Lord's, London 5 June 2001 (50 overs)

Result: Middlesex won by 6 wickets - Match Scorecard

Toss: Middlesex (put Australia in to bat)

Umpires: B Leadbeater and AGT Whitehead

Without team regulars Angus Fraser, Phil Tufnell and Stephen Fleming, it was left to youngster Ben Hutton to steer the home side to an unexpected victory. Mike Roseberry hit Andrew Symonds over square leg to win with 17 balls to spare to complete the win.

Paul Weekes (deputising as captain) won the toss and put Australia in to bat. The decision was soon proved the correct one after Hewitt's opening spell put the visitors in trouble, taking both opening wickets - Hayden in the 5th over for 3 and Mark Waugh in his next over for 14. Ricky Ponting (57) and Ian Harvey (84) saved Australia from complete embarrassment when at one stage the tourists were struggling at 6 for 108. They rallied and ended their innings scoring 232 runs in 44.2 overs.

Ponting hit 4 boundaries off his first 8 deliveries and his innings continued in this vein throughout his innings reaching his half-century in only 41 balls, which included 11 fours. When Ponting fell in the 20th over and one-day specialist Andrew Symonds for 4, Harvey took the game by the scruff of the neck and reached his 50 in only 43 balls including 6 boundaries. Jason Gillespie hung around with the all rounder and the pair put on 75 runs in 75 balls, leaving Middlesex 233 runs to win

Needing to score at more than four-and-a-half an over, Middlesex were put well on their way to their target with a second-wicket stand of 113 between Hutton - grandson of Sir Leonard - and Owais Shah.