England v Australia — Scorecard

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England

204/8

Australia

208/8

Australia won by 2 wickets

ICC World Cup · Match 37 · 2 March 2003 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, Gqeberha

Innings 1

England

204/8

50.0 overs

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	c DR Martyn b GD McGrath	37	36	6	1	102.8
NV Knight	c DR Martyn b AJ Bichel	30	33	4	0	90.9
MP Vaughan	c AC Gilchrist b AJ Bichel	2	5	0	0	40.0
N Hussain	b AJ Bichel	1	3	0	0	33.3
AJ Stewart	b AJ Bichel	46	92	1	0	50.0
PD Collingwood	c AC Gilchrist b AJ Bichel	10	16	0	1	62.5
A Flintoff	c AC Gilchrist b AJ Bichel	45	80	3	1	56.3
C White	not out	16	21	1	0	76.2
AF Giles	c MG Bevan b AJ Bichel	2	7	0	0	28.6
AR Caddick	not out	5	11	0	0	45.5
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 3, nb 4, p 0)		10
Total		204/8 (50.0 ov)

Fall of wickets: 66-1 (NV Knight, 9.5) · 72-2 (MP Vaughan, 11.1) · 74-3 (N Hussain, 12.0) · 74-4 (ME Trescothick, 12.2) · 87-5 (PD Collingwood, 17.5) · 177-6 (A Flintoff, 42.3) · 180-7 (AJ Stewart, 44.2) · 187-8 (AF Giles, 46.1)

Partnerships

1stME Trescothick & NV Knight66 (59) · RR 6.71
2ndME Trescothick & MP Vaughan6 (8) · RR 4.50
3rdME Trescothick & N Hussain2 (5) · RR 2.40
4thME Trescothick & AJ Stewart0 (2) · RR 0.00
5thPD Collingwood & AJ Stewart13 (33) · RR 2.36
6thA Flintoff & AJ Stewart90 (148) · RR 3.65
7thC White & AJ Stewart3 (11) · RR 1.64
8thC White & AF Giles7 (11) · RR 3.82
9thC White & AR CaddickNB17 (23) · RR 4.43

Boundary Breakdown

AJ Stewart46 · 9% bdy
A Flintoff45 · 40% bdy
ME Trescothick37 · 81% bdy
NV Knight30 · 53% bdy
C White16 · 25% bdy
PD Collingwood10 · 60% bdy
AR Caddick5 · 0% bdy
MP Vaughan2 · 0% bdy
AF Giles2 · 0% bdy
N Hussain1 · 0% bdy

6s 4s Running

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	9.0	2	41	1	4.56
B Lee	9.0	0	58	0	6.44
AJ Bichel	10.0	0	20	7	2.00
GB Hogg	10.0	1	28	0	2.80
DS Lehmann	10.0	0	34	0	3.40
A Symonds	2.0	0	20	0	10.00

Innings 2

Australia

208/8

49.4 overs

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AC Gilchrist	c MP Vaughan b AR Caddick	22	18	5	0	122.2
ML Hayden	c AF Giles b AR Caddick	1	4	0	0	25.0
RT Ponting	c AF Giles b AR Caddick	18	21	2	1	85.7
DR Martyn	lbw b AR Caddick	0	3	0	0	0.0
DS Lehmann	c AJ Stewart b C White	37	62	3	0	59.7
MG Bevan	not out	74	126	6	1	58.7
A Symonds	c & b AF Giles	0	5	0	0	0.0
GB Hogg	c AJ Stewart b AF Giles	1	3	0	0	33.3
B Lee	run out (C White)	6	23	0	0	26.1
AJ Bichel	not out	34	36	3	1	94.4
Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 4, nb 3, p 0)		15
Total		208/8 (49.4 ov)

Fall of wickets: 15-1 (ML Hayden, 2.2) · 33-2 (AC Gilchrist, 4.2) · 33-3 (DR Martyn, 4.5) · 48-4 (RT Ponting, 8.4) · 111-5 (DS Lehmann, 28.2) · 112-6 (A Symonds, 29.5) · 114-7 (GB Hogg, 31.5) · 135-8 (B Lee, 37.4)

Partnerships

1stAC Gilchrist & ML Hayden15 (14) · RR 6.43
2ndAC Gilchrist & RT Ponting18 (12) · RR 9.00
3rdDR Martyn & RT Ponting0 (3) · RR 0.00
4thDS Lehmann & RT Ponting15 (23) · RR 3.91
5thDS Lehmann & MG Bevan63 (118) · RR 3.20
6thA Symonds & MG Bevan1 (9) · RR 0.67
7thGB Hogg & MG Bevan2 (12) · RR 1.00
8thB Lee & MG Bevan21 (35) · RR 3.60
9thAJ Bichel & MG BevanNB73 (72) · RR 6.08

Boundary Breakdown

MG Bevan74 · 41% bdy
DS Lehmann37 · 32% bdy
AJ Bichel34 · 53% bdy
AC Gilchrist22 · 91% bdy
RT Ponting18 · 78% bdy
B Lee6 · 0% bdy
ML Hayden1 · 0% bdy
GB Hogg1 · 0% bdy

6s 4s Running

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
AR Caddick	9.0	2	35	4	3.89
JM Anderson	9.0	0	66	0	7.33
A Flintoff	9.4	1	26	0	2.69
C White	10.0	2	21	1	2.10
AF Giles	10.0	0	42	2	4.20
MP Vaughan	2.0	0	10	0	5.00

Key moments

Algorithmically chosen from the scorecard — partnerships, wicket clusters, turning overs.

Standout stand

Match-defining partnership

ME Trescothick & NV Knight put on 66 runs from 59 balls at 6.71 run rate for the 1st wicket.

England innings

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Sharpest wicket cluster

3 wickets in 7 balls — ME Trescothick fell at 74/4 (12.2 ov).

England innings

Turning over

Over 12: AJ Bichel took 2 wickets 2 runs.

England innings

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Worm Chart

Runs progression per over. Wickets shown as dots on each line.

Manhattan

Runs scored each over. ▼ markers above bars mark wickets that over.

Momentum

Smoothed per-over swing. Above the line = scoring above their own average; dips mark wickets / quiet overs.

EnglandAustralia

Phase Splits

Powerplay (1–10) · Middle (11–40) · Death (41–50)

England

204/8 (50.0)

Powerplay

Ov 1–10

67/1· RR 6.70

BatME Trescothick32 (28)BowlAJ Bichel1/1 (1.0)

Middle

Ov 11–40

104/4· RR 3.47

BatA Flintoff43 (72)BowlAJ Bichel3/11 (5.0)

Death

Ov 41–50

33/3· RR 3.30

BatC White16 (20)BowlAJ Bichel3/8 (4.0)

Australia

208/8 (49.4)

Powerplay

Ov 1–10

48/4· RR 4.80

BatAC Gilchrist22 (16)BowlAR Caddick4/19 (5.0)

Middle

Ov 11–40

102/4· RR 3.40

BatMG Bevan44 (90)BowlAF Giles2/39 (7.0)

Death

Ov 41–50

58/0· RR 6.00

BatMG Bevan30 (29)BowlAF Giles0/10 (3.0)

Commentary612 balls

End of over 50
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Australia 208/8
50.4
A Flintoff to MG Bevan, FOUR!
50.3
A Flintoff to AJ Bichel, 1 run.
50.2
A Flintoff to AJ Bichel, no run.
50.1
A Flintoff to AJ Bichel, no run.
End of over 49
1641··
Australia 203/8
49.6
JM Anderson to MG Bevan, no run.
49.5
JM Anderson to MG Bevan, no run.
49.4
JM Anderson to AJ Bichel, 1 run.
49.3
JM Anderson to AJ Bichel, FOUR!
49.2
JM Anderson to AJ Bichel, SIX!
49.1
JM Anderson to MG Bevan, 1 run.
End of over 48
·1·11·
Australia 191/8
48.6
AF Giles to AJ Bichel, no run.
48.5
AF Giles to MG Bevan, 1 run.
48.4
AF Giles to AJ Bichel, 1 run.
48.3
AF Giles to AJ Bichel, no run.
48.2
AF Giles to MG Bevan, 1 run.
48.1
AF Giles to MG Bevan, no run.
End of over 47
1··113
Australia 188/8
47.6
JM Anderson to MG Bevan, 3 runs.
47.5
JM Anderson to AJ Bichel, 1 run.
47.4
JM Anderson to MG Bevan, 1 run.
47.3
JM Anderson to MG Bevan, no run.
47.2
JM Anderson to MG Bevan, no run.
47.1
JM Anderson to AJ Bichel, 1 run.
End of over 46
1·111·
Australia 182/8
46.6
AF Giles to MG Bevan, no run.
46.5
AF Giles to AJ Bichel, 1 run.
46.4
AF Giles to MG Bevan, 1 run.