# 2002 Women's Tri-Series

The 2002 Women's Tri-Series was a Women's One Day International (WODI) cricket tournament that was held in England in July 2002. It was a tri-nation series between England, India and New Zealand. It was part of India's tour of England and Ireland, and followed New Zealand's tour of Ireland and the Netherlands.
New Zealand progressed to the final after winning the group with three wins from four matches, joined by England, who finished second. The final was won by New Zealand by 63 runs, therefore winning the tournament.

## Squads

| England | India | New Zealand |
| Clare Connor (c) Arran Brindle Charlotte Edwards Mandie Godliman (wk) Isa Guha Laura Harper Laura Newton Lucy Pearson Melissa Reynard Laura Spragg Claire Taylor Clare Taylor | Anjum Chopra (c) Neetu David Jhulan Goswami Bindeshwari Goyal Hemlata Kala Arundhati Kirkire Mamatha Maben Deepa Marathe Sulakshana Naik (wk) Sunetra Paranjpe Mithali Raj Jaya Sharma Sunita Singh | Emily Drumm (c) Nicola Browne Anna Dodd Fiona Fraser Frances King Sara McGlashan Louise Milliken Nicola Payne Kate Pulford Rachel Pullar Kathryn Ramel Rebecca Rolls (wk) Haidee Tiffen Aimee Watkins |

## Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts |
| New Zealand (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| England (Q) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| India | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
    Source: ESPNcricinfo

## Fixtures
### 1st ODI

* 10 July 2002 Scorecard
| India 59 (35.2 overs) | v | England 60/4 (30.2 overs) |
| Sulakshana Naik 9 (16) Laura Harper 4/11 (5 overs) | | Charlotte Edwards 31* (84) Arundhati Kirkire 2/6 (3.2 overs) |
* England Women won by 6 wickets Grainville, Saint Saviour, Jersey Umpires: Jeff Evans (Eng) and John Hayes (Eng)
* England Women won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: England Women 4, India Women 0
* Sulakshana Naik (Ind) made her WODI debut.

### 2nd ODI

* 11 July 2002 Scorecard
| New Zealand 168/9 (50 overs) | v | India 26 (19.1 overs) |
| Emily Drumm 56 (93) Deepa Marathe 4/37 (10 overs) | | Jhulan Goswami 6* (29) Rachel Pullar 5/10 (7 overs) |
* New Zealand Women won by 142 runs Grainville, Saint Saviour, Jersey Umpires: Jeff Evans (Eng) and John Hayes (Eng)
* India Women won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: New Zealand Women 4, India Women 0
* Sunetra Paranjpe (Ind) made her WODI debut.

### 3rd ODI

* 12 July 2002 Scorecard
| England | v | New Zealand |
* Match Abandoned Grainville, Saint Saviour, Jersey Umpires: Jeff Evans (Eng) and John Hayes (Eng)
* No toss.
* No play possible due to rain.
* Points: England Women 2, New Zealand Women 2

### 4th ODI

* 16 July 2002 Scorecard
| England 111 (38 overs) | v | New Zealand 113/3 (31 overs) |
| Isa Guha 22* (26) Haidee Tiffen 2/8 (5 overs) | | Emily Drumm 63* (81) Laura Spragg 1/20 (5 overs) |
* New Zealand Women won by 7 wickets The Racecourse, Durham Umpires: Graham Cooper (Eng) and Tim Robinson (Eng)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: New Zealand Women 4, England Women 0

### 5th ODI

* 17 July 2002 Scorecard
| India 95 (41.1 overs) | v | New Zealand 96/5 (28.4 overs) |
| Mithali Raj 28 (60) Rachel Pullar 3/10 (8 overs) | | Haidee Tiffen 30* (49) Neetu David 3/17 (7 overs) |
* New Zealand Women won by 5 wickets The Racecourse, Durham Umpires: Graham Cooper (Eng) and Tim Robinson (Eng) Player of the match: Rachel Pullar (NZ)
* India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: New Zealand Women 4, India Women 0

### 6th ODI

* 19 July 2002 Scorecard
| England | v | India |
* Match Abandoned Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
* No toss.
* No play possible due to rain
* Points: England Women 2, India Women 2

## Final

* 20 July 2002 Scorecard
| New Zealand 161 (48.5 overs) | v | England 98 (43.4 overs) |
| Kate Pulford 55 (105) Isa Guha 3/28 (7.5 overs) | | Claire Taylor 32 (81) Aimee Watkins 3/20 (10 overs) |
* New Zealand Women won by 63 runs Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Umpires: Lorraine Elgar (Eng) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng) Player of the match: Kate Pulford (NZ)
* England Women won the toss and elected to field.
* New Zealand Women won the 2002 Women's Tri-Series