B 2 2
(154.3 overs, 676 mins) (9 wkts dec) 605 (2.3 overs, 11 mins) (1 wkt) 8
Fall: 43 151 292 331 444 568 580 605 605 Fall: 0
Bowling: First Innings - Lawson 32.3-2-131-3; Best 20-1-99-0; Drakes 30-2-85-2; Banks
40-2-204-3; Gayle 31-5-79-0; Sarwan 1-0-1-0. Second Innings - Lawson 1-0-2-1; Banks
1-0-2-0; Gayle 0.3-0-2-0.
WEST INDIES
WW Hinds c Hayden b Lee 20 – b MacGill 35
DS Smith c Gilchrist b Gillespie 0 – lbw b Gillespie 0
D Ganga c Hayden b Lee 117 – c Hayden b Gillespie 2
*BC Lara b Hogg 91 – c Hayden b MacGill 122
RR Sarwan b Lee 26 – c Lehmann b Bichel 34
MN Samuels c Bichel b MacGill 68 – lbw b Bichel 1
DE Bernard b Gillespie 7 – c Hayden b Bichel 4
+CS Baugh hit wicket b MacGill 19 – c Langer b Hogg 1
VC Drakes lbw b Lee 24 – not out 26
M Dillon lbw b Gillespie 0 – c Bichel b Lee 13
PT Collins not out 7 – lbw b Gillespie 5
B 4, l-b 15, w 2, n-b 8 29 – B 25, l-b 7, w 3, n-b 10 45
(119.0 overs) 408 (89.2 overs) 288
Fall: 4 25 183 258 279 300 367 376 384 408 Fall: 2 12 107 213 222 228 238
238 270 288
Bowling: First Innings - Lee 23-4-69-4; Gillespie 28-9-50-3; Bichel 12-1-58-0; MacGill 27-
4-98-2; Hogg 22-3-98-1; Waugh 7-2-16-0. Second Innings - Lee 19-4-68-1; Gillespie 17.2-
3-36-3; Bichel 13-3-21-3; Lehmann 7-0-20-0; MacGill 20-6-53-2; Hogg 13-1-58-1.
At Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 May 2003: Australia won by nine wickets; Toss: West Indies; Close of play: First day, Australia (1) three for 320 (Lehmann 89, Waugh 7);
Second day, West Indies (1) zero for 89 (Gayle 47, Smith 34); Third day, West Indies (1) eight for 291 (Drakes 4); Fourth day, West Indies (2) three for 187 (Sarwan 58, Lara 41); Umpires: DR
Shepherd and S Venkataraghavan; TV Umpire: EA Nicholls; Referee: MJ Procter; Man of Match: SCG MacGill.
WEST INDIES
CH Gayle b Gillespie 71 – st Gilchrist b MacGill 56
DS Smith c Gilchrist b Gillespie 59 – lbw b Lee 5
D Ganga c Bichel b Lehmann 26 – lbw b Lee 6
RR Sarwan c Gilchrist b Lee 40 – lbw b MacGill 58
S Chanderpaul c Lee b MacGill 0 – (6) c Gilchrist b Gillespie 21
OAC Banks c Ponting b Gillespie 24 – (7) c Hayden b MacGill 32
+CS Baugh c Ponting b MacGill 24 – (8) run out (Gillespie/Gilchrist) 18
*BC Lara lbw b Bichel 14 – (5) lbw b Bichel 42
VC Drakes c Lee b MacGill 11 – b MacGill 0
TL Best not out 20 – c Bichel b MacGill 0
JJC Lawson st Gilchrist b MacGill 1 – not out 5
B 11, l-b 16, n-b 11 38 – B 13, l-b 25, w 1, n-b 2 41
(128.5 overs, 546 mins) 328 (116.0 overs) 284
Fall: 139 142 205 206 245 245 281 291 324 328 Fall: 14 31 94 187 195 256 256
261 265 284
Bowling: First Innings - McGrath 18-7-25-0; Gillespie 21-9-31-3; Lee 25-8-77-1; MacGill
39.5-8-107-4; Lehmann 9-2-26-1; Bichel 16-3-35-1. Second Innings - McGrath 18-4-39-0;
Gillespie 28-11-37-1; MacGill 36-11-75-5; Lee 15-6-44-2; Bichel 12-2-35-1; Ponting 2-0-
6-0; Waugh 4-1-6-0; Lehmann 1-0-4-0.

FOURTH TEST
At Recreation Ground, St John’s, 9, 10, 11, 12 May 2003: West Indies won by three wickets; Toss: Australia; Close of play: First day, West Indies (1) two for 47 (Smith 22, Drakes 12);
Second day, Australia (2) zero for 171 (Langer 80, Hayden 79); Third day, West Indies (2) zero for 47 (Gayle 19, Smith 21); Fourth day, West Indies (2) six for 371 (Chanderpaul 103,
Banks 28); Umpires: DR Shepherd and S Venkataraghavan; TV Umpire: B Doctrove; Referee: MJ Procter; Man of Match: S Chanderpaul; Man of the Series: RT Ponting.
AUSTRALIA
JL Langer c Banks b Lawson 42 – c Lara b Gayle 111
ML Hayden c Drakes b Lawson 14 – run out (sub) CS Baugh 177
ML Love b Banks 36 – (4) c (sub) MN Samuels b Banks 2
DS Lehmann c Jacobs b Lawson 7 – (5) b Dillon 14
*SR Waugh c Jacobs b Dillon 41 – (6) not out 45
+AC Gilchrist c Chanderpaul b Dillon 33 – (3) c (sub) MN Samuels b Banks 6
AJ Bichel c (sub) M.N. Samuels b Lawson 34 – c Smith b Dillon 0
B Lee c Jacobs b Lawson 9 – c (sub) Joseph b Dillon 18
JN Gillespie c Jacobs b Lawson 6 – c Lara b Drakes 5
SCG MacGill c Sarwan b Lawson 2 – c Lara b Dillon 0
GD McGrath not out 5 – c Ganga b Drakes 14
B 2, l-b 3, w 2, n-b 4 11 – B 4, l-b 9, n-b 12 25
(72.1 overs, 330 mins) 240 (104.0 overs, 463 mins) 417
Fall: 27 80 93 128 181 194 224 231 233 240 Fall: 242 273 285 330 338 343
373 385 388 417
Bowling: First Innings - Dillon 18-2-53-2; Lawson 19.1-3-78-7; Drakes 15-2-42-0; Banks
20-2-62-1. Second Innings - Lawson 6-1-17-0; Dillon 29-3-112-4; Banks 37-5-153-2;
Drakes 19-1-92-2; Gayle 13-1-30-1.
TEST SERIES AVERAGES
WEST INDIES Mat I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
BC Lara 4 8 0 533 122 66.62 58.18 2 3 4 -
OAC Banks 2 4 2 119 47* 59.50 44.90 - - 1 -
RR Sarwan 3 6 0 287 105 47.83 47.43 1 1 1 -
S Chanderpaul 3 6 0 257 104 42.83 66.06 2 - 2 -
CH Gayle 2 4 0 146 71 36.50 41.59 - 2 1 -
D Ganga 4 8 0 278 117 34.75 42.31 2 - 1 -
RD Jacobs 2 4 1 91 54* 30.33 52.60 - 1 4 -
DS Smith 4 8 0 189 62 23.62 41.62 - 2 2 -
VC Drakes 4 8 2 123 27* 20.50 42.85 - - 1 -
TL Best 1 2 1 20 20* 20.00 35.08 - - - -
MN Samuels 2 4 0 76 68 19.00 50.00 - 1 1 -
WW Hinds 2 4 0 72 35 18.00 29.87 - - 2 -
CS Baugh 2 4 0 62 24 15.50 43.66 - - 2 1
M Dillon 3 5 0 42 20 8.40 59.15 - - 1 -
PT Collins 2 4 2 16 7* 8.00 33.33 - - - -
DE Bernard 1 2 0 11 7 5.50 44.00 - - - -
JJC Lawson 3 5 1 20 14 5.00 39.21 - - 1 -
Mat O M R W Ave Best 5 10 SR Econ
JJC Lawson 3 88.4 8 370 14 26.42 7-78 1 - 38.0 4.17
M Dillon 3 123.1 7 490 11 44.54 4-112 - - 67.1 3.97
VC Drakes 4 151.1 17 513 11 46.63 5-93 1 - 82.4 3.39
OAC Banks 2 98 9 421 6 70.16 3-204 - - 98.0 4.29
CH Gayle 2 44.3 6 111 1 111.00 1-30 - - 267.0 2.49
PT Collins 2 61 6 263 1 263.00 1-96 - - 366.0 4.31
MN Samuels 2 77.1 10 266 1 266.00 1-111 - - 463.0 3.44
RR Sarwan 3 3 0 8 0 - - - - - 2.66
D Ganga 4 5 0 10 0 - - - - - 2.00
WW Hinds 2 7 0 20 0 - - - - - 2.85
DE Bernard 1 11 1 61 0 - - - - - 5.54
TL Best 1 20 1 99 0 - - - - - 4.95
Fun in the sun. The Australian side takes a break from its hectic
playing and training schedule with some touch rugby on the beach in
Bridgetown, Barbados.
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WEST INDIES
CH Gayle b McGrath 0 – c Waugh b Lee 19
DS Smith c Gilchrist b Lee 37 – c Gilchrist b Gillespie 23
D Ganga c Gilchrist b Bichel 6 – lbw b McGrath 8
VC Drakes lbw b Lee 21 – (9) not out 27
*BC Lara c Langer b Bichel 68 – (4) b MacGill 60
RR Sarwan c and b Bichel 24 – (5) c and b Lee 105
S Chanderpaul b McGrath 1 – (6) c Gilchrist b Lee 104
+RD Jacobs run out (Lee) 26 – (7) c Gilchrist b Lee 0
OAC Banks not out 16 – (8) not out 47
M Dillon b Lee 9
JJC Lawson c Love b MacGill 14
L-b 8, w 3, n-b 7 18 – B 9, l-b 9, w 1, n-b 6 25
(65.3 overs, 304 mins) 240 (128.5 overs, 457 mins) (7 wkts) 418
Fall: 1 30 73 80 137 140 185 197 224 240 Fall: 48 50 74 165 288 288 372
Bowling: First Innings - McGrath 17-6-44-2; Gillespie 17-3-56-0; Bichel 14-4-53-3; Lee
15-2-71-3; MacGill 2.3-0-8-1. Second Innings - McGrath 25-10-50-1; Gillespie 25-10-64-1;
Lee 23-4-63-4; Bichel 15-3-49-0; MacGill 35.5-8-149-1; Waugh 5-0-25-0.
AUSTRALIA Mat I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
RT Ponting 3 5 1 523 206 130.75 56.17 3 - 3 -
SR Waugh 4 4 1 226 115 75.33 51.95 1 - 1 -
AC Gilchrist 4 5 1 282 101* 70.50 81.03 1 2 12 3
JL Langer 4 8 1 483 146 69.00 61.29 2 2 3 -
ML Hayden 4 8 2 379 177 63.16 62.02 2 - 7 -
DS Lehmann 4 7 1 353 160 58.83 62.14 1 2 2 -
AJ Bichel 4 4 0 144 71 36.00 89.44 - 1 5 -
GB Hogg 2 2 1 20 17* 20.00 35.71 - - - -
ML Love 1 2 0 38 36 19.00 34.54 - - 1 -
GD McGrath 2 2 1 19 14 19.00 61.29 - - - -
B Lee 4 4 0 58 20 14.50 78.37 - - 4 -
JN Gillespie 4 4 1 36 18* 12.00 61.01 - - - -
SCG MacGill 4 4 1 6 4* 2.00 42.85 - - - -
Mat O M R W Ave Best 5 10 SR Econ
JN Gillespie 4 168.4 53 353 17 20.76 5-39 1 - 59.5 2.09
DS Lehmann 4 21 2 56 2 28.00 1-6 - - 63.0 2.66
B Lee 4 144.3 33 490 17 28.82 4-63 - - 51.0 3.39
AJ Bichel 4 103 21 346 11 31.45 3-21 - - 56.1 3.35
SCG MacGill 4 204.1 46 679 20 33.95 5-75 1 - 61.2 3.32
GD McGrath 2 78 27 158 3 52.66 2-44 - - 156.0 2.02
GB Hogg 2 58 5 264 5 52.80 2-40 - - 69.6 4.55
RT Ponting 3 2 0 6 0 - - - - - 3.00
SR Waugh 4 24 4 76 0 - - - - - 3.16
T ravelex Tour of the West Indies, 2002-03

T ravelex Tour of the West Indies, 2002-03
Back, left to right: Jock Campbell (Physical Performance Manager), Bradley Hogg, Ian Harvey, Nathan Hauritz, Michael Clarke, Jimmy Maher, Tim Nielsen (Assistant
Coach/Performance Analyst).
Middle, left to right: Errol Alcott (Physiotherapist), Brett Lee, Andrew Symonds, Jason Gillespie, Glenn McGrath, Jonathan Rose (Media Manager), Lucy Frostick (Team
Massage Therapist).
Front, left to right: Michael Bevan, Andrew Bichel, John Buchanan (Coach), Adam Gilchrist (Vice-captain), Ricky Ponting (Captain), Stephen Bernard (Team Manager),
Matthew Hayden, Darren Lehmann.
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
At Sabina Park, Kingston, 17 May 2003: Australia won by two runs (D/L method);
Australia five for 270 (RT Ponting 59, DS Lehmann 55, MG Bevan 43*, IJ Harvey
48*; M Dillon 2-53, OAC Banks 2-44); West Indies eight for 205 (CH Gayle 37,
RL Powell 37, RR Sarwan 47*; B Lee 2-52, IJ Harvey 3-37); Man of the Match:
RT Ponting.
At Sabina Park, Kingston, 18 May 2003: Australia won by eight wickets; West
Indies 163 (RL Powell 32; GD McGrath 4-31, B Lee 2-22, AJ Bichel 2-27); Australia
two for 166 (ML Hayden 51, RT Ponting 57*); Man of the Match: GD McGrath.
At Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, 21 May 2003: Australia won by 25 runs;
Australia four for 258 (RT Ponting 32, A Symonds 75, MJ Clarke 75*, MG Bevan
32*); West Indies nine for 233 (CH Gayle 43, WW Hinds 42, MN Samuels 37; JN
Gillespie 2-48, NM Hauritz 2-50); Man of the Match: MJ Clarke.
The score is updated in the West Indies.
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At Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain, 24 May 2003: Australia won by 67 runs;
Australia five for 286 (AC Gilchrist 84, ML Hayden 44, RT Ponting 38, MJ Clarke
55*; VC Drakes 2-62); West Indies 219 (CH Gayle 84, BC Lara 40; JN Gillespie 2-30,
IJ Harvey 2-58); Man of the Match: AC Gilchrist.
At Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain, 25 May 2003: West Indies won by 39 runs;
West Indies five for 290 (WW Hinds 79, BC Lara 80, RR Sarwan 32, MN Samuels
42; B Lee 3-56, AJ Bichel 2-67); Australia nine for 251 (A Symonds 77, MJ Clarke
39, MG Bevan 31; CD Collymore 2-25, M Dillon 3-40, MN Samuels 2-48); Man of
the Match: BC Lara.
At Queen’s Park, St George’s, 30 May 2003: West Indies won by three wickets;
Australia 252 (AC Gilchrist 64, DS Lehmann 43, AJ Bichel 41; CD Collymore 2-6,
MN Samuels 2-39, CH Gayle 3-37); West Indies seven for 254 (WW Hinds 125*,
RR Sarwan 50; B Lee 3-50); Man of the Match: WW Hinds.
At Queen’s Park, St George’s, 1 June 2003: West Indies won by nine wickets;
Australia eight for 247 (DS Lehmann 107, A Symonds 48, GB Hogg 53; CH Gayle
5-46); West Indies one for 249 (CH Gayle 60, WW Hinds 103*, BC Lara 75*); Man of
the Match: CH Gayle.

Back, left to right: Stephen Partridge (Physiotherapist), Michael Clarke, Nathan Hauritz, Brad Williams, Stuart Clark, Ashley Noffke, Marcus North, Shannon Tubb.
Front, left to right: Brad Haddin, Greg Blewett, Trevor Robertson (Team Manager), Jimmy Maher (Captain), Allan Border (Coach), Matthew Elliott, Martin Love.
AUSTRALIA A, 2002-03
The 2002-03 Australia A playing schedule included a reciprocal
series against South Africa A (in September and April), and a
series of matches at home against England and Sri Lanka
during the Australian summer.
Australia A v South Africa A
Australia’s depth of cricketing talent was emphasised in 2002-03
as Australia A took on South Africa A in one home and one away
series.
The series gave elite players on the fringe of national selection
a chance to impress national selectors against international
competition, and many players made the most of it.
Led by Justin Langer and then Jimmy Maher, the side beat
South Africa 5-1 in South Africa and then 3-1 on home turf,
showing the potential of some of Australia’s rising stars.
The seven-match (limited overs) tour of South Africa began with
a 30-run win at Potchefstroom. The rain-interrupted affair was
decided under the Duckworth-Lewis method, but served as an
ample tune-up for paceman Brad Williams.
Two days later, WiIliams’ pace and some sharp fielding sunk the
South African top order, but some steady middle order batting
revived the hosts as they registered a respectable total of 194.
Simon Katich’s 51 off 41 deliveries steered the run chase, the
team overhauling the South African total with two wickets to spare.
The team’s winning form showed no signs of abating at
Centurion. Brad Hogg’s three wickets prevented the South
African innings from flourishing, the host’s score of 193
considered flattering by some.
The Australians powered past the total and lost only three
wickets during their run chase. The target was reached with
over 10 overs to spare, Greg Blewett’s 84 not out being the
highlight of the innings.
Facing series defeat, Neil McKenzie’s South Africans defied
expectations by sending the Australians in at New Wanderers in
Johannesburg. Langer was again the standout with the bat, his
90, and Michael Hussey’s 61, driving Australia A to 267.
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Defending this total, the Australian bowlers kept the pressure
up throughout the innings. Despite a record third wicket
partnership, Ian Harvey and Brad Williams stifled the life out of
the closing overs to leave the South Africans nine runs short.
The win sealed an emphatic 4-0 series win for Australia A.
Rain forced the fifth match to be abandoned, and the final two
matches were split one apiece. All-rounder Ian Harvey and
Williams both found form in the final matches, each bagging a
four-wicket haul in matches five and six respectively.
The home series against South Africa A produced some
magnificent individual results.
The tour’s opening match saw Australia A set the visitors a
revised total of 171 from 30 overs under the Duckworth-Lewis
method. A superb display from the entire attack dismissed the
visitors for just 106 in 27.1 overs. Queensland off-spinner
Nathan Hauritz picked up match-best figures of 3-33.
Canberra’s Manuka Oval was treated to an exciting and
unpredictable spectacle two days later, as Australia A’s innings
ebbed and flowed its way to 8-234. Brad Hodge’s superb innings
of 69 was ably supported by some lower order heroics by Ian
Harvey and Nathan Hauritz, who both added 31 runs.
While rain spoiled match three of the series at the Albert
Ground in Victoria, Hobart provided a contrast with a spirited
South African A eight-wicket win, led by opener Morne Nico
van Wyk’s 94 runs from 85 balls.
The final limited-overs match was placed on hold while the
sides took to the longer form of the game, in two three-day
matches.
With both teams posting solid first innings totals in match
one at Adelaide Oval (Australia A 263 and South Africa A 387
in reply), time denied either side an outright victory.
Andrew Symonds continued his World Cup form with innings
of 78 and 88, while Martin van Jaarsveld scored a classy 110.
Despite ending in a draw, the second three-day match ignited
a run-feast, with four individual centuries posted. Brad Hodge
(160), Michael Hussey (145), Simon Katich (134) and another
140 from van Jaarsveld kept the scorers occupied.
A ustralia A, 2002-03

A ustralia A, 2002-03
The final one-day match proved a thriller in Perth, with
Australia A holding out the South Africans by one run. Hodge
continued his form from the previous match with a stellar 164
runs from 149 balls, while van Jaarsveld kept his name in lights,
with his third century of the tour.
Australia A won the five-match limited over series 3-1, while the
two three-day matches were tied.
Australia A in South Africa
At North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom, 4 September 2002: Australia A won
on run rate; Australia A seven for 268 (JL Langer 86, MJ Clarke 63, MEK Hussey
32; A Nel 2-64, RJ Peterson 2-47); South Africa A 217 (RJ Peterson 56, M Van
Jaarsveld 31, AG Prince 38, JM Kemp 51; BA Williams 3-36, IJ Harvey 4-33); Man
of the Match: JL Langer.
At Willowmore Park, Benoni, 6 September 2002: Australia A won on run rate;
South Africa A 194 (M Van Jaarsveld 82, ELR Stewart 59; BA Williams 4-29,
IJ Harvey 2-32); Australia A eight for 191 (SM Katich 51, MEK Hussey 38;
DJ Terbrugge 2-36, RJ Peterson 2-31); Man of the Match: BA Williams.
At Centurion Park, Centurion, 8 September 2002: Australia A won by seven
wickets; South Africa A 193 (AJ Hall 38, AG Prince 44; SR Clark 2-39, GB Hogg
3-38, SM Katich 2-17); Australia A three for 195 (JL Langer 61, GS Blewett 84*;
RJ Peterson 2-39); Man of the Match: GB Hogg.
At Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, 11 September 2002: Australia A won by
nine runs; Australia A seven for 268 (JL Langer 90, MEK Hussey 61, GB Hogg 38;
A Nel 4-50); South Africa A eight for 259 (M Van Jaarsveld 108, AG Prince 75;
BA Williams 4-42, SR Clark 3-46); Man of the Match: M van Jaarsveld.
At Buffalo Park, East London, 13 September 2002: match abandoned due to rain.
At Springbok Park, Bloemfontein, 15 September 2002: Australia A won by four
wickets; South Africa A eight for 255 (JA Rudolph 76, M Van Jaarsveld 31,
ND McKenzie 47, RJ Peterson 45; NW Bracken 4-43) Australia A six for 256
(SM Katich 31, MJ Clarke 47, JL Langer 49, RJ Campbell 44*; M. Ngam 2-53);
Man of the Match: NW Bracken.
At City Oval, Pietermaritzburg, 18 September 2002: South Africa A won by eight
wickets; Australia A 199 (MEK Hussey 57, RJ Campbell 34 SM Katich 31;
S Elworthy 2-29, A Nel 2-30, RJ Peterson 2-44); South Africa A 2-200 (AJ Hall 118*,
LL Bosman 42; SM Katich 2-48); Man of the Match: AJ Hall; Man of the Series:
JL Langer.
South Africa A in Australia
At Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, 4 April 2003: Australia A won by 64 runs
(D/L method); Australia A 212 (BJ Hodge 34, A Symonds 30; CK Langeveldt 3-55,
JA Morkel 2-40, N Boje 2-19); South Africa A 106 (G Dros 21; SR Clark 2-13, NM
Hauritz 3-33, MJ Clarke 2-14); Man of the Match: S Harwood.
At Manuka Oval, Canberra, 6 April 2003: Australia A won by 25 runs; Australia A
eight for 234 (BJ Hodge 69, IJ Harvey 31, NM Hauritz 31*; JM Kemp 2-31, N Boje
4-44); South Africa A 209 (MN Van Wyk 60, AM Amla 68, M Van Jaarsveld 32; BJ
Hodge 5-28).
At Junction Oval, St Kilda, 8 April, 2003: match abandoned due to rain.
At Bellerive Oval, Hobart, 10 April 2003: South Africa A won by eight wickets;
Australia A nine for 168 (RJ Campbell 30, CJL Rogers 30, NM Hauritz 33*; A Nel 3-
18, D Pretorius 2-68, CK Langeveldt 3-26) South Africa A two for 169 (MN Van Wyk
94, M Van Jaarsveld 38*).
At Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, 13, 14, 15 April 2003: match drawn; Australia A 263 (A
Symonds 78, RJ Campbell 47, BJ Hodge 30; N Boje 4-55, D Pretorius 4-65) and 296
(A Symonds 88, MEK Hussey 84; N Boje 4-88, Q Friend 3-54, D Pretorius 3-84);
South Africa A 387 (M van Jaarsveld 110, MN van Wyk 63, AM Amla 56; IJ Harvey 8-
101) and three for 58 (MN van Wyk 43).
At W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth, 19, 20, 21 April 2003: match drawn; Australia A 251 (BJ
Hodge 160; CK Langeveldt 4-78, JM Kemp 2-39, JA Morkel 2-45) and two declared
for 307 (MEK Hussey 145, SM Katich 134); South Africa A seven declared for 253 (N
Boje 74, JM Kemp 40, TL Tsolekile 35*, AG Prince 32; DG Wright 3-70) and seven
for 301 (M van Jaarsveld 140, MN van Wyk 56; DG Wright 4-60).
At W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth, 23 April 2003: Australia A won by one run; Australia A
six for 304 (BJ Hodge 164, RJ Campbell 65) South Africa A seven for 303 (JA
Morkel 79, M Van Jaarsveld 102, AG Prince 47; DG Wright 2-50, IJ Harvey 2-69).
Ryan Campbell was a crowd-pleaser over summer, thrilling fans with his daring
array of strokes from both sides of the crease.
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Australia A v England and Sri Lanka
Australia A contested four limited-over matches against touring
sides England and Sri Lanka in December/January, and a threeday
match against the Ashes rival at Hobart in November.
Captain Jimmy Maher led Australia A to a draw in its three-day
tour match against England, despite an unbeaten double
century (201) from Martin Love and a half-century from Michael
Clarke. The pair helped Australia A post a first innings total of
3-353 and then establish a 170-run lead after dismissing
England for 183.
Western Australia spearhead Brad Williams broke through the
England line-up, snaring 5-52 from 18 overs.
England responded in its second innings, with Robert Key (174*)
and John Crawley (55*) combining to stave off any hopes of an
Australia A outright victory.
In its limited-over matches, Australia A won three from four
encounters, defeating England by 23 runs in Brisbane, and twice
overcoming Sri Lanka by 102 runs at the Gabba, and by
10 wickets in Adelaide.
Highlights from the one-day series saw Jimmy Maher score a
superb century (106) against Sri Lanka, Brad Hogg stake his
claim for a spot in Australia’s World Cup squad, and Ryan
Campbell entertain crowds with his unorthodox, yet quick-fire
stroke play.
At Bellerive Oval, Hobart, 15, 16, 17 November 2002: match drawn; Toss: England;
Australia A three for 353 (ML Love 201*, MJ Clarke 50*, MJ North 33); England 183
(MA Butcher 42, JP Crawley 43; BA Williams 5-52) and five for 310 (RWT Key 174*,
JP Crawley 55*; NM Hauritz 2-75); Man of the Match: ML Love; Umpires: RL Parry
and JH Smeaton; TV umpire: KJ McGinniss.
At Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, 8 December 2002: Australia A won by 23 runs;
Toss: Australia A; Australia A nine for 205 (JL Langer 62, MEK Hussey 44*,
MJ Clark 25; RC Irani 3-30); England 182 (RC Irani 33, N Hussain 22, OA Shah 25;
GB Hogg 3-32); Man of the Match: RC Irani; Umpires: PD Parker and SJA Taufel;
TV Umpire: SA Reed.
At Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, 14 December 2002: Australia A won by 102
runs; Toss: Australia A; Australia A eight for 312 (JP Maher 106, MEK Hussey 79,
GS Blewett 42, JL Langer 40; CRD Fernando 4-57); Sri Lanka six for 210 (RP
Arnold 86*, J Mubarak 36; BA Williams 2-53); Man of the Match: JP Maher;
Umpires: DB Hair and PD Parker; TV Umpire: BNJ Oxenford.
At Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, 1 January 2003: Sri Lanka won by five
wickets; Toss: Australia A; Australia A eight for 210 (RJ Campbell 61, GS Blewett
37; TCB Fernando 2-37, PW Gunaratne 2-43); Sri Lanka five for 211 (MS Atapattu
101*, RP Arnold 47*; NM Hauritz 2-34); Umpires: SJ Davis and JH Smeaton;
TV Umpire: RL Parry.
At Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, 7 January 2003: Australia A won by 10 wickets;
Toss: Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka 65 (IJ Harvey 3-2, BA Williams 2-21, NW Bracken 2-25);
Australia A none for 66 (GS Blewett 28*, JP Maher 28*); Man of the Match:
BA Williams; Umpires: SJ Davis RL Parry.

Back, left to right: Bruce Bennett (Umpire), Callum Thorp, Paul Wilson, Matthew
Nicholson, Michael Clark, David Hookes, Andrew Craig (Umpire).
Front, left to right: Bradley Hogg, Marcus North, Michael Hussey (Captain), Ryan
Campbell, Kade Harvey, Chris Rogers, Wayne Clark.
CRICKET AUSTRALIA CHAIRMAN’S XI
V ENGLAND, 2002-03
With 10 Western Warriors players forming the bulk of the
Cricket Australia Chairman’s XI side, and three former
Australian Test stars in the line-up – batsmen Kim Hughes and
David Hookes and seam bowler Wayne Clark – England received
a cold welcome to Australian shores with a 58-run defeat in its
first tour match at Perth’s Lilac Hill.
Led by captain Michael Hussey – who made a dashing 69 runs at
number three – the Chairman’s XI posted a triple century tally
against a wayward England attack, which sent down 29 extras,
including 24 wides.
With Ryan Campbell (14), Brad Hogg (0), and Hookes (10)
dismissed cheaply, it was left to Warrior Kade Harvey to lift the
run-rate, forming a solid partnership with Hussey that saw the
pair add 148 for the sixth wicket.
Harvey’s brilliant innings of 114 runs from 88 balls earned him
man-of-the-match honours.
Left-arm spinner Ashley Giles (3-56) and promising young
paceman Simon Jones (2-53) were the pick of the English bowlers.
Chasing 302 for victory, England was reeling at 2-11 after losing
Marcus Trescothick (3) and Mark Butcher (0) courtesy of a
rampaging Michael Clark, leaving captain Nasser Hussain and
the uncapped Robert Key to rebuild the innings.
The pair responded, putting on a third-wicket partnership of
125 runs in just over an hour to claw the tourists back into the
match. But when John Crawley (26), Alec Stewart (35) and
James Foster (15) were dismissed after making starts,
England’s firepower was extinguished.
Veteran paceman Paul Wilson captured 2-17, while for Brad
Hogg, who took 5-35 from 8.5 overs, it was the beginning of a
memorable season ahead and a path to World Cup glory.
Cricket Australia Chairman's XI v England at Lilac Hill, 22 October 2002: Cricket
Australia Chairman's XI won by 58 runs; Cricket Australia Chairman's XI seven for
301 (50) (KM Harvey 114, MEK Hussey 69; AF Giles 3-56, SP Jones 2-53); England
243 (48.5) (RWT Key 68, N Hussain 65, AJ Stewart 35; GB Hogg 5-33, P Wilson 2-
17, MW Clark 2-53); Man of the Match: KM Harvey.
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Back, left to right: Graeme Clifton (Umpire), Andrew Kopras (Third Umpire), Lee
Carseldine, Paul Rofe, Ashley Noffke, Cameron White, Simon Katich, Michael
Lewis, Geoff Allardice (Team Manager), Bruce Oxenford (Umpire).
Front, left to right: Brad Haddin, Matthew Bradley, Mark Waugh (Captain), The
Hon John Howard MP, Ben Dennet, Mark Higgs, David Dawson.
PRIME MINISTER’S XI
V ENGLAND, 2002-03
Six weeks later, England journeyed to Canberra’s Manuka Oval
to face a Mark Waugh-led Prime Minister’s side. Although the
start of the match was delayed by rain for almost two hours, it
didn’t dampen the spirit of the home side.
With Trescothick assuming the captaincy reins in the absence of
Nasser Hussain, England drafted three limited-over specialists
into the side – Ian Blackwell, Paul Collingwood and Nick Knight.
The move, however, did not reap the desired impact and the trio
were dismissed for 1, 1 and 2, respectively.
Wicket-keeper Chris Read (33 not out) and all-rounder Gareth
Batty (29) persevered to lift England’s total to 152 runs.
But the duo lacked solid support after South Australian
paceman Paul Rofe (3-34) skittled England’s opening three
batsmen. Queenslander Lee Carseldine (2-7) accounted for the
tourists’ middle-order and Victorian Michael Lewis (3-22)
dismissed the England tail.
Carseldine who – along with his 2-7 bowling figures – scored a
quick-fire 46 runs from 60 balls, was named man-of-the-match.
Waugh, who had announced his retirement from international
cricket five weeks earlier, notched a typically flawless 42 from
46 balls as he led the Prime Minister’s XI to a four-wicket win.
Medium-pacer Robert Kirtley took 3-27 from six overs to record
England’s best bowling figures, while Craig White, Collingwood
and Batty captured one wicket apiece.
Prime Minister's XI v England at Manuka Oval, Canberra, 10 December 2002: Toss:
England; Prime Minister’s XI won by four wickets; England 152 (CMW Read 33,
GJ Batty 29, ME Trescothick 21; PC Rofe 3-34, ML Lewis 3-22); Prime Minister's XI
six for 153 (LA Carseldine 46, ME Waugh 42; RJ Kirtley 3-27); Man of the Match:
LA Carseldine, Umpires: GR Clifton, BNJ Oxenford; TV Umpire: A Kopras
T our Matches v England, 2002-03

Prime Minister’s XI v ATSIC Chairman’s XI, 2002-03
Back, left to right: Simon Fry (Umpire), Kelvin Wighton (Team Manager), Jacob Sarra, Daniel Christian, Glen Martin, Kevin Thomas, Damian Watts, Daniel Payne, Ryan Bulger,
Peter Thomas, John Booth (Umpire).
Front, left to right: Ian Redpath, Colin Lemont (Coach), Matthew Bradley (Captain), Geoff Clark (ATSIC Chairman), Chris Gallus (Parliamentary Secretary to Minister for Foreign
Affairs), Faith Thomas, Sean Gower, Ken Vowles.
PRIME MINISTER’S XI V ATSIC CHAIRMAN’S XI,
2002-03
The Adelaide Oval played host to this year’s Prime Minister’s XI
versus ATSIC Chairman’s XI match in March, the game moving
for the first time from its home of the past two years –
Canberra’s Manuka Oval.
More than 1500 people saw Australian Test star Justin Langer
lead the Prime Minister’s side to an eight-wicket victory – the
same margin it recorded a year earlier - to retain its hold on the
Johnny Mullagh Trophy.
With seven members of last year’s team returning to the fold,
the ATSIC side recruited five players to its squad.
New South Welshman Daniel Christian, who played in the Prime
Minister’s team in 2002, joined the side along with Queensland
duo Daniel Payne and Damien Watts, Australian Capital Territory
leg-spinner Ryan Bulger and Indigenous player Kevin Thomas.
Sent in to bat, the ATSIC side posted 8-228 from 50 overs.
Matthew Bradley, captaining the ATSIC team for the second
time, was outstanding.
He was named Indigenous player of the match following his
quick-fire 83 runs from 94 balls.
Sean Gower provided support with his knock of 30 before being
run out, while Northern Territory batter Ken Vowles (22) and
Payne (20) were the other contributors.
Queensland medium-pacer and Indigenous player Barry Weare
claimed 2-14 from three overs, and assisted in the crucial runout
of Gower to slow the ATSIC side’s momentum.
Doug Bollinger, Dominic Treacy, Mark Cleary and Andrew
McDonald captured one wicket apiece.
Langer – captaining a side boasting some of Australia’s best
young first-class cricketers – led from the front, notching an
unbeaten half-century from 70 balls.
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His innings came on the back of an 114-opening stand from
Tasmanian Tigers player Michael Dighton (54) and Australian
under-19 batsman Mark Cosgrove, whose unbeaten century
earned him man-of-the-match honours.
Christian and Gower were the only ATSIC XI players to break
through with the ball, capturing one wicket each.
The match was staged as a day-night fixture under ING Cup
playing conditions with 50 overs per side for the first time in
its history.
The annual fixture provides a platform to build a profile for
Indigenous cricketers, and commemorates the pioneering role
of Australia’s first team – an all-Indigenous side that toured
England in 1868.
Australia’s first female Indigenous player – Faith Thomas –
added a sense of nostalgia to the occasion, tossing the coin at
the start of the match.
Prime Minister's XI v ATSIC Chairman's XI at Adelaide Oval, 21 March 2003:
Prime Minister’s XI won by eight wickets; ATSIC Chairman's XI eight for 228
(MS Bradley 83, S Gower 30, KE Vowles 22, DM Payne 20; BG Weare 2-14);
Prime Minister's XI two for 231 (MJ Cosgrove 100*, MG Dighton 54, JL Langer 54*);
Man of the Match: MJ Cosgrove; Indigenous Player of the Match: MS Bradley.

No blues for New South Wales. Steve Waugh relished the chance to lead his state to its 43rd domestic first-class title. New South Wales became the first side to win the
domestic double in a season since 1993-94, when the Blues also achieved the feat.
PURA CUP, 2002-03
New South Wales won its first domestic first-class title since
1993-94 when it secured the Pura Cup by comprehensively
outplaying an under-strength Queensland at The Gabba in
March 2003.
The success, which completed a domestic double with the ING
Cup secured a month earlier, was yet another triumph to savour
for captain Stephen Waugh, and he played a significant part in
its achievement. Following the Ashes triumph against England,
he returned to state duty in late January. New South Wales won
three of its last four matches, a run of form that saw it pip
Victoria for a place in the final.
Waugh’s own form with the bat was equally impressive. He
scored 659 runs in seven Pura Cup matches, including a careerbest
211 against Victoria. Those runs helped persuade him to
play on at Test level as he made himself available to lead the
side in the West Indies.
But New South Wales’ success was hardly a one-man show.
Michael Clarke and Michael Slater both topped 700 runs, while
in Stuart MacGill the Blues had the leading wicket-taker in the
competition as he claimed 48 wickets from 10 matches.
Equally important was the contribution of newcomer Simon
Katich, in his first season in Sydney after switching from
Western Australia. Katich scored 619 runs and also took 19
wickets at minimal cost with his left-arm wrist spin.
Brett Lee was briefly influential, regaining his Test spot after
claiming 21 wickets in two matches. Stuart Clark (30) and Don
Nash (26) were also among the wickets and with Michael Bevan,
Mark Waugh and wicket-keeper Brad Haddin all topping 400
runs, New South Wales bore the formidable look of years gone by.
Queensland reached the final on the back of its impressive pace
attack as Michael Kasprowicz, Joe Dawes and Ashley Noffke
shared 127 wickets between them. In the end, however, the
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absence of key players Matthew Hayden, Jimmy Maher and
Andrew Symonds on World Cup duty, plus an injury to Stuart
Law, stretched its batting resources too thin in the final and
New South Wales capitalised. Nevertheless Clinton Perren
(693 runs) and Lee Carseldine (658 runs) could be proud of
their seasons.
Victoria coach David Hookes identified the Bushranger’s failure
to win more than once away from home as the key factor behind
the side’s inability to finish in the top two places. However,
despite that disappointment, the side made significant progress
after finishing next to bottom of the ladder the previous year.
Jason Arnberger returned to near his best form and Matthew
Elliott and Brad Hodge also passed 500 runs. Mick Lewis
finished as the side’s leading wicket-taker, leg-spinner
Cameron White made encouraging progress, and Victoria
unearthed a tearaway fast-bowler called Shane Harwood who
took 28 wickets in seven matches, including a hat-trick against
Tasmania.
South Australia, in Greg Chappell’s last season as state coach,
could boast the two leading run-scorers in the competition in
Greg Blewett and David Fitzgerald, as well as 651 runs from
Mark Higgs, newly arrived from New South Wales. But without a
cutting edge in its attack it took 20 wickets in a match just three
times. There were individual successes for Western Australia,
with Chris Rogers and Michael Clark impressing, but it
struggled in the face of international calls and also lacked
bowling depth. Tasmania finished bottom of the ladder for the
second year in a row, although it was encouraging to see fastbowler
Damien Wright, previously dogged by injury, play in nine
of its matches, claiming 32 wickets.
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P ura Cup, 2002-03
A genuine highlight of the Pura Cup final was
Michael Slater’s hundred. Slater’s outstanding season saw
him finish as New South Wales’ leading run-scorer and
the competition’s third highest with 770 runs.
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2002-03 PURA CUP POINTS TABLE
Played Won Lost Drawn Points Quotient
Queensland 10 6 3 - 42 1.283
New South Wales 10 6 2 - 36 1.183
Victoria 10 5 4 - 36 1.104
South Australia 10 4 5 - 28 0.862
Western Australia 10 2 5 1 20 0.939
Tasmania 10 2 6 1 14 0.727
2002-03 PURA CUP FINAL QUEENSLAND V NEW SOUTH WALES
At Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, 14,15,16 March 2003: New South Wales won by 246 runs; Close of play first day, New South Wales [1] six for 233 (M Waugh 1, Nash 7); second day,
New South Wales [2] four for 166 (S Waugh 47, M Waugh 18); Toss: Queensland; Man of Match: SM Katich; Attendance: 12,106; Umpires: SJ Davis and PD Parker.
NEW SOUTH WALES
MJ Slater c Perren b Kasprowicz 100 - b Kasprowicz 2
GJ Mail c Seccombe b Dale 2 - c Payne b Nash 47
SM Katich c Seccombe b Kasprowicz 82 - c Love b Dawes 36
*SR Waugh lbw b Dawes 9 - lbw b Kasprowicz 56
MJ Clarke lbw b Dawes 0 - c Carseldine b Kasprowicz 11
ME Waugh c Love b Kasprowicz 1 - c Carseldine b Noffke 38
+BJ Haddin lbw b Dawes 1 - c Seccombe b Noffke 0
DA Nash c Kasprowicz b Dawes 34 - c Love b Dawes 22
SR Clark c (sub) M Anderson b Dawes 27 - b Dawes 32
SCG MacGill not out 3 - not out 10
D Bollinger b Kasprowicz 1 - c (s) M Anderson b Dale 3
L-b 13, w 1, n-b 8 22 L-b 4, n-b 2 6
(80.2 overs, 356 mins) 282 (80.2 overs, 332 mins) 263
Fall: 2 193 213 213 213 215 225 274 281 282 Fall: 2 61 115 130 193 193 193 236
251 263
Bowling: First Innings - Kasprowicz 23.2-4-102-4; Dale 18-3-41-1; Noffke 15-2-50-0;
Dawes 21-4-66-5; Nash 3-1-10-0. Second Innings - Kasprowicz 26-8-70-3; Dale 25.2-10-
72-1; Dawes 17-2-64-3; Nash 5-0-22-1; Perren 2-0-12-0; Noffke 5-2-19-2.
2002-03 PURA CUP BATTING AVERAGES
(Qualification: 500 runs)
Batsman M Inn NO Runs Best 100 50 Ave
CT Perren (Qld) 7 13 1 693 224 2 2 57.75
SR Waugh (NSW) 7 13 0 659 211 3 1 50.69
MA Higgs (SA) 9 16 3 651 134* 2 3 50.08
GS Blewett (SA) 9 17 0 843 135 2 5 49.59
JL Arnberger (Vic) 10 18 3 724 172* 3 1 48.27
MJ Clarke (NSW) 10 17 1 763 134 4 2 47.69
CJL Rogers (WA) 10 17 1 745 194 2 4 46.56
LA Carseldine (Qld) 11 18 3 658 124* 1 4 43.87
DA Fitzgerald (SA) 10 19 1 774 153 3 1 43.00
MJ Slater (NSW) 10 18 0 770 204 3 1 42.78
2002-03 PURA CUP BOWLING AVERAGES
(Qualification: 15 wickets)
Bowler M Overs Mds Runs Wkts Best 5 10 Ave
B Lee (NSW) 2 94.1 23 329 21 7-114 3 2 15.67
DA Nash (NSW) 7 156.1 40 428 26 6-48 1 0 16.46
JH Dawes (Qld) 10 296.2 87 807 43 7-67 3 1 18.77
SM Katich (NSW) 11 137 32 399 19 7-130 2 0 21.00
AA Noffke (Qld) 8 274.4 64 795 37 6-24 2 0 21.49
MF Cleary (SA) 4 107.5 23 350 16 4-23 0 0 21.88
MWH Inness (Vic) 8 259.2 83 621 28 5-61 1 0 22.18
SW Tait (SA) 5 125 22 451 20 5-68 1 0 22.55
MS Kasprowicz (Qld) 10 394.3 109 1082 47 5-36 3 0 23.02
MW Clark (WA) 10 287 74 879 38 5-47 1 0 23.13
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QUEENSLAND
DM Payne c and b Bollinger 13 - (2) c Mail b Clark 1
NJ Kruger c M Waugh b Nash 2 - (1) c Clark b Mail 34
*ML Love c Clarke b Nash 2 - c Haddin b Nash 13
LA Carseldine c Clarke b Mail 8 - lbw b Katich 65
CT Perren c M Waugh b MacGill 15 - b MacGill 19
BP Nash c Mail b MacGill 8 - lbw b Katich 15
+WA Seccombe not out 24 - b Katich 13
AC Dale lbw b Mail 2 - c M Waugh b MacGill 33
AA Noffke c S Waugh b MacGill 0
MS Kasprowicz c Haddin b MacGill 0 - (9) c Slater b MacGill 8
JH Dawes c M Waugh b MacGill 0 - (10) not out 0
B 4, l-b 2, w 1, n-b 3 10 B 2, l-b 9, w 1, n-b 2 14
(29.2 overs, 122 mins) 84 (65 overs, 250 mins) 215
Fall: 3 11 34 34 52 65 70 73 73 84 Fall: 13 48 52 111 143 169 182 215 215
Bowling: First Innings - Clark 7-5-7-0; Nash 5-2-9-2; Bollinger 4-1-23-1; Mail 8-3-23-2;
MacGill 5.2-0-16-5. Second Innings - Clark 13-1-45-1; Nash 9-0-37-1; Mail 7-2-15-1;
MacGill 14-3-43-3; Bollinger 8-2-21-0; Katich 14-4-43-3.
2002-03 PURA CUP MOST DISMISSALS
Wicket-Keeper M Catches Stumpings Dismissals
WA Seccombe (Qld) 11 44 1 45
DS Berry (Vic) 9 32 3 35
SG Clingeleffer (Tas) 10 34 - 34
BJ Haddin (NSW) 10 28 2 30
SA Deitz (SA) 10 22 1 23
GA Manou (SA) 3 17 - 17
RJ Campbell (WA) 6 17 - 17
ME Waugh (NSW) 9 17 - 17
MJ Di Venuto (Tas) 10 16 - 16
ML Love (Qld) 9 14 - 14
SM Katich (NSW) 11 13 - 13
CL White (Vic) 9 11 - 11
P ura Cup, 2002-03

ING Cup, 2002-03
Victory in sight. Captain Steve Waugh and prize recruit Simon
Katich guide New South Wales to ING Cup victory. The pair
combined at nearly a run-a-ball to form a crucial 131-run
partnership in the final.
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Back, left to right: Aaron O’Brien, Nathan Pilon, Douglas Bollinger, Greg Mail, Stephen Phillips, Brad Haddin.
Middle, left to right: Stephen Rixon (Coach), Phil Jaques, Paul Maraziotis, Dominic Thornely, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Grant Lambert, Shawn Bradstreet, Don Nash,
Trevor Bayliss (Assistant Coach).
Front, left to right: Simon Katich, Michael Slater, Brett Lee, Shane Lee (Vice-captain), Corey Richards, Mark Waugh, Stuart MacGill.
ING CUP, 2002-03
For the third year in a row, the New South Wales Blues won the
domestic one-day competition, the ING Cup, despite failing to
secure home advantage. This time they beat the Western Warriors
in convincing fashion at the W.A.C.A Ground in February 2003.
After restricting the home side to 207 all out, the Blues took
control thanks to captain Stephen Waugh and former Warriors
player Simon Katich. The pair added 131 runs in just 18 overs of
mayhem and by the time Waugh, who passed a fitness test on a
hamstring injury to play in the match, was dismissed for 88 from
only 51 balls, the result was beyond doubt. Katich finished
unbeaten on 75 while Stuart Clark claimed the player of the
match award for his bowling figures of 3-34.
The Blues’ success in reaching the final in the first place was
down to its players holding their collective nerve while the
Queensland Bulls faltered. The Bulls went down to the Tasmanian
Tigers in its last of the qualifying matches, but the Blues still had
to beat the Southern Redbacks the following day to pip them to a
place in the final. Not only did Waugh’s men do just that, they did
it in front of the largest crowd ever for a domestic one-day match
in New South Wales – 25,763 fans turned out for the inaugural
match at Telstra Stadium on 16 February.
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The Blues had the most potent attack in the competition with
Nathan Bracken, Shawn Bradstreet, Stuart Clark and Stuart
MacGill all claiming 10 or more wickets. In the batting stakes
Michael Clark, Waugh, his brother Mark and Simon Katich all
topped 300 runs.
The Warriors could boast the ING Cup Player of the Year in
Justin Langer who, like Waugh, reminded the selectors of his
abilities as a one-day player by scoring 434 runs, as well as the
two leading wicket-takers in the competition in Brad Williams
(21) and Jo Angel (16).
Of the other sides, the Bulls’ Nathan Hauritz and James Hopes
each took 14 wickets, but injuries and international calls hit its
top order hard. The Tigers remained in contention until losing
their penultimate match against the Warriors in Hobart, but that
was a vast improvement on its form of the previous year when it
finished last. The Bushrangers’ one-day form was modest while
the Redbacks, without its talisman Darren Lehmann for seven of
its ten matches, managed just one win, even though Greg
Blewett finished as the leading run-scorer in the competition
with 486 runs.
ING Cup, 2002-03

ING Cup, 2002-03
2002-03 ING CUP FINAL – WESTERN AUSTRALIA V NEW SOUTH WALES
At W.A.C.A Ground, Perth, 23 February 2003: New South Wales won by seven wickets; Toss: Western Australia; Man of Match: SR Clark; Attendance: 15,429; Umpires: SJ Davis and JH
Smeaton; TV Umpire: IH Lock.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
*JL Langer c Haddin b Bollinger 3 (18)
CJL Rogers c S Waugh b Clark 7 (12)
+RJ Campbell c Clark b Bracken 21 (16)
MEK Hussey c Katich b Clark 4 (11)
MW Goodwin c Haddin b Bradstreet 31 (57)
SE Marsh c M Waugh b Clark 4 (21)
KM Harvey c Haddin b Bradstreet 44 (69)
PC Worthington not out 49 (58)
J Angel run out (MacGill) 1 (11)
BA Williams b Bracken 1 (2)
MW Clark c Bollinger b Katich 27 (32)
L-b 1, w 6, n-b 8 15
(49.5 overs, 213 mins) 207
Fall: 15 25 43 51 65 101 157 163 164 207
P Wilson (did not bat)
Bowling: Bollinger 7-0-44-1; Clark 10-1-34-3; Bracken 10-3-35-2; MacGill 10-0-48-0;
Bradstreet 10-2-33-2; Katich 2.5-0-12-1.
2002-03 ING CUP LEADING RUN-SCORERS
Batsman M Inn NO Runs Best 100 50 Ave Stk-Rt
GS Blewett (SA) 10 10 1 486 109* 2 2 54.00 73.41
JL Langer (WA) 8 7 1 434 114* 2 2 72.33 80.52
MJ Clarke (NSW) 10 10 3 385 74* 0 2 55.00 82.26
MG Dighton (Tas) 10 10 0 367 69 0 4 36.70 73.25
BJ Hodge (Vic) 10 10 1 364 114 1 0 40.44 67.66
SR Waugh (NSW) 7 7 0 343 104 1 2 49.00 104.89
DJ Marsh (Tas) 10 10 2 336 100* 1 1 42.00 89.36
SM Katich (NSW) 11 10 3 328 75* 0 2 46.86 71.15
CJL Rogers (WA) 11 10 1 327 67 0 3 36.33 65.27
J Cox (Tas) 10 10 0 324 87 0 2 32.40 68.94
ME Waugh (NSW) 9 8 1 310 76 0 1 44.29 75.79
2002-03 ING CUP POINTS TABLE
Team M W L T Bonus Pts Points Net run-rate
Western Australia 10 7 3 0 2 30 0.2900
New South Wales 10 6 3 1 2 28 0.1934
Queensland 10 6 4 0 3 27 0.6347
Tasmania 10 5 4 1 3 25 0.4505
Victoria 10 4 6 0 2 18 -0.3867
South Australia 10 1 9 0 0 4 -1.2073
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NEW SOUTH WALES
SM Katich not out 75 (77)
+BJ Haddin lbw b Williams 34 (18)
DJ Thornely c Rogers b Williams 10 (13)
*SR Waugh c Campbell b Williams 88 (55)
MJ Clarke not out 0 (0)
L-b 1, w 1, n-b 2 4
(26.5 overs, 111 mins) (3 wkts) 211
Fall: 50 62 193
ME Waugh, MJ Slater, SD Bradstreet, NW Bracken, SR Clark, SCG MacGill, D Bollinger
(did not bat).
Bowling: Wilson 4-0-40-0; Clark 8.5-1-61-0; Williams 7-0-55-3; Angel 3-0-25-0;
Worthington 4-0-29-0.
2002-03 ING CUP LEADING WICKET-TAKERS
Bowler M Overs Mds Runs Wkts Best 5 Ave
J Angel (WA) 11 89.5 5 433 21 5-33 1 20.62
BA Williams (WA) 9 71.1 4 320 16 4-29 0 20.00
AR Griffith (Tas) 10 94.5 10 351 15 3-14 0 23.40
NW Bracken (NSW) 10 90.3 10 355 15 3-22 0 23.67
NM Hauritz (Qld) 8 56.2 1 254 14 4-54 0 18.14
JR Hopes (Qld) 10 73.1 7 335 14 4-34 0 23.93
SR Clark (NSW) 10 85 7 345 13 3-31 0 26.54
SD Bradstreet (NSW) 10 74 6 326 13 3-36 0 25.08
CD Thorp (WA) 7 61 4 282 13 4-46 0 21.69
SA Brant (Qld) 9 69 5 301 12 3-33 0 25.08
B Geeves (Tas) 8 63 5 281 10 3-40 0 28.10
The Blues added the ING Cup to its trophy cabinet after its successful
2002-03 domestic season.

CRICKET AUSTRALIA CUP, 2002-03
Only mathematical quotients separated four sides in the final
table positions of the 2002-03 Cricket Australia Cup. Queensland,
New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania finished the
national second XI competition with 18 points apiece.
With no competition final to settle the ladder positions,
Queensland was declared the winner after finishing 0.010
quotient points higher than second-place New South Wales
(quotient points are calculated as runs-per-wicket scored
divided by runs-per-wicket conceded).
The win denied New South Wales consecutive titles.
South Australia and Tasmania rounded out the top four, while
Western Australia and Victoria each finished with 16 points.
The Australian Capital Territory ended the series on six points,
but showed its promise to deliver, with batsmen David Dawson
and Cade Brown featuring in the top five of series run-scorers.
Twenty-year-old Dawson, a member of the Commonwealth
Bank Cricket Academy, topped the run charts with his 552 at an
average of 50.18. Queensland Academy of Sport batsman Daniel
Payne finished second with 398 runs at 39.80.
The four-day match format proved appetising for batsmen and
bowlers alike, providing opportunity to showcase their skills
during the 21-match series.
Left-arm medium pacer Andrew Downton headed the
wicket-takers’ list, claiming 25 scalps at an average of 23.12.
The Tasmanian’s best figures of 6-29 came against eventual
champions, the Queensland Academy of Sport, at Allan
Border Field.
The wicket-taker’s list also featured first-class players
Brad Young (23 wickets), Don Nash (20) Scott Brant (17) and
Queensland Bulls-contracted rookie Steve Magoffin (21).
The purpose of the Cricket Australia Cup is to provide fringe
state players with the opportunity to perform on a national stage
at a level above grade cricket, and to make the transition to
first-class cricket easier.
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2002-03 CRICKET AUSTRALIA CUP POINTS TABLE
Team Played WO WI D LI LO T Points Quotient
Queensland 6 3 - - 1 2 - 18.0 1.122
New South Wales 6 3 - - 1 2 - 18.0 1.112
South Australia 6 3 - - - 3 - 18.0 1.009
Tasmania 6 3 - - - 3 - 18.0 0.906
Western Australia 6 2 2 - - 2 - 16.0 1.195
Victoria 6 2 2 - 1 1 - 16.0 1.185
Australian Capital Territory 6 1 - - 1 4 - 6.0 0.603
Quotient = runs per wicket scored divided by runs per wicket conceded.
2002-03 CRICKET AUSTRALIA CUP BATTING AVERAGES
(Qualification: 200 runs)
Name M Inn NO Runs HS Ave 100 50
GC Rummans (Vic) 1 2 1 219 210 219.00 1 -
CJ Peake (Vic) 1 2 1 204 104 204.00 2 -
MJ Phelps (NSW) 2 4 1 260 120* 86.66 2 -
SE Marsh (WA) 2 4 0 284 129 71.00 1 2
PC Worthington (WA) 5 9 5 279 136* 69.75 1 -
LG Buchanan (Vic) 2 4 0 242 208 0.50 1 -
CWG Bassano (Tas) 3 6 1 284 113* 56.80 2 -
CJ Richards (NSW) 4 7 0 394 140 56.28 2 1
AB McDonald (Vic) 4 6 0 332 122 55.33 1 1
SA Deitz (SA) 2 4 0 202 140 50.50 1 -
2002-03 CRICKET AUSTRALIA CUP BOWLING AVERAGES
(Qualification: 10 wickets)
Name Mat O M R W Ave Best 5 10
DA Nash (NSW) 3 80.4 28 198 20 9.90 5-14 2 1
SR Cary (WA) 2 67.4 19 170 11 15.45 4-53 - -
SJ Magoffin (Qld) 4 127.3 31 339 21 16.14 6-37 1 -
BE Young (SA) 3 133 30 379 23 16.47 8-73 2 1
AB McDonald (Vic) 4 109 34 288 16 18.00 4-26 - -
SW Tait (SA) 3 77.4 17 234 12 19.50 4-21 - -
MD Pascoe (Tas) 3 98.2 34 255 13 19.61 5-31 1 -
MA Harrity (SA) 4 106.4 27 316 15 21.06 4-34 - -
PC Worthington (WA) 5 132.1 43 322 14 23.00 5-47 1 -
AG Downton (Tas) 5 175.2 43 578 25 23.12 6-29 1 1
C ricket Australia Cup, 2002-03

Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars four-nation series in New Zealand, 2002-03
Back, left to right: Lisa Ross (Physiotherapist), Claire Connolly (Team Manager), Melanie Jones, Michelle Goszko, Emma Twining, Cathryn Fitzpatrick, Kris Britt, Mark Sorell
(Assistant Coach), Steve Jenkin (Coach), Sally Bailey (Physical Conditioning Co-ordinator).
Front, left to right: Melissa Bulow, Julie Hayes, Clea Smith, Belinda Clark (Captain), Karen Rolton (Vice-captain), Julia Price, Lisa Sthalekar, Alex Blackwell.
COMMONWEALTH BANK SOUTHERN STARS
FOUR-NATION SERIES IN
NEW ZEALAND, 2002-03
The Australian women’s team, the Commonwealth Bank
Southern Stars, reaffirmed its position as the leading side in the
women’s game throughout 2002-03, with a dominant display at
the four-nations one-day international tournament in New
Zealand during January/February.
While completing the tournament undefeated did not return the
official mantle of world champions to the Southern Stars – that
title remains their focus for the 2005 World Cup campaign in
South Africa – the team’s flawless effort in New Zealand proved
the Australians are still an impressive unit.
The Southern Stars completed a perfect tournament in New
Zealand, winning all six qualifying matches against participating
nations England, India and New Zealand, earning a bonus point
for each convincing victory.
In winning the four-nation competition, the Southern Stars also
retained its hold on the coveted Rose Bowl trophy with the annual
series against New Zealand built into the quadrangular tournament.
With the retirement of experienced top-order batter Lisa
Keightley in December, Australia used the first three matches of
the New Zealand series to blood three international debutantes
– targeted youth squad members Kris Britt and Alex Blackwell,
and Queenslander Melissa Bulow.
The Southern Stars opened its four-nations campaign against
New Zealand on Australia Day at Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln,
carving a 63-run victory against the hosts. Vice-captain Karen
Rolton and Lisa Sthalekar established the early pace for the
Southern Stars, sharing a 123-run partnership on the way to a
223-run total.
The free-flowing run-scoring of Rolton and Sthalekar set the
scene for the tournament. Together with captain Belinda Clark,
the trio dominated the competition’s batting – Clark the
tournament’s eventual highest run-scorer with 343.
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In reply, New Zealand began horridly, losing keeper Rebecca
Rolls (6 runs) and captain Emily Drumm (0) within two balls and
without addition to the score – both stroke players falling victim
to a determined Cathryn Fitzpatrick.
As she often is, Fitzpatrick was the bowling catalyst for the
Southern Stars, containing the performance of Drumm and
Rolls throughout the series – dismissing the captain on three
occasions for a total of 13 runs, and twice beating the dangerous
Rolls, conceding just 7 runs in doing so.
Australia’s aggressive style continued throughout the tournament,
accounting comfortably for England and India in the next two
matches and recording its highest total of the tournament (8-
226) against England in match four.
Leg-spinner Kris Britt snared 4-16 while Fitzpatrick continued
her impressive bowling, capturing another three wickets.
India struggled to challenge a rampaging Australia in match
five, suffering a nine-wicket defeat, while the Southern Stars
prevailed with a six-wicket victory in the last match of the series
against New Zealand – its sixth consecutive win of the
tournament – to set up a final against the hosts.
Establishing a competitive 214 runs – Clark’s 80 from 119 balls
being the tonic for good things to follow – the Southern Stars
dismissed New Zealand for its lowest total of the series – 105
runs in 30 overs. Hayes (3-31) and Fitzpatrick (2-14) led
Australia’s bowling charge to claim the title.
Australia’s dominance during the series was reflected in the fact
it boasted three of the top four competition run-scorers, and
three of the top five tournament wicket-takers, with Clark (343
runs at 49.00) and Fitzpatrick (15 wickets at 10.06) heading the
respective series lists.

New Zealand A v Australia
At Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln, 24 January 2003: Australia won by four wickets;
Toss: New Zealand A; New Zealand A eight for 155 (ML Lynch 77; CI Smith 3-28);
Australian six for 157 (KL Rolton 45ret, BJ Clarke 34ret).
Australia v New Zealand
At Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln, 26 January 2003: Australia won by 63 runs; Toss:
Australia; Australia six for 223 (LC Sthalekar 59, KL Rolton 86; FS King 4-24);
New Zealand nine for 160 (N Payne 36, MAM Lewis 33; KL Rolton 2-17, J Hayes
2-21); Umpires: DB Cowie and MP George.
Australia v England
At Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln, 29 January 2003: Australia won by seven wickets;
Toss: England; England eight for 156 (SC Taylor 35, CJ Connor 29); Australia three
for 157 (BJ Clark 23, KL Rolton 68, MA Goszko 34); Umpires: GA Baxter and
K Cross.
Australia v India
At Lincoln University No. 3, Lincoln, 1 February 2003: Australia won by 59 runs;
Toss: Australia; Australia nine for 216 (BJ Clark 35, KL Rolton 68; N David 2-30);
India nine for 157 (A Chopra 32, M Raj 36; J Hayes 3-28, CL Fitzpatrick 2-27,
AJ Blackwell 2-8); Umpires: RD Anderson and GA Baxter.
Australia v England
At Lincoln University No. 3, Lincoln, 2 February 2003: Australia won by 106 runs;
Toss: Australia; Australia eight for 226 (BJ Clark 81, M Jones 37; SV Collyer 2-31);
England 120 (CJ Connor 29; CL Fitzpatrick 3-17, K Britt 4-16); Umpires: RD
Anderson and GA Baxter.
Australian vice-captain Karen Rolton’s dominance at the crease continued in
2002-03. The left-hander topped Australia’s batting averages at the one-day
international tournament in New Zealand with 291 runs at an average of 58.20.
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Australia v India
At Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln, 4 February 2003: Australia won by nine wickets;
Toss: India; India seven for 134 (A Chopra 25; CR Smith 2-30, AJ Blackwell 2-18);
Australia one for 135 (BJ Clark 49, LC Sthalekar 58*, KL Rolton 21*); Umpires: RD
Anderson and AL Hill.
Australia v New Zealand
At Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln, 6 February 2003: Australia won by six wickets;
Toss: New Zealand; New Zealand 174 (ML Lynch 28, MAM Lewis 43, AL Mason 33,
HM Tiffen 28; CL Fitzpatrick 5-27); Australia four for 175 (LC Sthalekar 53, BJ
Clark 67); Umpires: AL Hill and GC Holdem.
POINTS TABLE
Played Won Lost Bonus Pts Points Net run-rate
Australia 6 6 0 6 36 1.393
New Zealand 6 4 2 3 23 0.343
India 6 1 5 2 7 -0.795
England 6 1 5 1 6 -0.936
FINAL – AUSTRALIA V NEW ZEALAND
At Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln, 8 February 2003: Australia won by 109 runs; Toss:
Australia; Australia 214 (BJ Clark 80, KL Rolton 34; FS King 3-44); New Zealand 105
(AL Mason 31; J Hayes 3-31, CL Fitzpatrick 2-14); Umpires: GA Baxter and AL Hill;
TV Umpire: GC Holdem.
Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars four-nation series in New Zealand, 2002-03

Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars Ashes Test Series, 2002-03
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Passing the Test. Lisa Sthalekar was the heroine of
Australia’s second Test against England, scoring a maiden
Test century (120*) in just her second Test.

Back, left to right: David Moore (Assistant Coach), Steve Jenkin (Coach), Claire Connolly (Team Manager), Melanie Jones, Michelle Goszko, Therese McGregor, Cathryn
Fitzpatrick, Lisa Ross (Physiotherapist), Sally Bailey (Physical Conditioning Co-ordinator), Erica Sainsbury (Scorer), Peter Kremer (Psychologist).
Front, left to right: Alex Blackwell, Julie Hayes, Julia Price, Karen Rolton (Vice-captain), Belinda Clark (Captain), Lisa Sthalekar, Emma Twining, Kris Britt.
COMMONWEALTH BANK SOUTHERN STARS
ASHES TEST SERIES, 2002-03
The Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars also triumphed in the
Test arena in 2002-03, retaining the Ashes against England with
a 1-0 win.
The first Test at the Gabba in Brisbane saw three New South
Wales team-mates – Alex Blackwell, Lisa Sthalekar and Emma
Twining – make their Australian Test debut.
As England batted steadily, Australia was kept wicket-less until the
second session with vice-captain Karen Rolton taking 2-6 in an
eight-over spell, and fast-bowlers Cathryn Fitzpatrick (3-32) and
Therese McGregor (2-24) striking to have England 9-124 at stumps.
In what became a battle of the bowlers, day two saw 19 wickets
tumble for 165 runs.
Dismissing England on the third ball of the day, Australia then
recorded a humble 78 – its third lowest total ever, and its
smallest in 45 years.
England left-arm medium pacer Lucy Pearson was the key
destroyer, capturing 4-31 from 15 overs while medium-pacer
Laura Newton took 3-10.
Australia fought back to have England 8-87 at stumps – 133
runs in arrears. A fiery Fitzpatrick led the charge with 3-25,
including the wickets of opening pair Collyer and Leng, and
dismissing captain Clare Connor on the last ball of the day.
All-rounder Julie Hayes’ 3-9 from 10 overs also helped swing the
momentum in Australia’s favour. At one stage, Hayes had figures
of 3-0 from 28 balls as she collected England’s middle order.
Fitzpatrick finished with 4-28 in the second innings and 8-60 match
figures – deservedly earning the player-of-the match award.
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Needing to make its highest score of the match to win on the
final day, Australia eventually reached its total after captain
Belinda Clark (47) and Rolton (46) put on a 78-run partnership.
Clark’s 47 etched her name in history as Australia’s greatest
Test runs-scorer, eclipsing Betty Wilson’s 1957-58 record.
Seemingly cruising to victory, the Southern Stars suffered a mini
collapse losing 4-11 in 13 overs to be precariously placed at 5-
111 before the steadiness of Hayes (18 not out) and 19-year-old
debutante Blackwell (9 not out) guided Australia home.
The second Test headed to Bankstown Oval where a raininterrupted
first day’s play kept the wicket moist and England’s
fire in the belly, restricting Australia to 134.
Pearson began what became a record haul, taking hold of the
Australian batters to capture 7-51 from 25 overs, Leng
completing the sweep with 2-5 from 19 balls. Melanie Jones
provided some resistance, top scoring with 58.
In reply, England slipped to 4-70 after debutante Kris Britt
struck with a wicket in her fourth delivery in Test cricket,
catching Aaran Thompson leg before wicket.
A fifth-wicket stand of 81 runs from 17-year-old Lydia Greenway
(31) and ‘keeper Claire Taylor (48) helped England on its path to
a 53-run first innings lead.
Australia experienced early trouble in its second innings,
plummeting to 4-49 before unbeaten half-centuries from
Sthalekar and Blackwell rescued the Southern Stars.
Playing in only their second Test matches, the pair revived
Australia with a world record fifth-wicket stand of 136 – breaking
the previous mark set by Betty Wilson and Val Batty in 1957-58.
Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars Ashes Test Series, 2002-03

Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars Ashes Test series, 2002-03
Sthalekar finished with an unbeaten maiden Test century (120)
as Australia declared at 7-259 at lunch on the final day, with
England needing 206 to win.
Pearson’s four second-innings wickets, adding to her 7-51 in the
first innings, saw her become the only Englishwoman to take 10
wickets in an Ashes Test and take out the player-of-the match
award with a career-best 11-107.
FIRST TEST
TEST SERIES AVERAGES
England M Inn NO Runs Best 100 50 Ave Ct
CM Edwards 2 4 - 140 67 - 1 39.28 -
SC Taylor 2 4 1 89 48 - - 29.66 9
KM Leng 2 4 - 81 28 - - 20.25 -
LJ Harper 2 3 1 20 20* - - 20.00 2
LK Newton 2 4 1 38 16 - - 12.66 3
L Greenway 2 4 - 37 31 - - 9.25 2
SV Collyer 2 4 - 37 29 - - 9.25 2
CJ Connor 2 4 - 29 19 - - 7.25 -
CE Taylor 2 3 1 10 9* - - 5.00 1
A Thompson 2 4 - 17 10 - - 4.25 -
LC Pearson 2 3 1 0 0* - - 0.00 1
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A defiant stand of 67 from vice-captain Charlotte Edwards formed
England’s charge to secure a victory against Australia, but as the
tourists battled to 6-133, time denied either side an outright win.
Fitzpatrick, who took second innings figures of 4-15, was
Australia’s leading Ashes wicket-taker and received the Peden-
Archdale Medal as player-of-the series.
At Brisbane Cricket Ground, 15, 16, 17 February 2003: Australia won by five wickets; Toss: Australia; Player of the Match: CL Fitzpatrick; Umpires: NS McNamara and BNJ Oxenford.
ENGLAND
AUSTRALIA
SV Collyer c Rolton b Fitzpatrick 29 - b Fitzpatrick 5
KM Leng lbw b Rolton 26 - c Goszko b Fitzpatrick 6
CM Edwards lbw b Twining 6 - c Price b Hayes 27
A Thompson lbw b Rolton 1 - lbw b Rolton 10
L Greenway c Jones b McGregor 5 - (6) c Price b Hayes 1
+SC Taylor c Price b McGregor 14 - (7) c Price b Sthalekar 6
*CJ Connor c Fitzpatrick b Sthalekar 7 - (8) b Fitzpatrick 19
LK Newton c Price b Fitzpatrick 5 - (9) c Price b Twining 11
LJ Harper not out 20 - (5) c Goszko b Hayes 0
CE Taylor c Clark b Fitzpatrick 0 - c Sthalekar b Fitzpatrick 1
LC Pearson c Jones b Fitzpatrick 0 - not out 0
B 2, l-b 6, w 2, n-b 1 11 B 4, l-b 2 6
(108.3 overs, 351 mins) 124 (67.3 overs, 216 mins) 92
Fall 1st: 57 67 67 70 76 93 97 110 116 124 Fall 2nd: 7 24 43 43 45 56 65 87 91 92
Bowling: First Innings - Fitzpatrick 29.3-14-32-4; Twining 20-11-17-1; McGregor 14-7-24-
2; Blackwell 11-6-9-0; Hayes 15-9-20-0; Rolton 8-5-6-2; Sthalekar 11-6-8-1. Second
Innings - Fitzpatrick 20-9-28-4; Twining 9.3-4-14-1; Rolton 8-4-17-1; Sthalekar 15-7-16-
1; Hayes 10-8-9-3; McGregor 5-4-2-0.
SECOND TEST
AUSTRALIA
*BJ Clark b Pearson 16 - c Collyer b Pearson 16
KL Britt lbw b Pearson 5 - lbw b Pearson 3
KL Rolton b Harper 0 - c Greenway b Newton 15
M Jones b Pearson 58 - c SC Taylor b Pearson 4
LC Sthalekar c Collyer b Pearson 18 - not out 120
AJ Blackwell c SC Taylor b Pearson 13 - b Pearson 58
J Hayes c SC Taylor b Pearson 0 - run out (Edwards) 5
CL Fitzpatrick c Newton b Leng 18 - c SC Taylor b CE Taylor 11
+JC Price b Pearson 4 - not out 6
TA McGregor not out 0
E Twining b Leng 0
L-b 1, n-b 1 2 B 9, l-b 6, w 2, n-b 4 21
(67.1 overs, 218 mins) 134 (144 overs, 449 mins) (7 wkts) 259
Fall 1st: 20 21 25 90 99 103 124 134 134 134 Fall 2nd: 15 20 36 49 185 200 246
Bowling: First Innings - Pearson 25-10-51-7; Harper 15-3-38-1; Connor 9-4-10-0;
Newton 3-0-14-0; CE Taylor 6-0-13-0; Collyer 6-4-2-0; Leng 3.1-1-5-2. Second Innings -
Pearson 33-11-56-4; Harper 23-6-45-0; Collyer 32-18-21-0; Newton 13-3-36-1; Leng 17-
5-28-0; Edwards 1-0-10-0; CE Taylor 11-3-27-1; Connor 14-6-21-0.
LC Sthalekar lbw b Pearson 6 - (2) c Pearson b Harper 0
*BJ Clark c Newton b Harper 4 - (1) c SC Taylor b Collyer 47
KL Rolton c and b Newton 14 - c Greenway b Harper 46
M Jones c SC Taylor b Pearson 22 - c SC Taylor b Newton 4
MAJ Goszko lbw b Newton 0 - c Harper b Collyer 4
AJ Blackwell c Harper b Newton 4 - not out 9
J Hayes c CE Taylor b Pearson 12 - not out 18
CL Fitzpatrick c SC Taylor b Pearson 1
+JC Price c SC Taylor b Connor 3
TA McGregor lbw b Connor 9
E Twining not out 0
L-b 2, n-b 1 3 B 1, l-b 8, w 1, n-b 1 11
(41.4 overs, 147 mins) 78 (68 overs, 208 mins) (5 wkts) 139
Fall 1st: 8 14 36 40 50 55 65 69 69 78 Fall 2nd: 22 100 104 104 111
Bowling: First Innings - Pearson 15-6-31-4; Harper 6-2-16-1; Collyer 4-2-8-0; Newton 6-
4-10-3; CE Taylor 4-3-3-0; Connor 6.4-4-8-2. Second Innings - Pearson 10-4-22-0;
Connor 3-0-12-0; Harper 18-7-26-2; Newton 5-1-18-1; Collyer 25-18-17-2; CE Taylor 2-
0-18-0; Leng 5-0-17-0.
At Memorial Oval, Bankstown, Sydney, 22, 23, 24, 25 February 2003: Match drawn; Toss: England; Player of the Match: LC Pearson. Player of the Series: CL Fitzpatrick; Umpires:
NSD Fowler and SA Reed.
ENGLAND
SV Collyer c Price b Fitzpatrick 0 - lbw b Twining 3
KM Leng run out (Sthalekar/Price) 21 - lbw b Sthalekar 28
CM Edwards lbw b Hayes 40 - lbw b Fitzpatrick 67
A Thompson lbw b Britt 2 - lbw b Fitzpatrick 4
L Greenway b Twining 31 - b Fitzpatrick 0
+SC Taylor lbw b Twining 48 - not out 21
*CJ Connor c Rolton b Twining 3 - b Fitzpatrick 0
LK Newton b Hayes 16 - not out 6
LJ Harper c Price b Fitzpatrick 0
CE Taylor not out 9
LC Pearson lbw b Hayes 0
L-b 16, w 1 17 B 2, l-b 1, w 1 4
115.4 overs, 376 mins) 187 (83 overs, 264 mins) (6 wkts) 133
Fall 1st: 0 48 70 70 154 155 166 167 187 187 Fall 2nd: 5 58 65 69 116 116
Bowling: First Innings - Fitzpatrick 42-21-64-2; Twining 26-10-32-3; Sthalekar 10-2-21-0;
Rolton 3-2-1-0; McGregor 6-4-4-0; Hayes 21.4-8-32-3; Britt 7-1-17-1. Second Innings -
Fitzpatrick 19-9-15-4; Twining 14-5-18-1; Rolton 5-2-13-0; Hayes 14-4-30-0; McGregor
6-3-5-0; Sthalekar 18-8-26-1; Britt 7-0-23-0.
Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Best Ave
LC Pearson 83 31 160 15 7-51 10.66
LK Newton 27 8 78 5 3-10 15.60
SV Collyer 67 42 48 2 2-17 24.00
CJ Connor 32.4 14 51 2 2-8 25.50
KM Leng 26.1 6 50 2 2-5 25.00
LJ Harper 62 18 187 4 2-26 46.75
CE Taylor 23 6 61 1 1-27 61.00
CM Edwards 1 - 10 - - -

TEST SERIES AVERAGES
Australia M Inn NO Runs Best 100 50 Ave Ct
LC Sthalekar 2 4 1 144 120 1 - 48.00 1
AJ Blackwell 2 4 1 84 58 - 1 28.00 -
M Jones 2 4 - 88 58 - 1 22.00 2
BJ Clark 2 4 - 83 47 - - 20.75 1
KL Rolton 2 4 - 75 46 - - 18.75 2
J Hayes 2 4 1 35 18* - - 12.00 -
CL Fitzpatrick 2 3 - 30 18 - - 10.00 1
TA McGregor 2 2 1 9 9 - - 9.00 -
JC Price 2 3 1 14 6 - - 7.00 8
KL Britt 1 2 - 8 5 - - 4.00 -
MAJ Goszko 1 2 - 4 4 - - 2.00 2
E Twining 2 2 1 0 0* - - 0.00 -
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Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Best Ave
CL Fitzpatrick 110.3 53 139 14 4-15 9.92
KL Rolton 24 13 37 3 2-6 12.33
E Twining 69.3 30 81 6 3-32 13.50
J Hayes 60.4 29 91 6 3-9 15.16
TA McGregor 31 18 35 2 2-24 17.50
LC Sthalekar 54 23 71 3 1-8 23.66
KL Britt 14 1 40 1 1-17 40.00
AJ Blackwell 11 6 9 0 - -
All-rounder Julie Hayes played a crucial role in Australia’s Ashes victory. Hayes
captured 3-9 in a devastating spell in the first Test, before going on to score the
winning runs to seal victory.
Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars Ashes Test Series, 2002-03

W omen’s National Cricket League, 2002-03
WOMEN’S NATIONAL CRICKET LEAGUE, 2002-03
The New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) Blues’ six-year
dominance of the Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL)
ground to a halt in season 2002-03, as Victoria Spirit defeated
the reigning champions in a fiercely contested finals series.
Led by Player-of-the-Finals and Victorian captain Belinda Clark,
the Spirit captured its first WNCL title since the inception of the
women’s domestic competition in 1996-97.
The Spirit wrapped up the best-of-three match finals series at
the Melbourne Cricket Ground with a 2-0 win, reversing the
result of the 2001-02 finals series against the NSWIS Blues.
Heading into the finals series, the season ledger between the
two sides stood at one win apiece.
Game one of the final series saw the NSWIS Blues set the Spirit
a target of 201 runs for victory, a total built on the efforts of
recently retired international star Lisa Keightley, who scored an
unbeaten 94 from 156 balls.
Victorian spearhead Cathryn Fitzpatrick’s 3-31 helped restrict
the NSWIS Blues to 6-200 from 50 overs.
A 111-run opening partnership from Belinda Clark and Louise
Broadfoot laid the foundation for the Spirit’s run chase, with Victoria
seemingly in control of the match at 3-185 with six overs remaining.
But a mini collapse saw four wickets fall in five overs (Kelly
Applebee, 11, Fitzpatrick, 1, Brooke McFarlane, 1, and Jodie
Dean, 1) and the Spirit tumble to 7-196, with the match in the
balance in the final over.
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Fast-bowler Cathryn Fitzpatrick spearheaded Victoria Spirit’s season, finishing as
the Women’s National Cricket League’s equal highest wicket-taker with 17 scalps.
Off-spinner Megan Foster became the heroine of the day.
Needing two runs for victory from the last ball of the match,
Foster struck a boundary over square leg to secure a threewicket
victory for the Spirit and a 1-0 lead in the finals race.
After winning the toss and electing to bat in match two, the Spirit
reached a score of 181 from 50 overs, again led by the master
stroke-play of Clark (63 runs from 107 balls) with support from
Melanie Jones (29 runs from 42 balls).
NSWIS Blues captain Julie Hayes (3-23) and Bronwyn Calver
(2-33) made the vital breakthroughs for the Blues, giving them
the chance to push the series into a third and deciding match.
That prospect looked shaky as opening pair Keightley and
Shannon Cunneen were both run out in the first 10 overs.
With Michelle Goszko (13) and Alex Blackwell (17) dismissed
soon after, the Blues were precariously placed at 4-56.
Lisa Sthalekar (45) provided some resistance with backing from
Leonie Coleman (23), but when the former Australian youth
captain was dismissed by Clea Smith, the Blues were all out
for 141, as Victoria Spirit celebrated a 40-run victory and its
first WNCL title.
Southern Scorpions captain Karen Rolton was again named
WNCL Player of the Year after heading the run-scoring charts
for the third successive year with 468 runs at an average of
78.00, and finishing as the competition’s third highest wickettaker
with 15 scalps at 8.60.

2002-03 WNCL POINTS TABLE
Played Won Lost Bonus Pts Points Net run-rate
Victoria 8 6 2 4 40 0.619
New South Wales 8 6 2 0 36 0.210
South Australia 8 5 3 4 34 0.713
Queensland 8 3 5 1 19 -0.338
Western Australia 8 0 8 0 0 -1.275
At Adelaide Oval No. 2, Adelaide, 9 November 2002: New South Wales won by five
wickets; Toss: New South Wales; South Australia nine for 180 (KL Rolton 102,
S Nitschke 31; TA McGregor 3-36, J Hayes 2-32); New South Wales five for 181
(J Hayes 54*, S Cunneen 43, MAJ Goszko 31; KL Rolton 2-23).
At Adelaide Oval No. 2, Adelaide, 10 November 2002: South Australia won by 10 runs;
Toss: South Australia; South Australia nine for 139 (KL Rolton 59; LC Sthalekar 2-11,
BL Calver 2-38); New South Wales 129 (S Nitschke 3-18, KL Britt 3-27).
At Allan Border Field, Albion, 23 November 2002: Queensland won by seven runs;
Toss: Queensland; Queensland five for 166 (MJ Bulow 48, J Broadbent 42); South
Australia nine for 149 (KL Britt 47; TE Brown 4-19, B Matheson 2-21).
At Abbett Park, Scarborough, 23 November 2002: Victoria won by 94 runs; Toss:
Victoria; Victoria five for 241 (M Jones 95, BJ Clark 58); Western Australia 147
(D Holden 43; CL Fitzpatrick 3-32, S Young 2-25).
At Allan Border Field, Albion, 24 November 2002: South Australia won by 101 runs;
Toss: South Australia; South Australia five for 207 (KL Rolton 105*, KL Britt 36;
ML White 2-54); Queensland 106 (K Marxsen 45*; B Noack 2-14, KL Britt 2-16,
OJ Magno 2-25).
At Abbett Park, Scarborough, 24 November 2002: Victoria won by eight wickets;
Toss: Western Australia; Western Australia 126 (EP Campbell 34; S Young 4-23,
J Franklin 2-14); Victoria two for 127 (BJ Clark 42).
At Adelaide Oval No. 2, Adelaide, 7 December 2002: South Australia won by
eight wickets; Toss: South Australia; Western Australia nine for 133 (ZJ Goss 44;
KL Rolton 4-20); South Australia two for 137 (KL Rolton 62*, KL Britt 37*;
SV Collyer 2-27).
At Hurstville Oval, Hurstville, 7 December 2002: New South Wales won by five
wickets. Toss: Victoria; Victoria six for 218 (K Applebee 78, M Jones 74; E Twining
2-35, J Hayes 2-51); New South Wales five for 219 (AJ Blackwell 74*, LC Sthalekar
41; CL Fitzpatrick 2-40).
At Adelaide Oval No. 2, Adelaide, 8 December 2002: South Australia won by 132
runs; Toss: South Australia; South Australia two for 242 (S Nitschke 92*, KL Rolton
77, KL Britt 62*); Western Australia 110 (ZJ Goss 55; B Noack 4-4).
At Hurstville Oval, Hurstville, 8 December 2002: Victoria won by three runs; Toss:
Victoria; Victoria seven for 217 (BJ Clark 101, B McFarlane 46; TA McGregor 2-65);
New South Wales 214 (L Coleman 50, MAJ Goszko 43; CL Fitzpatrick 3-33, CR
Smith 2-35).
At W.A.C.A Ground, Perth, 14 December 2002: Queensland won by four wickets;
Toss: Western Australia; Western Australia 119 (ZJ Goss 37; B Matheson 3-11,
KE Pike 2-21, R Lee 2-22); Queensland six for 120 (MJ Bulow 48; AJ Fahey 2-23,
L Stammers 2-26).
At W.A.C.A Ground, Perth, 15 December 2002: Queensland won by five wickets;
Toss: Western Australia; Western Australia 184 (EP Campbell 47, ZJ Goss 35,
A Gray 31; B Matheson 2-16, C Kross 2-35); Queensland five for 185 (TE Brown 44*,
MJ Bulow 41; SV Collyer 4-14).
At Allan Border Field, Albion, 21 December 2002: New South Wales won by six
wickets; Toss: New South Wales; Queensland 119 (B Matheson 38; J Hayes 4-12);
New South Wales four for 120 (LM Keightley 62*; C Kross 2-18).
At Allan Border Field, Albion, 22 December 2002: New South Wales won by 21
runs; Toss: New South Wales; New South Wales 155 (MAJ Goszko 39, L Poulton 30;
C Kross 2-18); Queensland 134 (S Andrews 3-18, S Millanta 2-19).
At Richmond Cricket Ground, Richmond, 28 December 2002: Victoria won by 49 runs;
Toss: Victoria; Victoria nine for 154 (B McFarlane 51, LC Broadfoot 35; KL Rolton 3-
18, H Booth 2-19); South Australia 105 (LC Broadfoot 3-16, J Franklin 2-11).
At Richmond Cricket Ground, Richmond, 29 December 2002: South Australia won
by 38 runs; Toss: South Australia; South Australia eight for 152 (KL Britt 46);
Victoria 114 (KL Britt 2-15, S Nitschke 2-18, OJ Magno 2-22, KL Rolton 2-23).
At University of Sydney, Camperdown, 11 January 2003: New South Wales won
by 24 runs; Toss: New South Wales; New South Wales 163 (LM Keightley 55,
AJ Blackwell 36; C Wong 2-30, D Holden 2-39); Western Australia 139 (ZJ Goss 32;
S Millanta 4-24, BL Calver 2-23).
At Geelong Cricket Ground, Geelong, 11 January 2003: Victoria won by eight
wickets; Toss: Victoria; Queensland nine for 161 (TE Brown 57; LC Broadfoot 2-15,
CL Fitzpatrick 2-21); Victoria two for 162 (M Jones 94*, K Applebee 33*).
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At University of Sydney, Camperdown, 12 January 2003: New South Wales won by
three runs; Toss: New South Wales; New South Wales four for 198 (MAJ Goszko 71,
AJ Blackwell 38, L Poulton 36; L Stammers 2-36); Western Australia eight for 195
(ZJ Goss 66, D Holden 48; J Hayes 2-43).
At Geelong Cricket Ground, Geelong, 12 January 2003: Victoria won by six wickets;
Toss: Queensland; Queensland 129 (N Wood 3-16, M Foster 2-14); Victoria four for
130 (BJ Clark 69*).
FIRST FINAL
VICTORIA SPIRIT v NEW SOUTH WALES INSTITUTE OF
SPORT BLUES
At Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, 17 January 2003; Victoria won by three
wickets; Toss: New South Wales; New South Wales six for 200 (LM Keightley 94, LC
Sthalekar 29; CL Fitzpatrick 3-31); Victoria seven for 203 (LC Broadfoot 52, BJ
Clark 83, M Jones 33; E Twining 1-23); Umpires: RL Parry and JD Ward.
SECOND FINAL
VICTORIA SPIRIT v NEW SOUTH WALES INSTITUTE OF
SPORT BLUES
At Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, 18 January 2003; Victoria won by 40
runs; Toss: Victoria; Victoria 181 (BJ Clark 52, M Jones 29; J Hayes 3-23, BL Calver
2-33); New South Wales 141 (LC Sthalekar 45, L Coleman 23; J Dean 2-23, M
Foster 2-20); Umpires: RL Parry and JD Ward.
2002-03 WNCL LEADING RUN-SCORERS
Batting Mat I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct
KL Rolton (SA) 8 8 2 468 105* 78.00 70.58 2 3 4
BJ Clark (Vic) 10 10 1 452 101 50.22 59.86 1 4 5
M Jones (Vic) 10 10 2 398 95 49.75 69.45 - 3 4
ZJ Goss (WA) 8 8 0 285 66 35.62 51.35 - 2 4
LM Keightley (NSW) 10 10 2 266 94* 33.25 46.42 - 3 4
2002-03 WNCL LEADING WICKET-TAKERS
Bowling Mat O M R W Ave Best 4w 5w SR Econ
CL Fitzpatrick (Vic) 10 88.1 14 267 17 15.70 3-31 - - 31.1 3.02
J Hayes (NSW) 10 92.4 16 284 17 16.70 4-12 1 - 32.7 3.06
KL Rolton (SA) 8 65.1 24 129 15 8.60 4-20 1 - 26.0 1.97
B Matheson (Qld) 8 77.3 23 196 12 16.33 3-11 - - 38.7 2.52
LC Broadfoot (Vic) 10 55.4 3 193 11 17.54 3-16 - - 30.3 3.46
Sweet revenge. Victoria Spirit celebrates its first Women’s National Cricket
League title after defeating New South Wales 2-0 at the Melbourne Cricket
Ground. The Spirit reversed the result of last year’s finals series, when it was
defeated by New South Wales by the same margin.
W omen’s National Cricket League, 2002-03

Australia Under-19 v England Under-19 – men
Back, left to right: David Moore (Assistant Coach), Aaron Bird, Ken Skewes, Grant Sullivan, Luke Butterworth, Theo Doropoulos, Michael Bright, Max Pfitzner (Physiotherapist).
Front, left to right: Daniel Cullen, Liam Davis, Luke Davis, Wayne Phillips (Coach), Greg Hunt (Captain), Brian Freedman (Team Manager), Matthew Harrison,
Adam Crosthwaite, Trent Kelly.
AUSTRALIA UNDER-19 V ENGLAND UNDER-19,
2002-03
Australia’s under-19 sides continued the summer action against
their traditional rival with both the men’s and women’s squads
facing their English counterparts.
The men’s series consisted of three four-day matches and five
limited-over games while the women’s consisted of two one-day
matches in Bowral.
Australia Under-19 v England Under-19 – men
Captained by New South Wales batsman Greg Hunt, Australia
prevailed 2-1 in its Test series against England.
After losing the opening match of the series by 14 runs,
Australia rebounded to claim the second and third games by
margins of 168 runs and 15 runs, respectively.
South Australian Trent Kelly topped the wicket-takers list with
15 scalps at an average of 17.93, while fast-bowler Aaron Bird,
a member of Australia’s 2002 under-19 World cup win, was
second highest with 14 wickets at 13.07.
New South Wales batsman Michael Bright was the leading runscorer
in the four-day match format with 340 at an average of
56.66. Western Australia’s Liam Davis finished second with 237
runs at 39.50.
In the five-match limited-over series, Australia completed a
4-1 victory.
Theo Doropoulos dominated with the bat, scoring a series-high
227 runs at an average of 56.75 and a blazing strike rate of
102.25. The Western Australian’s highest score (an unbeaten
179) came from 155 balls and included an amazing 21
boundaries and three sixes.
Northern Territory batsman Ken Skewes was Australia’s second
highest run-scorer with 176. Skewes and Tasmanian Luke
Butterworth were late inclusions in the squad, replacing Mark
Cosgrove and Trent Kelly who were called up for ING Cup duties
with South Australia.
Bright showed his all-round ability in the shortened form of the
game, finishing the limited-over series as Australia’s highest
wicket-taker with eight scalps.
Former Australian fast-bowler Paul Reiffel, now a member of
Cricket Australia’s project umpire panel, officiated in the second
limited-overs match of the series in Melbourne.
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FIRST TEST
At St Peter’s College, Adelaide, 12, 13, 14, 15 January 2003: England Under-19 won
by 14 runs; England Under-19 331 (BM Shafayat 108, LJ Wright 48, AW Gale 37,
JA Pearson 34, SR Patel 34; TP Kelly 4-63, MG Gale 2-59) and 366 (NJ Edwards 97,
BM Shafayat 66, ND Thornicroft 37, SR Patel 36, TT Bresnan 33*, AW Gale 32; TP
Kelly 4-52, (MJ Bright 2-75); Australia Under-19 414 (LM Davis 132, MJ Bright 97,
AC Bird 65, TP Doropoulos 44; LE Plunkett 4-72, SR Patel 3-89) and 269 (MG Bright
65, TP Doropoulos 40, LM Davis 34, M Harrison 32, AC Bird 30; BM Shafayat 6-54,
TT Bresnan 2-57).
SECOND TEST
At Butler Oval, Frankston, 28, 29, 30, 31 January 2003: Australia Under-19 won by
168 runs; Australia Under-19 164 (AJ Crosthwaithe 46; DA Stiff 4-32, SR Patel
4.33) and 315 (MJ Bright 127, AC Bird 50, KJ Skewes 36, TP Doropoulos 32; LE
Plunkett 3-78, BM Shafayat 2-25, DA Stiff 2-36); England Under-19 115 (TT
Bresnan 31, LJ Wright 25; AC Bird 4-26, GJ Sullivan 3-26, TP Kelly 2-23) and 196
(LE Plunkett 49, RS Bopara 34; AC Bird 4-31, GJ Sullivan 3-36, MJ Bright 3-41).
THIRD TEST
At Bankstown Oval, Sydney, 3, 4, 5, 6 February 2003: Australia Under-19 won by
15 runs; Australia Under-19 221 (M Harrison 62, AJ Crosthwaite 42, TP Doropoulos
35; DA Stiff 5-35, SR Patel 2-29) and 199 (GI Hunt 49, TP Doropoulos 43, LM Davis
30; LE Plunkett 4-57, RS Bopara 2-12, SR Patel 2-20); England Under-19 230 (TT
Bresnan 39, NJ Edwards 36; TP Kelly 4-53, GJ Sullivan 3-44) and 175 (SR Patel 49,
AC Bird 3-32; GJ Sullivan 3-45).
First limited-overs international
At St Peter’s College, Adelaide, 18 January 2003: Australia Under-19 won by
22 runs; Australia Under-19 216 (48.3) (M Harrison 64, KJ Skewes 33; TT Bresnan
3-19, DL Broadbent 3-33); England Under-19 194 (44) (BM Shafayat 82, LJ Wright
42; MJ Bright 3-41, MG Gale 2-27, KJ Skewes 2-28, LR Davis 2-40).
Second limited-overs international
At Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, 26 January 2003: Australia Under-19
won by 63 runs; Australia Under-19 seven for 253 (50) (M Harrison 47, AJ
Crosthwaite 47*, LM Davis 39; DL Broadbent 2-51); England Under-19 190 (43.5)
(SR Patel 61, NJ Edwards 54; MJ Bright 3-31, LR Butterworth 2-9, LM Davis 2-21).
Third limited-overs international
At Bankstown Oval, Sydney, 8 February 2003: Australia Under-19 won by 16 runs;
Australia Under-19 eight for 260 (50) (LM Davis 76, KJ Skewes 52, MJ Bright 39;
SR Patel 2-29, ND Thornicroft 2-52); England Under-19 eight for 244 (50)
(NJ Edwards 92, SR Patel 42, BM Shafayat 30; TP Kelly 3-40, AC Bird 3-50).
Fourth limited-overs international
At Hurstville Oval, Sydney, 10 February 2003: England Under-19 won by eight runs
(D/L method); Australia Under-19 212 (45.4) (KJ Skewes 62, AJ Crosthwaite 34,
GI Hunt 29; LE Plunkett 4-24, DA Stiff 3-60, TT Bresnan 2-29); England Under-19
four for 125 (29.5) (NJ Edwards 46, RS Bopara 41*).
Fifth limited-overs international
At Hurtsville Oval, Sydney, 11 February 2003: Australia Under-19 won by 84 runs;
Australia six for 270 (TP Doropoulos 179; LE Plunkett 2-52, ND Thornicroft 2-40);
England Under-19 186 (LJ Wright 54, TT Bresnan 34; DJ Cullen 3-28).

Back, left to right: Rina Hore (Team Manager), Emily McIntyre, Sarah Aley, Kirsten Pike, Julie Woerner, Steve Jenkin (Assistant Coach), Mark Sorell (Coach).
Front, left to right: Reanna Browne, Kasee Marxsen, Belinda Matheson (Vice-captain), Leah Poulton (Captain), Jodie Purves (Deputy Vice-captain), Julie Hunter, Nicole
Goodwin, Rikki-Lee Rimmington.
Australia Under-19 v England Under-19 – women
In a first for the women’s game, Australia and England
contested its inaugural series at under-19 level with two
limited-over matches at Bowral’s Bradman Oval in January.
After winning the toss and electing to bat, Australia posted a
competitive tally of 9-178, with South Australian Julie Woerner
(35) and Queensland pair Jodie Purves (20) and Reanna Browne
(27) laying the foundations of the innings.
England’s Helen Wardlaw restricted the Australian total,
capturing 3-26 from 10 overs.
In reply, England were precariously placed at 3-2 as Queensland
medium-pacer Kirsten Pike claimed the tourists’ opening three
batters without score.
Laura Harper (37) and Rosalie Birch (34) steaded England’s
cause, but the tide had already turned and with the dismissal of
‘keeper Laura Joyce (16) and Alexia Walker (21), Australia
claimed an historic 43-run victory.
Targeted youth squad member Belinda Matheson (3-42) and
Sarah Aley (2-28) adding to Pike’s instrumental three-wicket tally.
The Australian side continued its winning form the following
day, with a five-wicket win in the second match of the series.
A spirited 42 runs from Joyce provided some spark for England,
but with opener Alexis Mannion (27 runs) providing the only real
support, England were dismissed for 121. Off-spinner Matheson
again showing her skill, taking 3-30 from 10 overs, while Aley
added another two wickets to her name.
Australian captain Leah Poulton stepped up to the challenge,
scoring an unbeaten 35 and combining with Matheson (29 not
out) to guide Australia to a 2-0 series win.
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First limited-overs international
At Bowral Oval, Bowral, 14 January 2003: Australia Under-19 won by 43 runs;
Australia Under-19 nine for 178 (J Woerner 35; H Wardlaw 3-26, J Gunn 2-32);
England Under-19 135 (LJ Harper 35, R Birch 34; KE Pike 3-10, S Aley 2-28).
Second limited-overs international
At Bowral Oval, Bowral, 15 January 2003: Australia Under-19 won by five wickets;
England Under-19 121 (LM Joyce 42; B Matheson 3-30, S Aley 2-13); Australia
Under-19 five for 124 (L Poulton 35; H Wardlaw 2-18, IT Guha 2-34).
A ustralia Under-19 v England Under-19 – women

Commonwealth Bank Shooting Stars v England, 2002-03
Back, left to right: Joanne Broadbent (Coach), Lauren Ebsary, Megan White, Emma Sampson, Charlotte Anneveld, Kelly Applebee, Nicole Taylor (Assistant Coach),
Rina Hore (Team Manager).
Middle, left to right: Belinda Matheson (Vice-captain), Sarah Andrews, Sharon Millanta, Kate Blackwell, Ingrid Noack.
Front, left to right: Jodie Purves (Deputy Vice-captain), Leah Poulton (Captain).
COMMONWEALTH BANK SHOOTING STARS
V ENGLAND, 2002-03
England’s female touring side meanwhile arrived on Australian
shores in February to prepare for its own Ashes series against
Australia’s Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars.
Facing the Australian youth side – the Commonwealth Bank
Shooting Stars – in a two-day practice match at Queensland’s
Allan Border Field, the tourists unearthed a new talent in
17-year-old Lydia Greenway.
A late call-up to the side after a strong performance for
England’s under-19 side in the Australian Under-19
Championships, Greenway came to the crease with the tourists
positioned at 2-59.
She fast became the stabiliser in England’s innings, scoring a
defiant 88 runs in 245 minutes as wickets fell around her.
Claire Taylor (2), Laura Newton (3) and captain Clare Connor (5)
were lost in quick succession, while Laura Harper (17) and
Dawn Holden (23) added to England’s first innings tally of 202.
Target youth squad member Lauren Ebsary led Australia’s
bowling attack, capturing 4-35, with Emma Sampson (2-41) and
Megan White (2-17) chipping in with valuable wickets.
In reply, Australia was restricted to a total of 131, with only two
players posting scores above 20 runs.
Victorian Ingrid Noack notched a half-century from 190 balls,
while New South Wales medium-pacer Sarah Andrews scored
21. But it was off-spinner Harper who did the damage –
finishing with a five-wicket haul (5-30) from 19 overs.
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With a first-innings lead of 71, England added another 44 runs
to its total before the two-day match was declared a draw.
At Allan Border Field, Albion, 12,13 February 2003: match drawn; England 202
(L Greenway 88; L Ebsary 4-35) and two for 44; Australia 131 (I Noack 50,
S Andrews 21; L J Harper 5-30).