ICC Cricket World Cup 2003
The ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 was the eighth edition of the global ODI championship and the first to be hosted on the African continent. Organized jointly by South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Kenya, the tournament expanded to a record 14 teams, resulting in 54 matches and making it the biggest World Cup ever held up to that point.
Organized by
International Cricket Council (ICC )
Host
South Africa, Zimbabwe & Kenya.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 Champions
Australia (3rd title)
ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 Participants
Australia England India New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka West Indies Zimbabwe Kenya Bangladesh Canada Namibia Netherlands
ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 Venues
Cities Venues Capacity Matches Johannesburg, South Africa Wanderers Stadium 34,000 5 Durban, South Africa Sahara Stadium Kingsmead 25,000 5 Cape Town, South Africa Newlands Cricket Ground 25,000 5 Centurion, South Africa Centurion Park 23,000 5 Bloemfontein, South Africa Goodyear Park 20,000 5 Port Elizabeth, South Africa St George’s Oval 19,000 5 Potchefstroom, South Africa North West Cricket Stadium 18,000 3 East London, South Africa Buffalo Park 16,000 3 Kimberley, South Africa De Beers Diamond Oval 11,000 3 Paarl, South Africa Boland Park 10,000 3 Benoni, South Africa Willowmoore Park 20,000 2 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Pietermaritzburg Oval 12,000 2 Harare, Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club 10,000 3 Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Queens Sports Club 9,000 3 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi Gymkhana Club 8,000 2
Official ICC team rankings 2003
1. Australia – 136 rating (46 matches)2. South Africa – 123 rating (53 matches)3. Pakistan – 110 rating (45 matches)4. Sri Lanka – 108 rating (57 matches)5. India – 103 rating (54 matches)6. West Indies – 99 rating (35 matches)7. New Zealand – 98 rating (45 matches)8. England – 98 rating (34 matches)9. Zimbabwe – 63 rating (40 matches)10. Kenya – 30 rating (22 matches)11. Bangladesh – 6 rating (19 matches)
ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 Format
Round robin and Knockout.
Pool A
Pos Team Pld W L NR T NRR Pts PCF 1 Australia 6 6 0 0 0 2.05 24 12 2 India 6 5 1 0 0 1.11 20 8 3 Zimbabwe 6 3 2 1 0 0.50 14 3.5 4 England 6 3 3 0 0 0.82 12 – 5 Pakistan 6 2 3 1 0 0.23 10 – 6 Netherlands 6 1 5 0 0 −1.45 4 – 7 Namibia 6 0 6 0 0 −2.96 0 –
Pool B
Pos Team Pld W L NR T NRR Pts PCF 1 Sri Lanka 6 4 1 0 1 1.20 18 7.5 2 Kenya 6 4 2 0 0 −0.69 16 10 3 New Zealand 6 4 2 0 0 0.99 16 4 4 West Indies 6 3 2 1 0 1.10 14 — 5 South Africa 6 3 2 0 1 1.73 14 — 6 Canada 6 1 5 0 0 −1.99 4 — 7 Bangladesh 6 0 5 1 0 −2.05 2 —
Super Sixes
Pos Team Pld W L NR T NRR Pts PCF 1 Australia 5 5 0 0 0 1.85 24 12 2 India 5 4 1 0 0 0.89 20 8 3 Kenya 5 3 2 0 0 0.35 14 10 4 Sri Lanka 5 2 3 0 0 −0.84 11.5 7.5 5 New Zealand 5 1 4 0 0 −0.90 8 4 6 Zimbabwe 5 0 5 0 0 −1.25 3.5 3.5
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Semi-final 1
18 March 2003
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 method) St George’s Park Cricket Ground, Port Elizabeth Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Andrew Symonds (Aus)
Semi-final 2
20 March 2003 (D/N)
India 270/4 (50 overs)v Kenya 179 (46.2 overs)Sourav Ganguly 111* (114) Thomas Odoyo 2/27 (7 overs) Steve Tikolo 56 (83) Zaheer Khan 3/14 (9.2 overs)
India won by 91 runs Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Ind)
Final
23 March 2003
Australia 359/2 (50 overs)v India 234 (39.2 overs)Ricky Ponting 140* (121) Harbhajan Singh 2/49 (8 overs) Virender Sehwag 82 (81) Glenn McGrath 3/52 (8.2 overs)
Australia won by 125 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Ricky Ponting (Aus)
ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 Interesting Facts
Historic African Debut: The 2003 edition became the first Cricket World Cup to be hosted in Africa, with matches staged across South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Kenya.Kenya’s Fairy-Tale Campaign: Kenya made history by becoming the first non-Test-playing nation to reach the World Cup semi-finals, benefiting from New Zealand’s forfeited fixture before defeating Zimbabwe to secure their place.Sachin Tendulkar’s Record-Breaking Tournament: Sachin Tendulkar dominated the competition with 673 runs in 11 matches, a World Cup record at the time, earning him the Player of the Tournament award.Australia’s Perfect Title Run : Led by Ricky Ponting, Australia won all 11 of their matches to complete an unbeaten campaign and capture their third Cricket World Cup title.Black Armband Protest: Zimbabwe cricketers Andy Flower and Henry Olonga wore black armbands during their opening match as a symbolic protest to mourn what they described as the “death of democracy” in Zimbabwe.Shane Warne’s Shock Withdrawal: Australia suffered a major setback before the tournament began when star leg-spinner Shane Warne was sent home after failing a pre-tournament drug test.Controversial Forfeited Fixture: England refused to travel to Harare for their group-stage match against Zimbabwe due to security concerns, forfeiting the game and losing valuable points in the process.Chaminda Vaas’s Historic Hat-Trick: Sri Lankan fast bowler Chaminda Vaas claimed a remarkable hat-trick with the first three deliveries against Bangladesh, including a wicket with the very first ball of the match—one of the most memorable bowling feats in World Cup history.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 Player of the Tournament
The Player of the Tournament (Man of the Series) for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 was Indian master blaster Sachin Tendulkar .
Tournament Innovations and Quirks
Duckworth-Lewis Miscalculation: South Africa famously misread the rain rules against Sri Lanka, tying the match when they needed one more run to win, resulting in a shocking group-stage exit.Political Boycotts: The ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 was overshadowed by political and security concerns. England forfeited their group-stage match against Zimbabwe by refusing to travel to Harare, while New Zealand declined to play Kenya in Nairobi over security fears. Both decisions resulted in forfeited matches and the loss of crucial group-stage points.
Bizarre and Memorable Matches
The Walk: In ICC Cricket World Cup 2003, Adam Gilchrist nicked a ball from Chaminda Vaas on 0 during the semi-final in Port Elizabeth.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 squads
Australia
Coach: John Buchanan
No. Name Date of birth Batting Bowling ODIs [6] Domestic team 14 Ricky Ponting (c) 19 December 1974 RHB Right arm medium 157 Tasmania 12 Michael Bevan 8 May 1970 LHB Slow left-arm wrist-spin 196 New South Wales 34 Andy Bichel 27 August 1970 RHB Right arm fast medium 38 Queensland 59 Nathan Bracken 12 September 1977 RHB left arm fast medium 11 New South Wales 18 Adam Gilchrist (wk) 14 November 1971 LHB off spin 152 Western Australia 4 Jason Gillespie 19 April 1975 RHB Right arm fast 46 South Australia 29 Ian Harvey 10 April 1972 RHB Right arm medium 43 Victoria 43 Nathan Hauritz 18 October 1981 RHB Right arm off spin 5 Queensland 30 Matthew Hayden 29 October 1971 LHB Right arm medium 54 Queensland 31 Brad Hogg 6 February 1971 LHB Slow left-arm wrist-spin 15 Western Australia 58 Brett Lee 8 November 1976 RHB Right arm fast 55 New South Wales 25 Darren Lehmann 5 February 1970 LHB Slow left arm orthodox 85 South Australia 46 Jimmy Maher 27 February 1974 LHB Right arm medium 19 Queensland 30 Damien Martyn 21 October 1971 RHB Right arm medium 113 Western Australia 11 Glenn McGrath 9 February 1970 RHB Right arm fast medium 168 New South Wales 39 Andrew Symonds 9 June 1975 RHB Right arm fast medium/off-spin 54 Queensland
England
Coach: Duncan Fletcher
No. Name Date of birth Batting Bowling style ODIs [6] Domestic team 3 Nasser Hussain (c) 28 March 1968 RHB Right arm leg spin 84 Essex40 James Anderson 30 July 1982 LHB Right arm fast medium 9 Lancashire37 Ian Blackwell 10 June 1978 LHB Slow left arm orthodox 12 Somerset2 Andy Caddick 21 November 1968 RHB Right arm fast medium 49 Somerset50 Paul Collingwood 26 May 1976 RHB Right arm fast medium 33 Durham11 Andrew Flintoff 6 December 1977 RHB Right arm fast 47 Lancashire29 Ashley Giles 19 March 1973 RHB Slow left arm orthodox 22 Warwickshire28 Steve Harmison 23 October 1978 RHB Right arm fast 5 Durham22 Matthew Hoggard 31 December 1976 RHB Right arm fast medium 20 Yorkshire15 Ronnie Irani 26 October 1971 RHB Right arm medium 29 Essex1 Nick Knight 28 November 1969 LHB Right arm medium 95 Warwickshire4 Alec Stewart (wk) 8 April 1963 RHB Right arm medium 165 Surrey23 Marcus Trescothick 25 December 1975 LHB Right arm medium 56 Somerset99 Michael Vaughan 29 October 1974 RHB Right arm off spin 21 Yorkshire6 Craig White 16 December 1969 RHB Right arm fast medium 46 Yorkshire
India
Coach: John Wright
No. Name Date of birth Batting Bowling style ODIs Domestic team 99 Sourav Ganguly (c) 8 July 1972 LHB Right arm medium 218 Bengal5 Rahul Dravid (wk) (vc) 11 January 1973 RHB Right arm off spin 196 Karnataka44 Virender Sehwag 20 October 1978 RHB Right arm off spin 57 Delhi10 Sachin Tendulkar 24 April 1973 RHB Right arm leg spin 303 Mumbai12 Yuvraj Singh 12 December 1981 LHB Slow left arm orthodox 59 Punjab11 Mohammad Kaif 1 December 1980 RHB Right arm off spin 37 Uttar Pradesh3 Harbhajan Singh 3 July 1980 RHB Right arm off spin 63 Punjab7 Javagal Srinath 31 August 1969 RHB Right arm fast medium 229 Karnataka34 Zaheer Khan 7 October 1978 RHB Left arm fast medium 56 Baroda8 Anil Kumble 17 October 1970 RHB Right arm leg spin 238 Karnataka20 Parthiv Patel (wk) 9 March 1985 LHB WK 13 Gujarat28 Dinesh Mongia 17 April 1977 LHB Slow left arm orthodox 32 Punjab66 Sanjay Bangar 11 October 1972 RHB Right arm medium fast 11 Railways64 Ashish Nehra 29 April 1979 RHB Left arm fast medium 30 Delhi9 Ajit Agarkar 4 December 1977 RHB Right arm fast medium 110 Mumbai
Namibia
Coach: Dougie Brown
No. Name Date of birth Batting Bowling style ODIs Domestic team 12 Deon Kotze (c) 12 September 1973 RHB Right arm off spin 0 Wanderers5 Jan-Berrie Burger 25 August 1981 RHB Right arm leg spin 0 Police14 Louis Burger 12 March 1978 RHB Right arm medium 0 United2 Sarel Burger 13 February 1983 RHB Right arm medium fast 0 United6 Morne Karg (wk) 12 July 1977 RHB Unknown 0 United1 Danie Keulder 2 August 1973 RHB Right arm off spin 0 Wanderers21 Bjorn Kotze 11 December 1978 RHB Right arm medium fast 0 Wanderers10 Lennie Louw 19 June 1959 RHB Slow left arm orthodox 0 CCD17 Johannes van der Merwe 5 February 1980 RHB Right arm off spin 0 Unknown 27 Bryan Murgatroyd 19 October 1969 RHB Right arm medium 0 Wanderers11 Burton van Rooi 9 July 1982 RHB Right arm medium fast 0 CCD13 Melt van Schoor (wk) 8 December 1967 RHB Unknown 0 Police8 Gerrie Snyman 30 April 1981 RHB Right arm fast medium 0 United15 Stefan Swanepoel 2 December 1981 RHB Unknown 0 Wanderers77 Rudi van Vuuren 20 September 1972 RHB Right arm medium fast 0 Police4 Riaan Walters 10 August 1980 RHB Unknown 0 United
Netherlands
Coach: Emmerson Trotman
No. Name Date of birth Batting Bowling style ODIs [6] Domestic team 1 Roland Lefebvre (c) 7 February 1963 RHB Right arm medium fast 6 VOC Rotterdam19 Daan van Bunge 19 October 1982 RHB Right arm leg spin 2 Voorburg CC28 Jacob-Jan Esmeijer 28 May 1972 RHB Slow left arm orthodox 2 Excelsior’204 Victor Grandia 10 January 1979 RHB Right arm medium 1 VRA Amsterdam94 Feiko Kloppenburg 19 June 1974 RHB Right arm medium 1 Rood en Wit Haarlem5 Tim de Leede 25 January 1968 RHB Right arm medium 7 Voorburg CC14 Hendrik-Jan Mol 29 March 1977 LHB Left arm medium 1 Quick Den Haag6 Ruud Nijman 15 June 1982 RHB Right arm medium fast 0 Hermes DVS99 Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk 10 July 1970 RHB Right arm medium 5 VOC Rotterdam4 Adeel Raja 15 August 1980 RHB Right arm off spin 2 VRA Amsterdam9 Edgar Schiferli 17 May 1976 RHB Right arm fast medium 2 Quick Den Haag8 Reinout Scholte (wk) 10 August 1967 RHB Unknown 2 VOC Rotterdam10 Jeroen Smits (wk) 21 June 1972 RHB Unknown 0 HCC Den Haag44 Nick Statham 15 March 1975 RHB Right arm off spin 0 Hermes DVS69 Luuk van Troost 28 September 1969 LHB Left arm medium 2 Excelsior’2097 Bas Zuiderent 3 March 1977 RHB Right arm medium 7 Sussex
Pakistan
Coach: Richard Pybus
No. Name Date of birth Batting Bowling style ODIs [6] Domestic team 99 Waqar Younis (c) 16 November 1971 RHB Right arm fast 256 National Bank12 Abdul Razzaq 2 December 1979 RHB Right arm fast medium 119 PIA11 Azhar Mahmood 28 February 1975 RHB Right arm fast medium 123 PIA8 Inzamam-ul-Haq 3 March 1970 RHB Slow left arm orthodox 284 National Bank7 Mohammad Sami 24 February 1981 RHB Right arm fast 18 National Bank5 Rashid Latif (wk) 14 October 1968 RHB Right arm leg spin 143 Allied Bank1 Saeed Anwar 6 September 1968 LHB Slow left arm orthodox 242 National Bank28 Saleem Elahi 21 November 1976 RHB Right arm off spin 36 Habib Bank9 Saqlain Mushtaq 29 December 1976 RHB Right arm off spin 165 PIA10 Shahid Afridi 1 March 1980 RHB Right arm leg spin 173 Habib Bank14 Shoaib Akhtar 13 August 1975 RHB Right arm fast 75 Khan Research Labs2 Taufeeq Umar 20 June 1981 LHB Right arm off spin 6 Habib Bank3 Wasim Akram 3 June 1966 LHB Left arm fast 350 PIA75 Younis Khan 29 November 1977 RHB Right arm leg spin 70 Habib Bank13 Yousuf Youhana 27 August 1974 RHB Right arm off spin 121 PIA
Zimbabwe
Coach: Geoff Marsh
No. Name Date of birth Batting Bowling style ODIs [6] Domestic team 9 Heath Streak (c) 16 March 1974 RHB Right arm fast medium 149 Matabeleland99 Andy Blignaut 1 August 1978 LHB Right arm fast medium 16 Mashonaland20 Alistair Campbell 23 September 1972 LHB Right arm off spin 187 Manicaland22 Dion Ebrahim 7 August 1980 RHB Right arm medium 36 Mashonaland14 Sean Ervine 6 December 1982 LHB Right arm medium 13 Midlands33 Andy Flower (wk) 28 April 1968 LHB Right arm off spin 205 Mashonaland68 Grant Flower 20 December 1970 RHB Slow left arm orthodox 192 Mashonaland18 Travis Friend 7 January 1981 RHB Right arm fast medium 39 Midlands79 Douglas Hondo 7 July 1979 RHB Right arm fast medium 13 Mashonaland42 Dougie Marillier 24 April 1978 RHB Right arm off spin 35 Midlands45 Stuart Matsikenyeri 3 May 1983 RHB Right arm off spin 2 Manicaland27 Brian Murphy 1 December 1976 RHB Right arm leg spin 26 Mashonaland77 Henry Olonga 3 July 1976 RHB Right arm fast 48 Manicaland44 Tatenda Taibu (wk) 14 May 1983 RHB Right arm off spin 20 Mashonaland8 Mark Vermeulen 2 March 1979 RHB Right arm off spin 7 Matabeleland2 Guy Whittall 5 September 1972 RHB Right arm medium 141 Manicaland10 Craig Wishart 9 January 1974 RHB Right arm off spin 72 Midlands
Group B
Bangladesh
Coach: Mohsin Kamal
No. Name Date of birth Batting Bowling style ODIs [6] Domestic team(s) 10 Khaled Mashud (c/wk) 8 February 1976 RHB Unknown 51 Victoria / Rajshahi6 Akram Khan 1 November 1968 RHB Right arm medium 38 Chittagong33 Al Sahariar 23 April 1978 RHB Right arm leg spin 22 Victoria / Dhaka14 Alok Kapali 1 January 1984 RHB Right arm leg spin 11 Victoria / Sylhet44 Ehsanul Haque 1 December 1979 RHB Right arm off spin 2 Mohammedan / Chittagong7 Habibul Bashar 17 August 1972 RHB Right arm off spin 27 Biman50 Hannan Sarkar 1 December 1982 RHB Right arm medium 4 Surjotorun / Barisal11 Khaled Mahmud 26 July 1971 RHB Right arm medium fast 34 Biman / Dhaka96 Manjural Islam 7 November 1979 LHB Left arm fast medium 26 Victoria / Khulna2 Mashrafe Mortaza 5 October 1983 RHB Right arm fast medium 3 Azad / Khulna98 Mohammad Ashraful 7 July 1984 RHB Right arm leg spin 11 Surjotorun / Dhaka77 Mohammad Rafique 5 September 1970 LHB Slow left arm orthodox 34 Mohammedan / Dhaka9 Sanwar Hossain 5 August 1973 RHB Right arm off spin 14 Mohammedan / Barisal69 Talha Jubair 10 December 1985 RHB Right arm medium fast 4 Kalabagan / Dhaka19 Tapash Baisya 15 December 1982 RHB Right arm fast medium 10 Mohammedan / Sylhet55 Tushar Imran 20 December 1983 RHB Right arm medium 13 City Club / Khulna
Canada
Coach: Gus Logie
No. Name Date of birth Batting Bowling style ODIs [6] Domestic team 1 Joe Harris (c) 16 August 1965 RHB Right arm off spin 0 Toronto10 Ashish Bagai (wk) 26 January 1982 RHB Unknown 0 Toronto3 Ian Billcliff 26 October 1972 RHB Right arm medium 0 Vikings6 Desmond Chumney 8 January 1968 RHB Right arm off spin 0 Victoria Park15 Austin Codrington 22 August 1975 RHB Right arm medium fast 0 Overseas9 John Davison 9 May 1970 RHB Right arm off spin 0 South Australia2 Nicholas de Groot 22 October 1975 RHB Right arm medium 0 Vikings16 Nicholas Ifill 24 November 1968 RHB Right arm medium 0 Victoria Park12 Davis Joseph 31 July 1963 RHB Right arm medium fast 0 Victoria Park4 Ishwar Maraj 26 January 1969 LHB Right arm off spin 0 Overseas8 Ashish Patel 31 July 1975 RHB Right arm medium 0 Quebec21 Abdool Samad (wk) 3 May 1979 RHB Right arm off spin 0 Cavaliers7 Fazil Samad 6 April 1975 RHB Right arm off spin 0 Cavaliers14 Barry Seebaran 12 September 1972 RHB Slow left arm orthodox 0 Richmond11 Sanjayan Thuraisingam 11 September 1969 RHB Right arm fast medium 0 Toronto
Kenya
Coach: Sandeep Patil
No. Name Date of birth Batting Bowling style ODIs [6] Domestic team 5 Steve Tikolo (c) 25 June 1971 RHB Right arm medium 51 Swamibapa, Nairobi12 Joseph Angara 8 November 1971 RHB Right arm medium 15 Swamibapa, Nairobi1 Aasif Karim 15 December 1963 RHB Slow left arm orthodox 30 Jaffery, Mombasa18 Hitesh Modi 13 October 1971 LHB Right arm off spin 41 Nairobi Gymkhana, Kisumu22 Collins Obuya 27 July 1981 RHB Right arm leg spin 16 Ruaraka, Nairobi21 David Obuya (wk) 14 August 1979 RHB [wk] 16 Ruaraka, Nairobi55 Thomas Odoyo 12 May 1978 RHB Right arm medium fast 51 Nairobi Gymkhana, Nairobi69 Maurice Odumbe 15 June 1969 RHB Right arm off spin 50 Aga Khan, Nairobi77 Peter Ongondo 10 February 1977 RHB Right arm medium 8 Swamibapa, Nairobi28 Kennedy Otieno (wk) 11 March 1972 RHB Unknown 49 Ruaraka, Nairobi14 Brijal Patel 14 November 1977 RHB Slow left arm orthodox 13 Premier, Nairobi4 Ravindu Shah 28 August 1972 RHB Right arm medium 33 Nairobi Gymkhana, Nairobi10 Martin Suji 2 June 1971 RHB Right arm medium fast 49 Aga Khan, Nairobi9 Tony Suji 5 February 1976 RHB Right arm medium 35 Aga Khan, Nairobi7 Alpesh Vadher 7 September 1974 RHB Unknown 18 Premier, Nairobi
New Zealand
Coach: John Bracewell
No. Name Date of birth Batting Bowling style ODIs [6] Domestic team 7 Stephen Fleming (c) 1 April 1973 LHB Right arm medium 189 Wellington41 Andre Adams 17 July 1975 RHB Right arm fast medium 20 Auckland9 Nathan Astle 15 September 1971 RHB Right arm medium 167 Canterbury27 Shane Bond 7 June 1975 RHB Right arm fast 18 Canterbury6 Chris Cairns 13 June 1970 RHB Right arm fast medium 154 Canterbury5 Chris Harris 20 November 1969 LHB Right Arm Medium 219 Canterbury42 Brendon McCullum (wk) 27 September 1981 RHB Right Arm Medium 14 Otago10 Craig McMillan 13 September 1976 RHB Right arm medium 124 Canterbury20 Kyle Mills 15 March 1979 RHB Right arm fast medium 16 Auckland24 Jacob Oram 28 July 1978 LHB Right arm fast medium 29 Central Districts18 Mathew Sinclair 9 November 1975 RHB Right arm medium fast bowling 32 Central Districts56 Scott Styris 10 July 1975 RHB Right arm medium 51 Northern Districts14 Daryl Tuffey 11 June 1978 RHB Right arm fast medium 44 Northern Districts11 Daniel Vettori 27 January 1979 LHB Slow left arm orthodox 99 Northern Districts8 Lou Vincent (wk) 11 November 1978 RHB Right arm medium 47 Auckland
South Africa
Coach: Eric Simons
No. Name Date of birth Batting Bowling style ODIs [6] Domestic team 7 Shaun Pollock (c) 16 July 1973 RHB Right arm fast medium 180 KwaZulu-Natal12 Nicky Boje 20 March 1973 LHB Slow left arm orthodox 85 Free State9 Mark Boucher (wk) 6 December 1976 RHB Right arm medium 137 Border77 Boeta Dippenaar 14 June 1977 RHB Right arm off spin 50 Free State10 Allan Donald 20 October 1966 RHB Right arm fast 161 Free State00 Herschelle Gibbs 23 February 1974 RHB Right arm medium 117 Western Province99 Andrew Hall 31 July 1975 RHB Right arm fast medium 26 Northerns65 Jacques Kallis 16 October 1975 RHB Right arm fast medium 168 Western Province1 Gary Kirsten 23 November 1967 LHB Right arm off spin 179 Western Province69 Lance Klusener 4 September 1971 LHB Right arm fast medium 149 KwaZulu-Natal67 Charl Langeveldt 17 December 1974 RHB Right arm fast medium 3 Boland16 Makhaya Ntini 6 July 1977 RHB Right arm fast 62 Border13 Robin Peterson 4 August 1979 LHB Slow left arm orthodox 6 Eastern Province8 Jonty Rhodes 27 July 1969 RHB Right arm medium 243 KwaZulu-Natal15 Graeme Smith 1 February 1981 LHB Right arm off spin 19 Western Province14 Monde Zondeki 25 July 1982 RHB Right arm fast 2 Border
Sri Lanka
Coach: Dav Whatmore
No. Name Date of birth Batting Bowling style ODIs [6] Domestic team 07 Sanath Jayasuriya (c) 30 June 1969 LHB Slow left arm orthodox 287 Bloomfield69 Russel Arnold 25 October 1973 LHB Right arm off spin 109 Nondescripts46 Marvan Atapattu 22 November 1970 RHB Right arm leg spin 180 Sinhalese SC21 Charitha Buddhika 22 August 1980 RHB Right arm medium fast 14 Panadura23 Aravinda de Silva 17 October 1965 RHB Right arm off spin 298 Nondescripts26 Dilhara Fernando 19 July 1979 RHB Right arm fast 45 Sinhalese SC27 Pulasthi Gunaratne 27 September 1973 RHB Right arm fast medium 17 Tamil Union66 Avishka Gunawardene 26 May 1977 LHB Unknown 40 Sinhalese SC92 Mahela Jayawardene 27 May 1977 RHB Right arm medium 131 Sinhalese SC11 Jehan Mubarak 10 January 1981 LHB Right arm off spin 5 Colombo08 Muttiah Muralitharan 17 April 1972 RHB Right arm off spin 203 Tamil Union25 Prabath Nissanka 25 October 1980 RHB Right arm medium fast 11 Bloomfield84 Kumar Sangakkara (wk) 27 October 1977 LHB Right arm off spin 75 Nondescripts09 Hashan Tillakaratne 14 July 1967 LHB Right arm off spin 188 Nondescripts22 Chaminda Vaas 27 January 1974 LHB Left arm fast medium 210 Colts
West Indies
Coach: Roger Harper
No. Name Date of birth Batting Bowling style ODIs [6] Domestic team 4 Carl Hooper (c) 15 December 1966 RHB Right arm off spin 221 Guyana6 Shivnarine Chanderpaul 16 August 1974 LHB Right arm leg spin 126 Guyana17 Pedro Collins 12 August 1976 RHB Left arm fast medium 20 Barbados32 Corey Collymore 21 December 1977 RHB Right arm fast medium 31 Barbados23 Mervyn Dillon 5 June 1974 RHB Right arm fast medium 74 Trinidad and Tobago48 Vasbert Drakes 5 August 1969 RHB Right arm medium fast 17 Barbados45 Chris Gayle 21 September 1979 LHB Right arm off spin 62 Jamaica68 Wavell Hinds 7 September 1976 LHB Right arm medium 64 Jamaica7 Ridley Jacobs (wk) 26 November 1967 LHB Unknown 112 Leeward Islands9 Brian Lara 2 May 1969 LHB Right arm leg spin 203 Trinidad and Tobago38 Jermaine Lawson 13 January 1982 RHB Right arm fast medium 5 Jamaica77 Nixon McLean 20 July 1973 LHB Right arm fast medium 44 Windward Islands34 Ricardo Powell 16 December 1978 RHB Right arm off spin 58 Jamaica52 Marlon Samuels 5 January 1981 RHB Right arm off spin 39 Jamaica53 Ramnaresh Sarwan 23 June 1980 RHB Right arm leg spin 29 Guyana