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2003 Cricket World Cup statistics lists all the major statistics and records for the 2003 Cricket World Cup

2003 Cricket World Cup

-Group stage tables and results:The top three teams from each pool qualify for the next stage, carrying forward the points already scored against fellow qualifiers, plus a quarter of the points scored against the teams that failed to qualify.-Pool A:...

held in South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

and Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

from 9 February to 24 March 2003.

Talha Jubair

Talha Jubair

Talha Jubair is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 7 Tests and 6 ODIs from 2002 to 2004.Once dubbed as a budding Glenn McGrath, he has failed to live up to the expectations....

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

Glenn McGrath

Glenn Donald McGrath AM , nicknamed "Pigeon", is a former Australian cricket player. He is one of the most highly regarded fast-medium pace bowlers in cricketing history, and a leading contributor to Australia's domination of world cricket from the mid-1990s to the early 21st century...

claiming the World Cup's best bowling figures

Bowling analysis

In the sport of cricket, a bowling analysis usually refers to a notation summarising a bowler's performance in terms of overs bowled, how many of those overs are maidens , total runs conceded and number of wickets taken...

(7/15), a performance that helped Australia defeat Namibia by 256 runs. Team-mate Adam Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist

Adam Craig Gilchrist AM , nicknamed "Gilly" or "Churchy", is an Australian international cricketer who currently captains Kings XI Punjab and recently captained Middlesex. He is an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-keeper, who redefined the role for the Australian national...

created a new wicket-keeping

Wicket-keeper

The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...

dismissal record in the same match, with 6. Against Namibia, Indian players Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket. He is the only male player to score a double century in the history of ODI cricket...

and Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Chandidas Ganguly is a former Indian cricketer, and captain of the Indian national team. Born into an affluent family, Ganguly was introduced into the world of cricket by his elder brother Snehasish. He is regarded as one of India's most successful captains in modern times. He started his...

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

Ricky Ponting

Ricky Thomas Ponting , nicknamed Punter, is an Australian cricketer, a former captain of the Australian cricket team between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 2011 in One Day International cricket. He is a specialist right-handed batsman, slips and close catching fielder, as well as a very...

, most number of sixes by a batsman - Ponting) in a match; with Australia winning by 125 runs. Tendulkar's 673 runs, the most runs scored in a single World Cup history to date, 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 number of sixes in the tournament (with 266), but this was easily surpassed in the 2007 edition

2007 Cricket World Cup

The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007, using the sport's One Day International format...

(with 373).

Records

Country	Venue	Date
	Paarl Boland Park Boland Bank Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Paarl, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and hosted three matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Boland cricket team and the Cape Cobras both stage home matches at the ground. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000...	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
	Port Elizabeth Sahara Oval St George's St George’s Park Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. It is the home of the Port Elizabeth Cricket Club, one of the oldest cricket clubs in South Africa, and the Eastern Province Club...	13-02-2003
Seventh wicket partnership record for any World Cup - 98, by Ramnaresh Sarwan Ramnaresh Sarwan Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese origin and a member of the West Indies cricket team.... and Ridley Jacobs Ridley Jacobs Ridley Detamore Jacobs , is a left-handed batsman who was a regular fixture in the West Indian cricket team in the 1990s and 2000s. He made his Test match debut on his 31st birthday, playing in 65 Tests in six years... (West Indies)
	Potchefstroom	27-02-2003
Best bowling analysis in any World Cup innings - 7/15, by Glenn McGrath Glenn McGrath Glenn Donald McGrath AM , nicknamed "Pigeon", is a former Australian cricket player. He is one of the most highly regarded fast-medium pace bowlers in cricketing history, and a leading contributor to Australia's domination of world cricket from the mid-1990s to the early 21st century... (Australia) Most runs off an over in any World Cup innings - 28, by Darren Lehmann Darren Lehmann Darren Scott Lehmann is a former Australian cricketer, who made his ODI debut in 1996 and Test debut in 1998. He was on the fringes of national selection for the entirety of the 1990s, and only became a regular in the ODI team in 2001 and Test team in late 2002, before being dropped in early 2005... (Australia, since beaten by Herschelle Gibbs Herschelle Gibbs Herschelle Herman Gibbs is a South African cricketer, more specifically a batsman.Gibbs was schooled at St Joseph's Marist College and then Diocesan College in Rondebosch... ) 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)
	Johannesburg Wanderers Stadium BIDVest Wanderers Stadium is a stadium situated just south of Sandton in Illovo, Johannesburg in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Test, One Day and First class cricket matches are played here. It is also the home ground for the Highveld Lions, formerly known as Gauteng .The stadium has a seating...	10-03-2003
Most catches in an innings by a fielder in World Cup - Mohammad Kaif
	Johannesburg Wanderers Stadium BIDVest Wanderers Stadium is a stadium situated just south of Sandton in Illovo, Johannesburg in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Test, One Day and First class cricket matches are played here. It is also the home ground for the Highveld Lions, formerly known as Gauteng .The stadium has a seating...	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 Adam Gilchrist Adam Craig Gilchrist AM , nicknamed "Gilly" or "Churchy", is an Australian international cricketer who currently captains Kings XI Punjab and recently captained Middlesex. He is an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-keeper, who redefined the role for the Australian national... 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 Imran Nazir Imran Nazir is a Pakistani right handed batsman in cricket who represented the Pakistan national cricket team in Test cricket, One Day International and Twenty20 cricket matches.-Career:... and Adam Gilchrist Adam Gilchrist Adam Craig Gilchrist AM , nicknamed "Gilly" or "Churchy", is an Australian international cricketer who currently captains Kings XI Punjab and recently captained Middlesex. He is an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-keeper, who redefined the role for the Australian national... ) Most runs in a single World Cup – 673, by Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket. He is the only male player to score a double century in the history of ODI cricket... (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)

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)	Venue	Date
359-2 (50)	Johannesburg Wanderers Stadium BIDVest Wanderers Stadium is a stadium situated just south of Sandton in Illovo, Johannesburg in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Test, One Day and First class cricket matches are played here. It is also the home ground for the Highveld Lions, formerly known as Gauteng .The stadium has a seating...	23-03-2003
340-2 (50)	Harare Harare Sports Club Harare Sports Club is a cricket ground in Harare, Zimbabwe. Initially known as Salisbury Sports Club, Harare Sports Club has served as the primary cricket venue in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe since its inception. The ground became a Test venue in October 1992 when Zimbabwe played their inaugural Test,...	10-02-2003
319-5 (50)	Centurion	07-03-2003
314-4 (50)	Bloemfontein	03-03-2003
311-2 (50)	Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg Oval City Oval is a multi-purpose stadium in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and hosted two matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. The stadium has a capacity of 12,000 people. It has a tree within the boundary ropes, similar to St Lawrence Ground,...	23-02-2003
Source: CricketArchive.com

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)	Venue	Date
36 (18.4)	Paarl Boland Park Boland Bank Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Paarl, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and hosted three matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Boland cricket team and the Cape Cobras both stage home matches at the ground. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000...	19-02-2003
45 (14)	Potchefstroom	27-02-2003
84 (17.4)	Kimberley De Beers Diamond Oval De Beers Diamond Oval is a multi-purpose stadium in Kimberley, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and hosted three matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. The stadium has a capacity of 11,000 people.-External links:* *...	16-02-2003
Source: CricketArchive.com

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

Muttiah Muralitharan

Muttiah Muralitharan , often referred to as Murali, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who was rated the greatest Test match bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002...

and Shaun Tait

Shaun Tait

Shaun William Tait is a professional Australian cricketer, who currently plays only in the Twenty20 format. Tait plays domestic cricket for South Australia and is also a representative for Australia at Twenty20 International level; he has also represented his country in One Day Internationals and...

Note: Only top 10 players shown. Sorted by wickets then bowling average.

Player	M	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Mdns	Avg	4WI	5WI	BBI	Econ	S/R
WPUJC Vaas Chaminda Vaas Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas , usually known as Chaminda Vaas, is a Sri Lankan cricketer is regarded as the best fast bowler to have come out of the country - he has been described as the 'most penetrative and successful new-ball bowler Sri Lanka have had'...	10	88	331	23	14	14.39	1	1	6/25	3.76	22.9
B Lee Brett Lee Brett Lee is an Australian cricketer.After breaking into the Australian Test team, Lee was recognised as one of the fastest bowlers in world cricket...	10	83.1	394	22	9	17.90	0	1	5/42	4.73	22.6
GD McGrath Glenn McGrath Glenn Donald McGrath AM , nicknamed "Pigeon", is a former Australian cricket player. He is one of the most highly regarded fast-medium pace bowlers in cricketing history, and a leading contributor to Australia's domination of world cricket from the mid-1990s to the early 21st century...	11	87	310	21	18	14.76	0	1	7/15	3.56	24.8
Z Khan Zaheer Khan Zaheer Khan is an Indian cricketer who has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000. A left arm fast bowler considered as the best of the Indian fast bowling attack, Zaheer is known for his ability to swing the ball both ways, and as a batsman also holds the record for the highest Test...	11	88.2	374	18	5	20.77	1	0	4/42	4.23	29.4
SE Bond Shane Bond Shane Edward Bond was a New Zealand cricketer, described as "New Zealand's best fast bowler since Sir Richard Hadlee". He has represented New Zealand in Test, ODI and Twenty20 International cricket as well as playing for Canterbury in New Zealand domestic cricket and Warwickshire in English...	8	78	305	17	12	17.94	0	1	6/23	3.91	27.5
M Muralitharan Muttiah Muralitharan Muttiah Muralitharan , often referred to as Murali, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who was rated the greatest Test match bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002...	10	87.4	319	17	7	18.76	1	0	4/28	3.63	30.9
AJ Bichel Andy Bichel Andrew John Bichel is a retired Australian cricket player and was the bowling coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2009 Indian Premier League....	8	57	197	16	7	12.31	0	1	7/20	3.45	21.3
VC Drakes Vasbert Drakes Vasbert Conniel Drakes is a West Indian cricketer. He was a right-arm fast bowler and handy right-hand lower order batsman....	6	51.5	208	16	7	13.00	0	2	5/33	4.01	19.4
J Srinath Javagal Srinath Javagal Srinath is a former Indian cricketer. He was a frontline fast bowler for the Indian cricket team until his retirement, being the second Indian pace bowler after Kapil Dev to take 200 Test wickets. One ball that he bowled during the 1996 tour of South Africa measured...	11	91.1	369	16	4	23.06	2	0	4/30	4.04	34.1
A Nehra Ashish Nehra Ashish Nehra is an Indian cricketer who has represented India at the international level since 1999.Nehra started playing first-class cricket for his hometown, Delhi, in the 1997/1998 season and made his Test debut against Sri Lanka at Colombo in 1999 and his ODI debut against Zimbabwe at Harare...	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.

{| class="wikitable" width="75%"
! Bowling figures
Wickets-Runs (Overs)
! Bowler
! Country
! Versus
! Venue
! Date
|-
| 7-15 (7) || GD McGrath

Glenn McGrath

|| || Namibia

Namibia national cricket team

The Namibia cricket team is the team that represents the country of Namibia in international cricket matches. It is governed by Cricket Namibia, an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1992 and became part of the High Performance Program in 2007. They took part in the 2003...

|| Potchefstroom || 27-02-2003
|-
| 7-20 (10) || AJ Bichel

Andy Bichel

Andrew John Bichel is a retired Australian cricket player and was the bowling coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2009 Indian Premier League....

|| || England || Port Elizabeth

Sahara Oval St George's

St George’s Park Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. It is the home of the Port Elizabeth Cricket Club, one of the oldest cricket clubs in South Africa, and the Eastern Province Club...

|| 02-03-2003
|-
| 6-23 (10) || A Nehra

Ashish Nehra

Ashish Nehra is an Indian cricketer who has represented India at the international level since 1999.Nehra started playing first-class cricket for his hometown, Delhi, in the 1997/1998 season and made his Test debut against Sri Lanka at Colombo in 1999 and his ODI debut against Zimbabwe at Harare...

|| || England || Durban

Sahara Stadium Kingsmead

Kingsmead is a cricket ground in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It operates under the sponsorship-based name of Sahara Stadium Kingsmead where Sahara is the trademark of a sponsor from the IT industry. Its stated capacity is 25,000, although grass terracing makes up part of the viewing area....

|| 26-02-2003
|-
| 6-23 (10) || SE Bond

Shane Bond

Shane Edward Bond was a New Zealand cricketer, described as "New Zealand's best fast bowler since Sir Richard Hadlee". He has represented New Zealand in Test, ODI and Twenty20 International cricket as well as playing for Canterbury in New Zealand domestic cricket and Warwickshire in English...

|| || Australia || Port Elizabeth

Sahara Oval St George's

|| 11-03-2003
|-
| 6-25 (9.1) || WPUJC Vaas

Chaminda Vaas

Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas , usually known as Chaminda Vaas, is a Sri Lankan cricketer is regarded as the best fast bowler to have come out of the country - he has been described as the 'most penetrative and successful new-ball bowler Sri Lanka have had'...

|| || Bangladesh || Pietermaritzburg

Pietermaritzburg Oval

City Oval is a multi-purpose stadium in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and hosted two matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. The stadium has a capacity of 12,000 people. It has a tree within the boundary ropes, similar to St Lawrence Ground,...

|| 14-02-2003
|-
| 5-24 (10) || CO Obuya || || Sri Lanka || Nairobi (Gymkhana)

Nairobi Gymkhana Club

Nairobi Gymkhana Club is a cricket ground and team in Nairobi, Kenya. It hosted two matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. The ground has a capacity of 7,000 people. It is located north of the central business district, but not far from it....

|| 24-02-2003
|-
| 5-27 (9) || A Codrington

Austin Codrington

Austin Codrington is a Jamaican-born cricketer who plays for Canada. He is primarily a bowler but can contribute useful runs near the bottom of the order on occasion; as of 2005 he has a highest first-class score of 48...

|| || Bangladesh || Durban

Sahara Stadium Kingsmead

|| 11-02-2003
|-
| 5-28 (9) || Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram is a former Pakistani left arm fast bowler and left-handed batsman in cricketer and model. who represented the Pakistan national cricket team in Test cricket and One Day International matches....

|| || Namibia

Namibia national cricket team

|| Kimberley

De Beers Diamond Oval

De Beers Diamond Oval is a multi-purpose stadium in Kimberley, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and hosted three matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. The stadium has a capacity of 11,000 people.-External links:* *...

|| 16-02-2003
|-
| 5-33 (10) || VC Drakes

Vasbert Drakes

Vasbert Conniel Drakes is a West Indian cricketer. He was a right-arm fast bowler and handy right-hand lower order batsman....

|| || Kenya || Kimberley

De Beers Diamond Oval

|| 04-03-2003
|-
| 5-42 (9.1) || B Lee

Brett Lee

Brett Lee is an Australian cricketer.After breaking into the Australian Test team, Lee was recognised as one of the fastest bowlers in world cricket...

|| || New Zealand || Port Elizabeth

Sahara Oval St George's

|| 11-03-2003
|-
| colspan=6 | Source: Cricinfo.com

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. Tendulkar's 673 runs in the 2003 Cricket World Cup is the current record for most runs scored in a single edition in World Cup history.

Note: Only top 10 players shown. Sorted by total.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" width="75%"
! Player
! Team
! M
! I

Innings

An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of sports – most notably cricket and baseball during which one team attempts to score while the other team attempts to prevent the first from scoring. In cricket, the term innings is both singular and plural and is...

! NO

Not out

In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...

! Total
! Avg
! 50s
! 100s
! Best
! S/R
|-
| align="left"|SR Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar

||align="left"| || 11 || 11 || 0 || 673 || align="right"| 61.18 || 6 || 1 ||align="right"| 152 || align="right"|89.25
|-
| align="left"|SC Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly

|| align="left"| || 11 || 11 || 3 || 465 || align="right"|58.12 || 0 || 3 || align="right"|112* || align="right"|82.30
|-
| align="left"|RT Ponting

Ricky Ponting

|| align="left"| || 11 || 10 || 2 || 415 || align="right"|51.87 || 1 || 2 || align="right"|146* || align="right"|87.92
|-
| align="left"|AC Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist

||align="left"| || 10 || 10 || 0 || 408 || align="right"|40.80 || 4 || 0 || align="right"|99 || align="right"|105.15
|-
| align="left"|HH Gibbs

Herschelle Gibbs

Herschelle Herman Gibbs is a South African cricketer, more specifically a batsman.Gibbs was schooled at St Joseph's Marist College and then Diocesan College in Rondebosch...

|| align="left"| || 6 || 6 || 2 || 384 || align="right"|96.00 || 2 || 1 ||align="right"| 143 || align="right"|100.78
|-
| align="left"|MS Atapattu

Marvan Atapattu

Marvan Samson Atapattu is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former Sri Lankan captain. Towards the end of his career he joined the Indian Cricket League and captained the Delhi Giants...

|| align="left"| || 10 || 10 || 3 || 382 || align="right"|54.57 || 1 || 2 || align="right"|124 || align="right"|84.51
|-
| align="left"|A Flower

Andy Flower

Andrew "Andy" Flower OBE is a former international cricketer for Zimbabwe and is currently the England coach.-Playing career:...

|| align="left"| || 8 || 7 || 0 || 332 || align="right"|47.42 || 3 || 0 || align="right"|71 || align="right"|72.33
|-
| align="left"|ML Hayden

Matthew Hayden

Matthew Lawrence Hayden AM is a former Australian cricketer, and was signed to the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL until the 2010 season. Hayden is a powerful and aggressive left-handed opening batsman, known for his ability to score quickly at both Test and one day levels.Hayden holds the record...

|| align="left"| || 11 || 11 || 1 || 328 || align="right"|32.80 || 1 || 0 || align="right"|88 || align="right"|80.00
|-
| align="left"|A Symonds

Andrew Symonds

Andrew Symonds is a former Australian cricket team all-rounder. A two-time World Cup winner, Symonds is a right-handed middle order batsman and alternates between medium pace and off-spin bowling....

|| align="left"| || 9 || 5 || 3 || 326 || align="right"|163.00 || 2 || 1 ||align="right"| 143* || align="right"|90.55
|-
| align="left"|DR Martyn

Damien Martyn

Damien Richard Martyn is a former Australian cricketer. He played for the national team sporadically in 1992–1994 before becoming a regular ODI player in 1999–2000 and a regular Test player in 2001 until his retirement in late 2006...

|| align="left"||| 10 || 8 || 3 ||323|| align="right"|64.60 || 4 || 0 || align="right"| 88* || align="right"|81.77
|-
| colspan=13 align="left"| 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.

{| class="wikitable" width="75%"
! Runs
! Balls
! Batsman
! Country
! Versus
! Venue
! Date
! Strike Rate
|-
| 172*
| 151
| CB Wishart

Craig Wishart

Craig Brian Wishart is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who retired in 2005 .During his career he played for several Mashonaland districts as well as the Zimbabwean national team. He made his Test debut in 1995 in Harare...

|
| Namibia

Namibia national cricket team

| Harare

Harare Sports Club

Harare Sports Club is a cricket ground in Harare, Zimbabwe. Initially known as Salisbury Sports Club, Harare Sports Club has served as the primary cricket venue in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe since its inception. The ground became a Test venue in October 1992 when Zimbabwe played their inaugural Test,...

| 10-02-2003
| align="right"|113.91
|-
| 152
| 151
| SR Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar

|
| Namibia

Namibia national cricket team

| Pietermaritzburg

Pietermaritzburg Oval

| 23-02-2003
| align="right"|100.66
|-
| 143*
| 125
| A Symonds

Andrew Symonds

Andrew Symonds is a former Australian cricket team all-rounder. A two-time World Cup winner, Symonds is a right-handed middle order batsman and alternates between medium pace and off-spin bowling....

|
| Pakistan
| Johannesburg

Wanderers Stadium

BIDVest Wanderers Stadium is a stadium situated just south of Sandton in Illovo, Johannesburg in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Test, One Day and First class cricket matches are played here. It is also the home ground for the Highveld Lions, formerly known as Gauteng .The stadium has a seating...

| 11-02-2003
| align="right"|114.40
|-
| 143
| 141
| HH Gibbs

Herschelle Gibbs

Herschelle Herman Gibbs is a South African cricketer, more specifically a batsman.Gibbs was schooled at St Joseph's Marist College and then Diocesan College in Rondebosch...

|
| New Zealand
| Johannesburg

Wanderers Stadium

| 16-02-2003
| align="right"|101.42
|-
| 141
| 125
| SB Styris

Scott Styris

Scott Bernardo Styris is an Australian-born New Zealand cricketer. An allrounder, Styris is an aggressive right-handed middle order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler....

|
| Sri Lanka
| Bloemfontein
| 10-02-2003
| align="right"|112.80
|-
| 146*
| 121
| RT Ponting

Ricky Ponting

|
| India
| Johannesburg

Wanderers Stadium

| 23-03-2003
| align="right"|115.70
|-
| 134*
| 132
| SP Fleming

Stephen Fleming

Stephen Paul Fleming ONZM is a New Zealand cricketer, and the former captain of the New Zealand national cricket team, known as the Black Caps, in Test and one-day cricket...

|
| South Africa
| Johannesburg

Wanderers Stadium

| 16-02-2003
| align="right"|101.52
|-
| 134*
| 129
| KJJ van Noortwijk

Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk

Klaas-Jan Jeroen van Noortwijk is a Dutch cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He started playing cricket at VOC in Rotterdam when he was 8 years old. A back injury prevented him from pursuing a bowling-career, but gave him the opportunity to concentrate on...

|
| Namibia

Namibia national cricket team

| Bloemfontein
| 03-03-2003
| align="right"|103.88
|-
| 124
| 129
| MS Atapattu

Marvan Atapattu

Marvan Samson Atapattu is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former Sri Lankan captain. Towards the end of his career he joined the Indian Cricket League and captained the Delhi Giants...

|
| South Africa
| Durban

Sahara Stadium Kingsmead

| 03-03-2003
| align="right"|96.12
|-
| 121
| 142
| JF Kloppenburg

Feiko Kloppenburg

Jan Feiko Kloppenburg is a Dutch cricketer: a right-handed opening batsman who also bowls right-arm medium pace....

|
| Namibia

Namibia national cricket team

| Bloemfontein
| 03-03-2003
| align="right"|85.21
|-
|colspan=8|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.

{| class="wikitable" width="75%"
! Runs
! Wicket
! Partnerships
! Country
! Versus
! Venue
! Date
|-
| 244
| 2nd
| SC Ganguly/Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar

|
| Namibia

Namibia national cricket team

| Pietermaritzburg

Pietermaritzburg Oval

| 23-02-2003
|-
| 234*
| 3rd
| DR Martyn

Damien Martyn

/RT Ponting

Ricky Ponting

|
| India
| Johannesburg

Wanderers Stadium

| 23-03-2003
|-
| 228
| 2nd
| JF Kloppenburg

Feiko Kloppenburg

Jan Feiko Kloppenburg is a Dutch cricketer: a right-handed opening batsman who also bowls right-arm medium pace....

/KJJ van Noortwijk

Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk

|
| Namibia

Namibia national cricket team

| Bloemfontein
| 03-03-2003
|-
| 170
| 2nd
| ST Jayasuriya

Sanath Jayasuriya

Sanath Teran Jayasuriya is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. An all-rounder, he played for the Sri Lankan cricket team from 1989 to 2011...

/HP Tillakaratne

Hashan Tillakaratne

Hashan Prasantha Tillakaratne is a Sri Lankan cricketer and a politician.-Cricket career:As a schoolboy in 1986, he was selected to play against England B at Galle, scoring a century to save the match. He played in his first One Day International in November 1986, and emerged into the Sri Lankan...

|
| New Zealand
| Bloemfontein
| 10-02-2003
|-
| 166*
| 3rd
| GW Flower

Grant Flower

Grant William Flower is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is rated among the best Zimbabwean cricketers in history for his handy left arm spin and fine batting skills. He was a fitness fanatic who spends hours in the gym, and was also regarded as a brilliant fielder who was usually seen in the gully...

/CB Wishart

Craig Wishart

|
| Namibia

Namibia national cricket team

| Harare

Harare Sports Club

| 10-02-2003
|-
| 153
| 1st
| V Sehwag

Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag , affectionately known as Viru, the Nawab of Najafgarh, or the Zen master of modern cricket, is one of the leading batsmen in the Indian cricket team. Sehwag is an aggressive right-handed opening batsman and a part-time right-arm off-spin bowler...

/SR Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar

|
| Sri Lanka
| Johannesburg

Wanderers Stadium

| 10-03-2003
|-
| 152
| 1st
| MS Atapattu

Marvan Atapattu

Marvan Samson Atapattu is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former Sri Lankan captain. Towards the end of his career he joined the Indian Cricket League and captained the Delhi Giants...

/PA de Silva

Aravinda de Silva

Pinnaduwage Aravinda de Silva is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who is considered one of the finest batsmen produced by the country.He is also regarded as one of the most elegant batsman in his generation, and to date is the only player to make a hundred and take 3 or more wickets in a world cup...

|
| South Africa
| Durban

Sahara Stadium Kingsmead

| 03-03-2003
|-
| 142*
| 1st
| HH Gibbs

Herschelle Gibbs

Herschelle Herman Gibbs is a South African cricketer, more specifically a batsman.Gibbs was schooled at St Joseph's Marist College and then Diocesan College in Rondebosch...

/G Kirsten

Gary Kirsten

Gary Kirsten is a former South African cricketer, and the World Cup winning coach of the Indian cricket team. He played 101 Test matches and 185 One-day internationals for South Africa between 1993 and 2004, mainly as an opening batsman...

|
| Kenya
| Potchefstroom

North West Cricket Stadium

Senwes Cricket Stadium is a cricket ground in Potchefstroom, North West Province, South Africa. It has hosted one Test match, in 2002. The Highveld Lions also play some home matches here...

| 12-02-2003
|-
| 140*
| 2nd
| NJ Astle

Nathan Astle

Nathan John Astle is a former New Zealand cricketer. He was an attacking batsman who liked to play batting shots such as the cover drive and the pull shot. He also scored the world's fastest Test double century in terms of balls faced. This remarkable innings of 222 was scored in just 168 balls...

/SP Fleming

Stephen Fleming

Stephen Paul Fleming ONZM is a New Zealand cricketer, and the former captain of the New Zealand national cricket team, known as the Black Caps, in Test and one-day cricket...

|
| South Africa
| Johannesburg

Wanderers Stadium

| 16-02-2003
|-
| 129*
| 4th
| R Dravid

Rahul Dravid

Rahul Sharad Dravid , is a cricketer in the Indian national team, of which he has been a regular member since 1996. He was appointed as the captain of the Indian cricket team in October 2005 and resigned from the post in September 2007. Dravid was honoured as one of the top-five Wisden Cricketers...

/M Kaif
|
| New Zealand
| Centurion
| 14-03-2003
|-
|colspan=7|Source: Cricinfo.com
|}

Highest partnerships for each wicket

{| class="wikitable" width="75%"
! Wicket
! Runs
! Partnerships
! Country
! Versus
! Venue
! Date
|-
| 1st
| 153
| SR Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar

/V Sehwag

Virender Sehwag

|
| Sri Lanka
| Johannesburg

Wanderers Stadium

| 10-03-2003
|-
| 2nd
| 244
| SR Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar

/SC Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly

|
| Namibia

Namibia national cricket team

| Pietermaritzburg

Pietermaritzburg Oval

| 23-02-2003
|-
| 3rd
| 234*
| RT Ponting

Ricky Ponting

/DR Martyn

Damien Martyn

|
| India
| Johannesburg

Wanderers Stadium

| 23-03-2003
|-
| 4th
| 152
| MS Atapattu

Marvan Atapattu

Marvan Samson Atapattu is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former Sri Lankan captain. Towards the end of his career he joined the Indian Cricket League and captained the Delhi Giants...

/PA de Silva

Aravinda de Silva

|
| South Africa
| Durban

Sahara Stadium Kingsmead

| 03-03-2003
|-
| 5th
| 118*
| SC Ganguly/Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj Singh Bhandal is an Indian cricketer, and the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi movie star Yograj Singh. He has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000 and played his first Test match in 2003. He was the vice captain of the ODI team from late-2007 to late-2008...

|
| Kenya
| Cape Town

Newlands Cricket Ground

Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town is a South African cricket ground. It's the home of the Cape Cobras, who play in the SuperSport Series, MTN Domestic Championship and Standard Bank Pro20 competitions. It is also a venue for Test matches. Newlands is regarded as one of the most beautiful cricket...

| 07-03-2003
|-
| 6th
| 90
| AJ Stewart

Alec Stewart

Alec James Stewart OBE is a retired English cricketer, a right-handed batsman-wicketkeeper and former captain of the England cricket team...

/A Flintoff

Andrew Flintoff

Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff MBE is a former English cricketer who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club, England and the Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings. A tall fast bowler, batsman and slip fielder, Flintoff according to the ICC rankings was consistently rated amongst the top...

|
| Australia
| Port Elizabeth

Sahara Oval St George's

| 02-03-2003
|-
| 7th
| 98
| RR Sarwan

Ramnaresh Sarwan

Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese origin and a member of the West Indies cricket team....

/RD Jacobs

Ridley Jacobs

Ridley Detamore Jacobs , is a left-handed batsman who was a regular fixture in the West Indian cricket team in the 1990s and 2000s. He made his Test match debut on his 31st birthday, playing in 65 Tests in six years...

|
| New Zealand
| Port Elizabeth

Sahara Oval St George's

| 13-02-2003
|-
| 8th
| 97
| MG Bevan

Michael Bevan

Michael Gwyl Bevan is a former Australian left-handed cricket batsman and a slow left arm chinaman bowler. He played 232 ODI matches for Australia, and was a part of the 1999 and 2003 teams that won the World Cup...

/AJ Bichel

Andy Bichel

Andrew John Bichel is a retired Australian cricket player and was the bowling coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2009 Indian Premier League....

|
| New Zealand
| Port Elizabeth

Sahara Oval St George's

| 11-03-2003
|-
| 9th
| 73*
| MG Bevan

Michael Bevan

/AJ Bichel

Andy Bichel

Andrew John Bichel is a retired Australian cricket player and was the bowling coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2009 Indian Premier League....

|
| England
| Port Elizabeth

Sahara Oval St George's

| 02-03-2003
|-
| 10th
| 54
| Saqlain Mushtaq

Saqlain Mushtaq

Saqlain Mushtaq is a Pakistani cricketer, regarded as one of the finest off spin bowlers of all time.He is best known for pioneering the "doosra", which he employed to great effect during his career...

/Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar is a former Pakistani right arm fast bowler in cricket, who is regarded as the fastest bowler in the history of cricket. He set an official world record by achieving the fastest delivery, when he clocked in at 161.3 km/h in his bowling speed, twice at a cricket match against...

|
| England
| Cape Town

Newlands Cricket Ground

| 22-02-2003
|-
|colspan=7|Source: cricketarchive.com
|}

Most catches in a match

{| class="wikitable" width="75%"
! Catches
! Player
! Country
! Versus
! Venue
! Date
|-
| align="center"|4 || M Kaif || || Sri Lanka || Johannesburg

Wanderers Stadium

|| 10-03-2003
|-
| rowspan=7 align="center"|3 || V Sehwag

Virender Sehwag

|| || Netherlands || Paarl

Boland Park

Boland Bank Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Paarl, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and hosted three matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Boland cricket team and the Cape Cobras both stage home matches at the ground. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000...

|| 12-02-2003
|-
| LJ Burger

Louis Burger

Louis Jacobus Burger is a Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler....

|| || England || Port Elizabeth

Sahara Oval St George's

|| 19-02-2003
|-
| JP Maher

Jimmy Maher

James Patrick Maher is a former Australian cricketer. He is "an attractive left-handed batsman with a clumping cover-drive"....

|| || Netherlands || Potchefstroom

North West Cricket Stadium

Senwes Cricket Stadium is a cricket ground in Potchefstroom, North West Province, South Africa. It has hosted one Test match, in 2002. The Highveld Lions also play some home matches here...

|| 20-02-2003
|-
| HH Dippenaar

Boeta Dippenaar

Hendrik Human Dippenaar , known as Boeta Dippenaar, is a cricketer who has played Test and One Day International cricket for South Africa and the ACA African XI. He has played as a specialist batsman in most of his matches, and has played Test cricket in all batting positions from one through seven...

|| || Bangladesh || Bloemfontein || 22-02-2003
|-
| D Mongia

Dinesh Mongia

Dinesh Mongia is an Indian cricketer who has appeared in ODIs for India. Mongia is a heavy run-scorer in domestic cricket with just under 6850 runs at an average of just under 50 and his highest score being an unbeaten 308...

|| || Namibia

Namibia national cricket team

|| Pietermaritzburg

Pietermaritzburg Oval

|| 23-02-2003
|-
| V Sehwag

Virender Sehwag

|| || England || Durban

Sahara Stadium Kingsmead

|| 26-02-2003
|-
| AF Giles

Ashley Giles

Ashley Fraser Giles MBE is a retired English cricketer. Giles played the entirety of his 14-year first-class career at Warwickshire County Cricket Club where he is now employed as Director of Cricket...

|| || Australia || Port Elizabeth

Sahara Oval St George's

|| 02-03-2003
|-
|colspan="6"|Source: Cricinfo.com
|}

Most catches in the tournament

Note: Only lists players with 6 catches or more.

{| class="wikitable" width="75%"
! Catches
! Player
! Team
! Matches
|-
| align="center"|11 || Ricky Ponting

Ricky Ponting

|| || align="center"|11
|-
| rowspan=3 align="center"|8 || Brett Lee

Brett Lee

Brett Lee is an Australian cricketer.After breaking into the Australian Test team, Lee was recognised as one of the fastest bowlers in world cricket...

|| || align="center"|10
|-
| Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag

|| || align="center"|11
|-
| Dinesh Mongia

Dinesh Mongia

|| || align="center"|11
|-
| rowspan=3 align="center"|6 || Louis Burger

Louis Burger

Louis Jacobus Burger is a Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler....

|| || align="center"|6
|-
| Aravinda de Silva

Aravinda de Silva

|| || align="center"|10
|-
| Zaheer Khan

Zaheer Khan

Zaheer Khan is an Indian cricketer who has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000. A left arm fast bowler considered as the best of the Indian fast bowling attack, Zaheer is known for his ability to swing the ball both ways, and as a batsman also holds the record for the highest Test...

|| || align="center"|11
|-
|colspan=4|Source: Cricinfo.com
|}

Most dismissals in a match

Note: only top five performances listed (sorted by dismissals then date).

{| class="wikitable" width="75%"
! Dismissals
! Player
! Country
! Versus
! Venue
! Date
|-
| 6 (6c) || AC Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist

|| || Namibia

Namibia national cricket team

|| Potchefstroom

North West Cricket Stadium

Senwes Cricket Stadium is a cricket ground in Potchefstroom, North West Province, South Africa. It has hosted one Test match, in 2002. The Highveld Lions also play some home matches here...

|| 27-02-2003
|-
| 4 (3c+1st) || KC Sangakkara

Kumar Sangakkara

Kumar Sangakkara is a Sri Lankan, Sinhalese cricketer and the former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is a left-handed top-order batsman...

|| || New Zealand || Bloemfontein || 10-02-2003
|-
| 4 (2c+2st) || KO Otieno || || Bangladesh || Johannesburg

Wanderers Stadium

|| 01-03-2003
|-
| 4 (3c+1st) || KO Otieno || || Zimbabwe || Bloemfontein || 12-03-2003
|-
| 4 (3c+1st) || KC Sangakkara

Kumar Sangakkara

Kumar Sangakkara is a Sri Lankan, Sinhalese cricketer and the former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is a left-handed top-order batsman...

|| || Australia || Port Elizabeth

Sahara Oval St George's

|| 18-03-2003
|-
| colspan=6| Source: Cricinfo.com
|}

Most dismissals in the tournament

Note: Only top 10 players shown.

{| class="wikitable" width="75%"
|-
! Dismissals
(stumpings)
! Player
! Team
! Matches
|-
| 21 || Adam Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist

|| || align="center"|10
|-
| 17 (2) || Kumar Sangakkara

Kumar Sangakkara

Kumar Sangakkara is a Sri Lankan, Sinhalese cricketer and the former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is a left-handed top-order batsman...

|| || align="center"|10
|-
| 16 (1) || Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid

|| || align="center"|11
|-
| 12 || Kennedy Otieno || || align="center"|9
|-
| 11 || Mark Boucher

Mark Boucher

Mark Verdon Boucher is a South African cricketer, who holds the record for the most Test dismissals by a wicket-keeper. He was educated at Selborne College and has represented Border, Africa XI, ICC World XI, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders of the Indian Premier League, and...

|| || align="center"|6
|-
| 10 (2)|| Ashish Bagai

Ashish Bagai

Ashish Bagai is the captain of the Canadian cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman who specializes as a wicketkeeper. He studied at St. Columba's School during his brief stay in Delhi, India...

|| || align="center"|6
|-
| 9 || Brendon McCullum

Brendon McCullum

Brendon Barrie McCullum is a New Zealand international cricketer, who plays for the Otago Volts at provincial level. He is a wicket-keeper, as well as an aggressive batsman who opens in One-day Internationals and is known for his fast scoring rate...

|| || align="center"|7
|-
| 8 (1) || Rashid Latif

Rashid Latif

Rashid Latif is a former Pakistani wicket keeper and a right handed batsman who represented the Pakistani cricket team in Test cricket and One Day International matches, between 1992 and 2003. He also served as the captain of the Pakistan cricket team in 2003...

|| || align="center"|6
|-
| 8 (1) || Ridley Jacobs

Ridley Jacobs

|| || align="center"|6
|-
| 7 (1) || Alec Stewart

Alec Stewart

Alec James Stewart OBE is a retired English cricketer, a right-handed batsman-wicketkeeper and former captain of the England cricket team...

|| || align="center"|5
|-
|colspan=4|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

Duckworth-Lewis method

In the sport of cricket, the Duckworth–Lewis method is a mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day cricket or Twenty20 cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstance...

, against Sri Lanka. South Africa needed a win to progress to the "Super-6" stage, but were ultimately eliminated from the tournament.

{| class="wikitable" width="75%"
|-
! Match
! Scores
! Venue
! Date
|-
| vs
| Sri Lanka 268-9 (50 overs), South Africa 229/6 (45 overs)
| Durban

Sahara Stadium Kingsmead

| 03-03-2003
|}

Records

Highest team totals

Lowest team totals

Most wickets in the tournament

Best bowling

Most runs in the tournament

Highest individual scores

Highest partnerships of the tournament

Highest partnerships for each wicket

Most catches in a match

Most catches in the tournament

Most dismissals in a match

Most dismissals in the tournament

Tied matches

See also