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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. 75 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. VB Series in Australia, 2002-03
VB Series in Australia, 2002-03 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. 76 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.
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