International cricket in 2003

The 2003 international cricket season was from April to September.

Season overview

International tours
Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches]
Test ODI
10 April 2003  West Indies  Australia 1–3 [4] 3–4 [7]
24 April 2003  Bangladesh  South Africa 0–2 [2] –
25 April 2003  Sri Lanka  New Zealand 0–0 [2] —
22 May 2003  England  Zimbabwe 2–0 [2] —
7 June 2003  West Indies  Sri Lanka 1—0 [2] 1–2 [3]
17 June 2003  England  Pakistan – 2–1 [3]
18 July 2003  Australia  Bangladesh 2–0 [2] 3–0 [3]
24 July 2003  England  South Africa 2–2 [5] –
20 August 2003  Pakistan  Bangladesh 3—0 [3] 5–0 [5]
International tournaments
Dates Tournament Winners
11 April 2003 Bangladesh TVS Cup Tri series  India and  South Africa
10 May 2003 Sri Lanka Bank Alfalah Cup  New Zealand
26 June 2003 England NatWest Series  England

April

Australia in the West Indies

Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 1638 10–13 April Brian Lara Steve Waugh Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana  Australia by 9 wickets
Test 1639 19–23 April Brian Lara Steve Waugh Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad  Australia by 118 runs
Test 1643 1–5 May Brian Lara Steve Waugh Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados  Australia by 9 wickets
Test 1645 9–13 May Brian Lara Steve Waugh Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua  West Indies by 3 wickets
ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 2011 17 May Brian Lara Ricky Ponting Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica  Australia by 2 runs (D/L)
ODI 2013 18 May Brian Lara Ricky Ponting Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica  Australia by 8 wickets
ODI 2016 21 May Brian Lara Ricky Ponting Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia  Australia by 25 runs
ODI 2018 24 May Brian Lara Ricky Ponting Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad  Australia by 67 runs
ODI 2019 25 May Brian Lara Ricky Ponting Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad  West Indies by 39 runs
ODI 2020 30 May Brian Lara Ricky Ponting National Cricket Stadium, St. George's, Grenada  West Indies by 3 wickets
ODI 2021 1 June Brian Lara Ricky Ponting National Cricket Stadium, St. George's, Grenada  West Indies by 9 wickets

TVS Cup Tri series

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1 India 4 3 1 0 0 18 +1.930
2 South Africa 4 3 1 0 0 17 +0.151
3 Bangladesh 4 0 4 0 0 1 –2.078
Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 2001 11 April  Bangladesh Khaled Mahmud  India Sourav Ganguly Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka  India by 200 runs
ODI 2002 13 April  India Sourav Ganguly  South Africa Graeme Smith Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka  India by 153 runs
ODI 2003 14 April  Bangladesh Khaled Mahmud  South Africa Graeme Smith Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka  South Africa by 83 runs
ODI 2004 16 April  Bangladesh Khaled Mahmud  India Sourav Ganguly Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka  India by 4 wickets
ODI 2005 17 April  Bangladesh Khaled Mahmud  South Africa Graeme Smith Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka  South Africa by 93 runs
ODI 2006 18 April  India Sourav Ganguly  South Africa Graeme Smith Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka  South Africa by 5 wickets
Final
ODI 2006a 20 April  India Sourav Ganguly  South Africa Graeme Smith Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Match abandoned
ODI 2007 21 April  India Sourav Ganguly  South Africa Graeme Smith Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka No result

South Africa in Bangladesh

Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 1640 24–27 April Khaled Mahmud Graeme Smith M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong  South Africa by an innings and 60 runs
Test 1642 1–4 May Khaled Mahmud Graeme Smith Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka  South Africa by an innings and 18 runs

New Zealand in Sri Lanka

Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 1641 25–29 April Hashan Tillakaratne Stephen Fleming Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Match drawn
Test 1644 3–7 May Hashan Tillakaratne Stephen Fleming Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Match drawn

May

Bank Alfalah Cup

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1 New Zealand 4 2 2 0 0 +0.273 13
2 Pakistan 4 2 2 0 0 +0.066 12
3 Sri Lanka 4 2 2 0 0 –0.332 11
Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 2008 10 May  Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu  Pakistan Rashid Latif Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla  Pakistan by 79 runs
ODI 2009 11 May  New Zealand Stephen Fleming  Pakistan Rashid Latif Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla  New Zealand by 7 wickets
ODI 2010 13 May  Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu  New Zealand Stephen Fleming Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla  Sri Lanka by 5 wickets
ODI 2012 18 May  Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu  Pakistan Rashid Latif Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla  Sri Lanka by 12 runs
ODI 2014 19 May  Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu  New Zealand Stephen Fleming Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla  New Zealand by 9 runs
ODI 2015 20 May  New Zealand Stephen Fleming  Pakistan Rashid Latif Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla  Pakistan by 22 runs
Final
ODI 2017 23 May  New Zealand Stephen Fleming  Pakistan Rashid Latif Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla  New Zealand by 4 wickets

Zimbabwe in England

Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 1646 22–24 May Nasser Hussain Heath Streak Lord's, London  England by an innings and 92 runs
Test 1647 5–7 June Nasser Hussain Heath Streak Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street  England by an innings and 69 runs

June

Sri Lanka in the West Indies

ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 2022 7 June Brian Lara Marvan Atapattu Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados  Sri Lanka by 55 runs
ODI 2023 8 June Brian Lara Marvan Atapattu Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados  Sri Lanka by 4 wickets
ODI 2024 11 June Brian Lara Marvan Atapattu Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent  West Indies by 6 wickets (D/L)
Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 1648 20–24 June Brian Lara Hashan Tillakaratne Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia Match drawn
Test 1649 27–29 June Brian Lara Hashan Tillakaratne Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica  West Indies by 7 wickets

Pakistan in England

ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 2025 17 June Michael Vaughan Rashid Latif Old Trafford, Manchester  Pakistan by 2 wickets
ODI 2026 20 June Michael Vaughan Rashid Latif The Oval, London  England by 7 wickets
ODI 2027 22 June Michael Vaughan Rashid Latif Lord's, London  England by 4 wickets

NatWest Series

Main article: 2003 NatWest Series
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1 South Africa 6 4 2 0 0 23 +0.480
2 England 6 3 2 0 1 22 +0.825
3 Zimbabwe 6 1 4 0 1 9 –1.370
Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 2028 26 June  England Michael Vaughan  Zimbabwe Heath Streak Trent Bridge, Nottingham  Zimbabwe by 4 wickets
ODI 2029 28 June  England Marcus Trescothick  South Africa Graeme Smith The Oval, London  England by 6 wickets
ODI 2030 29 June  South Africa Graeme Smith  Zimbabwe Heath Streak St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury  South Africa by 46 runs
ODI 2031 1 July  England Michael Vaughan  Zimbabwe Heath Streak Headingley, Leeds No result
ODI 2032 3 July  England Michael Vaughan  South Africa Graeme Smith Old Trafford, Manchester  South Africa by 7 wickets
ODI 2033 5 July  South Africa Graeme Smith  Zimbabwe Heath Streak SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff  South Africa by 9 wickets
ODI 2034 6 July  England Michael Vaughan  Zimbabwe Heath Streak County Ground, Bristol  England by 6 wickets
ODI 2035 8 July  England Michael Vaughan  South Africa Graeme Smith Edgbaston, Birmingham  England by 4 wickets
ODI 2036 10 July  South Africa Graeme Smith  Zimbabwe Heath Streak Rose Bowl, Southampton  South Africa by 7 wickets
Final
ODI 2037 12 July  England Michael Vaughan  South Africa Graeme Smith Lord's, London  England by 7 wickets

July

Bangladesh in Austrlia

Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 1650 18–20 July Steve Waugh Khaled Mahmud Marrara Stadium, Darwin  Australia by an innings and 132 runs
Test 1652 25–28 July Steve Waugh Khaled Mahmud Bundaberg Rum Stadium, Cairns  Australia by an innings and 98 runs
ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 2038 2 August Ricky Ponting Khaled Mahmud Bundaberg Rum Stadium, Cairns  Australia by 8 wickets
ODI 2039 3 August Ricky Ponting Khaled Mahmud Bundaberg Rum Stadium, Cairns  Australia by 9 wickets
ODI 2040 6 August Ricky Ponting Khaled Mahmud Marrara Stadium, Darwin  Australia by 112 runs

South Africa in England

Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 1651 24–28 July Nasser Hussain Graeme Smith Edgbaston, Birmingham Match drawn
Test 1653 31 July–3 August Michael Vaughan Graeme Smith Lord's, London  South Africa by an innings and 92 runs
Test 1655 14–18 August Michael Vaughan Graeme Smith Trent Bridge, Nottingham  England by 70 runs
Test 1656 21–25 August Michael Vaughan Graeme Smith Headingley, Leeds  South Africa by 191 runs
Test 1659 4–8 September Michael Vaughan Graeme Smith The Oval, London  England by 9 wickets

August

Bangladesh in Pakistan

Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 1655 20–24 August Rashid Latif Khaled Mahmud National Stadium, Karachi  Pakistan by 7 wickets
Test 1657 27–30 August Rashid Latif Khaled Mahmud Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar  Pakistan by 9 wickets
Test 1658 3–6 September Rashid Latif Khaled Mahmud Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan  Pakistan by 1 wicket
ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 2041 9 September Inzamam-ul-Haq Khaled Mahmud Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan  Pakistan by 117 runs
ODI 2042 12 September Inzamam-ul-Haq Khaled Mahmud Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad  Pakistan by 74 runs
ODI 2043 15 September Inzamam-ul-Haq Khaled Mahmud Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore  Pakistan by 42 runs (D/L)
ODI 2044 18 September Inzamam-ul-Haq Khaled Mahmud Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi  Pakistan by 5 wickets
ODI 2045 21 September Inzamam-ul-Haq Khaled Mahmud National Stadium, Karachi  Pakistan by 58 runs

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