2003 Cricket World Cup statistics
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 number of sixes by a batsman – Ponting) in a match; with Australia winning by 125 runs. Tendulkar's 673 runs, the most runs scored in a single World Cup history to date, 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 number of sixes in the tournament (with 266), but this was easily surpassed in the 2007 edition (with 373).[2]
Records
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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Team totals
Highest team totals
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]
- Note: Only scores of 310 or higher are listed.
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 |
Lowest team totals
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.
- Note: Only scores of 100 or lower are listed.
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 |
Bowling
Most wickets in the tournament
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).
- Note: Only top 10 players shown. Sorted by wickets then bowling average.
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 |
Best bowling
- Note: Only top ten performances listed.
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 |
Batting
Most runs in the tournament
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 current record for most runs scored in a single edition in World Cup history.[12]
- Note: Only top 10 players shown. Sorted by total.
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 |
Highest individual scores
Twenty one individual centuries were scored in the 2003 Cricket World Cup, the highest across all editions.[15]
- Note: The top ten scores are listed below.
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 |
Highest partnerships of the tournament
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 | 1st | 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 |
Highest partnerships for each wicket
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 |
Fielding
Most catches in a match
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 |
Most catches in the tournament
- Note: Only lists players with 6 catches or more.
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 |
Wicket-keeping
Most dismissals in a match
- Note: only top five performances listed (sorted by dismissals then date).
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 |
Most dismissals in the tournament
- Note: Only top 10 players shown.
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 |
Tied matches
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 |
Notes
- ^ The first three World Cup tournaments in 1975, 1979 and 1983 featured matches with each innings consisting of 60 overs (360 balls). In the subsequent tournaments – since 1987, each innings consists of a maximum of 50 overs (300 balls). The record for the largest victory margin is 277 balls by England against Kenya in the 1979 Cricket World Cup, but the same was achieved in 60 over match. England took 13.5 overs (83 balls) to overhaul the Canadian score but Sri Lanka took just 4.4 overs (28 balls).
- ^ a b Matches played.
- ^ Maiden overs.
- ^ 4WI is the act of a bowler taking 4 wickets or more during his allocated overs.
- ^ 5WI is the act of a bowler taking 4 wickets or more during his allocated overs.
- ^ The first ranking parameter is number of wickets taken followed by number of runs conceded.
- ^ Average runs conceded per over bowled.
- ^ Total number of runs scored in the tournament.
- ^ Top score by the batsman.
- ^ * denotes an unfinished innings – the bowling team did not dismiss the batsmen by the conclusion of the innings.
- ^ * denotes unfinished partnerships.
- ^ South Africa were set 230 to win under the Duckworth–Lewis method
See also
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