The 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup was the eighth Cricket World Cup and was played in South Africa/Zimbabwe/Kenya from 9 February to 24 March. 2003 was the first time that the Cricket World Cup had been held in Africa. The tournament featured 14 teams and 54 matches, the most in the tournament history up to that time. The tournament followed the format introduced in the 1999 Cricket World Cupwith the teams divided into 2 groups, and the top three in each group qualifying for the Super Sixes stage. The tournament saw upsets in the first round with South Africa, Pakistan, West Indies and England failing to make it to Super Sixes stage while Zimbabwe and Kenya made it to Super Sixes stage and Kenya, a non-Test playing nation, made the semi-finals of the tournament.
The tournament was won by Ricky Ponting's Australia who defeated Sourav Ganguly's India in the final.[1]
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[edit]Participating nations
14 teams played in the 2003 Cricket World Cup. In the first round, they were divided into two groups of seven teams. The top three from each group qualified for the Super Sixes, carrying forward the results they had achieved against other qualifiers from their group into the Super Sixes round. The top four teams in the Super Sixes round qualified for the semi-finals, and the winners of those matches played the final.
Australia Bangladesh England India Kenya New Zealand | Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka West Indies Zimbabwe |
- ICC Trophy qualifiers
Canada Namibia Netherlands |
[edit]Host cities and venues
Venues in South Africa
| Cities | Venues | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg, South Africa | Wanderers Stadium | 34,000 |
| Durban, South Africa | Sahara Stadium Kingsmead | 25,000 |
| Cape Town, South Africa | Newlands Cricket Ground | 25,000 |
| Centurion, South Africa | Centurion Park | 23,000 |
| Bloemfontein, South Africa | Goodyear Park | 20,000 |
| Benoni, South Africa | Willowmoore Park | 20,000 |
| Port Elizabeth, South Africa | St George's Oval | 19,000 |
| Potchefstroom, South Africa | North West Cricket Stadium | 18,000 |
| East London, South Africa | Buffalo Park | 16,000 |
| Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | Pietermaritzburg Oval | 12,000 |
| Kimberley, South Africa | De Beers Diamond Oval | 11,000 |
| Paarl, South Africa | Boland Park | 10,000 |
 Harare, Zimbabwe | Harare Sports Club | 10,000 |
| Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | Queens Sports Club | 9,000 |
 Nairobi, Kenya | Nairobi Gymkhana Club | 8,000 |
[edit]Group stage tables and results
The top three teams from each pool qualify for the next stage, carrying forward the points already scored against fellow qualifiers, plus a quarter of the points scored against the teams that failed to qualify.[2]
Teams that qualified for the Super Sixes stage are highlighted in blue.
[edit]Pool A
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | T | NRR | Pts | PCF |
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 Australia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.05 | 24 | 12 |
 India | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.11 | 20 | 8 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | 14 | 3.5 |
 England | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.82 | 12 | – |
 Pakistan | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.23 | 10 | – |
 Netherlands | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | −1.45 | 4 | – |
 Namibia | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | −2.96 | 0 | – |
| 10 February 2003 09:30 Scorecard | Zimbabwe 340/2 (50 overs) | v | Namibia 104/5 (25.1 overs) | Zimbabwe won by 86 runs (D/L) Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe Umpires: DL Orchard (SA) and SJA Taufel(Aus) Player of the match: CB Wishart (Zim) |
| CB Wishart 172* (151) JL Louw 1/60 (10) | D Skeulder 27 (46) GJ Whittall 2/20 (5) | |||
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| 11 February 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Australia 310/8 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 228 (44.3 overs) | Australia won by 82 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa Umpires: EAR de Silva (SL) and DR Shepherd(Eng) Player of the match: A Symonds (Aus) |
| A Symonds 143* (125) Wasim Akram 3/64 (10) | Rashid Latif 33 (23) IJ Harvey 4/58 (9.3) | |||
| 12 February 2003 10:00 Scorecard | India 204 (48.5 overs) | v | Netherlands 136 (48.1 overs) | India won by 68 runs Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa Umpires: DJ Harper (Aus) and P Willey (Eng) Player of the match: TBM de Leede (Ned) |
| SR Tendulkar 52 (72) TBM de Leede 4/35 (9.5) | DLS van Bunge 62 (116) A Kumble 4/32 (10) | |||
| 13 February 2003 09:30 Scorecard | Zimbabwe | v | England | Zimbabwe won by a walkover Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and DL Orchard(SA) |
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| 15 February 2003 10:00 Scorecard | India 125 (41.4 overs) | v | Australia 128/1 (22.2 overs) | Australia won by 9 wickets Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa Umpires: EAR de Silva (SL) and DR Shepherd(Eng) Player of the match: JN Gillespie (Aus) |
| SR Tendulkar 36 (59) JN Gillespie 3/13 (10) | AC Gilchrist 48 (61) A Kumble 1/24 (7) | |||
| 16 February 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Netherlands 142/9 (50 overs) | v | England 144/4 (23.2 overs) | England won by 6 wickets Buffalo Park, East London, South Africa Umpires: DB Hair (Aus) and RE Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: JM Anderson (Eng) |
| TBM de Leede 58* (96) JM Anderson 4/25 (10) | MP Vaughan 51 (47) DLS van Bunge 3/16 (3) | |||
| 16 February 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Pakistan 255/9 (50 overs) | v | Namibia 84 (17.4 overs) | Pakistan won by 171 runs De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley, South Africa Umpires: NA Mallender (Eng) and DL Orchard(SA) Player of the match: Wasim Akram (Pak) |
| Saleem Elahi 63 (100) G Snyman 2/51 (8) | BL Kotze 24* (29) Wasim Akram 5/28 (9) | |||
| 19 February 2003 09:30 Scorecard | India 255/7 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 172 (44.4 overs) | India won by 83 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe Umpires: EAR de Silva (SL) and RE Koertzen(SA) Player of the match: SR Tendulkar (Ind) |
| SR Tendulkar 81 (91) GW Flower 2/14 (6) | T Taibu 29* (44) SC Ganguly 3/22 (5) | |||
| 19 February 2003 10:00 Scorecard | England 272 (50 overs) | v | Namibia 217/9 (50 overs) | England won by 55 runs St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Umpires: SJA Taufel (Aus) and S Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match: AJ Burger (Nam) |
| AJ Stewart 60 (77) RJ van Vuuren 5/43 (10) | AJ Burger 85 (86) RC Irani 3/30 (8) | |||
| 20 February 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Australia 170/2 (36 overs) | v | Netherlands 122 (30.2 overs) | Australia won by 48 runs (D/L) North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom,South Africa Umpires: DL Orchard (SA) and P Willey (Eng) Player of the match: DR Martyn (Aus) |
| DR Martyn 67* (76) TBM de Leede 2/34 (7) | TBM de Leede 24 (38) AJ Bichel 3/13 (5) | |||
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| 22 February 2003 14:30 Scorecard | England 246/8 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 134 (31 overs) | England won by 112 runs Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa Umpires: BG Jerling (SA) and RE Koertzen(SA) Player of the match: JM Anderson (Eng) |
| PD Collingwood 66* (73) Saqlain Mushtaq 2/44 (10) | Shoaib Akhtar 43 (16) JM Anderson 4/29 (10) | |||
| 23 February 2003 10:00 Scorecard | India 311/2 (50 overs) | v | Namibia 130 (42.3 overs) | India won by 181 runs Pietermaritzburg Oval, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and DR Shepherd(Eng) Player of the match: SR Tendulkar (Ind) |
| SR Tendulkar 152 (151) RJ van Vuuren 2/53 (10) | AJ Burger 29 (30) Y Singh 4/6 (4.3) | |||
| 24 February 2003 09:30 Scorecard | Zimbabwe 246/9 (50 overs) | v | Australia 248/3 (47.3 overs) | Australia won by 7 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and DL Orchard(SA) Player of the match: AM Blignaut (Zim) |
| A Flower 62 (91) GB Hogg 3/46 (8) | AC Gilchrist 61 (64) DA Marillier 1/32 (10) | |||
| 25 February 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Pakistan 253/9 (50 overs) | v | Netherlands 156 (39.3 overs) | Pakistan won by 97 runs Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and S Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match: Yousuf Youhana (Pak) |
| Yousuf Youhana 58 (59) TBM de Leede 2/53 (10) | DLS van Bunge 31 (60) Wasim Akram 3/24 (8.3) | |||
| 26 February 2003 14:30 Scorecard | India 250/9 (50 overs) | v | England 168 (45.3 overs) | India won by 82 runs Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa Umpires: RE Koertzen (SA) and SJA Taufel(Aus) Player of the match: A Nehra (Ind) |
| R Dravid 62 (72) AR Caddick 3/69 (10) | A Flintoff 64 (73) A Nehra 6/23 (10) | |||
| 27 February 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Australia 301/6 (50 overs) | v | Namibia 45 (14 overs) | Australia won by 256 runs North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom,South Africa Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and RB Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: GD McGrath (Aus) |
| ML Hayden 88 (73) LJ Burger 3/39 (10) | DB Kotze 10 (14) GD McGrath 7/15 (7) | |||
| 28 February 2003 09:30 Scorecard | Zimbabwe 301/8 (50 overs) | v | Netherlands 202/9 (50 overs) | Zimbabwe won by 99 runs Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and TH Wijewardene (SL) Player of the match: HH Streak (Zim) |
| A Flower 71 (72) JF Kloppenburg 2/40 (10) | DLS van Bunge 37 (47) BA Murphy 3/44 (10) | |||
| 1 March 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Pakistan 273/7 (50 overs) | v | India 276/4 (45.4 overs) | India won by 6 wickets Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa Umpires: RE Koertzen (SA) and DR Shepherd(Eng) Player of the match: SR Tendulkar (Ind) |
| Saeed Anwar 101 (126) Z Khan 2/46 (10) | SR Tendulkar 98 (75) Waqar Younis 2/71 (8.4) | |||
| 2 March 2003 10:00 Scorecard | England 204/8 (50 overs) | v | Australia 208/8 (49.4 overs) | Australia won by 2 wickets St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and RB Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: AJ Bichel (Aus) |
| AJ Stewart 46 (92) AJ Bichel 7/20 (10) | MG Bevan 74* (126) AR Caddick 4/35 (9) | |||
| 3 March 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Netherlands 314/4 (50 overs) | v | Namibia 250 (46.5 overs) | Netherlands won by 64 runs Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein, South Africa Umpires: DJ Harper (Aus) and Nadeem Ghauri(Pak) Player of the match: JF Kloppenburg (Ned) |
| KJJ van Noortwijk 134* (129) LJ Burger 2/49 (10) | BG Murgatroyd 52 (62) A Raja 4/42 (8.5) | |||
| 4 March 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Pakistan 73/3 (14 overs) | v | Zimbabwe | No result Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein, South Africa Umpires: DJ Harper (Aus) and Nadeem Ghauri(Pak) |
| Saeed Anwar 40* (45) HH Streak 1/25 (7) | ||||
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[edit]Pool B
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | T | NRR | Pts | PCF |
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 Sri Lanka | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.20 | 18 | 7.5 |
| Kenya | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −0.69 | 16 | 10 |
 New Zealand | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.99 | 16 | 4 |
 South Africa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.73 | 14 | – |
 West Indies | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.10 | 14 | – |
 Canada | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | −1.99 | 4 | – |
 Bangladesh | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | −2.05 | 2 | – |
| 9 February 2003 14:30 Scorecard | West Indies 278/5 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 275/9 (49 overs) | West Indies won by 3 runs Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa Umpires: DJ Harper (Aus) and S Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match: BC Lara (WI) |
| BC Lara 116 (134) M Ntini 2/37 (10) | G Kirsten 69 (92) VC Drakes 2/33 (8) | |||
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| 10 February 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Sri Lanka 272/7 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 225 (45.3 overs) | Sri Lanka won by 47 runs Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein, South Africa Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and NA Mallender(Eng) Player of the match: ST Jayasuriya (SL) |
| ST Jayasuriya 120 (125) NJ Astle 3/34 (7) | SB Styris 141 (125) RP Arnold 3/47 (8.3) | |||
| 11 February 2003 14:30 Scorecard | Canada 180 (49.1 overs) | v | Bangladesh 120 (28 overs) | Canada won by 60 runs Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and BG Jerling (SA) Player of the match: A Codrington (Can) |
| IS Billcliff 42 (63) MS Hossain 2/26 (10) | S Hossain 25 (24) A Codrington 5/27 (9) | |||
| 12 February 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Kenya 140 (38 overs) | v | South Africa 142/0 (21.2 overs) | South Africa won by 10 wickets North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom,South Africa Umpires: KC Barbour (Zim) and TH Wijewardene (SL) Player of the match: L Klusener (SA) |
| RD Shah 60 (87) L Klusener 4/16 (8) | HH Gibbs 87* (66) AY Karim 0/17 (2) | |||
| 13 February 2003 10:00 Scorecard | New Zealand 241/7 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 221 (49.4 overs) | New Zealand won by 20 runs St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Umpires: DB Hair (Aus) and RE Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: AR Adams (NZ) |
| NJ Astle 46 (70) WW Hinds 3/35 (10) | RR Sarwan 75 (99) AR Adams 4/44 (9.4) | |||
| 14 February 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Bangladesh 124 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 126/0 (21.1 overs) | Sri Lanka won by 10 Wickets Pietermaritzburg Oval, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and RB Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: WPUJC Vaas (SL) |
| A Kapali 32 (38) WPUJC Vaas 6/25 (9.1) | MS Atapattu 69* (71) MM Islam 0/22 (6) | |||
| 15 February 2003 14:30 Scorecard | Canada 197 (49 overs) | v | Kenya 198/6 (48.3 overs) | Kenya won by 4 wickets Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa Umpires: AV Jayaprakash (Ind) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak) Player of the match: TM Odoyo (Ken) |
| IS Billcliff 71 (100) TM Odoyo 4/28 (10) | RD Shah 61 (95) JM Davison 0/22 (6) | |||
| 16 February 2003 10:00 Scorecard | South Africa 306 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 229/1 (36.5 overs) | New Zealand won by 9 wickets (D/L) Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and P Willey (Eng) Player of the match: SP Fleming (NZ) |
| HH Gibbs 143 (141) JDP Oram 4/28 (10) | SP Fleming 134* (132) AA Donald 0/22 (6) | |||
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| 18 February 2003 10:00 Scorecard | West Indies 244/9 (50 overs) | v | Bangladesh 32/2 (8.1 overs) | No result Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa Umpires: BG Jerling (SA) and RB Tiffin (Zim) |
| RL Powell 50 (31) MM Islam 3/62 (10) | E Haque 12 (24) M Dillon 1/13 (4.1) | |||
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| 19 February 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Canada 36 (18.4 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 37/1 (4.4 overs) | Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa Umpires: NA Mallender (Eng) and DR Shepherd(Eng) Player of the match: RAP Nissanka (SL) |
| JV Harris 9 (13) RAP Nissanka 4/12 (7) | MS Atapattu 24* (14) S Thuraisingam 1/22 (2.4) | |||
| 21 February 2003 10:30 Scorecard | Kenya | v | New Zealand | Kenya won by forfeit Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi, Kenya Umpires: DJ Harper (Aus) and RB Tiffin (Zim) |
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| 22 February 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Bangladesh 108 (35.1 overs) | v | South Africa 109/0 (12 overs) | South Africa won by 10 wickets Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein, South Africa Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and S Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match: M Ntini (SA) |
| K Mashud 29 (67) M Ntini 4/24 (7.1) | G Kirsten 52* (32) MM Islam 0/26 (4) | |||
| 23 February 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Canada 202 (42.5 overs) | v | West Indies 206/3 (20.3 overs) | West Indies won by 7 wickets Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa Umpires: EAR de Silva (SL) and DB Hair (Aus) Player of the match: JM Davison (Can) |
| JM Davison 111 (76) VC Drakes 5/44 (9.5) | BC Lara 73 (40) JM Davison 1/36 (5) | |||
| 24 February 2003 10:30 Scorecard | Kenya 210/9 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 157 (45 overs) | Kenya won by 53 runs Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi, Kenya Umpires: DJ Harper (Aus) and RB Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: CO Obuya (Ken) |
| KO Otieno 60 (88) M Muralitharan 4/28 (10) | PA de Silva 41 (53) CO Obuya 5/24 (10) | |||
| 26 February 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Bangladesh 198/7 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 199/3 (33.3 overs) | New Zealand won by 7 wickets De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley, South Africa Umpires: DB Hair (Aus) and DR Shepherd(Eng) Player of the match: CD McMillan (NZ) |
| M Ashraful 56 (82) JDP Oram 3/32 (10) | CD McMillan 75 (83) K Mahmud 3/46 (10) | |||
| 27 February 2003 10:00 Scorecard | South Africa 254/8 (50 overs) | v | Canada 136/5 (50 overs) | South Africa won by 118 runs Buffalo Park, East London, South Africa Umpires: KC Barbour (Zim) and DJ Harper(Aus) Player of the match: HH Dippenaar (SA) |
| HH Dippenaar 80 (118) A Patel 3/41 (7) | I Maraj 53* (155) M Ntini 2/19 (10) | |||
| 28 February 2003 14:30 Scorecard | Sri Lanka 228/6 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 222/9 (50 overs) | Sri Lanka won by 6 runs Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa Umpires: DL Orchard (SA) and S Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match: WPUJC Vaas (SL) |
| ST Jayasuriya 66 (99) VC Drakes 1/32 (10) | S Chanderpaul 65 (90) WPUJC Vaas 4/22 (10) | |||
| 1 March 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Kenya 217/7 (50 overs) | v | Bangladesh 185 (47.2 overs) | Kenya won by 32 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa Umpires: EAR de Silva (SL) and NA Mallender(Eng) Player of the match: MO Odumbe (Ken) |
| MO Odumbe 52* (99) MS Hossain 3/49 (10) | ST Imran 48 (81) MO Odumbe 4/38 (10) | |||
| 3 March 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Canada 196 (47 overs) | v | New Zealand 197/5 (23 overs) | New Zealand won by 5 wickets Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa Umpires: AV Jayaprakash (Ind) and BG Jerling(SA) Player of the match: JM Davison (Can) |
| JM Davison 75 (62) JDP Oram 4/52 (10) | SB Styris 54* (38) JM Davison 3/61 (10) | |||
| 3 March 2003 14:30 Scorecard | Sri Lanka 268/9 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 229/6 (45 overs) | Match tied (D/L) Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and S Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match: MS Atapattu (SL) |
| MS Atapattu 124 (129) JH Kallis 3/41 (10) | HH Gibbs 73 (88) PA de Silva 2/36 (8) | |||
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Before the South Africa v Sri Lanka game was delayed and ultimately called off for rain, the South African team gave to the batsmen a table showing the equivalent number of runs required after each ball, to equal the Sri Lankan total, for the remainder of the match assuming that rain would conclude the game after that particular ball. One ball before the rain interruption began, South Africa scored the requisite number of runs shown on the table. On the next ball it appeared that the batsmen could take a run but they decided not to take a risk, believing that their table showed the number of runs to win, not to tie. Thus the match ended in a tie, and South Africa lost all mathematical chance of proceeding to the Super Sixes.
| 4 March 2003 10:00 Scorecard | West Indies 246/7 (50 overs) | v | Kenya 104 (35.5 overs) | West Indies won by 142 runs De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley, South Africa Umpires: DR Shepherd (Eng) and SJA Taufel(Aus) Player of the match: VC Drakes (WI) |
| CH Gayle 119 (151) MO Odumbe 2/62 (10) | PJ Ongondo 24 (43) VC Drakes 5/33 (10) | |||
[edit]Super Sixes
Australia, India, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Kenya, and New Zealand advanced to the Super Sixes stage.
Teams that advanced to the semi-finals are highlighted in blue.
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | T | NRR | Pts | PCF |
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| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.85 | 24 | 12 |
| India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.89 | 20 | 8 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.35 | 14 | 10 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −0.84 | 11.5 | 7.5 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −0.90 | 8 | 4 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −1.25 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 7 March 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Australia 319/5 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 223 (47.4 overs) | Australia won by 96 runs Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and DR Shepherd(Eng) Player of the match: RT Ponting (Aus) |
| RT Ponting 114 (109) CRD Fernando 3/47 (9) | PA de Silva 92 (94) B Lee 3/52 (10) | |||
| 7 March 2003 14:30 Scorecard | Kenya 225/6 (50 overs) | v | India 226/4 (47.5 overs) | India won by 6 wickets Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa Umpires: DJ Harper (Aus) and P Willey (Eng) Player of the match: SC Ganguly (Ind) |
| KO Otieno 79 (134) H Singh 2/41 (10) | SC Ganguly 107 (120) TM Odoyo 2/27 (7) | |||
| 8 March 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Zimbabwe 252/7 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 253/4 (47.2 overs) | New Zealand won by 6 wickets Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein, South Africa Umpires: DB Hair (Aus) and RE Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: NJ Astle (NZ) |
| HH Streak 72* (84) CL Cairns 2/16 (4) | NJ Astle 102* (122) AM Blignaut 2/41 (10) | |||
| 10 March 2003 10:00 Scorecard | India 292/6 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 109 (23 overs) | India won by 183 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa Umpires: DR Shepherd (Eng) and SJA Taufel(Aus) Player of the match: J Srinath (Ind) |
| SR Tendulkar 97 (120) M Muralitharan 3/46 (10) | KC Sangakkara 30 (33) J Srinath 4/35 (9) | |||
| 11 March 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Australia 208/9 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 112 (30.1 overs) | Australia won by 96 runs St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and EAR de Silva(SL) Player of the match: SE Bond (NZ) |
| AJ Bichel 64 (83) SE Bond 6/23 (10) | SP Fleming 48 (70) B Lee 5/42 (9.1) | |||
| 12 March 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Zimbabwe 133 (44.1 overs) | v | Kenya 135/3 (26 overs) | Kenya won by 7 wickets Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein, South Africa Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and S Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match: MA Suji (Ken) |
| A Flower 63 (101) MA Suji 3/19 (8) | TM Odoyo 43* (60) A Blignaut 1/36 (9) | |||
| 14 March 2003 10:00 Scorecard | New Zealand 146 (45.1 overs) | v | India 150/3 (40.4 overs) | India won by 7 wickets Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa Umpires: DJ Harper (Aus) and P Willey (Eng) Player of the match: Z Khan (Ind) |
| SP Fleming 30 (59) Z Khan 4/42 (8) | M Kaif 68* (129) SE Bond 2/23 (8) | |||
| 15 March 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Sri Lanka 256/5 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 182 (41.5 overs) | Sri Lanka won by 74 runs Buffalo Park, East London, South Africa Umpires: BG Jerling (SA) and RE Koertzen(SA) Player of the match: MS Atapattu (SL) |
| MS Atapattu 103* (127) HH Streak 2/40 (10) | CB Wishart 43 (71) ST Jayasuriya 3/30 (6) | |||
| 15 March 2003 14:30 Scorecard | Kenya 174/8 (50 overs) | v | Australia 178/5 (31.2 overs) | Australia won by 5 wickets Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and SA Bucknor(WI) Player of the match: AY Karim (Ken) |
| SO Tikolo 51 (100) B Lee 3/14 (8) | AC Gilchrist 67 (43) AY Karim 3/7 (8.2) | |||
[edit]Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| 18 March - St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth, South Africa | |||||||
| 1 Australia | 212/7 | ||||||
| 4 Sri Lanka | 123/7 | ||||||
| 23 March - New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa | |||||||
| India | 234 | ||||||
| Australia | 359/2 | ||||||
| 20 March - Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa | |||||||
| 2 India | 270/4 | ||||||
| 3 Kenya | 179 | ||||||
[edit]Semi finals
| 18 March 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Australia 212/7 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 123/7 (38.1 overs) | Australia won by 48 runs (D/L) St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Umpires: RE Koertzen (SA) and DR Shepherd(Eng) Player of the match: A Symonds (Aus) |
| A Symonds 91* (118) WPUJC Vaas 3/34 (10) | KC Sangakkara 39* (70) B Lee 3/35 (8) | |||
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On a difficult, slow pitch at Port Elizabeth, Australia struggled their way to 212 (7 wickets, 50 overs) against tight Sri Lankan bowling, thanks mainly to a great innings from Andrew Symonds (91* from 118 balls, 7 fours, 1 six), demonstrating again captain Ricky Ponting's faith in him.Chaminda Vaas, continuing his excellent tournament, took three wickets. Australia's pace attack then ripped through the Sri Lankan top order, with Brett Lee (3/35 in 8 overs) taking three early wickets and Glenn McGrath (1/20 in 7 overs) taking one. By the time rain arrived in the 39th over, continued tight bowling had squeezed Sri Lanka to 123 (7 wickets, 38.1 overs), well behind the target given by the Duckworth–Lewis method.
| 20 March 2003 14:30 Scorecard | India 270/4 (50 overs) | v | Kenya 179 (46.2 overs) | India won by 91 runs Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and DJ Harper(Aus) Player of the match: SC Ganguly (Ind) |
| SC Ganguly 111* (114) PJ Ongondo 1/38 (10) | SO Tikolo 56 (83) Z Khan 3/14 (9.2) | |||
[edit]Final
| 23 March 2003 10:00 Scorecard | Australia 359/2 (50 overs) | v | India 234 (39.1 overs) | Australia won by 125 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and DR Shepherd(Eng) Player of the match: RT Ponting (Aus) |
| RT Ponting 146* (121) H Singh 2/49 (8) | V Sehwag 82(81) GD McGrath 3/52 (8.2) | |||
India won the toss, and Ganguly, slightly strangely, asked Australia to bat, hoping to take advantage of a pitch left damp by dew and rain. On a lively Wanderers Stadium pitch, the Australian openers took advantage of very wayward Indian opening bowlers to get off to a flying start. Adam Gilchrist (57 from 48 balls, 8 fours, 1 six) and Matthew Hayden (37 from 54 balls, 5 fours) shared an opening partnership of 105 runs in 14 overs, forcing Ganguly to bring on the spinners unusually early. The change of pace brought wickets with Adam Gilchrist, who had been swinging at everything, holing out off a sweep shot from the bowling of Harbhajan Singh. Matthew Hayden, looking somewhat better than he had throughout the tournament, soon followed for 37, leaving Australia at 2/125 Captain Ricky Ponting (140 from 121 balls, 4 fours, 8 sixes) and Damien Martyn (88 from 84 balls, 7 fours, 1 six) (playing with a broken thumb) then completed a partnership of 234 runs in 30.1 overs, an Australian record for one-day cricket. Ponting and Martyn started efficiently, putting away bad balls but mostly keeping the scoring going with good running, then letting loose in the last ten overs, taking 109 from them. Ponting in particular dispatched the bowling over the fence with fearsome regularity in scoring 8 sixes, the most from one batsman in any World Cup match at the time. The final Australian total of 359 (2 wickets, 50 overs), at a run rate of 7.18 runs an over, was their then second highest ever in ODI history.
India's colossal run chase was made even more difficult after their trump card, Sachin Tendulkar, was out in the first over after skying a pull shot, Glenn McGrath completing the caught and bowled. Nevertheless, Virender Sehwag's (82 from 81 balls, 10 fours, 3 sixes) run-a-ball half century gave India respectability as they maintained a high scoring rate. Their only realistic hope – a washout – looked a possibility as the game was interrupted by rain in the 18th over. This rain proved fleeting, but Australia had taken few wickets and when more rain looked to arrive India were leaders according to DL method. However, this rain passed by, and India's hopes were dashed when Sehwag was run out by Darren Lehmann, and again when Rahul Dravid (47 from 57 balls, 2 fours) was bowled by Brett Lee, ending their partnership of 88 runs in 13.2 overs. India's batsmen continued to throw wickets away in the chase as the run rate crept up past 7 an over, and they were finally bowled out for 234 (all out, 39.2 overs) at a run rate of 5.97 runs an over giving Australia an emphatic victory by a record margin (in World Cup finals thus far) of 125 runs, underlining their dominance of the tournament. Ponting was named Man Of The Match, and Sachin Tendulkar, for his demolition of bowling attacks, was named Player of the Series.[3]
[edit]Controversies
[edit]Indian player sponsorships
There were a number of pre-tournament controversies, including the possible refusal of many Indian players to play due to their inability to promote their personal sponsors (many of whom provide most of the players' income, but whose products clash with those of the tournament sponsor).
[edit]Zimbabwe's political situation
Also raised was the security and political situation in Zimbabwe, and the appropriateness of playing there given the misdeeds of the regime ofRobert Mugabe. Two Zimbabwean players, Andy Flower and Henry Olonga (the former white, the latter black) wore black armbands for their opening game, and issued a strong statement explaining that they were "mourning the death of democracy in Zimbabwe". Both men subsequently retired from Zimbabwean cricket, and began playing overseas, Olonga stating that to continue "would be condoning the grotesque human rights violations that have been perpetrated - and continue to be perpetrated - against my fellow countrymen".
England faced a great deal of domestic pressure to boycott their match in Zimbabwe on political grounds, and after some prevarication – initially announcing that they would play – did not play, citing fears for the players' safety.[4] The boycott proved costly as Zimbabwe advanced to the Super Sixes just 2 points ahead of England, from the 4 points they achieved from the boycott.
Similarly, New Zealand decided against playing in Kenya because of security fears. This would ultimately cost New Zealand dearly. Had New Zealand played Kenya and won (as was expected), South Africa would have proceeded into the Super Sixes, and New Zealand would have ended up with 12 points in the Super Sixes, as they had previously defeated South Africa.
[edit]Shane Warne's drug test
Australian star player Shane Warne was sent home from the cup in embarrassing circumstances, only the day before their opening game, after a positive drug test in a lead-up competition in Australia revealed that he had taken a banned diuretic. The leg spinner claimed that he had taken a 'fluid pill' on the advice of his mother.
[edit]Statistics
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