 The first Test series of the new century took place in Australia 1901–1902 and was won by Australia who came from one down to take the series 4–1.The England side was a private venture of Archie MacLaren (although the matches were all official Test matches).It was rather an attritional series of matches with only three centuries being scored and only one team innings over 400 (the first innings of England in the First Test at the SCG).