# 2002 NatWest Series

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. 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. 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 BridgeLord'sThe OvalCounty GroundHeadingleyEdgbastonOld TraffordRiverside 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 | India | Sri Lanka |
| 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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 | Most runs | Most wickets | Most wickets |
| 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 |