International cricket in 2002–03

The 2002–03 international cricket season was from September 2002 to April 2003.^[1]

Season overview

International tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
			Test	ODI
3 October 2002	Pakistan	Australia	0–3 [3]	—
3 October 2002	South Africa	Bangladesh	2–0 [2]	3–0 [3]
9 October 2002	India	West Indies	2–0 [3]	3–4 [7]
7 November 2002	Australia	England	4–1 [5]	—
7 November 2002	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	0–2 [2]	0–5 [5]
8 November 2002	South Africa	Sri Lanka	2–0 [2]	4–1 [5]
29 November 2002	Bangladesh	West Indies	0–2 [2]	0–2 [3]
8 December 2002	South Africa	Pakistan	2–0 [2]	4–1 [5]
8 December 2002	Zimbabwe	Kenya	—	2–0 [3]
12 December 2002	New Zealand	India	2–0 [2]	5–2 [7]
International tournaments
Dates	Tournament		Winners
12 September 2002	2002 ICC Champions Trophy		India and  Sri Lanka
13 December 2002	2002–03 VB Series		Australia
9 February 2003	2003 Cricket World Cup		Australia
3 April 2003	Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup		Pakistan

September

October

Australia vs Pakistan in Sri Lanka & United Arab Emirates

Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 1615	3–7 October	Waqar Younis	Steve Waugh	P Sara Oval, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Australia by 41 runs
Test 1617	11–12 October	Waqar Younis	Steve Waugh	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE	Australia by an innings and 198 runs
Test 1620	19–22 October	Waqar Younis	Steve Waugh	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE	Australia by an innings and 20 runs

Bangladesh in South Africa

Main article: Bangladeshi cricket team in South Africa in 2002–03

ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 1890	3 October	Shaun Pollock	Khaled Mashud	North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom	South Africa by 168 runs
ODI 1891	6 October	Shaun Pollock	Khaled Mashud	Willowmoore Park, Benoni	South Africa by 10 wickets
ODI 1892	9 October	Shaun Pollock	Khaled Mashud	De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley	South Africa by 7 wickets
Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 1619	18–21 October	Mark Boucher	Khaled Mashud	Buffalo Park, East London, Eastern Cape	South Africa by an innings and 170 runs
Test 1621	25–27 October	Shaun Pollock	Khaled Mashud	North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom	South Africa by an innings and 160 runs

West Indies in India

Main article: West Indian cricket team in India in 2002–03

Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 1616	9–12 October	Sourav Ganguly	Carl Hooper	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	India by an innings and 112 runs
Test 1618	17–20 October	Sourav Ganguly	Carl Hooper	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	India by 8 wickets
Test 1622	30 October–3 November	Sourav Ganguly	Carl Hooper	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	Match drawn
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 1893	6 November	Sourav Ganguly	Carl Hooper	Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur	West Indies by 4 wickets
ODI 1894	9 November	Sourav Ganguly	Carl Hooper	VCA Ground, Nagpur	West Indies by 7 wickets (D/L)
ODI 1895	12 November	Sourav Ganguly	Ridley Jacobs	MSC Ground, Rajkot	India by 81 runs (D/L)
ODI 1896	15 November	Sourav Ganguly	Carl Hooper	Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad	India by 5 wickets
ODI 1897	18 November	Sourav Ganguly	Carl Hooper	IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara	West Indies by 5 wickets
ODI 1898	21 November	Rahul Dravid	Carl Hooper	Barkatullah Khan Stadium, Jodhpur	India by 3 wickets
ODI 1900	24 November	Rahul Dravid	Carl Hooper	Indira Gandhi Stadium, Vijayawada	West Indies by 135 runs

November

England in Australia

Main article: English cricket team in Australia in 2002–03 § The Ashes series

The Ashes series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 1623	7–10 November	Steve Waugh	Nasser Hussain	The Gabba, Brisbane	Australia by 384 runs
Test 1628	21–24 November	Steve Waugh	Nasser Hussain	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	Australia by an innings and 51 runs
Test 1629	29 November–1 December	Steve Waugh	Nasser Hussain	The WACA, Perth	Australia by an innings and 48 runs
Test 1634	26–30 December	Steve Waugh	Nasser Hussain	MCG, Melbourne	Australia by 5 wickets
Test 1636	2–6 January	Steve Waugh	Nasser Hussain	SCG, Sydney	England by 225 runs

Pakistan in Zimbabwe

Main article: Pakistani cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2002–03

Test Series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st Test	9-12 November	Alistair Campbell	Waqar Younis	Harare Sports Club, Harare	Pakistan by 119 runs
2nd Test	16-19 November	Alistair Campbell	Waqar Younis	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	Pakistan by 10 wickets
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st ODI	23 November	Alistair Campbell	Waqar Younis	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	Pakistan by 7 runs
2nd ODI	24 November	Alistair Campbell	Waqar Younis	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	Pakistan by 104 runs(D/L)
3rd ODI	27 November	Alistair Campbell	Waqar Younis	Harare Sports Club, Harare	Pakistan by 48 runs
4th ODI	30 November	Alistair Campbell	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Harare Sports Club, Harare	Pakistan by 8 wickets
5th ODI	1 December	Alistair Campbell	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Harare Sports Club, Harare	Pakistan by 70 runs

Sri Lanka in South Africa

Main article: Sri Lankan cricket team in South Africa in 2002–03

Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st Test	8-10 November	Shaun Pollock	Sanath Jayasuria	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	South Africa by an innings and 64 runs
2nd Test	15-19 November	Shaun Pollock	Marvan Atapattu	SuperSport Park, Centurion	South Africa by 3 wickets
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st ODI	27 November	Shaun Pollock	Sanath Jayasuria	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	South Africa by 6 wickets
2nd ODI	29 November	Shaun Pollock	Sanath Jayasuria	SuperSport Park, Centurion	South Africa by 177 runs
3rd ODI	1 December	Shaun Pollock	Sanath Jayasuria	Willowmoore Park, Benoni	Sri Lanka by 7 wickets
4th ODI	4 December	Shaun Pollock	Sanath Jayasuria	Diamond Oval, Kimberley	South Africa by 8 wickets
5th ODI	6 December	Shaun Pollock	Sanath Jayasuria	Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein	South Africa by 6 wickets

West Indies in Bangladesh

Main article: West Indian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2002–03

ODI Series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st ODI	29 November	Khaled Mashud	Ridley Jacobs	MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong	No result
2nd ODI	2 December	Khaled Mashud	Ridley Jacobs	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka	West Indies by 84 runs
3rd ODI	3 December	Khaled Mashud	Ridley Jacobs	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka	West Indies by 86 runs
Test Series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st Test	8-10 December	Khaled Mashud	Ridley Jacobs	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka	West Indies by an innings and 310 runs
2nd Test	16-18 December	Khaled Mashud	Ridley Jacobs	MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong	West Indies by 7 wickets

December

February

April

References

External links

• 2002/03 season on ESPN Cricinfo