Cricket World Cup 2003

Welcome to our section of ICC Cricket World Cup 2003, where you would get useful info about ICC Cricket World Cup 2003, 2003 Cricket World Cup final scorecard, Cricket World Cup 2003 final match between India and Australia, Official Cricket World Cup 2003 song, 2003 Cricket World Cup teams and their respective groups and all other interesting and informative things about ICC Cricket World Cup 2003.
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.

Cricket World Cup 2007

This ection is about Cricket World Cup 2007 West Indies, officially known as ICC Cricket World Cup 2007. ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 was the ninth edition of World Cup. We will tell you about Cricket World Cup 2007 West Indies, Cricket World Cup 2007 final, Cricket World Cup 2007 song and every other detail involving ICC Cricket World Cup 2007.
Cricket World Cup 2007 final: Cricket World Cup 2007 final was played between the finalists of 1996 World Cup, Australia and Sri Lanka. Cricket World Cup 2007 final was a rain curtailed match and was of 38 overs only. Australia won the toss in the Cricket World Cup 2007 final against Sri Lanka and decided to bat first. Opening batsman and wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist was in a blazing form and scored 149 runs off just 104 balls with 13 fours and 8 sixes. Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting and Andrew Symonds played useful innings to take Australia to a massive 281.
Sri Lanka, in reply chased the total bravely, as veteran batsman Sanath Jayasuriya scored 63 runs off 67 balls and shared a century stand for the second wicket with Kumar Sangakkara, who scored 54 off just 52 balls. But as soon as these two departed, Sri Lankans seemed to lose their way and lost the Cricket World Cup 2007 final by 53 runs.
Though, Sri Lanka lost the Cricket World Cup 2007 final by a big margin, still authorities were questioned as Sri Lankans have to play most part of their innings under dark. The flood lights were not installed in the stadium. This incident tainted the image of Cricket World Cup 2007 West Indies.
Official Cricket World Cup 2007 song: Official Cricket World Cup 2007 song was titled "THE GAME OF LOVE AND UNITY". The song was sung by Jamaican-born Shaggy, Barbadian entertainer Rupee and Trinidadian Faye-Ann Lyons. Cricket World Cup 2007 song became popular overnight and Cricket World Cup 2007 song was acclaimed all over the globe. Cricket World Cup 2007 song was aimed at global unity, peace and togetherness.

History

This section of our website would give you a brief history of Cricket World Cup. Cricket World Cup history has been fascinating and has witnessed some teams getting transformed from Majors to minnows and vice versa. The rich history of Cricket World Cup includes some interesting facts, figures and memories.
Cricket World Cup history starts from the year 1975, when the first World Cup was held in England. Eight teams participated in that World Cup and it was a huge success. West Indies were the winner in the inaugural World Cup. The final was between West Indies and Australia. West Indies won the game by 18 runs.
Cricket World Cup history then witnessed the second World Cup in the year 1979, once again in England. Again eight teams participated in this event and once again West Indies emerged as the winners. The format was same as 1975. Final was between West Indies and England. West Indies beat England by 92 runs.
History of Cricket World Cup then includes one of the most remarkable chapters in the Cricket World Cup history – India defeating the mighty West Indies. Out of the eight teams, only Zimbabwe was the minnows, Sri Lanka already had the Test status in the year 1982. Zimbabwe defeated the mighty Australians, but India was the real star of the tournament, as they come out from a situation of 17-5 against the minnows Zimbabwe and then managed to defeat West Indies by 43 runs.
The history of Cricket World Cup took a step outside England, as the tournament was hosted for the first time outside England. India and Pakistan were the joint hosts of the tournament. The final was between Australia and England and the former managed to run away with the title by just 7 runs. This is still the closest World Cup final, when one considers the World Cup of ODIs.
Cricket World Cup history got richer and richer, as the world entered into the fifth World Cup. This time, the hosts were Australia and New Zealand. With this, another venue was added in the history of Cricket World Cup. Pakistan was the new world champions, pinning England in a tense final that ended in a 22 run Pakistani victory. Imran Khan got retired after winning the World Cup for his team. This time, the number of teams was nine.
With the 1996 World Cup, history of Cricket World Cup was once again made on the pitches of the sub continent, as India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka were the joint hosts of the World Cup. This World Cup got a new winner in Sri Lanka. The minnows of the Cricketing world suddenly grew up to the levels of the Big Boys of the game. They remained unbeaten throughout the tournament, as they got a walkover against Australia and West Indies, as both the teams refused to play in the island country due to security reasons. Sri Lanka though, showed what it takes to beat the best team of the tournament, as they won the finals by 6 wickets against the Australians.
Cricket World Cup history saw another U turn, when the World Cup returned to England after a span of 16 years. As the trend started from the last World Cup that Australia would be playing against a team from Sub continent, Pakistan was the finalist this time. Though, this wasn’t their day as they were bundled out for a mere 123 by the mighty Australians. This World Cup victory marks the reign of Australian Cricket over the world of Cricket that lasted for almost a decade.
In 2003, Cricket World Cup history unfolds the drama in yet another venue – South Africa. The World Cup saw India’s reformation into one of the stronger sides of the world, which got defeated to only Australia, twice; once in the league games and the second one was the finals. India lost the finals to Australia by a huge margin of 122 runs.
History of Cricket World Cup unfolded its last chapter till date in yet another venue – West Indies. The group of island countries marked the reign of another Aussie victory in the World Cup finals. Again, the trend set back in 1996 World Cup with the finals between Australia and a sub continent country, continued as this time the finalists was Sri Lanka. Australia defeated Sri Lanka by 53 runs to complete their third straight World Cup victory and fourth World Cup victory overall.