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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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