2002 NatWest Series

2002 NatWest Series
Part of Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2002 and Indian cricket team in England in 2002
Date	27 June–13 July 2002
Location	England
Result	India beat England in the final
Player of the series	Marcus Trescothick (ENG)
Teams   England   India   Sri Lanka Captains Nasser Hussain Sourav Ganguly Sanath Jayasuriya Most runs Marcus Trescothick (362) Sachin Tendulkar (337) [[[Singh]]] (254) Most wickets Andrew Flintoff (9) Zaheer Khan (14) Dilhara Fernando (10)
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The 2002 NatWest Series was a One Day International cricket tri-series sponsored by the National Westminster Bank that took place in England between 27 June and 13 July 2002. ^[1] The series involved the national teams of England, India and Sri Lanka. Ten matches were played in total, with each team playing one another thrice during the group stage. The teams which finished in the top two positions following the group stages qualified for the final, which India won by defeating England at Lord's on 13 July by 2 wickets. ^[2] Preceding the series, England played Sri Lanka in a three Test series, while following the series, India played England in a four Test series.

Venues

Nottingham	London	London	Leeds
Trent Bridge Capacity: 15,000	Lord's Capacity: 28,000	The Oval Capacity: 23,500	Headingley Capacity: 17,500
Trent Bridge Lord's The Oval County Ground Headingley Edgbaston Old Trafford Riverside Ground
Chester-le-Street	Birmingham	Manchester	Bristol
Riverside Ground Capacity: 19,000	Edgbaston Capacity: 21,000	Old Trafford Capacity: 15,000	County Ground Capacity: 16,000

Squads

England [3]	India [4]	Sri Lanka [5]
Nasser Hussain (c) Paul Collingwood Andrew Flintoff Ashley Giles Darren Gough Matthew Hoggard Ronnie Irani James Kirtley Nick Knight Jeremy Snape Alec Stewart (wk) Graham Thorpe Marcus Trescothick Alex Tudor Michael Vaughan	Sourav Ganguly (c) Virender Sehwag Rahul Dravid Sachin Tendulkar Dinesh Mongia Yuvraj Singh Mohammad Kaif VVS Laxman Ajay Ratra (wk) Harbhajan Singh Ashish Nehra Anil Kumble Zaheer Khan Tinu Yohannan Ajit Agarkar	Sanath Jayasuriya (c) Marvan Atapattu Thilan Samaraweera Russel Arnold Mahela Jayawardene Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk) Nuwan Zoysa Upul Chandana Dilhara Fernando Charitha Buddhika Chaminda Vaas Avishka Gunawardene Pramodya Wickramasinghe Chamara Silva Naveed Nawaz

Fixtures

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
India	6	4	1	1	1	19	+0.175
England	6	3	2	1	1	15	+0.386
Sri Lanka	6	1	5	0	0	4	-0.441

27 June 2002 (D/N) Scorecard

England   293/6 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 249/9 (45.2 overs)
Alec Stewart 83 (103) Dilhara Fernando 2/46 (8 overs)		Romesh Kaluwitharana 52 (64) Andrew Flintoff 3/49 (10 overs)

England won by 44 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Dave Orchard (SA) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Andrew Flintoff (Eng)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: England 4, Sri Lanka 0.

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29 June 2002 Scorecard

England   271/7 (50 overs)	v	India 272/4 (48.5 overs)
Marcus Trescothick 86 (78) Yuvraj Singh 3/39 (7 overs)		Rahul Dravid 73 (86) Ashley Giles 3/39 (10 overs)

India won by 6 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Neil Mallender (Eng) Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh (Ind)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: India 4, England 0.

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30 June 2002 Scorecard

Sri Lanka   202/8 (50 overs)	v	India 203/6 (45.2 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 62 (105) Ajit Agarkar 3/44 (9 overs)		Sachin Tendulkar 49 (70) Chaminda Vaas 2/38 (10 overs)

India won by 4 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Dave Orchard (SA) and Peter Willey (Eng) Player of the match: Ajit Agarkar (Ind)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: India 4, Sri Lanka 0.

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2 July 2002 Scorecard

Sri Lanka 240/7 (32 overs)	v	England   241/7 (31.2 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 112 (87) Darren Gough 3/45 (7 overs)		Marcus Trescothick 82 (60) Dilhara Fernando 2/38 (6 overs)

England won by 3 wickets Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Neil Mallender (Eng) Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Match restricted to 32 overs due to rain.
• Points: England 4, Sri Lanka 0.

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4 July 2002 (D/N) Scorecard

India   285/4 (50 overs)	v	England 53/1 (12.3 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 105* (108) Darren Gough 2/52 (10 overs)		Marcus Trescothick 23 (26) Zaheer Khan 1/31 (6 overs)

No result Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Umpires: Dave Orchard (SA) and David Shepherd (Eng)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rain stopped play after 12.3 overs of the England innings.
• Points: England 2, India 2.

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6 July 2002 Scorecard

Sri Lanka   187 (48.2 overs)	v	India 188/6 (48.1 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 50 (73) Ashish Nehra 2/28 (10 overs)		Rahul Dravid 64 (95) Dilhara Fernando 2/22 (10 overs)

India won by 4 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Neil Mallender (Eng) Player of the match: Rahul Dravid (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: India 4, Sri Lanka 0.

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7 July 2002 Scorecard

Sri Lanka 229 (49.4 overs)	v	England   206 (47.4 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 70 (79) Michael Vaughan 4/22 (6 overs)		Nick Knight 29 (34) Sanath Jayasuriya 3/38 (9 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 23 runs Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Dave Orchard (SA) and Peter Willey (Eng) Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Sri Lanka 4, England 0.

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9 July 2002 Scorecard

England   229/8 (32 overs)	v	India 165 (29.1 overs)
Ronnie Irani 53 (55) Zaheer Khan 3/53 (7 overs)		Virender Sehwag 46 (41) Ronnie Irani 5/26 (7 overs)

England won by 64 runs The Oval, London Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Peter Willey (Eng) Player of the match: Ronnie Irani (Eng)

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• Play reduced to 32 overs per side due to rain.
• Points: England 5, India 0.

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11 July 2002 (D/N) Scorecard

India   304 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 241 (44.1 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 113 (102) Thilan Samaraweera 2/39 (8 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 66 (47) Harbhajan Singh 4/46 (10 overs)

India won by 63 runs County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Dave Orchard (SA) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: India 5, Sri Lanka 0.

Final

13 July 2002 Scorecard

England   325/5 (50 overs)	v	India 326/8 (49.3 overs)
Nasser Hussain 115 (128) Zaheer Khan 3/62 (10 overs)		Mohammad Kaif 87* (75) Ashley Giles 2/47 (10 overs)

India won by 2 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Mohammad Kaif (Ind)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Nasser Hussain (Eng) scored his first hundred in an ODI.

Statistics

Most runs [6]		Most wickets [6]
Marcus Trescothick	362	Zaheer Khan	14
Sachin Tendulkar	337	Dilhara Fernando	10
Yuvraj Singh	254	Chaminda Vaas	9
Rahul Dravid	245	Andrew Flintoff	9
Nasser Hussain	244	Ronnie Irani	8

References

1. "2002 NatWest Bank Series" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
2. "England v India, 2002 NatWest Series Final" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
3. "England Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
4. "India Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
5. "Sri Lanka Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
6. "Averages by Team" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 March 2021.

External links

• National Westminster Bank Series 2002 at CricketArchive