2003 ICC Cricket World Cup
Logo of the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup
Dates	9 February – 24 March
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	South Africa Zimbabwe Kenya
Champions	Australia (3rd title)
Participants	14
Matches played	54
Attendance	626,845 (11,608 per match)
Man of the Series	Sachin Tendulkar
Most runs	Sachin Tendulkar (673)
Most wickets	Chaminda Vaas (23)
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The 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup was the eighth ICC Cricket World Cup and was played in South Africa, Zimbabwe and 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 ICC Cricket World Cup with 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 co-host and tournament favourite South Africa, Pakistan, West Indies and England, who forfeited their pool match with Zimbabwe due to the political unrest in the country, 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 the defending champions Australia, who defeated India in the final,^[1] making them the first country to win more than 2 World Cups since the inception of the tournament in 1975.

This was the only tournament where South Africa failed to progress to second round since their inception, ironically being a host country.

Participating Countries [edit]

14 teams played in the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup, the largest number of teams to play in a Cricket World Cup at the time. The 10 Test playing nations automatically qualified for the tournament, while Kenya, despite not having Test status, also automatically qualified due to their full ODI status. The other 3 spots were filled by a qualifying tournament, the ICC Trophy which was held in Canada in 2001. The teams which qualified from this tournament were the Netherlands (winner), Namibia (runner-up) and Canada (3rd place). While Namibia made their Cup debut in this tournament, for the Netherlands and Canada it was the 2nd time they were playing in the Cup, having made their Cup debuts in 1996 and 1979 respectively.

The 1999 Cricket World Cup format was retained, where in the first round, the participating countries 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.

Dazzle, official mascot of 2003 World Cup

Full Members
Bangladesh	Australia
England	India
New Zealand	Pakistan
South Africa	Sri Lanka
West Indies	Zimbabwe
Associate Members
Kenya	Canada
Namibia	Netherlands

Host cities and venues [edit]

Johannesburg

Durban

Cape Town

Centurion

Bloemfontein

Benoni

Port Elizabeth

Potchefstroom

East London

Pietermaritzburg

Kimberley

Paarl

Venues in South Africa

Cities	Venues	Capacity	Matches
Johannesburg	Wanderers Stadium	34,000	5
Durban	Sahara Stadium Kingsmead	25,000	5
Cape Town	Newlands Cricket Ground	25,000	5
Centurion	Centurion Park	23,000	5
Bloemfontein	Goodyear Park	20,000	5
Port Elizabeth	St George's Oval	19,000	5
Potchefstroom	North West Cricket Stadium	18,000	3
East London	Buffalo Park	16,000	3
Kimberley	De Beers Diamond Oval	11,000	3
Paarl	Boland Park	10,000	3
Benoni	Willowmoore Park	20,000	2
Pietermaritzburg	Pietermaritzburg Oval	12,000	2
Harare	Harare Sports Club	10,000	3
Bulawayo	Queens Sports Club	9,000	3
Nairobi	Nairobi Gymkhana Club	8,000	2

Group stage tables and results [edit]

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]

Pool A [edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	T	NRR	Pts	PCF
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 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

11 February 2003 Scorecard

Australia  310/8 (50 overs)

v

Pakistan 228 (44.3 overs)

Australia won by 82 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa

12 February 2003 Scorecard

India  204 (48.5 overs)

v

Netherlands 136 (48.1 overs)

India won by 68 runs Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa

13 February 2003 Scorecard

Zimbabwe

v

England

Zimbabwe won (by walkover) Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe

15 February 2003 Scorecard

India  125 (41.4 overs)

v

Australia 128/1 (22.2 overs)

Australia won by 9 wickets Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa

16 February 2003 Scorecard

Netherlands  142/9 (50 overs)

v

England 144/4 (23.2 overs)

England won by 6 wickets Buffalo Park, East London, South Africa

16 February 2003 Scorecard

Pakistan  255/9 (50 overs)

v

Namibia 84 (17.4 overs)

Pakistan won by 171 runs De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley, South Africa

19 February 2003 Scorecard

India  255/7 (50 overs)

v

Zimbabwe 172 (44.4 overs)

India won by 83 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe

19 February 2003 Scorecard

England  272 (50 overs)

v

Namibia 217/9 (50 overs)

England won by 55 runs St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

20 February 2003 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

22 February 2003 Scorecard

England  246/8 (50 overs)

v

Pakistan 134 (31 overs)

England won by 112 runs Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa

23 February 2003 Scorecard

India  311/2 (50 overs)

v

Namibia 130 (42.3 overs)

India won by 181 runs Pietermaritzburg Oval, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

24 February 2003 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  246/9 (50 overs)

v

Australia 248/3 (47.3 overs)

Australia won by 7 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

25 February 2003 Scorecard

Pakistan  253/9 (50 overs)

v

Netherlands 156 (39.3 overs)

Pakistan won by 97 runs Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa

26 February 2003 Scorecard

India  250/9 (50 overs)

v

England 168 (45.3 overs)

India won by 82 runs Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa

27 February 2003 Scorecard

Australia  301/6 (50 overs)

v

Namibia 45 (14 overs)

Australia won by 256 runs North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom, South Africa

28 February 2003 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  301/8 (50 overs)

v

Netherlands 202/9 (50 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 99 runs Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

1 March 2003 Scorecard

Pakistan  273/7 (50 overs)

v

India 276/4 (45.4 overs)

India won by 6 wickets Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa

2 March 2003 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

3 March 2003 Scorecard

Netherlands  314/4 (50 overs)

v

Namibia 250 (46.5 overs)

Netherlands won by 64 runs Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein, South Africa

4 March 2003 Scorecard

Pakistan  73/3 (14 overs)

v

Zimbabwe

No result Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Pool B [edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	T	NRR	Pts	PCF
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 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

10 February 2003 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

11 February 2003 Scorecard

Canada  180 (49.1 overs)

v

Bangladesh 120 (28 overs)

Canada won by 60 runs Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa

12 February 2003 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

13 February 2003 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

14 February 2003 Scorecard

Bangladesh  124 (50 overs)

v

Sri Lanka 126/0 (21.1 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets Pietermaritzburg Oval, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

15 February 2003 Scorecard

Canada  197 (49 overs)

v

Kenya 198/6 (48.3 overs)

Kenya won by 4 wickets Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa

16 February 2003 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

18 February 2003 Scorecard

West Indies  244/9 (50 overs)

v

Bangladesh 32/2 (8.1 overs)

No result Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa

19 February 2003 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

21 February 2003 Scorecard

Kenya

v

New Zealand

Kenya won by forfeit Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi, Kenya

22 February 2003 Scorecard

Bangladesh  108 (35.1 overs)

v

South Africa 109/0 (12 overs)

South Africa won by 10 wickets Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein, South Africa

23 February 2003 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

24 February 2003 Scorecard

Kenya  210/9 (50 overs)

v

Sri Lanka 157 (45 overs)

Kenya won by 53 runs Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi, Kenya

26 February 2003 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

27 February 2003 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

28 February 2003 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

1 March 2003 Scorecard

Kenya  217/7 (50 overs)

v

Bangladesh 185 (47.2 overs)

Kenya won by 32 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa

3 March 2003 Scorecard

Canada  196 (47 overs)

v

New Zealand 197/5 (23 overs)

New Zealand won by 5 wickets Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa

3 March 2003 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  268/9 (50 overs)

v

South Africa 229/6 (45 overs)

Match tied (D/L) Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa

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, thus becoming the first host nation to be ousted in the first round.

4 March 2003 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

Super Sixes [edit]

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
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 Scorecard

Australia  319/5 (50 overs)

v

Sri Lanka 223 (47.4 overs)

Australia won by 96 runs Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa

7 March 2003 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

8 March 2003 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

10 March 2003 Scorecard

India  292/6 (50 overs)

v

Sri Lanka 109 (23 overs)

India won by 183 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa

11 March 2003 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

12 March 2003 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  133 (44.1 overs)

v

Kenya 135/3 (26 overs)

Kenya won by 7 wickets Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein, South Africa

14 March 2003 Scorecard

New Zealand  146 (45.1 overs)

v

India 150/3 (40.4 overs)

India won by 7 wickets Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa

15 March 2003 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

15 March 2003 Scorecard

Kenya  174/8 (50 overs)

v

Australia 178/5 (31.2 overs)

Australia won by 5 wickets Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa

Knockout stage [edit]

	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
					Australia	359/2
					India	234
	20 March – Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa
	2  India	270/4
	3  Kenya	178

Semi finals [edit]

18 March 2003 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)

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 Scorecard	India 270/4 (50 overs)	v	Kenya  179 (46.2 overs)	India won by 91 runs Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa

The fairytale ended for the Kenyan team, the only non-Test-playing nation to ever make a World Cup semi-final. Sachin Tendulkar (83 from 101 balls, 5 fours, 1 six) and Sourav Ganguly (111 from 114 balls, 5 fours, 5 sixes), batted the Kenyans out of the game as India careered to a total of 270 (4 wickets, 50 overs). Under the Durban lights, the potent Indian seam attack of Zaheer Khan (3/14 in 9.2 overs), the experienced Javagal Srinath (1/11 in 7 overs) and Ashish Nehra (2/11 in 5 overs) careered through the Kenyan top order. Kenya were bowled out for 179 (all out, 46.2 overs), with only Steve Tikolo (56 from 83 balls, 5 fours, 2 sixes) putting up any significant resistance.

Final [edit]

23 March 2003 Scorecard	Australia  359/2 (50 overs)	v	India 234 (39.1 overs)	Australia won by 125 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WIN) and DR Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: Ricky Ponting (AUS)
	RT Ponting 140* (121) H Singh 2/49 (8 overs)		Virender Sehwag 82 (81) Glenn McGrath 3/52 (8.2)
India won the toss and elected to field.

A civic centre lit up to mark the World Cup

India won the toss, and Ganguly, 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) completing 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 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 with India at 3/103 after 17 overs. 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 was named "Player of the Series."^[3]

Controversies [edit]

Indian player sponsorships [edit]

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).

Zimbabwe's political situation [edit]

Also raised was the security and political situation in Zimbabwe, and the appropriateness of playing there given the misdeeds of the regime of Robert 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 walkover.

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.

Shane Warne's drug test [edit]

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.

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References [edit]

External links [edit]

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