2003 Cricket World Cup

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Preliminary Round Results

• 9 February 2003 South Africa v West Indies - West Indies won by 3 runs.
• 10 February 2003 Zimbabwe v Namibia - Zimbabwe won by 86 runs.
• 10 February 2003 New Zealand v Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka won by 47 runs.
• 11 February 2003 Australia v Pakistan - Australia won by 82 runs.
• 11 February 2003 Bangladesh v Canada - Canada won by 60 runs.
• 12 February 2003 India v Netherlands - India won by 68 runs.
• 12 February 2003 South Africa v Kenya - South Africa won by 10 wickets.
• 13 February 2003 New Zealand v West Indies - New zealand won by 20 runs.
• 13 February 2003 England v Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe won by default.
• 14 February 2003 Bangladesh v Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets.
• 15 February 2003 Australia v India - Australia won by 9 wickets.
• 15 February 2003 Canada v Kenya - Kenya won by 4 wickets.
• 16 February 2003 New Zealand v South Africa - New Zealand won by 9 wickets.
• 16 February 2003 England v Holland - England won by 6 wickets.
• 16 February 2003 Pakistan v Namibia - Pakistan won by 171 runs.
• 18 February 2003 West Indies v Kenya - match abandoned due to rain.
• 19 February 2003 Sri Lanka v Canada - Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets.
• 19 February 2003 India v Zimbabwe - India won by 83 runs.
• 19 February 2003 England v Namibia - England won by 55 runs.
• 20 February 2003 Australia v Netherlands - Australia won by 75 runs.
• 21 February 2003 Kenya v New Zealand - Kenya won by default.
• 22 February 2003 South Africa v Bangladesh - South africa won by 10 wickets.
• 22 February 2003 England v Pakistan - England won by 112 runs.
• 23 February 2003 West Indies v Canada - West Indies won by 7 wickets.
• 23 February 2003 India v Namibia - India won by 181 runs.
• 24 February 2003 Kenya v Sri Lanka - Kenya won by 53 runs.
• 24 February 2003 Australia v Zimbabwe - Australia won by 7 wickets.
• 25 February 2003 Pakistan v Netherlands - Pakistan won by 97 runs.
• 26 February 2003 New Zealand v Bangladesh - New Zealand won by 7 wickets.
• 26 February 2003 England v India - India won by 82 runs.
• 27 February 2003 Australia v Namibia - Australia won by 256 runs.
• 27 February 2003 South Africa v Canada - South Africa won by 118 runs.
• 28 February 2003 Zimbabwe v Netherlands - Zimbabwe won by 99 runs.
• 28 February 2003 West Indies v Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka won by 6 runs.
• 1 March 2003 India v Pakistan - India won by 6 wickets.
• 1 March 2003 Kenya v Bangladesh - Kenya won by 32 runs.
• 2 March 2003 England v Australia - Australia won by 2 wickets.
• 3 March 2003 New Zealand v Canada - New Zealand won by 5 wickets.
• 3 March 2003 South Africa v Sri Lanka - tied after rain interruption.†
• 4 March 2003 Zimbabwe v Pakistan - no result due to rain.
• 4 March 2003 West Indies v Kenya - West Indies won by 142 runs.

† Before the game was delayed and ultimately called off for rain, the South African team gave to the batsmen a table showing the number of runs required after each ball the remainder of the match assuming that rain would conclude the game after that particular ball. One ball before the rain interruption began, South Africa scored the requisite number of runs. On the next ball, it appeared that the batsmen could take a run, but they decided not to take a risk, assuming that they had already scored the appropriate number of runs. After the game was abandoned, the South Africans discovered that the rain-rule table gave not the number of runs required for a win, but the runs required for a tie. Thus, the match ended in a tie, and South Africa lost all mathematical chances of proceeding to the Super Six. Incidentally, South Africa could not proceed to the Final of the 1999 cricket World Cup too, due to a tie in the match with Australia in the semifinals.

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