Notes
--> Australia first innings: 100 in 42.3 overs
--> Australia first innings: 200 in 74.4 overs
--> Australia first innings: 300 in 103.4 overs
--> Australia first innings: 400 in 132.5 overs
--> England first innings: 100 in 30.2 overs
--> England first innings: 200 in 53.3 overs
--> England first innings: 300 in 94.5 overs
--> Australia second innings: 100 in 25.3 overs
--> Australia second innings: 200 in 50.5 overs
--> SR Waugh (1) 50 in 80 balls, 114 minutes with 7 fours
--> SR Waugh (1) 100 in 201 balls, 286 minutes with 12 fours
--> SR Waugh (1) passed 17000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 50
--> IA Healy (1) 50 in 88 balls, 101 minutes with 7 fours
--> IA Healy (1) 100 in 160 balls, 196 minutes with 13 fours
--> DW Fleming (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 24
--> DW Fleming (1) 50 in 87 balls, 106 minutes with 7 fours
--> DW Fleming (1) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 63
--> MA Butcher (1) 50 in 101 balls, 125 minutes with 9 fours
--> MA Butcher (1) 100 in 179 balls, 219 minutes with 16 fours
--> MA Butcher (1) equalled his previous highest Test Matches score of 116
--> N Hussain (1) 50 in 68 balls, 93 minutes with 9 fours
--> GP Thorpe (1) 50 in 98 balls, 134 minutes with 4 fours
--> MR Ramprakash (1) 50 in 135 balls with 4 fours
--> MJ Slater (2) 50 in 57 balls with 7 fours
--> MJ Slater (2) 100 in 129 balls with 10 fours and 1 six
--> JL Langer (2) 50 in 105 balls with 6 fours
--> JL Langer (2) passed 500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 9
--> JL Langer (2) passed 9000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 36
--> ME Waugh (2) passed 5500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 22
--> AD Mullally achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed MS Kasprowicz in the Australia first innings (previous best was 3-44)
--> SR Waugh and IA Healy added 100 in 180 balls, 121 minutes for the Australia 6th wicket in the first innings
--> MA Butcher and N Hussain added 100 in 166 balls for the England 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> MJ Slater and JL Langer added 100 in 185 balls for the Australia 2nd wicket in the second innings
Twelfth Men: JN Gillespie (Australia) and JP Crawley (England) Lunch: Australia 58/1 (Taylor 30*, Langer 8*, 29 overs) Tea: Australia 141/4 (SR Waugh 26*, Ponting 7*, 56 overs) Bad light interupted play early in the 3rd session from 3:06pm to 3:41pm Play extended by 55 minutes beyond scheduled stumps time to 5:55pm, in order to get through the 90 overs required in a day. Stumps called 1 over early due to bad light. Attendance: 14 000 approx Lunch: Australia 348/5 (SR Waugh 107*, Healy 105*, 120 overs) Tea: Australia 445/8 (Fleming 37*, MacGill 20*, 149 overs) Attendance: 13 000 approx Lunch: England 179/3 (Thorpe 6*, Butcher 93*, 47 overs) Tea: England 262/4 (Thorpe 50*, Ramprakash 13*, 82 overs) A combination of bad light and thunderstorms ended play at 3:55pm Lunch: England 375 Tea: Australia 111/1 (Slater 75*, Langer 35*, 30 overs) Lunch: England 108/3 (Hussain 28*, Thorpe 0*, 39 overs) Play ended at shortly before tea due to thunderstorms. The ground was later soaked with rain. Play officially called to an end at 4:25pm.