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2003 Cricket World Cup statistics lists all the major statistics and records for the 2003 Cricket World Cup held in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya from 9 February to 24 March 2003.
Talha Jubair became the youngest player to participate in Cricket World Cup.[1] Sri Lanka's clinical demolition of Canada for 36 runs created a new World Cup record for the lowest innings score, a dubious distinction that was, at the time, the lowest score in ODI history. Records tumbled when defending champions Australia took on minnows Namibia, with Glenn McGrath claiming the World Cup's best bowling figures (7/15), a performance that helped Australia defeat Namibia by 256 runs. Team-mate Adam Gilchrist created a new wicket-keeping dismissal record in the same match, with 6. Against Namibia, Indian players Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly recorded the second highest partnership in World Cup cricket (244 runs). India and Australia clashed in a one-sided battle in the final, with Australia creating multiple records (highest World Cup final score, highest score by a captain in a World Cup final – Ricky Ponting, most sixes by a batsman – Ponting) in a match; with Australia winning by 125 runs. Tendulkar's 673 runs, the second most runs scored in a single World Cup history to date (this was the highest number of runs scored by a batsman in a World Cup, until Virat Kohli scored 765 runs in the 2023 edition of the tournament), was the consolation for India as he won the 2003 Cricket World Cup Man of the Series award. The World Cup also saw fielding records in an innings (Mohammad Kaif) and tournament (Ponting). The World Cup broke the record for most sixes in the tournament (with 266), but this was easily surpassed in the 2007 edition (with 373).[2]
Country | Versus | Venue | Date |
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Canada | Sri Lanka | Paarl | 19-02-2003 |
New Zealand | West Indies | Port Elizabeth | 13-02-2003 |
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Australia | Namibia | Potchefstroom | 27-02-2003 |
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India | Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 10-03-2003 |
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Australia | India | Johannesburg | 23-03-2003 |
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The highest score of the 2003 Cricket World Cup came in the finals when Australia scored 359 runs against India in 50 overs. This represents the highest score made in the finals of Cricket World Cup.[11]
Score (Overs) |
Country | Versus | Venue | Date |
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359–2 (50) | Australia | India | Johannesburg | 23-03-2003 |
340–2 (50) | Zimbabwe | Namibia | Harare | 10-02-2003 |
319–5 (50) | Australia | Sri Lanka | Centurion | 07-03-2003 |
314–4 (50) | Netherlands | Namibia | Bloemfontein | 03-03-2003 |
311–2 (50) | India | Namibia | Pietermaritzburg | 23-02-2003 |
Source: CricketArchive.com Archived 27 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine |
Canada were bowled out for the lowest ever total in World Cup history against Sri Lanka;[4] which was also, at the time, the lowest ever total in ODI history.
Score (Overs) |
Country | Versus | Venue | Date |
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36 (18.4) | Canada | Sri Lanka | Paarl | 19-02-2003 |
45 (14) | Namibia | Australia | Potchefstroom | 27-02-2003 |
84 (17.4) | Namibia | Pakistan | Kimberley | 16-02-2003 |
Source: CricketArchive.com Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine |
Vaas's haul of 23 wickets in the tournament was, at the time, the record in World Cup history. His record was equalled or bettered by three bowlers in the 2007 edition of the World Cup (Glenn McGrath, Muttiah Muralitharan and Shaun Tait).
Player | Team | M[n 2] | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Mdns[n 3] | Avg | 4WI[n 4] | 5WI[n 5] | BBI[n 6] | Econ[n 7] | S/R |
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WPUJC Vaas | Sri Lanka | 10 | 88 | 331 | 23 | 14 | 14.39 | 1 | 1 | 6/25 | 3.76 | 22.9 |
B Lee | Australia | 10 | 83.1 | 394 | 22 | 9 | 17.90 | 0 | 1 | 5/42 | 4.73 | 22.6 |
GD McGrath | Australia | 11 | 87 | 310 | 21 | 18 | 14.76 | 0 | 1 | 7/15 | 3.56 | 24.8 |
Z Khan | India | 11 | 88.2 | 374 | 18 | 5 | 20.77 | 1 | 0 | 4/42 | 4.23 | 29.4 |
SE Bond | New Zealand | 8 | 78 | 305 | 17 | 12 | 17.94 | 0 | 1 | 6/23 | 3.91 | 27.5 |
M Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 10 | 87.4 | 319 | 17 | 7 | 18.76 | 1 | 0 | 4/28 | 3.63 | 30.9 |
AJ Bichel | Australia | 8 | 57 | 197 | 16 | 7 | 12.31 | 0 | 1 | 7/20 | 3.45 | 21.3 |
VC Drakes | West Indies | 6 | 51.5 | 208 | 16 | 7 | 13.00 | 0 | 2 | 5/33 | 4.01 | 19.4 |
J Srinath | India | 11 | 91.1 | 369 | 16 | 4 | 23.06 | 2 | 0 | 4/30 | 4.04 | 34.1 |
A Nehra | India | 9 | 69.1 | 289 | 15 | 9 | 19.26 | 1 | 1 | 6/23 | 4.17 | 27.6 |
Source: Cricinfo.com |
Bowling figures Wickets-Runs (Overs) |
Bowler | Country | Versus | Venue | Date |
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7-15 (7) | GD McGrath | Australia | Namibia | Potchefstroom | 27-02-2003 |
7–20 (10) | AJ Bichel | Australia | England | Port Elizabeth | 02-03-2003 |
6–23 (10) | A Nehra | India | England | Durban | 26-02-2003 |
6–23 (10) | SE Bond | New Zealand | Australia | Port Elizabeth | 11-03-2003 |
6–25 (9.1) | WPUJC Vaas | Sri Lanka | Bangladesh | Pietermaritzburg | 14-02-2003 |
5–24 (10) | CO Obuya | Kenya | Sri Lanka | Nairobi (Gymkhana) | 24-02-2003 |
5–27 (9) | A Codrington | Canada | Bangladesh | Durban | 11-02-2003 |
5–28 (9) | Wasim Akram | Pakistan | Namibia | Kimberley | 16-02-2003 |
5–33 (10) | VC Drakes | West Indies | Kenya | Kimberley | 04-03-2003 |
5–42 (9.1) | B Lee | Australia | New Zealand | Port Elizabeth | 11-03-2003 |
Source: Cricinfo.com |
The 2003 Cricket World Cup had four cricketers scoring over 400 runs in the tournament (two Indians and two Australians), a record that has been bettered when ten cricketers scored more than 400 runs in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Sachin's 673 runs in the 2003 Cricket World Cup is the second highest number of runs scored in a single edition in World Cup history.[12]
Player | Team | M[n 2] | I | NO | Total[n 8] | Avg | 50s | 100s | Best[n 9] | S/R | ||
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Sachin Tendulkar | India | 11 | 11 | 0 | 673 | 61.18 | 6 | 1 | 152 | 89.25 | ||
SC Ganguly | India | 11 | 11 | 3 | 465 | 58.12 | 0 | 3 | 112* | 82.30 | ||
RT Ponting | Australia | 11 | 10 | 2 | 415 | 51.87 | 1 | 2 | 140* | 87.92 | ||
AC Gilchrist | Australia | 10 | 10 | 0 | 408 | 40.80 | 4 | 0 | 99 | 105.15 | ||
HH Gibbs | South Africa | 6 | 6 | 2 | 384 | 96.00 | 2 | 1 | 143 | 100.78 | ||
MS Atapattu | Sri Lanka | 10 | 10 | 3 | 382 | 54.57 | 1 | 2 | 124 | 84.51 | ||
A Flower | Zimbabwe | 8 | 7 | 0 | 332 | 47.42 | 3 | 0 | 71 | 72.33 | ||
ML Hayden | Australia | 11 | 11 | 1 | 328 | 32.80 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 80.00 | ||
A Symonds | Australia | 9 | 5 | 3 | 326 | 163.00 | 2 | 1 | 143* | 90.55 | ||
DR Martyn | Australia | 10 | 8 | 3 | 323 | 64.60 | 4 | 0 | 88* | 81.77 | ||
Source: Cricinfo.com |
Twenty one individual centuries were scored in the 2003 Cricket World Cup, the highest across all editions.[15]
Runs[n 10] | Balls | Batsman | Country | Versus | Venue | Date | Strike rate |
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172* | 151 | CB Wishart | Zimbabwe | Namibia | Harare | 10-02-2003 | 113.91 |
152 | 151 | S Tendulkar | India | Namibia | Pietermaritzburg | 23-02-2003 | 100.66 |
143* | 125 | A Symonds | Australia | Pakistan | Johannesburg | 11-02-2003 | 114.40 |
143 | 141 | HH Gibbs | South Africa | New Zealand | Johannesburg | 16-02-2003 | 101.42 |
141 | 125 | SB Styris | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | Bloemfontein | 10-02-2003 | 112.80 |
140* | 121 | RT Ponting | Australia | India | Johannesburg | 23-03-2003 | 115.70 |
134* | 132 | SP Fleming | New Zealand | South Africa | Johannesburg | 16-02-2003 | 101.52 |
134* | 129 | KJJ van Noortwijk | Netherlands | Namibia | Bloemfontein | 03-03-2003 | 103.88 |
124 | 129 | MS Atapattu | Sri Lanka | South Africa | Durban | 03-03-2003 | 96.12 |
121 | 142 | JF Kloppenburg | Netherlands | Namibia | Bloemfontein | 03-03-2003 | 85.21 |
Source: Cricinfo.com |
There were 25 century partnerships in the tournament, in comparison to 28 century partnerships in the 1999 Cricket World Cup.[16] The top ten partnerships have been listed below. The 244 run partnership between Ganguly and Tendulkar is currently the second highest partnership in World Cup history.[17]
Runs | Wicket | Partnerships | Country | Versus | Venue | Date |
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244 | 2nd | SC Ganguly/Sachin Tendulkar | India | Namibia | Pietermaritzburg | 23-02-2003 |
234* | 3rd | DR Martyn/RT Ponting | Australia | India | Johannesburg | 23-03-2003 |
228 | 2nd | JF Kloppenburg/KJJ van Noortwijk | Netherlands | Namibia | Bloemfontein | 03-03-2003 |
170 | 2nd | ST Jayasuriya/HP Tillakaratne | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | Bloemfontein | 10-02-2003 |
166* | 3rd | GW Flower/CB Wishart | Zimbabwe | Namibia | Harare | 10-02-2003 |
153 | 1st | V Sehwag/SR Tendulkar | India | Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 10-03-2003 |
152 | 4th | MS Atapattu/PA de Silva | Sri Lanka | South Africa | Durban | 03-03-2003 |
142* | 1st | HH Gibbs/G Kirsten | South Africa | Kenya | Potchefstroom | 12-02-2003 |
140* | 2nd | NJ Astle/SP Fleming | New Zealand | South Africa | Johannesburg | 16-02-2003 |
129* | 4th | R Dravid/M Kaif | India | New Zealand | Centurion | 14-03-2003 |
Source: Cricinfo.com |
Wicket | Runs[n 11] | Partnerships | Country | Versus | Venue | Date |
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1st | 153 | SR Tendulkar/V Sehwag | India | Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 10-03-2003 |
2nd | 244 | SR Tendulkar/SC Ganguly | India | Namibia | Pietermaritzburg | 23-02-2003 |
3rd | 234* | RT Ponting/DR Martyn | Australia | India | Johannesburg | 23-03-2003 |
4th | 152 | MS Atapattu/PA de Silva | Sri Lanka | South Africa | Durban | 03-03-2003 |
5th | 118* | SC Ganguly/Yuvraj Singh | India | Kenya | Cape Town | 07-03-2003 |
6th | 90 | AJ Stewart/A Flintoff | England | Australia | Port Elizabeth | 02-03-2003 |
7th | 98 | RR Sarwan/RD Jacobs | West Indies | New Zealand | Port Elizabeth | 13-02-2003 |
8th | 97 | MG Bevan/AJ Bichel | Australia | New Zealand | Port Elizabeth | 11-03-2003 |
9th | 73* | MG Bevan/AJ Bichel | Australia | England | Port Elizabeth | 02-03-2003 |
10th | 54 | Saqlain Mushtaq/Shoaib Akhtar | Pakistan | England | Cape Town | 22-02-2003 |
Source: cricketarchive.com |
Catches | Player | Country | Versus | Venue | Date |
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4 | M Kaif | India | Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 10-03-2003 |
3 | V Sehwag | India | Netherlands | Paarl | 12-02-2003 |
LJ Burger | Namibia | England | Port Elizabeth | 19-02-2003 | |
JP Maher | Australia | Netherlands | Potchefstroom | 20-02-2003 | |
HH Dippenaar | South Africa | Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | 22-02-2003 | |
D Mongia | India | Namibia | Pietermaritzburg | 23-02-2003 | |
V Sehwag | India | England | Durban | 26-02-2003 | |
AF Giles | England | Australia | Port Elizabeth | 02-03-2003 | |
Source: Cricinfo.com |
Catches | Player | Team | Matches |
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11 | Ricky Ponting | Australia | 11 |
8 | Brett Lee | Australia | 10 |
Virender Sehwag | India | 11 | |
Dinesh Mongia | India | 11 | |
6 | Louis Burger | Namibia | 6 |
Aravinda de Silva | Sri Lanka | 10 | |
Zaheer Khan | India | 11 | |
Source: Cricinfo.com |
Dismissals | Player | Country | Versus | Venue | Date |
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6 (6c) | AC Gilchrist | Australia | Namibia | Potchefstroom | 27-02-2003 |
4 (3c+1st) | KC Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | Bloemfontein | 10-02-2003 |
4 (2c+2st) | KO Otieno | Kenya | Bangladesh | Johannesburg | 01-03-2003 |
4 (3c+1st) | KO Otieno | Kenya | Zimbabwe | Bloemfontein | 12-03-2003 |
4 (3c+1st) | KC Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | Australia | Port Elizabeth | 18-03-2003 |
Source: Cricinfo.com |
Dismissals (stumpings) |
Player | Team | Matches |
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21 | Adam Gilchrist | Australia | 10 |
17 (2) | Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | 10 |
16 (1) | Rahul Dravid | India | 11 |
12 (4) | Kennedy Otieno | Kenya | 9 |
11 | Mark Boucher | South Africa | 6 |
10 (2) | Ashish Bagai | Canada | 6 |
9 | Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | 7 |
8 (1) | Rashid Latif | Pakistan | 6 |
8 (1) | Ridley Jacobs | West Indies | 6 |
7 (1) | Alec Stewart | England | 5 |
Source: Cricinfo.com |
After the tied semifinal match in the 1999 Cricket World cup that eliminated them[18] South Africa were held to another tie when they scored 229 in 45 overs, needing 230 to win by the Duckworth–Lewis method, against Sri Lanka.[19] South Africa needed a win to progress to the "Super-6" stage, but were ultimately eliminated from the tournament.[20]
Match | Scores | Venue | Date |
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South Africa vs Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka 268–9 (50 overs), South Africa 229/6 (45 overs)[n 12] | Durban | 03-03-2003 |
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