2003 Cricket World Cup Final

2003 ICC Cricket World Cup Final
Event 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup
Australia India
Australia India
359/2 234
50 overs 39.2 overs
Date 23 March 2003
Venue Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa
Umpires Steve Bucknor and David Shepherd
Attendance 32,827
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The 2003 Cricket World Cup Final was a One Day International match played between Australia and India on 23 March 2003 at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa. Australia qualified for the final after defeating Sri Lanka by 48 runs in the first semi-final, while India beat Kenya by 91 runs in the second semi-final. After winning the toss, India captain Sourav Ganguly elected to field first. Australia captain Ricky Ponting (140 not out) and Damien Martyn (88 not out) made a partnership of 234 runs in the Australian total of 359 runs. India lost wickets at regular intervals to end up losing all the 10 wickets at the end of 39.2 overs scoring 234 runs. Australia won the match—defeating India by 125 runs—to lift their third World Cup trophy and second in succession. Ponting was adjudged "Man of the match", while the tournament's leading run-scorer Sachin Tendulkar (India) was awarded the "Man of the Series".

Format

The 2003 Cricket World Cup was the eighth World Cup, organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The competition took place between 9 February – 23 March 2003. The matches were restricted to 50 overs per side.[lower-alpha 1] Co-hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya, the World Cup was the first of its kind to be played in Africa.[2] The competition had 14 teams, the largest number of participants in a World Cup until then. Apart from the 10 Test-playing teams, four associate teams were qualified to participate in the competition. Kenya, by virtue of its ODI status, automatically qualified for the tournament while Canada, Namibia and Netherlands, the top three teams of the 2001 ICC Trophy, formed the rest.[3]

The structure of the tournament was similar to the 1999 World Cup. The 14 teams were assigned to two different groups of seven each. The top three contestants from each group qualified for the Super Sixes stage,[3] a format which was introduced in the 1999 tournament.[2] The teams carried forward their results in their group stage, where each qualifier from either of the groups played each qualifier of the other group exactly once. The top four teams of the Super Sixes qualified for the semi-finals and the winners of those matches contested the final. All in all, there were a total of 54 matches played in the tournament.[4]

Route to the final

Group stage

India's Sachin Tendulkar (pictured in 2008) was the tournament's top-scorer with 673 runs.

Australia and India were both in "Pool A" of the competition. Australia won all their matches in the group stage. All the wins were comprehensive except the one against England, where they had to recover from 135 for 8 to reach the target of 205 runs.[5] In another match against Pakistan, they collapsed to 86 for four before Andrew Symonds' 125-ball 143 took them to a score of 310. Meanwhile, India had a "shaky" start to the tournament.[5] In their opening match, against the Netherlands, they were bowled out for 204 runs. Sachin Tendulkar scored India's only half-century. In reply, Indian bowlers Javagal Srinath and Anil Kumble took four wickets each to dismiss the Netherlands for 136 runs.[6] Despite winning the game, their batting received severe criticism as they were dismissed before the completion of 50 overs.[7] Following that, in their next match against Australia, they were dismissed for 125 runs and lost the match by eight wickets. This led to angered fans in India burning the effigies of Indian players. Mohammad Kaif's house and Rahul Dravid's car were vandalised. Following the incident, Tendulkar issued a press statement requesting calm and patience from the fans. India won their next games against Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Namibia and England. Australia, India and Zimbabwe finished the group as the top three teams and qualified for the "Super Sixes" from Pool A.[8] In Pool B, Sri Lanka, Kenya and New Zealand qualified for the next stage.[5]

Super Sixes

In the first match of the Super Sixes, Australia played against Sri Lanka. Batting first, Australia made 319 for 5. Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist scored 114 not out and 99 respectively. Sri Lanka in reply managed 223 runs in 47.4 overs. Aravinda de Silva top-scored with 92 while Brett Lee took three wickets for Australia.[9] Australia played New Zealand in their next match. Shane Bond's spell of six wickets for 23 runs reduced Australia to 84 for 7. However, Michael Bevan and Andrew Bichel took the total to 208 runs. In reply, New Zealand were bowled out for 112 runs. Lee claimed five wickets for 42 runs as Australia won the match by 96 runs.[10] Australia won their final game by five wickets after bowling Kenya out for 174 runs.[11]

India faced Kenya in their first match. The latter had won the toss and made 225 for 6 in the first innings. India lost three wickets for 24 runs when Dravid joined Sourav Ganguly. The two added 84 runs before the Dravid was dismissed, leaving the score at 108 runs for the loss of four wickets. Ganguly then partnered with Yuvraj Singh and the pair took India to victory in 47.5 overs. They made 107 not out and 58 not out respectively.[12] In the next game against Sri Lanka, India won by a huge margin of 183 runs.[13] In their final match of the stage, India played New Zealand. After winning the toss, India elected to bowl first. New Zealand were dismissed for 146 runs. Zaheer Khan took career-best figures of 4 wickets for 42 runs. Though India lost 3 wickets for 21 runs, the 129-run partnership between Dravid and Kaif ensured a seven-wicket win. The match marked the seventh consecutive victory for India in the tournament.[14]

Semi-finals

First semi-final

The first semi-final was played between Australia and Sri Lanka on 18 March at St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth. Australia won the toss and opted to bat first. They managed 212 runs for the loss of 7 wickets at the end of 50 overs. Symonds top-scored for Australia with 91 not out, while Chaminda Vaas picked up 3 wickets for 34 runs.[15] With 213 runs needed for victory, Sri Lanka lost both the openers after which the play was interrupted by rain. The target was revised to 172 runs from 38.1 overs using the Duckworth–Lewis method. Sri Lanka managed to score only 123 runs in the allotted overs. Kumar Sangakkara and Vaas made 47 runs together for the eighth wicket, the highest partnership of the innings. Australia progressed into the final as Sri Lanka fell 48 runs short of the target.[16]

18 March 2003
Scorecard
Australia 
212/7 (50 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
123/7 (38.1 overs)
Andrew Symonds 91* (118)
Chaminda Vaas 3/34 (10 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 39* (70)
Brett Lee 3/35 (8 overs)
Australia won by 48 runs (D/L)
St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Umpires: RE Koertzen (SA) and DR Shepherd (ENG)
Player of the match: Andrew Symonds

Second semi-final

The second semi-final was played between India and Kenya on 20 March 2003 at Kingsmead, Durban. Kenya became the first non-Test team to play in a World Cup semi-final.[17][18] India won the toss and made 270 runs for 4 wickets. Ganguly and Tendulkar made 111 not out and 83 respectively.[19] In reply, Kenya were bowled out for 179 in 46.2 overs. Steve Tikolo, their captain, top-scored with 56 runs. Zaheer ended with bowling figures of 3 wickets for 14 runs. Ganguly was adjudged the Man of the match.[20]

20 March 2003
Scorecard
India 
270/4 (50 overs)
v
 Kenya
179 (46.2 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 111* (114)
Peter Ongondo 1/43 (10 overs)
Steve Tikolo 56 (83)
Zaheer Khan 3/14 (9.2 overs)
 India won by 91 runs
Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban, South Africa
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Daryl Harper
Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly

Build up

Having won won 15 out of their 18 ODIs prior to the start of the tournament, defending champions Australia were called the "favourites" to win the title.[21] Apart from the 1999 tournament, they had also won the title in 1987. India had won the competition once, in 1983. Prior to the World Cup, India lost an ODI series against West Indies at home, and were defeated heavily in a tour of New Zealand.[8][22] Australia had won all the matches in tournament up until this point; India had won all their matches except the defeat to Australia in the group phase.[lower-alpha 2][23]

Prior to this game, the two teams had faced each other eight times in World Cups; Australia had won six of these matches.[24] A day before the final, Ponting had told the press that on crucial matches his team "tries to reach another level".[23] The Indian fans' expectation on Tendulkar, the tournament's top-scorer, was quite high.[5]

Final

Summary

Ricky Ponting
Sourav Ganguly
(top to bottom) Australia captain Ricky Ponting and his India counterpart Sourav Ganguly

The final was played on 23 March 2003 at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. Ganguly won the toss and elected to field first. India played seven batsmen and excluded leg spinner Kumble from the playing XI.[8] Zaheer opened the bowling for India along with Srinath. The Australian openers started scoring aggressively right from the beginning of the innings as Khan conceded 15 runs in the first over.[25] Gilchrist in particular hit both Khan and Srinath for a lot of runs. As soon as he reached his 50 (off 40 balls), Ganguly turned to his spin bowlers as early as the tenth over. Gilchrist slowed down his scoring rate as the innings progressed. In the fourteenth over Harbhajan Singh was brought back into the attack. With just two fielders outside the circle, Gilchrist tried hitting him through mid-wicket, but was beaten by the extra-bounce and was caught in the deep by Virender Sehwag.[25] Gilchrist (57 off 48 balls) along with Matthew Hayden scored 105 runs for the first wicket.[26] Hayden was dismissed by Harbhajan soon afterwards, having made 37 runs off 54 balls. The score was 125 runs for 2 wickets in the twentieth over.[25] Ponting was accompanied by Damien Martyn after Hayden's departure. Martyn scored at about a run-a-ball rate and completed his half-century in 46 balls.[26] Ponting on the other hand scored at a slow rate reaching his 50 off 74 balls with one four. After that he started attacking the Indian bowlers. He started off by hitting Harbhajan Singh for two sixes, and Ashish Nehra for a "one-handed" six.[26] The pair added 100 runs off 109 balls for the third wicket. He completed his century in quick time as his second fifty came off 29 balls.[26] At the end of the innings, Australia scored 359 runs for 2 wickets;[lower-alpha 3] Ponting and Martyn made 140 not out (off 121 balls; four fours and eight sixes)[lower-alpha 4] and 88 not out (off 84 balls; seven fours and pne six) respectively. Ponting's innings is the highest individual score by a captain in a World Cup final,[28] while Australia's total is the highest by a team in a World Cup final as of the 2015 competition. The 234-run stand between Ponting and Marytn was a record partnership for Australia in ODIs at that point.[lower-alpha 5] The Indian bowlers conceded 37 extras. Srinath conceded 87 runs without taking a wicket, in what was ultimately his last international game.[25]

India came out to bat with Tendulkar and Sehwag. Glenn McGrath opened the bowling for Australia. Tendulkar hit a boundary off the fourth ball of the over but was dismissed off the next delivery.[25] Ganguly joined Sehwag and the pair scored at a run-a-ball rate before the former was dismissed by Lee in the tenth over. Kaif, the next man, was dismissed in the same over with the score reading 59 runs for 3 wickets. Dravid and Sehwag scored steadily from then on until the seventeenth over,[31] when rain interrupted play with the score at 103 runs.[25] After the play resumed, Ponting brought in Australia's spinners, Brad Hogg and Darren Lehmann. Sehwag was more aggressive against both, hitting Lehmann for three consecutive fours and Hogg for a four and six. Dravid on the other hand played second fiddle to Sehwag pushing for singles often. However, both were dismissed in quick succession after making 82 (off 81 balls) and 47 (off 57 balls) respectively.[25] Following that, India began to lose wickets at regular intervals. Except for Yuvraj Singh (24) and Dinesh Mongia (12), the rest of the players got out for single-digit scores.[25] India were bowled out for 234 runs in 39.2 overs. Australia won the match by 125 runs, the largest margin of victory by runs in a World Cup final.[32] It was their second successive World Cup trophy and their third overall.[33] Ponting was given the "Man of the match" honour for his 140 not out.[34]

Scorecard

1st innings
 Australian Batting[27]
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Adam Gilchrist c Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh 57 48 8 1 118.75
Matthew Hayden c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh 37 54 5 0 68.51
Ricky Ponting not out 140 121 4 8 115.70
Damien Martyn not out 88 84 7 1 104.76
Darren Lehmann
Michael Bevan
Andrew Symonds
Brad Hogg
Andy Bichel
Brett Lee
Glenn McGrath
Extras (b 2, lb 12, w 16, nb 7) 37
Total (2 wickets; 50 overs) 359

Fall of wickets: 1–105 (Gilchrist, 13.6 ov), 2–125 (Hayden, 19.5 ov)

 Indian Bowling[27]
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ
Zaheer Khan 7 0 67 0 9.57
Javagal Srinath 10 0 87 0 8.70
Ashish Nehra 10 0 57 0 5.70
Harbhajan Singh 8 0 49 2 6.12
Virender Sehwag 3 0 14 0 4.66
Sachin Tendulkar 3 0 20 0 6.66
Dinesh Mongia 7 0 39 0 5.57
Yuvraj Singh 2 0 12 0 6.00
2nd innings
 Indian Batting[27]
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Sachin Tendulkar c & b McGrath 4 5 1 0 80.00
Virender Sehwag run out (Lehmann) 82 81 10 3 101.23
Sourav Ganguly c Lehmann b Lee 24 25 3 1 96.00
Mohammad Kaif c Gilchrist b McGrath 0 3 0 0 0.00
Rahul Dravid b Bichel 47 57 2 0 82.45
Yuvraj Singh c Lee b Hogg 24 34 1 0 70.58
Dinesh Mongia c Martyn b Symonds 12 11 2 0 109.09
Harbhajan Singh c McGrath b Symonds 7 8 0 0 87.50
Zaheer Khan c Lehmann b McGrath 4 8 0 0 50.00
Javagal Srinath b Lee 1 4 0 0 25.00
Ashish Nehra not out 8 4 2 0 200.00
Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 9, nb 4) 21
Total (all out; 39.2

overs)

 234

Fall of wickets: 1–4 (Tendulkar, 0.5 ov), 2–58 (Ganguly, 9.5 ov), 3–59 (Kaif, 10.3 ov), 4–147 (Sehwag 23.5 ov), 5–187 (Dravid 31.5 ov), 6–208 (Yuvraj Singh 34.5 ov), 7–209 (Mongia (35.2 ov), 8–223 (Harbhajan Singh 37.1 ov), 9–226 (Srinath 38.2 ov), 10–234 (Khan 39.2 ov)

 Australian Bowling[27]
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ
Glenn McGrath 8.2 0 52 3 6.24
Brett Lee 7 1 31 2 4.42
Brad Hogg 10 0 61 1 6.10
Darren Lehmann 2 0 18 0 9.00
Andy Bichel 10 0 57 1 5.70
Andrew Symonds 2 0 7 2 3.50

Match officials

Aftermath

At the post-match press conference, Ponting said the Indians showed no signs of winning the match at any point in time. On Australia's win, he said "It's not that we think we are ahead of the others. It's just the way we play." Further, he added that India and Australia were the best two teams in the tournament and complimented the Indian players by saying that they "deserved to be in the final".[23]

Ganguly's decision to bowl first was criticized by the media; The New York Times, for instance, said it "backfired horribly".[33][35] Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan while denouncing Ganguly's decision, also criticized his idea of going into the match with an unchanged side. He further stated that India should have played Kumble as the ball was "gripping [in] the surface".[36] Meanwhile, Ganguly defended his decision saying that the pitch looked favourable to the bowlers, but they failed to utilize it properly. However, he credited the Australian batting and further added that they had played like "real champions".[37] On the other hand, Ponting said that he would have opted to bat first had they won the toss.[38] His team-mate Symonds, in an interview later, recalled that India's decision to bowl first gave them an impression that they were not "confident enough to take the fight".[39]

Australia were rewarded with a prize money of US$2,000,000, while India received US$800,000.[17][40] Tendulkar's aggregate of 673 runs in the tournament fetched him the "Man of the series" accolade.[lower-alpha 6][5] Ponting's 140 was placed among the "Best Innings" of the tournament by Rediff.[42] Tendulkar and Hayden were included among the "highest impact World XI", a World Cup team released by the India edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.[43] Srinath, who conceded 87 runs in the match and who was India's leading wicket-taker in ODIs, retired a few months after the competition.[44] The match also marked the end of India coach John Wright's contract.[45] However, on his request the Board of Control for Cricket in India retained his position which he continued to serve until 2005.[46][47]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Until the 1987 tournament, One Day International matches used to have 60 overs per innings.[1]
  2. ↑ India's winning streak included eight consecutive victories.[7]
  3. ↑ This was Australia's highest total in ODIs then.[23]
  4. ↑ Ponting's eight sixes in the innings was the most by a batsman in a World Cup match then.[27]
  5. ↑ As of April 2015, it is the highest third-wicket partnership for Australia and the fifth-highest for any wicket for them in ODIs.[29][30]
  6. ↑ Tendulkar's aggregate is a record for any player in a single World Cup as of the 2015 tournament.[41]

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