# 2003 IWCC Trophy

The 2003 IWCC Trophy was an international women's cricket tournament held in the Netherlands from 21 to 26 July 2003. Organised by the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC). It was the inaugural edition of what is now the World Cup Qualifier.
The tournament featured six teams and was played using a round-robin format. The top two teams, Ireland and the West Indies, qualified for the 2005 World Cup in South Africa. All matches held One Day International (ODI) status, with Japan making its debut in that format and Scotland playing only its second ODI tournament. Ireland's Barbara McDonald was named the player of the tournament, while the leading runscorer and leading wicket taker, respectively, were Pauline te Beest of the Netherlands and Pakistan's 15-year-old off spinner, Sajjida Shah.

## Background and qualification

At all prior editions of the World Cup, participation had been determined by invitation only. The creation of a qualifying tournament, to be known as the IWCC Trophy, was proposed at the 1997 meeting of the IWCC committee in Calcutta, India. It was initially suggested that the inaugural tournament be held in 2002 for the planned 2004 World Cup, but the dates for both the IWCC Trophy and the World Cup were later shifted forward by one year. Six teams participated in the inaugural IWCC Trophy:
Ireland and the Netherlands qualified for the tournament based on their performance at the 2000 World Cup in New Zealand, where they were the bottom two teams. Of the other four teams, Pakistan and the West Indies had participated at the 1997 World Cup in India, while Scotland (one of the IWCC's newest members) had played in only one prior international tournament, the 2001 European Championship. Japan was making its international debut in women's cricket, with the sport having only popularised among women in the preceding decade.

## Squads

| Ireland | Japan | Netherlands |
| Clare Shillington (c) Emma Beamish Caitriona Beggs Una Budd Nicola Coffey Miriam Grealey Cecelia Joyce Isobel Joyce Anne Linehan Barbara McDonald Clare O'Leary Catherine O'Neill Heather Whelan Karen Young | Kaori Kato (c) Aya Fujishiro Ritsuko Hiroto Izumi Iimura Masumi Ishiyama Maki Kenjo Michiko Kono Shizuka Kubota Ema Kuribayashi Ayako Miyazaki Momoko Saito Eriko Sakata Yuko Sasaki Keiko Uchibori | Carolien Salomons (c) Merel de Regt Jolet Hartenhof Debbie Kooij Mandy Kornet Maartje Köster Sandra Kottman Inge Leurs Marjolijn Molenaar Helmien Rambaldo Annemarie Tanke Pauline te Beest Eugenie van Leeuwen Birgit Viguurs |
| Pakistan | Scotland | West Indies |
| Shaiza Khan (c) Batool Fatima Huda Ziad Khursheed Jabeen Kiran Baluch Mariam Butt Maryam Butt Nazia Nazir Sadia Butt Sajjida Shah Shabana Latif Zehmarad Afzal | Kari Anderson (c) Sahar Aslam Fiona Campbell Annette Drummond Aileen Galvin Shona McIntyre Sara MacLean Vari Maxwell Jenny Mudie Ali Ramsay Linda Spence Caroline Sweetman Fiona Urquhart Kathryn White | Stephanie Power (c) Candacy Atkins Felicia Cummings Shane de Silva Verena Felicien Doris Francis Nadine George Indomatie Goordial-John Debbie-Ann Lewis Anisa Mohammed Juliana Nero Philipa Thomas Envis Williams Nelly Williams |

## Venues

* Sportpark Het Loopveld, Amstelveen – one match
* Sportpark Drieburg, Amsterdam – one match
* Sportpark Hofbrouckerlaan, Oegstgeest – one match
* Sportpark Koninklijke HFC, Haarlem – two matches
* Donkerelaan, Bloemendaal – one match
* Sportpark Laag Zestienhoven, Rotterdam – one match
* Sportpark Harga, Schiedam – one match
* Sportpark Thurlede, Schiedam – one match
* Sportpark Klein Zwitserland, The Hague – one match
* Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg, The Hague – one match
* Sportpark Duivesteijn, Voorburg – one match
* VRA Ground, Amstelveen – three matches

## Group stage

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Ireland | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +1.718 |
| West Indies | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +1.198 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +2.127 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.155 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –2.042 |
| Japan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –3.637 |
* 21 July Scorecard
| Ireland 84 (44.3 overs) | v | West Indies 52 (24 overs) |
* Ireland won by 32 runs Sportpark Het Loopveld, Amstelveen
* Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
* 21 July Scorecard
| Pakistan 181/6 (50 overs) | v | Japan 28 (34 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 153 runs Sportpark Drieburg, Amsterdam
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Pakistan's Sajjida Shah took 7/4 from her eight overs, setting a record for the best bowling figures in women's ODIs that is yet to be broken. The previous record had been set by England's Jo Chamberlain, who took 7/8 against Denmark in 1991.
* 21 July Scorecard
| Netherlands 300/5 (50 overs) | v | Scotland 81/8 (46 overs) |
* Netherlands won by 208 runs (D/L) Sportpark Hofbrouckerlaan, Oegstgeest
* Scotland won the toss and elected to bowl.
* Scotland's target was 290 runs in 46 overs.
* The Dutch total of 300/5 set a new women's ODI record for the Netherlands, although it was broken two days later against Japan.
* 22 July Scorecard
| Japan 62 (50 overs) | v | Ireland 63/1 (9.5 overs) |
* Ireland won by 9 wickets Sportpark Koninklijke HFC, Haarlem
* Ireland won the toss and elected to bowl.
* 22 July Scorecard
| Netherlands 125/8 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 126/3 (37.1 overs) |
* West Indies won by 7 wickets Sportpark Koninklijke HFC, Haarlem
* West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl.
* 22 July Scorecard
| Pakistan 164/9 (50 overs) | v | Scotland 126 (49.5 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 38 runs Donkerelaan, Bloemendaal
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* 23 July Scorecard
| Pakistan 143/7 (50 overs) | v | Ireland 144/2 (35.5 overs) |
* Ireland won by 8 wickets Sportpark Laag Zestienhoven, Rotterdam
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* 23 July Scorecard
| Netherlands 375/5 (50 overs) | v | Japan 74 (43.4 overs) |
* Netherlands won by 301 runs Sportpark Harga, Schiedam
* Japan won the toss and elected to bowl.
* The Dutch total of 375/5 set a new women's ODI record for the Netherlands, surpassing the previous mark (300/5) that the Netherlands had set two days earlier against Scotland.
* 23 July Scorecard
| Scotland 74 (35.1 overs) | v | West Indies 75/0 (8.5 overs) |
* West Indies won by 10 wickets Sportpark Thurlede, Schiedam
* Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
* Scotland's first five batters to be dismissed were all run out.
* 25 July Scorecard
| Scotland 142 (45.1 overs) | v | Japan 85 (46.2 overs) |
* Scotland won by 57 runs Sportpark Klein Zwitserland, The Hague
* Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
* 25 July Scorecard
| Ireland 156 (49.5 overs) | v | Netherlands 87/8 (41 overs) |
* Ireland won by 46 runs (D/L) Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg, The Hague
* Netherlands won the toss and elected to bowl.
* The Netherlands' target was 134 runs in 41 overs.
* 25 July Scorecard
| Pakistan 93 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 94/3 (34 overs) |
* West Indies won by 7 wickets Sportpark Duivesteijn, Voorburg
* West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl.
* 26 July Scorecard
| Ireland 239/5 (50 overs) | v | Scotland 98 (31.2 overs) |
* Ireland won by 141 runs VRA Ground, Amstelveen
* Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
* 26 July Scorecard
| Japan 62 (49.2 overs) | v | West Indies 63/0 (9 overs) |
* West Indies won by 10 wickets VRA Ground, Amstelveen
* Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Anisa Mohammed (WI) made her women's One Day International debut.
* 26 July Scorecard
| Netherlands 179 (49.1 overs) | v | Pakistan 107/9 (50 overs) |
* Netherlands won by 72 runs VRA Ground, Amstelveen
* Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.

## Statistics
### Most runs

The top five tournament batsmen are included in this table, ordered by runs scored and then by batting average.
| Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | Highest | 100s | 50s |
| Pauline te Beest | Netherlands | 317 | 5 | 63.40 | 142 | 2 | 0 |
| Carolien Salomons | Netherlands | 140 | 5 | 28.00 | 60 | 0 | 1 |
| Debbie Kooij | Netherlands | 115 | 4 | 28.75 | 78 | 0 | 1 |
| Nadine George | West Indies | 114 | 5 | 38.00 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| Miriam Grealey | Ireland | 112 | 4 | 37.33 | 61* | 0 | 1 |
Source: CricketArchive

### Most wickets

The top five tournament bowlers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.
| Player | Team | Overs | Wkts | Ave | SR | Econ | BBI |
| Sajjida Shah | Pakistan | 41.0 | 12 | 8.00 | 20.50 | 2.34 | 7/4 |
| Barbara McDonald | Ireland | 43.0 | 11 | 5.54 | 23.45 | 1.41 | 4/13 |
| Catherine O'Neill | Ireland | 45.0 | 11 | 9.00 | 24.54 | 2.20 | 4/15 |
| Indomatie Goordial-John | West Indies | 32.1 | 8 | 7.37 | 24.12 | 1.83 | 4/17 |
| Verena Felicien | West Indies | 46.3 | 8 | 7.62 | 34.87 | 1.31 | 3/8 |
Source: CricketArchive