Cricket World Cup 2003

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ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 was the eight Cricket World Cup. ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 was held in South Africa – the land of diamonds. It was the most successful World Cup held ever held. People still remember the Cricket World Cup 2003 final, which was held at Johannesburg on 23rd March 2003 between India and Australia.
That was Australia’s third World Cup title. On the other hand, India were the runner ups having lost the Cricket World Cup 2003 final by 122 runs. This was the second time an Indian team reached to the finals of Cricket World Cup. The other occasion was of course 1983 World Cup, where they defeated the mighty West Indies.
Cricket World Cup 2003 final seemed to be a one sided affair, though India fought really hard to secure the victory and win the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003. However, they fall short by 122 runs, chasing a victory target of 360 runs. 2003 Cricket World Cup final scorecard looked hugely in favour of Australia.
2003 Cricket World Cup final scorecard is as follows:
Australia innings:

Batsman		Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	Strike Rate
AC Gilchrist	c Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh	57	66	48	8	1	118.75
ML Hayden	c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	37	93	54	5	0	68.51
RT Ponting	Not out	140	138	121	4	8	115.70
DR Martyn	Not out	88	112	84	7	1	104.76

Extras: (b 2, lb 12, w 16, nb 7) – 37
India Bowling:

Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wickets	Economy Rate	Extras Given
Zaheer Khan	7	0	67	0	9.57	(2 nb, 6 w)
J Srinath	10	0	87	0	8.70	(3 nb, 2 w)
A Nehra	10	0	57	0	5.70	(3 w)
Harbhajan Singh	8	0	49	2	6.12
V Sehwag	3	0	14	0	4.66
SR Tendulkar	3	0	20	0	6.66	(1 w)
D Mongia	7	0	39	0	5.57	(2 nb)
Yuvraj Singh	2	0	12	0	6.00

India innings:

Batsman		Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	Strike Rate
SR Tendulkar	c & b McGrath	4	2	5	1		80.00
V Sehwag	Run out (Lehmann)	82	107	81	10	3	101.23
SC Ganguly	c Lehmann b Lee	24	44	25	3	1	96.00
M Kaif	c Gilchrist b McGrath	0	4	3			0.00
Rahul Dravid	b Bichel	47	87	57	2		82.45
Yuvraj Singh	c Lee b Hogg	24	48	34	1		70.58
D Mongia	c Martyn b Symonds	12	18	11	2		109.09
Harbhajan Singh	c McGrath b Symonds	7	12	8			87.50
Z Khan	c Lehmann b McGrath	4	20	8			50.00
J Srinath	b Lee	1	6	4			25.00
A Nehra	Not out	8	7	4	2		200.00

Extras: (b 4, lb 4, w 9, nb 4) – 21
Australia Bowling:

Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wickets	Economy Rate	Extras Given
GD McGrath	8.2	0	52	3	6.24
B Lee	7	1	31	2	4.42	(4 nb, 2 w)
GB Hogg	10	0	61	1	6.10	(2 w)
DS Lehmann	2	0	18	0	9.00
AJ Bichel	10	0	57	1	5.70	(4 w)
A Symonds	2	0	7	2	3.50	(1 w)

2003 Cricket World Cup final scorecard shows the dominance of Australia in the Cricket World Cup 2003 final. 2003 Cricket World Cup final scorecard showed that India lost because of poor bowling and the initial onslaught done by Adam Gilchrist. Ricky Ponting and Damien Martyn continued attacking Indian bowlers.

Official Cricket World Cup 2003 song: Cricket World Cup 2003 song was sung by Pakistani Pop Band Strings. The title of Cricket World Cup 2003 song was “Hai Koyi Hum Jaisa”. Cricket World Cup 2003 song featured students aspiring to become Cricketers in Pakistani team. Cricket World Cup 2003 song got immensely popular in Pakistan.
2003 Cricket World Cup teams: 2003 Cricket World Cup teams were divided into two Pools – Pool A and Pool B. Pool A 2003 Cricket World Cup teams were Australia, India, Sri Lanka, England, Pakistan, Netherlands and Namibia. Pool B 2003 Cricket World Cup teams include Sri Lanka, Kenya, New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies, Canada and Bangladesh.