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.
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Teams and squads
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.
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony was held on 8 February 2003 at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town and was attended by around 25,000 fans. South African President Thabo Mbeki officially declared the tournament open. Tumi Makgabo served as the official master of ceremonies. Marc Lottering, Johnny Clegg, Hugh Masekela and Nothembi Mkhwebane were main performers at the ceremony.
Match officials
Six match referees and 19 umpires were selected to stand in the tournament.
Referee
Clive Lloyd
Ranjan Madugalle
Mike Procter
Wasim Raja
Gundappa Viswanath
Denis Lindsay
Umpire
Panel
Steve Bucknor
Elite
Daryl Harper
Elite
Rudi Koertzen
Elite
Dave Orchard
Elite
David Shepherd
Elite
Asoka de Silva
Elite
Russell Tiffin
Elite
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
Elite
Kevan Barbour
International
Billy Bowden
International
Aleem Dar
International
Nadeem Ghauri
International
Darrell Hair
International
Arani Jayaprakash
International
Brian Jerling
International
Neil Mallender
International
Simon Taufel
International
Peter Willey
International
Tyron Wijewardene
International
Pool stage
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.
Pool A
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 , Ronnie Irani played his last ODI game.
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 , Alec Stewart, Andy Caddick and Nick Knight played their last ODI game.
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 , Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, and Saeed Anwar played their last ODI game. , Points: Pakistan 2, Zimbabwe 2
Zimbabwe won by 86 runs (D/L method) Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Dave Orchard (SA) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Craig Wishart (Zim)
11 February 2003 Scorecard
Australia 310/8 (50 overs)
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Pakistan228 (44.3 overs)
Andrew Symonds 143* (125) Wasim Akram 3/64 (10 overs)
Rashid Latif 33 (23) Ian Harvey 4/58 (9.3 overs)
Australia won by 82 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Andrew Symonds (Aus)
12 February 2003 Scorecard
India 204 (48.5 overs)
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Netherlands136 (48.1 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 52 (72) Tim de Leede 4/35 (9.5 overs)
Daan van Bunge 62 (116) Anil Kumble 4/32 (10 overs)
India won by 68 runs Boland Park, Paarl Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Peter Willey (Eng) Player of the match: Tim de Leede (Ned)
13 February 2003 Scorecard
Zimbabwe
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England
Zimbabwe won (walkover without a ball bowled) Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Dave Orchard (SA) and Steve Bucknor (WI)
15 February 2003 Scorecard
India 125 (41.4 overs)
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Australia128/1 (22.2 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 36 (59) Jason Gillespie 3/13 (10 overs)
Adam Gilchrist 48 (61) Anil Kumble 1/24 (7 overs)
Australia won by 9 wickets Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Jason Gillespie (Aus)
16 February 2003 Scorecard
Netherlands 142/9 (50 overs)
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England144/4 (23.2 overs)
Tim de Leede 58* (96) James Anderson 4/25 (10 overs)
Michael Vaughan 51 (47) Daan van Bunge 3/16 (3 overs)
England won by 6 wickets Buffalo Park, East London Umpires: Darell Hair (Aus) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: James Anderson (Eng)
16 February 2003 Scorecard
Pakistan 255/9 (50 overs)
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Namibia84 (17.4 overs)
Saleem Elahi 63 (100) Bjorn Kotze 2/51 (10 overs)
Bjorn Kotze 24* (29) Wasim Akram 5/28 (9 overs)
Pool B
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 , Jonty Rhodes played his last ODI game.
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 , Allan Donald played his last ODI game.
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. , Points: Sri Lanka 4, West Indies 0
Kenya won the toss and elected to bat. , Points: Kenya 4, Bangladesh 0
New Zealand won the toss elected to field. , Points: New Zealand 4, Canada 0 , Gary Kirsten played his last ODI game.
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 , Carl Hooper played his last ODI game.
Super Sixes
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.
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 , Henry Olonga played his last ODI game.
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 , Andy Flower played his last ODI game.
Australia won the toss and elected to field. , Points: Australia 4, Kenya 0
Semi-finals
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. , Aravinda de Silva played his last ODI game.
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.
India won the toss and elected to bat. , India qualified for the final for second time after 1983. , Aasif Karim played his final international game. , Kenya became the first Associate ICC member to reach the semi-finals of a Cricket World Cup.
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
India won the toss and elected to field. , Javagal Srinath played his last international match.
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.
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."
Security issues in Zimbabwe and Kenya
The security and political situation in Zimbabwe, and the appropriateness of playing there given the misdeeds of the regime of Robert Mugabe was a point of concern before the tournament. Two Zimbabwean players, Andy Flower and Henry Olonga wore black armbands in their opening game protesting against the undemocratic rule in Zimbabwe. Both men subsequently retired from Zimbabwean cricket, and began playing overseas. England faced a great deal of domestic pressure to boycott their match in Zimbabwe on political grounds and did not play, citing fears for the players' safety. The boycott proved costly, as Zimbabwe advanced to the Super Sixes, just 2 points ahead of England, their total including the 4 points achieved from the walkover. Similarly, New Zealand decided against playing in Kenya because of security fears which would ultimately cost them a semi-final spot.
Shane Warne's drug test
Australian star player Shane Warne was sent home from the cup the day before his team's 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.
