English cricket team in Australia in 2002–03
| 2002–03 Ashes series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 7 November 2002 – 6 January 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | Australia won the five-Test series 4–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series | Michael Vaughan (Eng) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The England cricket team toured Australia in 2002–03, playing a five-Test series for The Ashes and a number of tour matches against Australian domestic teams. They also played a triangular ODI series against Australia and Sri Lanka. The first Test of the series, at Brisbane, was the 800th Test match to be played by England.
Australia comfortably won the Test series 4–1 and retained the Ashes, which were in their possession since 1989. The player of the series was Michael Vaughan from England.