2003 Cricket World Cup statistics explained

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]

Records

CountryVersusVenueDate
Paarl19-02-2003
  • Lowest innings total in any World Cup – 36, by Canada[3] [4]
  • Lowest innings total in any ODI – 36, by Canada (since beaten by Zimbabwe in 2003/4)
  • Biggest Victory margin (By balls remaining) in World Cup history (50 over match) – 272 balls[5]
Port Elizabeth13-02-2003
Potchefstroom27-02-2003
  • Best bowling analysis in any World Cup innings – 7/15, by Glenn McGrath (Australia)[7]
  • Most runs off an over in any World Cup innings – 28, by Darren Lehmann[8] (Australia, since beaten by Herschelle Gibbs)
  • Highest Victory Margin (By runs) in World Cup – 256 runs, by Australia (since bettered by India against Bermuda in 2007 Cricket World Cup)
  • Most wicket-keeper dismissals in any World Cup innings – 6, Adam Gilchrist (Australia)[9]
Johannesburg10-03-2003
Johannesburg23-03-2003
  • Highest score by a team in World Cup final – Australia
  • Highest score by an individual in World Cup final – Ricky Ponting (since bettered by Adam Gilchrist in the finals against Sri Lanka in the 2007 Cricket World Cup)
  • Highest score by a captain in World Cup final – Ricky Ponting
  • Most sixes in a single World Cup innings – 8, by Ricky Ponting (Australia, since equalled by Imran Nazir and Adam Gilchrist)
  • Second most runs in a single World Cup – 673, by Sachin Tendulkar (India)
  • Most wicketkeeping dismissals in a single World Cup – 21, by Adam Gilchrist (Australia)[11]
  • Most fielder catches in a single World Cup – 11, by Ricky Ponting (Australia)[12]

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.[13]

Note: Only scores of 310 or higher are listed.

Score
(Overs)
CountryVersusVenueDate
359–2 (50)Johannesburg23-03-2003
340–2 (50)Harare10-02-2003
319–5 (50)Centurion07-03-2003
314–4 (50)Bloemfontein03-03-2003
311–2 (50)Pietermaritzburg23-02-2003
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)
CountryVersusVenueDate
36 (18.4)Paarl19-02-2003
45 (14)Potchefstroom27-02-2003
84 (17.4)Kimberley16-02-2003
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.

PlayerTeamMOversRunsWktsMdnsAvg4WI5WIBBIEconS/R
10 88 331 23 14 14.39 1 1 6/25 3.76 22.9
10 83.1 394 22 9 17.90 0 1 5/42 4.73 22.6
11 87 310 21 18 14.76 0 1 7/15 3.56 24.8
11 88.2 374 18 5 20.77 1 0 4/42 4.23 29.4
8 78 305 17 12 17.94 0 1 6/23 3.91 27.5
10 87.4 319 17 7 18.76 1 0 4/28 3.63 30.9
8 57 197 167 12.31 0 1 7/20 3.45 21.3
6 51.5 208 16 7 13.00 0 2 5/33 4.01 19.4
11 91.1 369 16 4 23.06 2 0 4/30 4.04 34.1
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)
BowlerCountryVersusVenueDate
7-15 (7) 27-02-2003
7–20 (10) 02-03-2003
6–23 (10) 26-02-2003
6–23 (10) 11-03-2003
6–25 (9.1) 14-02-2003
5–24 (10) 24-02-2003
5–27 (9) 11-02-2003
5–28 (9) 16-02-2003
5–33 (10) 04-03-2003
5–42 (9.1) 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 second highest number of runs scored in a single edition in World Cup history.[14]

Note: Only top 10 players shown. Sorted by total.

PlayerTeamMINOTotalAvg50s100sBestS/R
11 11 0 673 61.18 6 1 152 89.25
11 11 3 465 58.12 0 3 112* 82.30
11 10 2 415 51.87 1 2 140* 87.92
10 10 0 408 40.80 4 0 99 105.15
6 6 2 384 96.00 2 1 143 100.78
10 10 3 382 54.57 1 2 124 84.51
8 7 0 332 47.42 3 0 71 72.33
11 11 1 328 32.80 1 0 88 80.00
9 5 3 326 163.00 2 1 143* 90.55
10 8 3 32364.60 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.

RunsBallsBatsmanCountryVersusVenueDateStrike rate
172*151CB WishartNamibiaHarare10-02-2003113.91
152151S TendulkarNamibiaPietermaritzburg23-02-2003100.66
143*125A SymondsPakistanJohannesburg11-02-2003114.40
143141HH GibbsNew ZealandJohannesburg16-02-2003101.42
141125SB StyrisSri LankaBloemfontein10-02-2003112.80
140*121RT PontingIndiaJohannesburg23-03-2003115.70
134*132SP FlemingSouth AfricaJohannesburg16-02-2003101.52
134*129KJJ van NoortwijkNamibiaBloemfontein03-03-2003103.88
124129MS AtapattuSouth AfricaDurban03-03-200396.12
121142JF KloppenburgNamibiaBloemfontein03-03-200385.21
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]

RunsWicketPartnerships CountryVersusVenueDate
2442ndSC Ganguly/Sachin TendulkarNamibiaPietermaritzburg23-02-2003
234*3rdDR Martyn/RT PontingIndiaJohannesburg23-03-2003
2282ndJF Kloppenburg/KJJ van NoortwijkNamibiaBloemfontein03-03-2003
1702ndST Jayasuriya/HP TillakaratneNew ZealandBloemfontein10-02-2003
166*3rdGW Flower/CB WishartNamibiaHarare10-02-2003
1531stV Sehwag/SR TendulkarSri LankaJohannesburg10-03-2003
1524thMS Atapattu/PA de SilvaSouth AfricaDurban03-03-2003
142*1stHH Gibbs/G KirstenKenyaPotchefstroom12-02-2003
140*2ndNJ Astle/SP FlemingSouth AfricaJohannesburg16-02-2003
129*4thR Dravid/M KaifNew ZealandCenturion14-03-2003
Source: Cricinfo.com

Highest partnerships for each wicket

WicketRunsPartnerships CountryVersusVenueDate
1st153SR Tendulkar/V SehwagSri LankaJohannesburg10-03-2003
2nd244SR Tendulkar/SC GangulyNamibiaPietermaritzburg23-02-2003
3rd234*RT Ponting/DR MartynIndiaJohannesburg23-03-2003
4th152MS Atapattu/PA de SilvaSouth AfricaDurban03-03-2003
5th118*SC Ganguly/Yuvraj SinghKenyaCape Town07-03-2003
6th90AJ Stewart/A FlintoffAustraliaPort Elizabeth02-03-2003
7th98 RR Sarwan/RD JacobsNew ZealandPort Elizabeth13-02-2003
8th97MG Bevan/AJ BichelNew ZealandPort Elizabeth11-03-2003
9th73*MG Bevan/AJ BichelEnglandPort Elizabeth02-03-2003
10th54Saqlain Mushtaq/Shoaib AkhtarEnglandCape Town22-02-2003
Source: cricketarchive.com

Fielding

Most catches in a match

CatchesPlayerCountryVersusVenueDate
4 10-03-2003
3 12-02-2003
19-02-2003
20-02-2003
22-02-2003
23-02-2003
26-02-2003
02-03-2003
Source: Cricinfo.com

Most catches in the tournament

Note: Only lists players with 6 catches or more.

CatchesPlayerTeamMatches
11 11
8 10
11
11
6 6
10
11
Source: Cricinfo.com

Wicket-keeping

Most dismissals in a match

Note: only top five performances listed (sorted by dismissals then date).

DismissalsPlayerCountryVersusVenueDate
6 (6c) 27-02-2003
4 (3c+1st) 10-02-2003
4 (2c+2st) 01-03-2003
4 (3c+1st) 12-03-2003
4 (3c+1st) 18-03-2003
Source: Cricinfo.com

Most dismissals in the tournament

Note: Only top 10 players shown.

Dismissals
(stumpings)
PlayerTeamMatches
21 10
17 (2) 10
16 (1) 11
12 (4) 9
11 6
10 (2)6
9 7
8 (1) 6
8 (1) 6
7 (1) 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]

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: A Cup of towering sixes. Rediff.com. 9 April 2007. 2007-06-10.
  3. Web site: Lowest totals – World Cup. Cricinfo. 2007-06-09.
  4. Web site: Statistical highlights: Sri Lanka v/s Canada. Rediff.com. 19 February 2003. 2007-07-08.
  5. Web site: Largest victories – World Cup. Cricinfo. 2007-07-08.
  6. Web site: Highest partnerships by wicket – World Cup. Cricinfo. 2007-06-09.
  7. Web site: Best bowling figures in an innings – World Cup. Cricinfo. 2007-07-08.
  8. Web site: Highest Victory Margins. Rediff.com. 27 February 2003. 2007-07-08.
  9. Web site: Most dismissals in an innings-World Cup. Cricinfo. 2007-07-08.
  10. Web site: Most catches in an innings-World Cup. Cricinfo. 2007-07-08.
  11. Web site: Most dismissals in a series – World Cup. Cricinfo. 2007-07-08.
  12. Web site: Most catches in a series-World Cup. Cricinfo. 2007-07-08.
  13. Web site: Australia rout India to win third World Cup. Cricinfo. 2007-07-08. 23 March 2003.
  14. Web site: Most runs in a series – World Cup. Cricinfo. 2007-06-09.
  15. Web site: List of hundreds – World Cup. Cricinfo. 2007-06-09.
  16. Web site: List of hundred partnerships – World Cup. Cricinfo. 2007-07-08.
  17. Web site: Highest partnerships by runs – World Cup. Cricinfo. 2007-07-08.
  18. Web site: World Cup 1999, second semi-final, Australia v South Africa. Wisden Almanack. 2000. Tim de Lisle. 2007-07-08.
  19. Web site: Smallest Victories – World Cup . . 2007-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070531061354/http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wc2007/engine/records/team/smallest_margins.html?id=12%3Btype%3Dtrophy . 31 May 2007 . live .
  20. Web site: Rain pushes S Africa out of World Cup. Rediff.com. 4 March 2003. 2007-07-08.