Australian spinner Brad Hogg binds up the World Cup 2007 esteem during the accepting in Perth in March, 2003. The 2003 World Cup was not usually about Australia’s delight over adversity, though additionally about protests, boycotts, the drug-ban as well as the little large players’ farewells.
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NEW DELHI (AFP) – The 2003 World Cup was not usually about Australia’s delight over adversity, though additionally about protests, boycotts, the drug-ban as well as the little large players’ farewells.
Australia suffered the blow even prior to the uncover had started when leg-spinner Shane Warne was ruled out of the contest after unwell the drug test. He was not to fool around for his organisation in one-day cricket thereafter.
Such was the abyss of Ricky Ponting’s side which they managed to find players to broach in vicious situations, similar to hard-hitting batsman Andrew Symonds as well as all-rounder Andy Bichel.
England boycotted their compare in Zimbabwe as well as New Zealand refused to fool around in Kenya upon reserve as well as domestic grounds. The points warranted by defaults helped Zimbabwe as well as Kenya have it to the Super Six stage.
Zimbabwean paceman Henry Olonga as well as wicketkeeper-batsman Andy Flower were shortly to be pushed in to outcast for their black armband criticism opposite the “death of democracy” in their country.
The contest was mutually hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe as well as Kenya as well as had the jot down fourteen teams, widely separated in to dual groups of 7 each.
Three tip sides from any organisation modernized to the Super Six, though the boycotts as well as the integrate of rain-marred games meant the integrate of large teams were separated prior to the semi-finals.
India’s Sachin Tendulkar binds the esteem for Man of the Tournament after the final of the World Cup during the Wanderers track in Johannesburg in March, 2003. The 2003 World Cup was not usually about Australia’s delight over adversity, though additionally about protests, boycotts, the drug-ban as well as the little large players’ farewells.
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The washouts probably separated Pakistan (v Zimbabwe) as well as the West Indies (v Bangladesh), whilst Shaun Pollock’s South Africans bent out after the distortion during their rain-hit compare opposite Sri Lanka.
When South African wicket-keeper Mark Boucher strike the penultimate round off what incited out to be the final over for the 6 to turn the scores, he suspicion the pursuit had been completed. But his organisation still indispensable the single some-more run to win.
The West Indies began impressively when they kick South Africa, pleasantness of Brian Lara’s dictatorial century.
Kenya done the warn semi-final coming though did not have the resources to widen India who competent for the final.
Sourav Ganguly’s Indians won 8 unbroken matches to arise honourable challengers to Australia in the final.
Sachin Tendulkar’s form was the prominence as he thick with 673 runs with the single hundred as well as 6 half-centuries to turn the tournament’s tip scorer.
Australia marched upon in cold blood notwithstanding losing Warne as well as afterwards in-form paceman Jason Gillespie to an damage after early matches.
They survived the integrate of concerned batting moments prior to violence Sri Lanka in the semi-final.
Ponting (140 not out) hijacked the final with the gem of the knock. He perceived profitable await from Damien Martyn (88 not out) to probably put the compare over India’s strech as his organisation set the unbending 360-run target.
Fast bowler Glenn McGrath rocked India with the esteem wicket of Tendulkar (four) in his opening spell. India seemed to be chasing the imagination afterward notwithstanding Virender Sehwag’s 82 as well as were bowled out for 234.
The contest saw the final Cup coming of South Africans Jonty Rhodes, Allan Donald as well as Gary Kirsten, Pakistani quick bowling good Wasim Akram, as well as Sri Lankan batsman Aravinda de Silva.
There was additionally the possibility for the lesser-known player to gleam as Canadian John Davison beaten the World Cup’s fastest century (off 67 balls), opposite the West Indies in the organisation compare during Centurion.
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