| Tour of West Indies
2002-03 Captain: Steve Waugh | |
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| Australia’s 74th Test tour (April- June 2003) Ninth Test-playing tour
of West Indies by Australia (previous visit in 1999) | Winning the series 3-1 and
retaining the Frank Worrell Trophy, Australia were restored to the
top of the ICC Test ratings. The West Indians accused Steve
Waugh of taking a catch off Brian Lara on the bounce, which precipitated a
collapse of West Indies' innings in the first
Test and the subsequent ten-wicket defeat. Australia
also won the next two Test matches but Banks and Drakes secured an unexpected
victory for West Indies at St John’s,
steering them to the record highest fourth-innings target of 418 in the history
of Test matches. McGrath’s well-publicised mid-pitch
spat with Sarwan in Antigua ended with the
two players shaking hands and apologising to each other. The players agreed that seven
one-day internationals were too many. Once Australia had taken an unbeatable
4-0 lead, the visitors lost the next three matches as tiredness set in. Baggage including bats and pads was stolen
from the team between the 3rd and 4th one-day internationals. | Other
Australian Tours Previous
tour v Pakistan(in Sri Lanka/ Sharjah)
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tour of West Indies 2007-08 | |
| Members
of the Test tour party (15 + 1) Opening batsmen Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer. Middle-order batsmen: Darren
Lehmann, Michael Clarke Martin Love, Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh. Wicket-keeper:Adam
Gilchrist plusJimmy
Maher (reinforcement Spin bowlers:Stuart
MacGill, Brad Hogg. Fast bowlers:Jason
Gillespie, Andy Bichel, Brett Lee, Glenn McGrath, Ashley Noffke, plus Brad Williams reinforcement. ⋄ Player contracted to Cricket
Australia 2002-03 (the new list was announced on 1 May 2003) | A J Bichel | Qld ⋄ | 32 | RFM | ODI | | M J Clarke added | NSW | 22 | RHB (SLA) | ODI | | A C Gilchrist | WA ⋄ | 31 | LHB WK | ODI | | J N
Gillespie | SA ⋄ | 27 | RFM | ODI | | M L Hayden | Qld ⋄ | 31 | RHB opener | ODI | | G B Hogg | WA | 32 | SLA | ODI | | J L Langer | WA ⋄ | 32 | LHB opener | - | | B Lee | NSW ⋄ | 26 | RF | ODI | | M L Love | Qld ⋄ | 28 | RHB | - | | D S Lehmann | SA ⋄ | 33 | RHB (SLA) | ODI | | S C G MacGill | NSW ⋄ | 32 | LBG | - | | G D McGrath | NSW ⋄ | 33 | RF | ODI | | D R Martyn w/d | WA ⋄ | 31 | RHB | | | A Noffke | Qld | 25 | RFM | - | | R T Ponting | Tas ⋄ | 28 | RHB vice-captain | ODI | | S R Waugh | NSW ⋄ | 37 | RHB RM captain | - | | | Required
only for the ODI series: | M G
Bevan (NSW ⋄) | ODI | | N M
Hauritz (Qld ⋄) | ODI | | I J Harvey
(Vic ⋄) | ODI | | J P
Maher (Qld ⋄) | ODI | | A
Symonds (Qld ⋄) | ODI |
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State representation Pura Cup teams NSW New
South Wales (5) Qld Queensland
(4) SA South
Australia (2) Tas Tasmania
(1) Vic Victoria (0) WA Western
Australia (3) Average age of team at time of first Test match (10 April 2003) : 30 yrs 5 months ODI -
member of the limited overs side for the | |
| Test
Appearances made before the tour | SR Waugh 156, McGrath
91, Ponting 64, Langer 59, Gilchrist 39, Gillespie 39, Hayden 38,
Lee 27, MacGill 19, Bichel 11, Lehmann 8, Love 2,
Hogg 1, Noffke 0, Clarke 0,
Maher 0. | | |
| ⋆ Tour
Officials | Steve Bernard | Tour manager | John Buchanan | Coach | Errol Alcott | Physiotherapist | Tim Nielsen | Performance Analyst / assistant
coach | Jock Campbell | Physical performance manager | Lucy Frostick | Massage therapist | Jonathan Rose | Media manager |
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| Selectors | Trevor Hohns (NSP Chairman),
David Boon, Allan Border and Andrew
Hilditch. | | |
| Selection | Ricky Ponting was chosen to replace Adam Gilchrist as
vice-captain, and to captain the ODI team. Unavailable : In February 2003 Shane Warne was banned for one
year for testing positive to using an illegal diuretic to control
weight. Touring Party Announced: 17 March
2003. Not selected : Stuart
Clark, Mike Hussey. Gillespie's selection was
subject to a fitness test on his injured heel. Withdrawal Damien Martyn, 31,
withdrew on 5 April due to a fractured finger, and was replaced by Michael
Clarke. On 2 May it was decided that
Clarke would also replace Martyn in the one-day squad. | Time between selection and departure from Australia 14 days (17 March - 31 March) | |
| Travel Sydney Q London Q Georgetown | After the 2003 World Cup in South Africa, the victorious Australian team
touched down to enthusiastic crowds in Perth
on 25 March. Departure for the West Indies
was on Monday 31 March 2003. While the team flew out Damien Martyn remained behind
in Perth for
a further scan on his broken finger. Glenn McGrath left the team in London
and flew back to Australia.
He arrived back in Sydney
on 3 April to be with his sick wife Jane and rejoined the tour in time for
the third Test. Thirteen players landed in Guyana on 3 April. Martyn, McGrath and Clarke were not with
them at that stage. Brad Williams was summoned to take McGrath’s place. He joined the
team in Georgetown
on 6 April. | Time spent in West Indies 60 days (3 April - 2 June) | |
| On-tour
selection | Steve Waugh (captain), John Buchanan (coach), Ricky Ponting (vice-captain). | | |
| Reinforcements | Brad Williams left Brisbane
on 3 April and met up with the Australian squad in Georgetown on 6 April as cover for Glenn
McGrath. Williams returned from Barbados
on 6 May when it was clear he would not be needed for the fourth Test J P Maher | Qld ⋄ | 29 | LHB opener WK | ODI |
On 13 April it was announced
thatJimmy Maher would fly
from Adelaide
to join up with the Test side before the one-day series to ease Gilchrist’s
workload, and he then remained with the one-day squad. | | |
| Fixtures/Results | a | Georgetown | Carib Beer XI | Drawn | b | GEORGETOWN | WEST INDIES First Test | WON
9 w | c | PORT OF SPAIN | WEST INDIES Second Test | WON
118 r | d | Cave
Hill, Barbados | UWI Vice-Chancellor's XI | Won 6 w | e | BRIDGETOWN | WEST INDIES Third Test | WON
9 w | f | ST
JOHN'S, ANTIGUA | WEST INDIES Fourth Test | LOST
3 w | g | § Kingston | West Indies (1st ODI) | Won 2 r | h | § Kingston | West Indies (2nd ODI) | Won 8 w | i | § Gros Islet, St Lucia | West Indies (3rd ODI) | Won 25 r | j | § Port of Spain | West Indies (4th ODI) | Won 67 r | k | § Port of Spain | West Indies (5th ODI) | Lost 39 r | l | § St George's, Grenada | West Indies (6th ODI) | Lost 3 w | m | § St George's, Grenada | West Indies (7th ODI) | Lost 9 w |
| † not first-class § one-day international Time
spent in West Indies before First Test: 7 days (3 April - 10 April) | |
| Test
appearances on tour | 4 - Bichel, Gilchrist,
Gillespie, Hayden, Langer,
Lee, Lehmann, MacGill,
SR Waugh. 3 - Ponting 2 - Hogg,
McGrath. 1 - Love. 0 - Clarke, Maher,
Noffke, Williams. | | |
| Match
appearances T Test match o one-day international x other match ⊕ T/20 international ∙ played for opposition W won L lost D drawn
N
no result A abandoned u unknown
result | | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | A J Bichel | x | T | T | x | T | T | o | o | o | | o | o | | M J Clarke | | | | x | | | | | o | o | o | | o | A C Gilchrist | x | T | T | | T | T | o | o | | o | o | o | o | J N Gillespie | x | T | T | | T | T | | o | o | o | | o | o | M L Hayden | x | T | T | | T | T | o | o | o | o | | o | o | G B Hogg | x | T | T | x | | | o | o | o | o | | o | o | J L Langer | x | T | T | x | T | T | | | | | | | | B Lee | | T | T | | T | T | o | o | | o | o | o | o | M L Love | x | | | x | | T | | | | | | | | D S Lehmann | x | T | T | | T | T | o | | | | | o | o | S C
MacGill | x | T | T | x | T | T | | | | | | | | G D McGrath | | | | x | T | T | o | o | o | o | o | | o | J P Maher | | | | x | | | | o | o | | o | o | | A Noffke | x | | | x | | | | | | | | | | R T Ponting | | T | T | | T | | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | S R Waugh | x | T | T | x | T | T | | | | | | | | B Williams | | | | x | | | | | | | | | | M G Bevan | | | | | | | o | o | o | o | o | | | N M Hauritz | | | | | | | | | o | | o | o | | I J Harvey | | | | | | | o | | | o | o | | o | A Symonds | | | | | | | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | R E S U L T S | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | L |
| Australia’s six previous Test tour results: in UAE v Pakistan 2002 (3 Tests) - won 3-0 in South Africa 2001-02 (3 Tests) - won 2-1 in England 2001 (5 Tests) - won 4-1 in India 2000-01 (3 Tests) - lost 1-2 in New Zealand 1999-00 (3 Tests) - won 3-0 in Zimbabwe
1999-00 (1 Test) - won 1-0 | |
| Highlights | • Steve Waugh became the most capped
Australian player, passing Border's record of 156 Test appearances. • Justin Langer (146) and Ricky Ponting (117)
together scored 248 runs for the 2nd wicket at Bourda • Jason Gillespie took 5 wickets for 36 at Georgetown to break the West Indies’
middle-order. • Ponting made a double century (206) at Port of Spain. He added
315 runs with Lehmann (160), an Australian record for the third wicket. • Gilchrist and Hayden also added undefeated
centuries : Australia lost
only 7 wickets for 814 runs in the match at Port of Spain. • Australia
then made 605-9 declared at Bridgetown
with Ponting (113) scoring his third century of the series. • Stuart MacGill took 4-107 and 5-75 at Bridgetown. • Jason Langer (111) and Matthew Hayden (177)
finished the series in Antigua with an
opening stand of 242 | | |
| Tour
Summary | | P | W | L | D | Aban | Test Matches | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | Other first-class matches | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | ϯ Minor matches | 0 | - | - | - | - | § One-day internationals | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | - | All Matches | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | - |
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| Return
to Australia ? Q Sydney | last match ends 1 June. | Time away from Australia approx 65
days (31 March to 4? June) | |
| Finances | ….. | | |
| Postscript | The Australians had been on tour or competing for The Ashes since
August and could at last take a break - but it was only for five weeks. The
Australian Cricket Board (ACB, which had now changed its name to ‘Cricket Australia’) had arranged Australia’s first home Test series during the
winter season against Bangladesh
in Northern Territory.
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