ABSTRACT

November and December 2002 were two very difficult months for the English cricket team during their winter tour to Australia. Faced by one of the finest attacks ever assembled in Australian cricket history, the batsmen in Nasser Hussain’s team were hustled and harried by Messrs McGrath, Gillespie, Lee and Warne, before the English bowlers were put to the sword by the exquisite batting of Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting.