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2003 Cricket World Cup

2003 Cricket World Cup

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Dates	9 February 2003 – 23 March 2003
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)
Runners-up	India
Participants	14
Matches	54
Attendance	626,845 (11,608 per match)
Player 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 Cricket World Cup, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was co-hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya from 9 February to 23 March 2003. This edition of the World Cup was the first to be played in Africa.

The tournament featured 14 teams, the largest number in the World Cup's history at the time, playing a total of 54 matches. It followed the format introduced in the 1999 Cricket World Cup, with the teams divided into two groups, and the top three in each group qualifying for the Super Sixes stage.

The tournament saw numerous upsets, with South Africa, Pakistan, West Indies and England all being eliminated at the group stage (South Africa missed by 1 run after misreading the Duckworth-Lewis method rules).^[1] England forfeited their match with Zimbabwe, due to the political unrest in the country, which ultimately enabled that team to reach the Super Sixes. Similarly, New Zealand forfeited their match with Kenya, due to security reasons which enabled the latter to reach the semi-finals, the only non-Test playing nation to do so. Another shock wave came two days after the tournament had started, when Shane Warne, at the time one of the game's leading spinners, was sent home in disgrace after testing positive for a banned substance.^[2]

The tournament was eventually won by Australia who won all 11 of their matches, beating India in the final played at the Wanderers StadiuminJohannesburg.^[3] This was Australia's third World Cup win, the only team to do so. Pakistani player Shoaib Akhtar also set a world record, becoming the fastest bowler in the history of cricket, delivering a record top speed of 161.3 km/h (100.23 mph) in a pool match against England.^[4][5][6]

Teams and squads[edit]

Fourteen teams played in the 2003 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 including the recently appointed member Bangladesh, while Kenya also qualified automatically due to their full One Day International status. The other three spots were filled by the top three teams in the 2001 ICC Trophy in Canada, which served as a qualifying tournament. These teams were, respectively, the Netherlands who won the ICC Trophy, Canada and Namibia. This was Namibia's World Cup debut, while the Netherlands and Canada were both appearing in the tournament for the second time, having previously appeared in 1996 and 1979 respectively.

The format used in the 1999 World Cup was retained, with the 14 teams divided into two groups of seven, and the top three from each group qualifying for the Super Sixes stage, carrying forward the results they had achieved against other qualifiers from their group. The top four teams in the Super Sixes qualified for the semi-finals, and the winners of those matches contested the final.

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 class=notpageimage| Venues in South Africa

Harare Bulawayo class=notpageimage| Venues in Zimbabwe

Nairobi class=notpageimage| Venues in Kenya

Pool stage[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.^[7]

Pool A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	T	NRR	Pts	PCF
1	Australia	6	6	0	0	0	2.05	24	12
2	India	6	5	1	0	0	1.11	20	8
3	Zimbabwe	6	3	2	1	0	0.50	14	3.5
4	England	6	3	3	0	0	0.82	12	–
5	Pakistan	6	2	3	1	0	0.23	10	–
6	Netherlands	6	1	5	0	0	−1.45	4	–
7	Namibia	6	0	6	0	0	−2.96	0	–

Source: Points Table

• Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain interrupted the innings of Namibia and eventually the match was called off with Zimbabwe winning by 86 runs via D/L method
• Points: Zimbabwe 4, Namibia 0

• Pakistan won the toss elected to field.
• Points: Australia 4, Pakistan 0
• Pakistan were fined 1 over for a slow over rate.

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: India 4, Netherlands 0.

• No toss
• Points: Zimbabwe 4, England 0
• England forfeited the match due to safety concerns

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Australia 4, India 0.

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: England 4, Netherlands 0
• Nick Statham (Netherlands) made his ODI debut

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Pakistan 4, Namibia 0

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: India 4, Zimbabwe 0.

• Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: England 4, Namibia 0

• Netherlands won the toss elected to field.
• Match reduced to 36 overs per side due to rain
• Points: Australia 4, Netherlands 0

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: England 4, Pakistan 0

• Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: India 4, Namibia 0

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Australia 4, Zimbabwe 0

• Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Pakistan 4, Netherlands 0

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: India 4, England 0

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Australia 4, Namibia 0

• Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Zimbabwe 4, Netherlands 0

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: India 4, Pakistan 0

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Australia 4, England 0

• Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Netherlands 4, Namibia 0

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match started after a delay due to rain and was suspended twice. It was eventually called off due to rain after the 14th over of the Pakistani innings
• Match shortened to 38 overs per side
• Points: Pakistan 2, Zimbabwe 2

Pool B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	T	NRR	Pts	PCF
1	Sri Lanka	6	4	1	0	1	1.20	18	7.5
2	Kenya	6	4	2	0	0	−0.69	16	10
3	New Zealand	6	4	2	0	0	0.99	16	4
4	West Indies	6	3	2	1	0	1.10	14	—
5	South Africa	6	3	2	0	1	1.73	14	—
6	Canada	6	1	5	0	0	−1.99	4	—
7	Bangladesh	6	0	5	1	0	−2.05	2	—

Source: Points Table

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: West Indies 4, South Africa 0
• South Africa were fined 1 over for a slow over rate

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Sri Lanka 4, New Zealand 0

• Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Canada 4, Bangladesh 0

• Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: South Africa 4, Kenya 0

• West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: New Zealand 4, West Indies 0

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Sri Lanka 4, Bangladesh 0
• Chaminda Vaas took a hat-trick with the first three balls of the match and became the third bowler to claim a World Cup hat-trick.
• Marvan Atapattu scored his 6,000th ODI run.

• Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Kenya 4, Canada 0

• South Africa won the toss elected to bat.
• The New Zealand innings was reduced to 39 overs due to three stoppages for rain, and the target was revised to 226.
• Points: New Zealand 4, South Africa 0

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain interrupted during the innings of West Indies and the match was eventually called off
• Points: West Indies 2, Bangladesh 2

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Sri Lanka 4, Canada 0
• Prabath Nissanka recorded his best bowling figures in ODIs.
• Canada posted the lowest ever score in a One Day International.
• Marvan Atapattu (SL) scored his 6,000th ODI run.

• No toss
• Points: Kenya 4, New Zealand 0
• New Zealand forfeited the match due to safety concerns

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: South Africa 4, Bangladesh 0

• West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: West Indies 4, Canada 0

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Kenya 4, Sri Lanka 0
• This was Kenya's first victory over Sri Lanka in ODIs.

• Bangladesh won the toss elected to bat.
• Points: New Zealand 4, Bangladesh 0

• Canada won the toss elected to field.
• Points: South Africa 4, Canada 0

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Sri Lanka 4, West Indies 0

• Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Kenya 4, Bangladesh 0

• New Zealand won the toss elected to field.
• Points: New Zealand 4, Canada 0

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Sri Lanka 2, South Africa 2

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: West Indies 4, Kenya 0

Super Sixes[edit]

Teams who qualified for the Super Six stage only played against the teams from the other group; results against the other teams from the same group were carried forward to this stage.

Teams that advanced to the semi-finals are highlighted in green.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	T	NRR	Pts	PCF
1	Australia	5	5	0	0	0	1.85	24	12
2	India	5	4	1	0	0	0.89	20	8
3	Kenya	5	3	2	0	0	0.35	14	10
4	Sri Lanka	5	2	3	0	0	−0.84	11.5	7.5
5	New Zealand	5	1	4	0	0	−0.90	8	4
6	Zimbabwe	5	0	5	0	0	−1.25	3.5	3.5

Source: Points Table

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Australia 4, Sri Lanka 0

• Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: India 4, Kenya 0

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: New Zealand 4, Zimbabwe 0

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: India 4, Sri Lanka 0

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Australia 4, New Zealand 0

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Kenya 4, Zimbabwe 0

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: India 4, New Zealand 0

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Sri Lanka 4, Zimbabwe 0

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Australia 4, Kenya 0

Knockout stage[edit]

Bracket[edit]

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	Australia	212/7 (50 overs)
	4	Sri Lanka	123/7 (38.1 overs)
						1	Australia	359/2 (50 overs)
						2	India	234 (39.1 overs)
	2	India	270/4 (50 overs)
	3	Kenya	179 (46.2 overs)

Semi-finals[edit]

Semi-final 1[edit]

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rain interrupted the innings of Sri Lanka at 38.1 overs.
• Sri Lanka were 48 runs behind the DLS par score of 172 from 38.1 overs.
• Australia qualified for the final for fifth time after 1975, 1987, 1996 and 1999.

On a difficult, slow pitch at Port Elizabeth, Australia struggled their way to 212/7 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, well behind the target given by the Duckworth–Lewis method. This is the match in which Adam Gilchrist famously "walked" despite being given not out.^[8]

Semi-final 2[edit]

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• India qualified for the final for second time after 1983.

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 reached a total of 270/4. 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) ripped through the Kenyan top order. Kenya were bowled out for 179, with only Steve Tikolo (56 from 83 balls, 5 fours, 2 sixes) putting up any significant resistance.

Final[edit]

• India won the toss and elected to field.

India won the toss, and Ganguly, elected to field, 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 highest ever in ODI history.^[9]

India's run chase was made even more difficult after their best batsman, 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 Andy Bichel, 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."^[10]

Statistics[edit]

Leading run scorers[edit]

Player[11]	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	SR	HS	100	50	4s	6s
Sachin Tendulkar	India	11	11	673	61.18	89.25	152	1	6	75	4
Sourav Ganguly	India	11	11	465	58.12	82.30	112*	3	0	30	15
Ricky Ponting	Australia	11	10	415	51.87	87.92	140*	2	1	29	13
Adam Gilchrist	Australia	10	10	408	40.79	105.42	99	0	4	56	7
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	6	6	384	96.00	100.78	143	1	2	52	10

Leading wicket takers[edit]

Player[12]	Team	Mat	Inns	Wkts	Ave	Econ	BBI	SR
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	10	10	23	14.39	3.76	6/25	22.95
Brett Lee	Australia	10	10	22	17.89	4.73	5/42	22.68
Glenn McGrath	Australia	11	11	21	14.76	3.56	7/15	24.85
Zaheer Khan	India	11	11	18	20.77	4.23	4/42	29.44
Shane Bond	New Zealand	8	8	17	17.94	3.91	6/23	27.52