2002-03 Annual R eport 2002-03 Annual R eport - Australian Sports ...

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