| 2002 NatWest Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Part ofSri Lankan cricket team in England in 2002 andIndian 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2002 NatWest Series was aOne Day Internationalcricket tri-series sponsored by theNational Westminster Bank that took place inEngland between 27 June and 13 July 2002.[1] The series involved the national teams ofEngland,India andSri 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 atLord's on 13 July by 2 wickets.[2] Preceding the series,England played Sri Lanka in a threeTest series, while following the series,India played England in a four Test series.
| Nottingham | London | London | Leeds |
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| Trent Bridge Capacity: 15,000 | Lord's Capacity: 28,000 | The Oval Capacity: 23,500 | Headingley Capacity: 17,500 |
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| 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 |
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 England[3] |  India[4] |  Sri Lanka[5] |
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| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
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| 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 |
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England won by 44 runs Trent Bridge,Nottingham Umpires:Dave Orchard (SA) andDavid Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match:Andrew Flintoff (Eng) |
29 June 2002 Scorecard |
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India won by 6 wickets Lord's,London Umpires:Steve Bucknor (WI) andNeil Mallender (Eng) Player of the match:Yuvraj Singh (Ind) |
30 June 2002 Scorecard |
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India won by 4 wickets The Oval,London Umpires:Dave Orchard (SA) andPeter Willey (Eng) Player of the match:Ajit Agarkar (Ind) |
2 July 2002 Scorecard |
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England won by 3 wickets Headingley,Leeds Umpires:Steve Bucknor (WI) andNeil Mallender (Eng) Player of the match:Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) |
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6 July 2002 Scorecard |
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India won by 4 wickets Edgbaston,Birmingham Umpires:Steve Bucknor (WI) andNeil Mallender (Eng) Player of the match:Rahul Dravid (Ind) |
7 July 2002 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 23 runs Old Trafford,Manchester Umpires:Dave Orchard (SA) andPeter Willey (Eng) Player of the match:Kumar Sangakkara (SL) |
9 July 2002 Scorecard |
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England won by 64 runs The Oval,London Umpires:Steve Bucknor (WI) andPeter Willey (Eng) Player of the match:Ronnie Irani (Eng) |
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India won by 63 runs County Ground,Bristol Umpires:Dave Orchard (SA) andDavid Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match:Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) |
13 July 2002 Scorecard |
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India won by 2 wickets Lord's,London Umpires:Steve Bucknor (WI) andDavid Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match:Mohammad Kaif (Ind) |
| Most runs[6] | Most wickets[6] | ||
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| 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 |
