Cricket World Cup 2003

The 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup , which was held in South Africa from February 9 to March 24, 2003 , was the eighth Cricket World Cup and the first to be held on the African continent. The World Cup is played in one-day international format, in which each team competes one innings over a maximum of 50 overs . Australia was able to defend its title from 1999 in the final against India .

Attendees

In addition to the 10 nations with test status, Kenya, which had ODI status, as well as three qualifiers who were able to prevail in the ICC Trophy 2001 , qualified as participants. The 14 participants were thus:

Australia Bangladesh England India Canada Kenya Namibia

Netherlands New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Zimbabwe Sri Lanka West Indies

Venues

Durban Centurion Johannesburg Port Elizabeth Cape Town Bloemfontein Benoni Potchefstroom East London Pietermaritzburg Kimberley Pair

South Africa hosted the 2003 Cricket World Cup

Bulawayo Harare

Venue in Zimbabwe for the 2003 Cricket World Cup

Nairobi

Venue in Kenya of the 2003 Cricket World Cup

12 stadiums in South Africa as well as two stadiums in Zimbabwe and one in Kenya were selected as the venues. In stadiums that were not in South Africa, some games of the preliminary round were played with the participation of the respective home teams. However, the team from England in Harare and the New Zealand team in Nairobi refused to compete and each referred to security risks.

city	country	Stadion	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	Sahara Oval St George's	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
Pair	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

format

In two preliminary round groups, each with seven teams, everyone played against each other, with a win earning 4 points, a tie or no result earning 2 points. The first three of each group qualified for the so-called Super Six, in which each team still played against the teams that had not met in the preliminary round and whose results they took over into this round. From this, the first four of the table qualified for the semi-finals, the winners of which then played the final. In total there were 54 encounters.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in two groups with seven teams each, with the first three of each group qualifying for the Super Six. The following terms are used in the tables:

• Sp everal
• S iege
• N iederlagen
• U nentschieden
• NR No Result
• P oints
• NRR Net Run Rate

Group A

table

Group A	Sp.	S.	N	U	NO	P	NRR
Australia	6th	6th	0	0	0	24	+2,045
India	6th	5	1	0	0	20th	+1,108
Zimbabwe	6th	3	2	0	1	14th	+0.504
England	6th	3	3	0	0	12	+0.821
Pakistan	6th	2	3	0	1	10	+0.227
Netherlands	6th	1	5	0	0	4th	−1,454
Namibia	6th	0	6th	0	0	0	−2,955

Games

February 10 scorecard	Harare	Zimbabwe 340-2 (50)	-	Namibia 104-5 (25.1)
		Zimbabwe wins with 86 runs ( DL-Method )

February 11th scorecard	Johannesburg	Australia 310-8 (50)	-	Pakistan 228 (44.3 / 49)
		Australia wins with 82 runs

February 12 scorecard	Pair	India 204 (48.5)	-	Netherlands 136 (48.1)
		India wins with 68 runs

February 13 scorecard	Harare	Zimbabwe	-	England
		Zimbabwe wins without a fight

The game was supposed to take place in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, which the English team refused for security reasons.

February 15 scorecard	Centurion	India 125 (41.4)	-	Australia 128-1 (22.2)
		Australia wins with 9 wickets

February 16 scorecard	East London	Netherlands 142-9 (50)	-	England 144-4 (23.2)
		England wins with 6 wickets

February 16 scorecard	Kimberley	Pakistan 255-9 (50)	-	Namibia 84 (17.4)
		Pakistan wins with 171 runs

February 19th scorecard	Harare	India 255-7 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 172 (44.4)
		India wins with 83 runs

February 19th scorecard	Port Elizabeth	England 272 (50)	-	Namibia 217-9 (50)
		England wins with 55 runs

February 20 scorecard	Potchefstroom	Australia 170-2 (36)	-	Netherlands 122 (30.2)
		Australia wins with 75 runs ( DL method )

February 22nd scorecard	Cape Town	England 246-8 (50)	-	Pakistan 134 (31)
		England wins with 112 runs

February 23 scorecard	Pietermaritzburg	India 311-2 (50)	-	Namibia 130 (42.3)
		India wins with 181 runs

February 24th scorecard	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe 246-9 (50)	-	Australia 248-3 (47.3)
		Australia wins with 7 wickets

February 25 scorecard	Pair	Pakistan 253-9 (50)	-	Netherlands 156 (39.3)
		Pakistan wins with 97 runs

February 26 scorecard	Durban	India 250-9 (50)	-	England 168 (45.3)
		India wins with 82 runs

February 27 scorecard	Potchefstroom	Australia 301-6 (50)	-	Namibia 45 (14)
		Australia wins with 256 runs

February 28 scorecard	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe 301-8 (50)	-	Netherlands 202-9 (50)
		Zimbabwe wins with 99 runs

March 1st scorecard	Centurion	Pakistan 273-7 (50)	-	India 276-4 (45.4)
		India wins with 6 wickets

March 2nd scorecard	Port Elizabeth	England 204-8 (50)	-	Australia 208-8 (49.4)
		Australia wins with 2 wickets

March 3 scorecard	Bloemfontein	Netherlands 314-4 (50)	-	Namibia 250 (46.5)
		Netherlands wins with 64 runs

March 4th scorecard	Bloemfontein	Pakistan 73-3 (14/38)	-	Zimbabwe
		No result

Group B

table

Group B	Sp.	S.	N	U	NO	P	NRR
Sri Lanka	6th	4th	1	1	0	18th	+1,204
New Zealand	6th	4th	2	0	0	16	+0.990
Kenya	6th	4th	2	0	0	16	−0.691
South Africa	6th	3	2	0	1	14th	+1,730
West Indies	6th	3	2	1	0	14th	+1,103
Canada	6th	1	5	0	0	4th	−1,989
Bangladesh	6th	0	5	0	1	2	−2.046

Games

February 9 scorecard	Cape Town	West Indies 278-5 (50)	-	South Africa 275-9 (49)
		West Indies wins by 3 runs

An over was deducted from South Africa because it played too slowly.

February 10 scorecard	Bloemfontein	Sri Lanka 272-7 (50)	-	New Zealand 225 (45.3)
		Sri Lanka wins with 47 runs

February 11th scorecard	Durban	Canada 180 (49.1)	-	Bangladesh 120 (28)
		Canada wins with 60 runs

February 12 scorecard	Potchefstroom	Kenya 140 (38)	-	South Africa 142-0 (21.2)
		South Africa wins with 10 wickets

February 13 scorecard	Port Elizabeth	New Zealand 241-7 (50)	-	West Indies 221 (49.4)
		New Zealand wins with 20 runs

February 14th scorecard	Pietermaritzburg	Bangladesh 124 (31.1)	-	Sri Lanka 126-0 (21.1)
		Sri Lanka wins with 10 wickets

February 15 scorecard	Cape Town	Canada 197 (49)	-	Kenya 198-6 (48.3)
		Kenya wins with 4 wickets

February 16 scorecard	Johannesburg	South Africa 306-6 (50)	-	New Zealand 229-1 (36.5 / 39)
		New Zealand wins with 9 wickets ( DL method )

February 18 scorecard	Benoni	West Indies 244-9 (50)	-	Bangladesh 32-2 (8.1)
		No result

February 19th scorecard	Pair	Canada 36 (18.4)	-	Sri Lanka 37-1 (4.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 9 wickets

February 21 scorecard	Nairobi	Kenya	-	New Zealand
		Kenya wins without a fight

The game was supposed to take place in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, which the New Zealand team refused for security reasons.

February 22nd scorecard	Bloemfontein	Bangladesh 108 (35.1)	-	South Africa 109-0 (12)
		South Africa wins with 10 wickets

February 23 scorecard	Centurion	Canada 202 (42.5)	-	West Indies 206-3 (20.3)
		West Indies wins by 7 wickets

February 24th scorecard	Nairobi	Kenya 210-9 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 157 (45)
		Kenya wins with 53 runs

February 26 scorecard	Centurion	Bangladesh 198-7 (50)	-	New Zealand 199-3 (33.3)
		New Zealand wins with 7 wickets

February 27 scorecard	East London	South Africa 254-8 (50)	-	Canada 136-5 (50)
		South Africa wins with 118 runs

February 28 scorecard	Cape Town	Sri Lanka 228-6 (50)	-	West Indies 222-9 (50)
		Sri Lanka wins with 6 runs

March 1st scorecard	Johannesburg	Kenya 217-7 (50)	-	Bangladesh 185 (47.2)
		Kenya wins with 32 runs

March 3 scorecard	Benoni	Canada 196 (47)	-	New Zealand 197-5 (23)
		New Zealand wins with 5 wickets

March 3 scorecard	Durban	Sri Lanka 268-9 (50)	-	South Africa 229-6 (45/45)
		Draw ( DL-Method )

March 4th scorecard	Kimberley	West Indies 246-7 (50)	-	Kenya 104 (35.5)
		West Indies wins with 142 runs

Super Six

The first three of each group qualified for this round. In addition to the points that were scored against the teams in this round in the preliminary round and this group stage, the points against the unqualified from the preliminary round also counted. These were rated differently, however, as a win earned 1 point, a draw / no result 0.5 points (indicated in the table below under PaV).

table

Super Six	Sp.	S.	N	U	NO	P	NRR	PaV
Australia	5	5	0	0	0	24	+1,854	4.0
India	5	4th	1	0	0	20th	+0.886	4.0
Kenya	5	3	2	0	0	14th	+0.354	2.0
Sri Lanka	5	2	3	0	0	11.5	−0.844	3.5
New Zealand	5	1	4th	0	0	8th	−0.896	4.0
Zimbabwe	5	0	5	0	0	3.5	−1.254	3.5

Games

March 7th scorecard	Centurion	Australia 319-5 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 223 (47.1)
		Australia wins with 96 runs

March 7th scorecard	Cape Town	Kenya 225-6 (50)	-	India 226-4 (47.5)
		India wins with 6 wickets

March 8 scorecard	Bloemfontein	Zimbabwe 252-7 (50)	-	New Zealand 253-4 (47.2)
		New Zealand wins with 6 wickets

March 10 scorecard	Johannesburg	India 292-6 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 109 (23)
		India wins with 183 runs

March 11th scorecard	Port Elizabeth	Australia 208-9 (50)	-	New Zealand 112 (30.1)
		Australia wins with 96 runs

March 12 scorecard	Bloemfontein	Zimbabwe 133 (44.1)	-	Kenya 135-3 (26)
		Kenya wins with 7 wickets

March 14th Scorecard	Centurion	New Zealand 146 (45.1)	-	India 150-3 (40.4)
		India wins with 7 wickets

March 15 scorecard	East London	Sri Lanka 256-5 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 182 (41.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with 74 runs

March 15 scorecard	Durban	Kenya 174-8 (50)	-	Australia 178-5 (31.2)
		Australia wins with 5 wickets

Semifinals

March 18 scorecard	Port Elizabeth	Australia 212-7 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 123-7 (38.1)
		Australia wins with 48 runs ( D / L method )

March 20 scorecard	Durban	India 270-4 (50)	-	Kenya 179 (46.2)
		India wins with 91 runs

final

March 23 scorecard	Johannesburg	Australia 359-2 (50)	-	India 234 (39.2)
		Australia wins with 125 runs

Web links

Commons : Cricket World Cup 2003  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

supporting documents

1. ↑ http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155838.html
2. ↑ http://static.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC2003/WC2003_TABLE.html