# 2002–03 World Series of Women's Cricket

The World Series of Women's Cricket was a Women's One Day International series which took place in New Zealand in January and February 2003. The four teams competing were Australia, England, India and New Zealand. The tournament consisted of a double round-robin group stage, in which Australia and New Zealand finished as the top two, and then a third-place play-off and a final were contested to decide the final positions. Australia defeated New Zealand by 109 runs in the final. The three matches that took place between Australia and New Zealand at the tournament were also played for the Rose Bowl, which was won by Australia 3–0. Following the tour, England went on to tour Australia for The Women's Ashes.

## Squads

| Australia | England | India | New Zealand |
| Belinda Clark (c) Alex Blackwell Kris Britt Melissa Bulow Cathryn Fitzpatrick Michelle Goszko Julie Hayes Mel Jones Emma Liddell Julia Price (wk) Karen Rolton Clea Smith Lisa Sthalekar | Clare Connor (c) Arran Brindle Sarah Collyer Charlotte Edwards Mandie Godliman (wk) Laura Harper Dawn Holden Kathryn Leng Laura Newton Lucy Pearson Nicky Shaw Laura Spragg Claire Taylor Clare Taylor | Anjum Chopra (c) Nooshin Al Khadeer Neetu David Rumeli Dhar Jhulan Goswami Bindeshwari Goyal Hemlata Kala Mamata Kanojia Reema Malhotra Babita Mandlik Sulakshana Naik (wk) Sunetra Paranjpe Mithali Raj Amita Sharma Jaya Sharma | Emily Drumm (c) Nicola Browne Amanda Green Frances King Maia Lewis Michelle Lynch Sara McGlashan Louise Milliken Nicola Payne Kate Pulford Rebecca Rolls (wk) Rebecca Steele Haidee Tiffen Aimee Watkins |

## Tour Matches

* 24 January 2003 Scorecard
| New Zealand A 155/8 (50 overs) | v | Australia 157/6 (43 overs) |
| Michelle Lynch 77 (142) Clea Smith 3/28 (8 overs) | | Karen Rolton 45 (52) Beth McNeill 1/16 (6 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 4 wickets Lincoln Green, Lincoln Umpires: Jeremy Busby (NZ) and Dave Quested (NZ)
* New Zealand A Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* 24 January 2003 Scorecard
| New Zealand 235/5 (50 overs) | v | India 35/1 (14 overs) |
| Rebecca Rolls 63 (76) Nooshin Al Khadeer 2/29 (8 overs) | | Jaya Sharma 11* (50) Louise Milliken 1/7 (3 overs) |
* No result Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Glenn Holdem (NZ) and Ian Shine (NZ)
* India Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 25 January 2003 Scorecard
| England 199/7 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand A 200/9 (49.4 overs) |
| Arran Brindle 75 (99) Maree Hannay 3/42 (9 overs) | | Megan Kane 57 (70) Nicky Shaw 3/33 (9 overs) |
* New Zealand A Women won by 1 wicket Lincoln Green, Lincoln Umpires: Mike George (NZ) and Dave Quested (NZ)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

## Points table

Note: P = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, BP = Bonus Points, CP = Consolation Points, Pts = Points, NRR = Net run rate.
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | BP | CP | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Australia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | +1.393 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 23 | +0.343 |
| 3 | India | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | −0.795 |
| 4 | England | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | −0.936 |
* Source: CricketArchive

## Fixtures
### Group stage

* 26 January 2003 Scorecard
| Australia 223/6 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 160/9 (50 overs) |
| Karen Rolton 86 (84) Frances King 4/24 (10 overs) | | Nicola Payne 36 (83) Karen Rolton 2/17 (6 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 63 runs Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Mike George (NZ)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Australia Women 6, New Zealand Women 0
* Kris Britt (Aus), Amanda Green and Michelle Lynch (NZ) all made their WODI debuts.
* 27 January 2003 Scorecard
| England 86 (35.5 overs) | v | India 89/4 (29.5 overs) |
| Charlotte Edwards 23 (54) Nooshin Al Khadeer 5/14 (6.5 overs) | | Jaya Sharma 33 (64) Clare Taylor 2/15 (9 overs) |
* India Women won by 6 wickets Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Mike George (NZ)
* India Women won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: India Women 6, England Women 0
* Rumeli Dhar (Ind) made her WODI debut.
* 28 January 2003 Scorecard
| New Zealand 248/5 (50 overs) | v | India 165/5 (50 overs) |
| Nicola Payne 93 (130) Nooshin Al Khadeer 2/44 (10 overs) | | Sunetra Paranjpe 41 (85) Emily Drumm 1/17 (3 overs) |
* New Zealand Women won by 83 runs Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln Umpires: Dave Quested (NZ) and Evan Watkin (NZ)
* New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: New Zealand Women 6, India Women 0
* Rebecca Steele (NZ) made her WODI debut.
* 29 January 2003 Scorecard
| England 156/8 (50 overs) | v | Australia 157/3 (39.3 overs) |
| Claire Taylor 35 (50) Emma Liddell 1/19 (8 overs) | | Karen Rolton 68* (102) Laura Harper 2/31 (10 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 7 wickets Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Kathy Cross (NZ)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Australia Women 6, England Women 0
* Alex Blackwell (Aus) made her WODI debut.
* 30 January 2003 Scorecard
| England 140 (46.4 overs) | v | New Zealand 141/6 (39.1 overs) |
| Sarah Collyer 29 (71) Emily Drumm 3/8 (5 overs) | | Rebecca Rolls 41 (33) Laura Harper 2/17 (10 overs) |
* New Zealand Women won by 4 wickets Lincoln No. 3, Lincoln Umpires: Evan Watkin (NZ) and Kathy Cross (NZ)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: New Zealand Women 6, England Women 0
* 1 February 2003 Scorecard
| Australia 216/9 (50 overs) | v | India 157/9 (50 overs) |
| Karen Rolton 68 (82) Neetu David 2/30 (10 overs) | | Mithali Raj 36 (51) Julie Hayes 3/28 (10 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 59 runs Lincoln No. 3, Lincoln Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Robert Anderson (NZ)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Australia Women 6, India Women 0
* Melissa Bulow (Aus), Babita Mandlik and Reema Malhotra (Ind) all made their WODI debuts.
* 2 February 2003 Scorecard
| Australia 226/8 (50 overs) | v | England 120 (50 overs) |
| Belinda Clark 81 (106) Sarah Collyer 2/31 (9 overs) | | Clare Connor 29 (69) Kris Britt 4/16 (7 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 106 runs Lincoln No. 3, Lincoln Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Robert Anderson (NZ)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Australia Women 6, England Women 0
* 2 February 2003 Scorecard
| New Zealand 239/9 (50 overs) | v | India 186 (47.2 overs) |
| Rebecca Rolls 59 (37) Nooshin Al Khadeer 4/38 (9 overs) | | Mithali Raj 82 (98) Emily Drumm 3/26 (7 overs) |
* New Zealand Women won by 57 runs Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln Umpires: Dave Quested (NZ) and Jeremy Busby (NZ)
* New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: New Zealand Women 6, India Women 0
* 3 February 2003 Scorecard
| England 173/9 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 174/3 (44.3 overs) |
| Sarah Collyer 39 (89) Rebecca Steele 3/31 (10 overs) | | Emily Drumm 93 (115) Dawn Holden 1/19 (5.3 overs) |
* New Zealand Women won by 7 wickets Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Robert Anderson (NZ)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: New Zealand Women 5, England Women 1
* 4 February 2003 Scorecard
| India 134/7 (50 overs) | v | Australia 135/1 (28 overs) |
| Anjum Chopra 25 (84) Alex Blackwell 2/18 (6 overs) | | Lisa Sthalekar 58* (80) Amita Sharma 1/25 (6 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 9 wickets Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln Umpires: Robert Anderson (NZ) and Tony Hill (NZ)
* India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Australia Women 6, India Women 0
* Mamata Kanojia (Ind) made her WODI debut.
* 6 February 2003 Scorecard
| New Zealand 174 (49.1 overs) | v | Australia 175/4 (40 overs) |
| Maia Lewis 43 (85) Cathryn Fitzpatrick 5/27 (9.1 overs) | | Belinda Clark 67 (87) Rebecca Steele 2/29 (10 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 6 wickets Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln Umpires: Glenn Holdem (NZ) and Tony Hill (NZ)
* New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Australia Women 6, New Zealand Women 0
* 6 February 2003 Scorecard
| England 208/4 (50 overs) | v | India 207 (50 overs) |
| Charlotte Edwards 79* (94) Neetu David 1/20 (10 overs) | | Mithali Raj 98 (126) Sarah Collyer 2/35 (9 overs) |
* England Women won by 1 run Lincoln No. 3, Lincoln Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Jeremy Busby (NZ)
* India Women won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: England Women 5, India Women 1

### Third-place play-off

* 7 February 2003 Scorecard
| England 191 (48.1 overs) | v | India 101 (43.5 overs) |
| Kathryn Leng 80 (109) Neetu David 3/42 (10 overs) | | Mithali Raj 26 (45) Sarah Collyer 3/9 (9.5 overs) |
* England Women won by 90 runs Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Tony Hill (NZ)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

### Final

* 8 February 2003 Scorecard
| Australia 214 (49.5 overs) | v | New Zealand 105 (30 overs) |
| Belinda Clark 80 (119) Frances King 3/44 (9.5 overs) | | Aimee Watkins 31 (42) Julie Hayes 3/31 (7 overs) |
* Australia Women won by 109 runs Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Tony Hill (NZ)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Australia Women won the 2002–03 World Series of Women's Cricket.
* Australia Women won the 2002–03 Rose Bowl 3–0.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Player | Team | Innings | Runs | Average | Strike rate | Highest Score |
| Belinda Clark | Australia | 7 | 343 | 49.00 | 64.83 | 81 |
| Mithali Raj | India | 7 | 292 | 41.71 | 67.28 | 98 |
| Karen Rolton | Australia | 7 | 291 | 58.20 | 81.51 | 86 |
| Lisa Sthalekar | Australia | 6 | 189 | 37.80 | 63.85 | 59 |
| Maia Lewis | Australia | 7 | 186 | 46.50 | 50.68 | 50 |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo |||||||

### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Overs | Wickets | Average | Economy | BBI |
| Cathryn Fitzpatrick | Australia | 54.1 | 15 | 10.06 | 2.78 | 5/27 |
| Nooshin Al Khadeer | India | 63.5 | 14 | 17.28 | 3.79 | 5/14 |
| Frances King | New Zealand | 43.1 | 11 | 15.90 | 4.05 | 4/24 |
| Julie Hayes | Australia | 65.0 | 10 | 17.70 | 2.72 | 3/28 |
| Emma Liddell | Australia | 62.0 | 9 | 21.11 | 3.06 | 3/31 |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo |||||||