2002–03 World Series of Women's Cricket explained

Cricket Format:	ODI (50 overs)
Fromdate:	26 January
Todate:	8 February 2003
Participants:	4
Matches:	14
Host:	New Zealand
Most Runs:	Belinda Clark (Aus) (343)
Most Wickets:	Cathryn Fitzpatrick (Aus) (15)

The World Series of Women's Cricket was a Women's One Day International series which took place in New Zealand in January and February 2003.^[1] The four teams competing were Australia, England, India and New Zealand. The tournament consisted of a double round-robin group stage, in which Australia and New Zealand finished as the top two, and then a third-place play-off and a final were contested to decide the final positions. Australia defeated New Zealand by 109 runs in the final.^[2] The three matches that took place between Australia and New Zealand at the tournament were also played for the Rose Bowl, which was won by Australia 3–0. Following the tour, England went on to tour Australia for The Women's Ashes.^[3]

Tour Matches

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Points table

Note: P = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, BP = Bonus Points, CP = Consolation Points, Pts = Points, NRR = Net run rate.

Pos	Team	P	W	L	BP	CP	Pts	NRR
1		6	6	0	6	0	36	+1.393
2		6	4	2	3	0	23	+0.343
3		6	1	5	1	1	7	−0.795
4		6	1	5	0	1	6	−0.936

• Source: CricketArchive^[8]

Fixtures

Group stage

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Third-place play-off

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Final

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Statistics

Most runs

Player	Team					Highest Score
		7	343
		7	292
		7	291
		6	189
		7	186
Source: ESPNcricinfo^[9]

Most wickets

See also

• English women's cricket team in Australia in 2002–03
• Rose Bowl series

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Series of Women's Cricket 2002/03 . ESPNcricinfo. 18 June 2021.
2. Web site: Final, Lincoln, Feb 8 2003, World Series of Women's Cricket: Australia Women v New Zealand Women . ESPNcricinfo. 18 June 2021.
3. Web site: Cup finalists to open women's quadrangular at Lincoln . ESPNcricinfo. 18 June 2021.
4. Web site: ACB announces Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars team for one-day series in New Zealand . ESPNcricinfo. 18 June 2021.
5. Web site: England Women's Squad announced for ODI Tournament and Ashes Test Series . ESPNcricinfo. 18 June 2021.
6. Web site: Records/World Series of Women's Cricket, 2002/03 – India Women/Batting and Bowling Averages . ESPNcricinfo. 18 June 2021.
7. Web site: Maia Lewis returns to New Zealand women's team . ESPNcricinfo. 18 June 2021.
8. Web site: World Series of Women's Cricket 2002/03 Table . CricketArchive . 18 June 2021.
9. Web site: Records / World Series of Women's Cricket 2002/03 / Most Runs . ESPNcricinfo. 18 June 2021.
10. Web site: World Series of Women's Cricket, 2002/03 / Most Wickets . ESPNcricinfo. 18 June 2021.