# 2003 Cricket World Cup statistics

2003 Cricket World Cup statistics lists all the major statistics and records for the 2003 Cricket World Cup held in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya from 9 February to 24 March 2003.
Talha Jubair became the youngest player to participate in Cricket World Cup. Sri Lanka's clinical demolition of Canada for 36 runs created a new World Cup record for the lowest innings score, a dubious distinction that was, at the time, the lowest score in ODI history. Records tumbled when defending champions Australia took on minnows Namibia, with Glenn McGrath claiming the World Cup's best bowling figures (7/15), a performance that helped Australia defeat Namibia by 256 runs. Team-mate Adam Gilchrist created a new wicket-keeping dismissal record in the same match, with 6. Against Namibia, Indian players Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly recorded the second highest partnership in World Cup cricket (244 runs). India and Australia clashed in a one-sided battle in the final, with Australia creating multiple records (highest World Cup final score, highest score by a captain in a World Cup final – Ricky Ponting, most sixes by a batsman – Ponting) in a match; with Australia winning by 125 runs. Tendulkar's 673 runs, the second most runs scored in a single World Cup history to date (this was the highest number of runs scored by a batsman in a World Cup, until Virat Kohli scored 765 runs in the 2023 edition of the tournament), was the consolation for India as he won the 2003 Cricket World Cup Man of the Series award. The World Cup also saw fielding records in an innings (Mohammad Kaif) and tournament (Ponting). The World Cup broke the record for most sixes in the tournament (with 266), but this was easily surpassed in the 2007 edition (with 373).

## Records

| Country | Versus | Venue | Date |
| Canada | Sri Lanka | Paarl | 19-02-2003 |
| Lowest innings total in any World Cup – 36, by Canada Lowest innings total in any ODI – 36, by Canada (since beaten by Zimbabwe in 2003/4) Biggest Victory margin (By balls remaining) in World Cup history (50 over match) – 272 balls ||||
| New Zealand | West Indies | Port Elizabeth | 13-02-2003 |
| Seventh wicket partnership record for any World Cup – 98, by Ramnaresh Sarwan and Ridley Jacobs (West Indies) ||||
| Australia | Namibia | Potchefstroom | 27-02-2003 |
| Best bowling analysis in any World Cup innings – 7/15, by Glenn McGrath (Australia) Most runs off an over in any World Cup innings – 28, by Darren Lehmann (Australia, since beaten by Herschelle Gibbs) Highest Victory Margin (By runs) in World Cup – 256 runs, by Australia (since bettered by India against Bermuda in 2007 Cricket World Cup) Most wicket-keeper dismissals in any World Cup innings – 6, Adam Gilchrist (Australia) ||||
| India | Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 10-03-2003 |
| Most catches in an innings by a fielder in World Cup – Mohammad Kaif ||||
| Australia | India | Johannesburg | 23-03-2003 |
| Highest score by a team in World Cup final – Australia Highest score by an individual in World Cup final – Ricky Ponting (since bettered by Adam Gilchrist in the finals against Sri Lanka in the 2007 Cricket World Cup) Highest score by a captain in World Cup final – Ricky Ponting Most sixes in a single World Cup innings – 8, by Ricky Ponting (Australia, since equalled by Imran Nazir and Adam Gilchrist) Second most runs in a single World Cup – 673, by Sachin Tendulkar (India) Most wicketkeeping dismissals in a single World Cup – 21, by Adam Gilchrist (Australia) Most fielder catches in a single World Cup – 11, by Ricky Ponting (Australia) ||||

## Team totals
### Highest team totals

The highest score of the 2003 Cricket World Cup came in the finals when Australia scored 359 runs against India in 50 overs. This represents the highest score made in the finals of Cricket World Cup.
    Note: Only scores of 310 or higher are listed.
| Score (Overs) | Country | Versus | Venue | Date |
| 359–2 (50) | Australia | India | Johannesburg | 23-03-2003 |
| 340–2 (50) | Zimbabwe | Namibia | Harare | 10-02-2003 |
| 319–5 (50) | Australia | Sri Lanka | Centurion | 07-03-2003 |
| 314–4 (50) | Netherlands | Namibia | Bloemfontein | 03-03-2003 |
| 311–2 (50) | India | Namibia | Pietermaritzburg | 23-02-2003 |
| Source: CricketArchive.com Archived 27 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine |||||

### Lowest team totals

Canada were bowled out for the lowest ever total in World Cup history against Sri Lanka; which was also, at the time, the lowest ever total in ODI history.
    Note: Only scores of 100 or lower are listed.
| Score (Overs) | Country | Versus | Venue | Date |
| 36 (18.4) | Canada | Sri Lanka | Paarl | 19-02-2003 |
| 45 (14) | Namibia | Australia | Potchefstroom | 27-02-2003 |
| 84 (17.4) | Namibia | Pakistan | Kimberley | 16-02-2003 |
| Source: CricketArchive.com Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine |||||

## Bowling
### Most wickets in the tournament

Vaas's haul of 23 wickets in the tournament was, at the time, the record in World Cup history. His record was equalled or bettered by three bowlers in the 2007 edition of the World Cup (Glenn McGrath, Muttiah Muralitharan and Shaun Tait).
    Note: Only top 10 players shown. Sorted by wickets then bowling average.
| Player | Team | M | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Mdns | Avg | 4WI | 5WI | BBI | Econ | S/R |
| WPUJC Vaas | Sri Lanka | 10 | 88 | 331 | 23 | 14 | 14.39 | 1 | 1 | 6/25 | 3.76 | 22.9 |
| B Lee | Australia | 10 | 83.1 | 394 | 22 | 9 | 17.90 | 0 | 1 | 5/42 | 4.73 | 22.6 |
| GD McGrath | Australia | 11 | 87 | 310 | 21 | 18 | 14.76 | 0 | 1 | 7/15 | 3.56 | 24.8 |
| Z Khan | India | 11 | 88.2 | 374 | 18 | 5 | 20.77 | 1 | 0 | 4/42 | 4.23 | 29.4 |
| SE Bond | New Zealand | 8 | 78 | 305 | 17 | 12 | 17.94 | 0 | 1 | 6/23 | 3.91 | 27.5 |
| M Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 10 | 87.4 | 319 | 17 | 7 | 18.76 | 1 | 0 | 4/28 | 3.63 | 30.9 |
| AJ Bichel | Australia | 8 | 57 | 197 | 16 | 7 | 12.31 | 0 | 1 | 7/20 | 3.45 | 21.3 |
| VC Drakes | West Indies | 6 | 51.5 | 208 | 16 | 7 | 13.00 | 0 | 2 | 5/33 | 4.01 | 19.4 |
| J Srinath | India | 11 | 91.1 | 369 | 16 | 4 | 23.06 | 2 | 0 | 4/30 | 4.04 | 34.1 |
| A Nehra | India | 9 | 69.1 | 289 | 15 | 9 | 19.26 | 1 | 1 | 6/23 | 4.17 | 27.6 |
| Source: Cricinfo.com |||||||||||||

### Best bowling

    Note: Only top ten performances listed.
| Bowling figures Wickets-Runs (Overs) | Bowler | Country | Versus | Venue | Date |
| 7-15 (7) | GD McGrath | Australia | Namibia | Potchefstroom | 27-02-2003 |
| 7–20 (10) | AJ Bichel | Australia | England | Port Elizabeth | 02-03-2003 |
| 6–23 (10) | A Nehra | India | England | Durban | 26-02-2003 |
| 6–23 (10) | SE Bond | New Zealand | Australia | Port Elizabeth | 11-03-2003 |
| 6–25 (9.1) | WPUJC Vaas | Sri Lanka | Bangladesh | Pietermaritzburg | 14-02-2003 |
| 5–24 (10) | CO Obuya | Kenya | Sri Lanka | Nairobi (Gymkhana) | 24-02-2003 |
| 5–27 (9) | A Codrington | Canada | Bangladesh | Durban | 11-02-2003 |
| 5–28 (9) | Wasim Akram | Pakistan | Namibia | Kimberley | 16-02-2003 |
| 5–33 (10) | VC Drakes | West Indies | Kenya | Kimberley | 04-03-2003 |
| 5–42 (9.1) | B Lee | Australia | New Zealand | Port Elizabeth | 11-03-2003 |
| Source: Cricinfo.com ||||||

## Batting
### Most runs in the tournament

The 2003 Cricket World Cup had four cricketers scoring over 400 runs in the tournament (two Indians and two Australians), a record that has been bettered when ten cricketers scored more than 400 runs in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Sachin's 673 runs in the 2003 Cricket World Cup is the second highest number of runs scored in a single edition in World Cup history.
    Note: Only top 10 players shown. Sorted by total.
| Player | Team | M | I | NO | Total | Avg | 50s | 100s | Best | S/R |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India | 11 | 11 | 0 | 673 | 61.18 | 6 | 1 | 152 | 89.25 |
| SC Ganguly | India | 11 | 11 | 3 | 465 | 58.12 | 0 | 3 | 112* | 82.30 |
| RT Ponting | Australia | 11 | 10 | 2 | 415 | 51.87 | 1 | 2 | 140* | 87.92 |
| AC Gilchrist | Australia | 10 | 10 | 0 | 408 | 40.80 | 4 | 0 | 99 | 105.15 |
| HH Gibbs | South Africa | 6 | 6 | 2 | 384 | 96.00 | 2 | 1 | 143 | 100.78 |
| MS Atapattu | Sri Lanka | 10 | 10 | 3 | 382 | 54.57 | 1 | 2 | 124 | 84.51 |
| A Flower | Zimbabwe | 8 | 7 | 0 | 332 | 47.42 | 3 | 0 | 71 | 72.33 |
| ML Hayden | Australia | 11 | 11 | 1 | 328 | 32.80 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 80.00 |
| A Symonds | Australia | 9 | 5 | 3 | 326 | 163.00 | 2 | 1 | 143* | 90.55 |
| DR Martyn | Australia | 10 | 8 | 3 | 323 | 64.60 | 4 | 0 | 88* | 81.77 |
| Source: Cricinfo.com |||||||||||

### Highest individual scores

Twenty one individual centuries were scored in the 2003 Cricket World Cup, the highest across all editions.
    Note: The top ten scores are listed below.
| Runs | Balls | Batsman | Country | Versus | Venue | Date | Strike rate |
| 172* | 151 | CB Wishart | Zimbabwe | Namibia | Harare | 10-02-2003 | 113.91 |
| 152 | 151 | S Tendulkar | India | Namibia | Pietermaritzburg | 23-02-2003 | 100.66 |
| 143* | 125 | A Symonds | Australia | Pakistan | Johannesburg | 11-02-2003 | 114.40 |
| 143 | 141 | HH Gibbs | South Africa | New Zealand | Johannesburg | 16-02-2003 | 101.42 |
| 141 | 125 | SB Styris | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | Bloemfontein | 10-02-2003 | 112.80 |
| 140* | 121 | RT Ponting | Australia | India | Johannesburg | 23-03-2003 | 115.70 |
| 134* | 132 | SP Fleming | New Zealand | South Africa | Johannesburg | 16-02-2003 | 101.52 |
| 134* | 129 | KJJ van Noortwijk | Netherlands | Namibia | Bloemfontein | 03-03-2003 | 103.88 |
| 124 | 129 | MS Atapattu | Sri Lanka | South Africa | Durban | 03-03-2003 | 96.12 |
| 121 | 142 | JF Kloppenburg | Netherlands | Namibia | Bloemfontein | 03-03-2003 | 85.21 |
| Source: Cricinfo.com ||||||||

### Highest partnerships of the tournament

There were 25 century partnerships in the tournament, in comparison to 28 century partnerships in the 1999 Cricket World Cup. The top ten partnerships have been listed below. The 244 run partnership between Ganguly and Tendulkar is currently the second highest partnership in World Cup history.
| Runs | Wicket | Partnerships | Country | Versus | Venue | Date |
| 244 | 2nd | SC Ganguly/Sachin Tendulkar | India | Namibia | Pietermaritzburg | 23-02-2003 |
| 234* | 3rd | DR Martyn/RT Ponting | Australia | India | Johannesburg | 23-03-2003 |
| 228 | 2nd | JF Kloppenburg/KJJ van Noortwijk | Netherlands | Namibia | Bloemfontein | 03-03-2003 |
| 170 | 2nd | ST Jayasuriya/HP Tillakaratne | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | Bloemfontein | 10-02-2003 |
| 166* | 3rd | GW Flower/CB Wishart | Zimbabwe | Namibia | Harare | 10-02-2003 |
| 153 | 1st | V Sehwag/SR Tendulkar | India | Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 10-03-2003 |
| 152 | 4th | MS Atapattu/PA de Silva | Sri Lanka | South Africa | Durban | 03-03-2003 |
| 142* | 1st | HH Gibbs/G Kirsten | South Africa | Kenya | Potchefstroom | 12-02-2003 |
| 140* | 2nd | NJ Astle/SP Fleming | New Zealand | South Africa | Johannesburg | 16-02-2003 |
| 129* | 4th | R Dravid/M Kaif | India | New Zealand | Centurion | 14-03-2003 |
| Source: Cricinfo.com |||||||

### Highest partnerships for each wicket

| Wicket | Runs | Partnerships | Country | Versus | Venue | Date |
| 1st | 153 | SR Tendulkar/V Sehwag | India | Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 10-03-2003 |
| 2nd | 244 | SR Tendulkar/SC Ganguly | India | Namibia | Pietermaritzburg | 23-02-2003 |
| 3rd | 234* | RT Ponting/DR Martyn | Australia | India | Johannesburg | 23-03-2003 |
| 4th | 152 | MS Atapattu/PA de Silva | Sri Lanka | South Africa | Durban | 03-03-2003 |
| 5th | 118* | SC Ganguly/Yuvraj Singh | India | Kenya | Cape Town | 07-03-2003 |
| 6th | 90 | AJ Stewart/A Flintoff | England | Australia | Port Elizabeth | 02-03-2003 |
| 7th | 98 | RR Sarwan/RD Jacobs | West Indies | New Zealand | Port Elizabeth | 13-02-2003 |
| 8th | 97 | MG Bevan/AJ Bichel | Australia | New Zealand | Port Elizabeth | 11-03-2003 |
| 9th | 73* | MG Bevan/AJ Bichel | Australia | England | Port Elizabeth | 02-03-2003 |
| 10th | 54 | Saqlain Mushtaq/Shoaib Akhtar | Pakistan | England | Cape Town | 22-02-2003 |
| Source: cricketarchive.com |||||||

## Fielding
### Most catches in a match

| Catches | Player | Country | Versus | Venue | Date |
| 4 | M Kaif | India | Sri Lanka | Johannesburg | 10-03-2003 |
| 3 | V Sehwag | India | Netherlands | Paarl | 12-02-2003 |
| 3 | LJ Burger | Namibia | England | Port Elizabeth | 19-02-2003 |
| 3 | JP Maher | Australia | Netherlands | Potchefstroom | 20-02-2003 |
| 3 | HH Dippenaar | South Africa | Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | 22-02-2003 |
| 3 | D Mongia | India | Namibia | Pietermaritzburg | 23-02-2003 |
| 3 | V Sehwag | India | England | Durban | 26-02-2003 |
| 3 | AF Giles | England | Australia | Port Elizabeth | 02-03-2003 |
| Source: Cricinfo.com ||||||

### Most catches in the tournament

    Note: Only lists players with 6 catches or more.
| Catches | Player | Team | Matches |
| 11 | Ricky Ponting | Australia | 11 |
| 8 | Brett Lee | Australia | 10 |
| 8 | Virender Sehwag | India | 11 |
| 8 | Dinesh Mongia | India | 11 |
| 6 | Louis Burger | Namibia | 6 |
| 6 | Aravinda de Silva | Sri Lanka | 10 |
| 6 | Zaheer Khan | India | 11 |
| Source: Cricinfo.com ||||

## Wicket-keeping
### Most dismissals in a match

    Note: only top five performances listed (sorted by dismissals then date).
| Dismissals | Player | Country | Versus | Venue | Date |
| 6 (6c) | AC Gilchrist | Australia | Namibia | Potchefstroom | 27-02-2003 |
| 4 (3c+1st) | KC Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | Bloemfontein | 10-02-2003 |
| 4 (2c+2st) | KO Otieno | Kenya | Bangladesh | Johannesburg | 01-03-2003 |
| 4 (3c+1st) | KO Otieno | Kenya | Zimbabwe | Bloemfontein | 12-03-2003 |
| 4 (3c+1st) | KC Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | Australia | Port Elizabeth | 18-03-2003 |
| Source: Cricinfo.com ||||||

### Most dismissals in the tournament

    Note: Only top 10 players shown.
| Dismissals (stumpings) | Player | Team | Matches |
| 21 | Adam Gilchrist | Australia | 10 |
| 17 (2) | Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | 10 |
| 16 (1) | Rahul Dravid | India | 11 |
| 12 (4) | Kennedy Otieno | Kenya | 9 |
| 11 | Mark Boucher | South Africa | 6 |
| 10 (2) | Ashish Bagai | Canada | 6 |
| 9 | Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | 7 |
| 8 (1) | Rashid Latif | Pakistan | 6 |
| 8 (1) | Ridley Jacobs | West Indies | 6 |
| 7 (1) | Alec Stewart | England | 5 |
| Source: Cricinfo.com ||||

## Tied matches

After the tied semifinal match in the 1999 Cricket World cup that eliminated them South Africa were held to another tie when they scored 229 in 45 overs, needing 230 to win by the Duckworth–Lewis method, against Sri Lanka. South Africa needed a win to progress to the "Super-6" stage, but were ultimately eliminated from the tournament.
| Match | Scores | Venue | Date |
| South Africa vs Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka 268–9 (50 overs), South Africa 229/6 (45 overs) | Durban | 03-03-2003 |