NatWest Series 2003

The 2003 NatWest Series was a three-nation tournament that was held from June 26 to July 12, 2003 in England in one-day cricket . In the tournament, which was part of the 2003 international cricket season, teams from Zimbabwe and South Africa took part alongside the host . In the final, England beat South Africa with 7 wickets.

prehistory

The tour took place following the test series of Pakistan in England . Zimbabwe previously played a tour in England while South Africa had a tour in Bangladesh .

format

In a preliminary round, each team played against each other three times. There were five points for a win, three points for a draw or no result. Bonus points were also awarded. The first two of the group qualified for the final and played for the tournament victory.

Stadion

Birmingham Bristol Cardiff Canterbury Leeds London (Lord's) London (oval) Manchester Nottingham Southampton

Tour venues

The following stadiums were chosen as the venues.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	24,803	8th game
Bristol County Ground	Bristol	17,500	7th game
Sophia Gardens	Cardiff	5,500	6th game
St. Lawrence Ground	Canterbury	15,000	3rd game
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	4th game
The oval	London	23,500	2nd game
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	final
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	5th game
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	1st game
Rose Bowl	Southampton	6,500	9th game

Squad lists

England named their squad on May 29, 2003. Zimbabwe named their squad on June 10, 2003.

ODI
England	Zimbabwe	South Africa
Michael Vaughan ( K ) Kabir Ali James Anderson Rikki Clarke Andrew Flintoff Ashley Giles Darren Gough Steve Harmison Richard Johnson Robert Key Anthony McGrath Chris Read ( wk ) Vikram Solanki Marcus Trescothick Jim Troughton	Heath Streak ( K ) Andy Blignaut Gary Brent Charles Coventry Dion Ebrahim Sean Ervine Grant Flower Travis Friend Douglas Hondo Dougie Marillier Stuart Matsikenyeri Ray Price Richard Sims Tatenda Taibu ( wk )	Graeme Smith ( K ) Paul Adams Nicky buoy Mark Boucher ( wk ) Alan Dawson Boeta Dippenaar Herschelle Gibbs Andrew Hall Charl Langeveldt André Nel Makhaya Ntini Shaun Pollock Jacques Rudolph Martin van Jaarsveld Morne van Wyk

Games

Preliminary round

table

Teams	Sp.	S.	N	U	R.	NO	BP	Points	NRR
South Africa	6th	4th	2	0	0	0	3	23	+0.480
England	6th	3	2	0	0	1	4th	22nd	+0.825
Zimbabwe	6th	1	4th	0	0	1	1	9	-1,370

Win: 5 points; Draw: 3 points

Games

June 26th scorecard	Nottingham	England 191-8 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 195-6 (48)
		Zimbabwe wins with 4 wickets

June 28 scorecard	London (The Oval)	England 265-4 (45.5)	-	South Africa 264-6 (50)
		England wins with 6 wickets

June 29 scorecard	Canterbury	South Africa 272-5 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 226-9 (50)
		South Africa wins with 46 runs

July 1st scorecard	Leeds	Zimbabwe	-	England 81-4 (16.3 / 25)
		No result

July 3 scorecard	Manchester	South Africa 227-3 (47.3)	-	England 223-7 (50)
		South Africa wins with 7 wickets

July 5th scorecard	Cardiff	Zimbabwe 174-8 (50)	-	South Africa 175-1 (34.2)
		South Africa wins with 9 wickets

July 6th scorecard	Bristol	England 95-4 (17.5)	-	Zimbabwe 92 (24.5)
		England wins with 6 wickets

July 8th scorecard	Birmingham	England 199-6 (39)	-	South Africa 198-9 (50)
		England wins with 4 wickets

July 10th scorecard	Bristol	South Africa 174-3 (35.2)	-	Zimbabwe 173-8 (50)
		South Africa wins with 7 wickets

final

July 12th scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 111-3 (20.2)	-	South Africa 107 (32.1)
		England wins with 7 wickets

Web links

• Contest on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ^ National Westminster Bank Series 2003 Table ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
2. ↑ England squad for The NatWest Challenge and The NatWest Series ( English ) Cricinfo. May 29, 2003. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
3. ↑ Zimbabwe make five changes for ODI series ( English ) Cricinfo. June 10, 2003. Retrieved December 14, 2017.