International cricket in 2002–03

The 2002–03 international cricket season was from September 2002 to April 2003.

Season overview

International tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
			Test	ODI
3 October 2002	Pakistan	Australia	0–3 [3]	—
3 October 2002	South Africa	Bangladesh	2–0 [2]	3–0 [3]
9 October 2002	India	West Indies	2–0 [3]	3–4 [7]
7 November 2002	Australia	England	4–1 [5]	—
7 November 2002	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	0–2 [2]	0–5 [5]
8 November 2002	South Africa	Sri Lanka	2–0 [2]	4–1 [5]
29 November 2002	Bangladesh	West Indies	0–2 [2]	0–2 [3]
8 December 2002	South Africa	Pakistan	2–0 [2]	4–1 [5]
8 December 2002	Zimbabwe	Kenya	—	2–0 [3]
12 December 2002	New Zealand	India	2–0 [2]	5–2 [7]
International tournaments
Dates	Tournament		Winners
12 September 2002	2002 ICC Champions Trophy		India and Sri Lanka
13 December 2002	2002–03 VB Series		Australia
9 February 2003	2003 Cricket World Cup		Australia
3 April 2003	Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup		Pakistan

September

ICC Champions Trophy

Main article: 2002 ICC Champions Trophy

Pool 1

Team	Played	Won	Lost	NR	Tied	Points	NRR
Australia	2	2	0	0	0	8	+3.461
New Zealand	2	1	1	0	0	4	+0.030
Bangladesh	2	0	2	0	0	0	−3.275

Pool 2

Team	Played	Won	Lost	NR	Tied	Points	NRR
India	2	2	0	0	0	8	+0.816
England	2	1	1	0	0	4	+0.401
Zimbabwe	2	0	2	0	0	0	−1.125

Pool 3

Team	Played	Won	Lost	NR	Tied	Points	NRR
South Africa	2	2	0	0	0	8	+1.856
West Indies	2	1	1	0	0	4	+0.202
Kenya	2	0	2	0	0	0	−2.050

Pool 4

Team	Played	Won	Lost	NR	Tied	Points	NRR
Sri Lanka	2	2	0	0	0	8	+2.861
Pakistan	2	1	1	0	0	4	+1.245
Netherlands	2	0	2	0	0	0	−4.323

Group stage
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
ODI 1874	12 September	Pakistan	Waqar Younis	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Sri Lanka by 8 wickets
ODI 1875	13 September	West Indies	Carl Hooper	South Africa	Shaun Pollock	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	South Africa by 2 wickets
ODI 1876	14 September	India	Saurav Ganguly	Zimbabwe	Heath Streak	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	India by 14 runs
ODI 1877	15 September	Australia	Ricky Ponting	New Zealand	Stephen Fleming	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Australia by 164 runs
ODI 1878	16 September	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	Netherlands	Roland Lefebvre	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Sri Lanka by 206 runs
ODI 1879	17 September	West Indies	Carl Hooper	Kenya	Steve Tikolo	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	West Indies by 29 runs
ODI 1880	18 September	England	Nasser Hussain	Zimbabwe	Heath Streak	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	England by 108 runs
ODI 1881	19 September	Bangladesh	Khaled Mashud	Australia	Ricky Ponting	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	Australia by 9 wickets
ODI 1882	20 September	South Africa	Shaun Pollock	Kenya	Steve Tikolo	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	South Africa by 176 runs
ODI 1883	21 September	Netherlands	Roland Lefebvre	Pakistan	Waqar Younis	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Pakistan by 9 wickets
ODI 1884	22 September	England	Rashid Latif	India	Saurav Ganguly	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	India by 8 wickets
ODI 1885	23 September	New Zealand	Stephen Fleming	Bangladesh	Khaled Mashud	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	New Zealand by 167 runs
Semi-finals
ODI 1886	25 September	India	Saurav Ganguly	South Africa	Shaun Pollock	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	India by 10 runs
ODI 1887	27 September	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	Australia	Ricky Ponting	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Sri Lanka by 7 wickets
Finals
ODI 1888	29 September	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	India	Saurav Ganguly	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	No result
ODI 1889	30 September	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	India	Saurav Ganguly	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	No result

October

Australia vs Pakistan in Sri Lanka & United Arab Emirates

Main article: Australian cricket team against Pakistan in Sri Lanka and the UAE in 2002–03

Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 1615	3–7 October	Waqar Younis	Steve Waugh	P Sara Oval, Colombo, Sri Lanka	Australia by 41 runs
Test 1617	11–12 October	Waqar Younis	Steve Waugh	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE	Australia by an innings and 198 runs
Test 1620	19–22 October	Waqar Younis	Steve Waugh	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE	Australia by an innings and 20 runs

Bangladesh in South Africa

Main article: Bangladeshi cricket team in South Africa in 2002–03

ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 1890	3 October	Shaun Pollock	Khaled Mashud	North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom	South Africa by 168 runs
ODI 1891	6 October	Shaun Pollock	Khaled Mashud	Willowmoore Park, Benoni	South Africa by 10 wickets
ODI 1892	9 October	Shaun Pollock	Khaled Mashud	De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley	South Africa by 7 wickets
Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 1619	18–21 October	Mark Boucher	Khaled Mashud	Buffalo Park, East London, Eastern Cape	South Africa by an innings and 170 runs
Test 1621	25–27 October	Shaun Pollock	Khaled Mashud	North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom	South Africa by an innings and 160 runs

West Indies in India

Main article: West Indian cricket team in India in 2002–03

Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 1616	9–12 October	Sourav Ganguly	Carl Hooper	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	India by an innings and 112 runs
Test 1618	17–20 October	Sourav Ganguly	Carl Hooper	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	India by 8 wickets
Test 1622	30 October–3 November	Sourav Ganguly	Carl Hooper	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	Match drawn
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 1893	6 November	Sourav Ganguly	Carl Hooper	Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur	West Indies by 4 wickets
ODI 1894	9 November	Sourav Ganguly	Carl Hooper	VCA Ground, Nagpur	West Indies by 7 wickets (D/L)
ODI 1895	12 November	Sourav Ganguly	Ridley Jacobs	MSC Ground, Rajkot	India by 81 runs (D/L)
ODI 1896	15 November	Sourav Ganguly	Carl Hooper	Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad	India by 5 wickets
ODI 1897	18 November	Sourav Ganguly	Carl Hooper	IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara	West Indies by 5 wickets
ODI 1898	21 November	Rahul Dravid	Carl Hooper	Barkatullah Khan Stadium, Jodhpur	India by 3 wickets
ODI 1900	24 November	Rahul Dravid	Carl Hooper	Indira Gandhi Stadium, Vijayawada	West Indies by 135 runs

November

England in Australia

Main article: English cricket team in Australia in 2002–03 § The Ashes series

The Ashes series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 1623	7–10 November	Steve Waugh	Nasser Hussain	The Gabba, Brisbane	Australia by 384 runs
Test 1628	21–24 November	Steve Waugh	Nasser Hussain	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	Australia by an innings and 51 runs
Test 1629	29 November–1 December	Steve Waugh	Nasser Hussain	The WACA, Perth	Australia by an innings and 48 runs
Test 1634	26–30 December	Steve Waugh	Nasser Hussain	MCG, Melbourne	Australia by 5 wickets
Test 1636	2–6 January	Steve Waugh	Nasser Hussain	SCG, Sydney	England by 225 runs

Pakistan in Zimbabwe

Main article: Pakistani cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2002–03

Test Series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st Test	9–12 November	Alistair Campbell	Waqar Younis	Harare Sports Club, Harare	Pakistan by 119 runs
2nd Test	16–19 November	Alistair Campbell	Waqar Younis	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	Pakistan by 10 wickets
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st ODI	23 November	Alistair Campbell	Waqar Younis	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	Pakistan by 7 runs
2nd ODI	24 November	Alistair Campbell	Waqar Younis	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	Pakistan by 104 runs(D/L)
3rd ODI	27 November	Alistair Campbell	Waqar Younis	Harare Sports Club, Harare	Pakistan by 48 runs
4th ODI	30 November	Alistair Campbell	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Harare Sports Club, Harare	Pakistan by 8 wickets
5th ODI	1 December	Alistair Campbell	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Harare Sports Club, Harare	Pakistan by 70 runs

Sri Lanka in South Africa

Main article: Sri Lankan cricket team in South Africa in 2002–03

Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st Test	8–10 November	Shaun Pollock	Sanath Jayasuriya	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	South Africa by an innings and 64 runs
2nd Test	15–19 November	Shaun Pollock	Marvan Atapattu	SuperSport Park, Centurion	South Africa by 3 wickets
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st ODI	27 November	Shaun Pollock	Sanath Jayasuriya	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	South Africa by 6 wickets
2nd ODI	29 November	Shaun Pollock	Sanath Jayasuriya	SuperSport Park, Centurion	South Africa by 177 runs
3rd ODI	1 December	Shaun Pollock	Sanath Jayasuriya	Willowmoore Park, Benoni	Sri Lanka by 7 wickets
4th ODI	4 December	Shaun Pollock	Sanath Jayasuriya	Diamond Oval, Kimberley	South Africa by 8 wickets
5th ODI	6 December	Shaun Pollock	Sanath Jayasuriya	Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein	South Africa by 6 wickets

West Indies in Bangladesh

Main article: West Indian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2002–03

ODI Series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st ODI	29 November	Khaled Mashud	Ridley Jacobs	MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong	No result
2nd ODI	2 December	Khaled Mashud	Ridley Jacobs	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka	West Indies by 84 runs
3rd ODI	3 December	Khaled Mashud	Ridley Jacobs	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka	West Indies by 86 runs
Test Series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
1st Test	8–10 December	Khaled Mashud	Ridley Jacobs	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka	West Indies by an innings and 310 runs
2nd Test	16–18 December	Khaled Mashud	Ridley Jacobs	MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong	West Indies by 7 wickets

December

Pakistan in South Africa

Main article: Pakistani cricket team in South Africa in 2002–03

ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 1914	8 December	Shaun Pollock	Waqar Younis	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban	South Africa by 132 runs
ODI 1916	11 December	Shaun Pollock	Waqar Younis	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	Pakistan by 182 runs
ODI 1918	13 December	Shaun Pollock	Waqar Younis	Buffalo Park, East London	South Africa by 62 runs
ODI 1921	16 December	Shaun Pollock	Waqar Younis	Boland Bank Park, Paarl	South Africa by 9 wickets
ODI 1923	18 December	Shaun Pollock	Waqar Younis	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town	South Africa by 34 runs
Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 1635	26–29 December	Shaun Pollock	Waqar Younis	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban	South Africa by 10 wickets
Test 1637	2–5 January	Shaun Pollock	Waqar Younis	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town	South Africa by an innings and 142 runs

Kenya in Zimbabwe

Main article: Kenyan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2002–03

ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 1913	8 December	Alistair Campbell	Thomas Odoyo	Harare Sports Club, Harare	No result
ODI 1915	11 December	Alistair Campbell	Steve Tikolo	Kwekwe Sports Club, Kwekwe	Zimbabwe by 47 runs (D/L)
ODI 1920	15 December	Alistair Campbell	Steve Tikolo	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	Zimbabwe by 9 wickets

India in New Zealand

Main article: Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2002–03

Test series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test 1631	12–14 December	Stephen Fleming	Saurav Ganguly	Basin Reserve, Wellington	New Zealand by 10 wickets
Test 1633	19–22 December	Stephen Fleming	Saurav Ganguly	WestpacTrust Stadium, Wellington	New Zealand by 4 wickets
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 1926	26 December	Stephen Fleming	Saurav Ganguly	Eden Park, Auckland	New Zealand by 3 wickets
ODI 1927	29 December	Stephen Fleming	Saurav Ganguly	McLean Park, Napier	New Zealand by 35 runs
ODI 1928	1 January	Stephen Fleming	Saurav Ganguly	Jade Stadium, Christchurch	New Zealand by 5 wickets
ODI 1929	4 January	Stephen Fleming	Saurav Ganguly	WestpacTrust Stadium, Wellington	New Zealand by 7 wickets
ODI 1930	8 January	Stephen Fleming	Saurav Ganguly	WestpacTrust Stadium, Wellington	India by 2 wickets
ODI 1933	11 January	Stephen Fleming	Saurav Ganguly	Eden Park, Auckland	India by 1 wicket
ODI 1935	14 January	Stephen Fleming	Saurav Ganguly	WestpacTrust Stadium, Wellington	New Zealand by 6 wickets

VB Series

Main article: English cricket team in Australia in 2002–03 § VB Series (ODIs)

Main article: 2002–03 VB Series

Pos	Team	P	W	L	NR	T	NRR	Points
1	Australia	8	7	1	0	0	14	+0.730
2	England	8	3	5	0	0	6	−0.023
3	Sri Lanka	8	2	6	0	0	4	−0.993

Group stage
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
ODI 1917	13 December	Australia	Ricky Ponting	England	Nasser Hussain	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Australia by 7 wickets
ODI 1919	15 December	Australia	Ricky Ponting	England	Nasser Hussain	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Australia by 89 runs
ODI 1922	17 December	England	Nasser Hussain	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	The Gabba, Brisbane	England by 43 runs
ODI 1924	20 December	England	Nasser Hussain	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	WACA Ground, Perth	England by 95 runs
ODI 1925	22 December	Australia	Ricky Ponting	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	WACA Ground, Perth	Australia by 142 runs
ODI 1931	9 January	Australia	Ricky Ponting	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Sri Lanka by 79 runs
ODI 1932	11 January	Australia	Ricky Ponting	England	Nasser Hussain	Bellerive Oval, Hobart	Australia by 7 runs
ODI 1934	13 January	England	Nasser Hussain	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Sri Lanka by 31 runs
ODI 1936	15 January	Australia	Ricky Ponting	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	The Gabba, Brisbane	Australia by 4 wickets
ODI 1937	17 January	England	Nasser Hussain	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	England by 19 runs
ODI 1938	19 January	Australia	Adam Gilchrist	England	Nasser Hussain	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	Australia by 4 wickets
ODI 1939	21 January	Australia	Ricky Ponting	Sri Lanka	Marvan Atapattu	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Australia by 9 wickets
Finals
ODI 1940	23 January	Australia	Ricky Ponting	England	Nasser Hussain	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Australia by 10 wickets
ODI 1941	25 January	Australia	Ricky Ponting	England	Nasser Hussain	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Australia by 5 runs

February

ICC Cricket World Cup

Main article: 2003 Cricket World Cup

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	T	NRR	Pts	PCF
Australia	6	6	0	0	0	2.05	24	12
India	6	5	1	0	0	1.11	20	8
Zimbabwe	6	3	2	1	0	0.50	14	3.5
England	6	3	3	0	0	0.82	12	–
Pakistan	6	2	3	1	0	0.23	10	–
Netherlands	6	1	5	0	0	−1.45	4	–
Namibia	6	0	6	0	0	−2.96	0	–

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	T	NRR	Pts	PCF
Sri Lanka	6	4	1	0	1	1.20	18	7.5
Kenya	6	4	2	0	0	−0.69	16	10
New Zealand	6	4	2	0	0	0.99	16	4
South Africa	6	3	2	0	1	1.73	14	–
West Indies	6	3	2	1	0	1.10	14	–
Canada	6	1	5	0	0	−1.99	4	–
Bangladesh	6	0	5	1	0	−2.05	2	–

Super-Six

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	T	NRR	Pts	PCF
Australia	3	3	0	0	0	1.85	24	12
India	3	3	0	0	0	0.89	20	8
Kenya	3	1	2	0	0	0.35	14	10
Sri Lanka	3	1	2	0	0	−0.84	11.5	7.5
New Zealand	3	1	2	0	0	−0.90	8	4
Zimbabwe	3	0	3	0	0	−1.25	3.5	3.5

Group stage
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
ODI 1942	9 February	South Africa	Shaun Pollock	West Indies	Carl Hooper	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town	West Indies by 3 runs
ODI 1943	10 February	Zimbabwe	Heath Streak	Namibia	Deon Kotzé	Harare Sports Club, Harare	Zimbabwe by 86 runs (D/L)
ODI 1944	10 February	New Zealand	Stephen Fleming	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein	Sri Lanka by 47 runs
ODI 1945	11 February	Australia	Ricky Ponting	Pakistan	Waqar Younis	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	Australia by 82 runs
ODI 1946	11 February	Bangladesh	Khaled Mashud	Canada	Joe Harris	Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban	Canada by 60 runs
ODI 1947	12 February	South Africa	Shaun Pollock	Kenya	Steve Tikolo	North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom	South Africa by 10 wickets
ODI 1948	12 February	India	Saurav Ganguly	Netherlands	Roland Lefebvre	Boland Park, Paarl	India by 68 runs
ODI 1948a	13 February	Zimbabwe	Heath Streak	England	Nasser Hussain	Harare Sports Club, Harare	Zimbabwe by walkover
ODI 1949	13 February	New Zealand	Stephen Fleming	West Indies	Carl Hooper	St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth	New Zealand by 20 runs
ODI 1950	14 February	Bangladesh	Khaled Mashud	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	Pietermaritzburg Oval, Pietermaritzburg	Sri Lanka by 10 wickets
ODI 1951	15 February	Australia	Ricky Ponting	India	Saurav Ganguly	Centurion Park, Centurion	Australia by 9 wickets
ODI 1952	15 February	Canada	Joe Harris	Kenya	Steve Tikolo	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town	Kenya by 4 wickets
ODI 1953	16 February	England	Nasser Hussain	Netherlands	Roland Lefebvre	Buffalo Park, East London	England by 6 wickets
ODI 1954	16 February	Namibia	Deon Kotzé	Pakistan	Waqar Younis	De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley	Pakistan by 171 runs
ODI 1955	16 February	South Africa	Shaun Pollock	New Zealand	Stephen Fleming	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	New Zealand by 9 wickets
ODI 1956	18 February	Bangladesh	Khaled Mashud	West Indies	Carl Hooper	Willowmoore Park, Benoni	No result
ODI 1957	19 February	Zimbabwe	Heath Streak	India	Saurav Ganguly	Harare Sports Club, Harare	India by 83 runs
ODI 1958	19 February	Canada	Joe Harris	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	Boland Park, Paarl	Sri Lanka by 9 wickets
ODI 1959	19 February	England	Alec Stewart	Namibia	Deon Kotzé	St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth	England by 55 runs
ODI 1960	20 February	Australia	Ricky Ponting	Netherlands	Roland Lefebvre	North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom	Australia by 75 runs (D/L)
ODI 1960a	21 February	Kenya	Steve Tikolo	New Zealand	Stephen Fleming	Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi	Kenya by walkover
ODI 1961	22 February	South Africa	Shaun Pollock	Bangladesh	Khaled Mashud	Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein	South Africa by 10 wickets
ODI 1962	22 February	England	Nasser Hussain	Pakistan	Waqar Younis	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town	England by 112 runs
ODI 1963	23 February	Canada	Joe Harris	West Indies	Carl Hooper	Centurion Park, Centurion	West Indies by 7 wickets
ODI 1964	23 February	India	Saurav Ganguly	Namibia	Deon Kotzé	Pietermaritzburg Oval, Pietermaritzburg	India by 181 runs
ODI 1965	24 February	Kenya	Steve Tikolo	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi	Kenya by 53 runs
ODI 1966	24 February	Zimbabwe	Heath Streak	Australia	Ricky Ponting	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	Australia by 7 wickets
ODI 1967	25 February	Netherlands	Roland Lefebvre	Pakistan	Waqar Younis	Boland Park, Paarl	Pakistan by 97 runs
ODI 1968	26 February	Bangladesh	Khaled Mashud	New Zealand	Stephen Fleming	De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley	New Zealand by 7 wickets
ODI 1969	26 February	England	Nasser Hussain	India	Saurav Ganguly	Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban	India by 82 runs
ODI 1970	27 February	Australia	Ricky Ponting	Namibia	Deon Kotzé	North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom	Australia by 256 runs
ODI 1971	27 February	South Africa	Shaun Pollock	Canada	Joe Harris	Buffalo Park, East London	South Africa by 118 runs
ODI 1972	28 February	Zimbabwe	Heath Streak	Netherlands	Roland Lefebvre	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	Zimbabwe by 99 runs
ODI 1973	28 February	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	West Indies	Carl Hooper	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town	Sri Lanka by 6 runs
ODI 1974	1 March	Bangladesh	Khaled Mashud	Kenya	Steve Tikolo	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	Kenya by 32 runs
ODI 1975	1 March	India	Saurav Ganguly	Pakistan	Waqar Younis	Centurion Park, Centurion	India by 6 wickets
ODI 1976	2 March	Australia	Ricky Ponting	England	Nasser Hussain	St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth	Australia by 2 wickets
ODI 1977	3 March	Canada	Joe Harris	New Zealand	Stephen Fleming	Willowmoore Park, Benoni	New Zealand by 5 wickets
ODI 1978	3 March	Namibia	Deon Kotzé	Netherlands	Luuk van Troost	Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein	Netherlands by 64 runs
ODI 1979	3 March	South Africa	Shaun Pollock	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban	Match tied (D/L)
ODI 1980	4 March	Zimbabwe	Heath Streak	Pakistan	Waqar Younis	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	No result
ODI 1981	4 March	Kenya	Steve Tikolo	West Indies	Carl Hooper	De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley	West Indies by 142 runs
Super 6
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
ODI 1982	7 March	Australia	Ricky Ponting	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	Centurion Park, Centurion	Australia by 96 runs
ODI 1983	7 March	India	Saurav Ganguly	Kenya	Steve Tikolo	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town	India by 6 wickets
ODI 1984	8 March	New Zealand	Stephen Fleming	Zimbabwe	Heath Streak	Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein	New Zealand by 6 wickets
ODI 1985	10 March	India	Saurav Ganguly	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	India by 183 runs
ODI 1986	11 March	Australia	Ricky Ponting	New Zealand	Stephen Fleming	St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth	Australia by 96 runs
ODI 1987	12 March	Kenya	Steve Tikolo	Zimbabwe	Heath Streak	Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein	Kenya by 7 wickets
ODI 1988	14 March	India	Saurav Ganguly	New Zealand	Stephen Fleming	Centurion Park, Centurion	India by 7 wickets
ODI 1989	15 March	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	Zimbabwe	Heath Streak	Buffalo Park, East London	Sri Lanka by 74 runs
ODI 1990	15 March	Australia	Ricky Ponting	Kenya	Steve Tikolo	Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban	Australia by 5 wickets
Semi-finals
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
ODI 1991	18 March	Australia	Ricky Ponting]	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth	Australia by 48 runs (D/L)
ODI 1992	20 March	India	Saurav Ganguly	Kenya	Steve Tikolo	Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban	India by 91 runs
Final
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
ODI 1993	23 March	Australia	Ricky Ponting]	India	Saurav Ganguly	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	Australia by 125 runs

April

Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup

Main article: Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup 2003

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Pakistan	3	3	0	0	0	17	+1.515
2	Zimbabwe	3	2	1	0	0	10	-0.347
3	Sri Lanka	3	1	2	0	0	8	+0.740
4	Kenya	3	0	3	0	0	1	-1.881

Group stage
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
ODI 1994	3 April	Pakistan	Rashid Latif	Zimbabwe	Heath Streak	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah	Pakistan by 69 runs
ODI 1995	4 April	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	Pakistan	Rashid Latif	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah	Pakistan by 7 wickets
ODI 1996	5 April	Kenya	Steve Tikolo	Zimbabwe	Heath Streak	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah	Zimbabwe by 5 wickets
ODI 1997	6 April	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	Kenya	Steve Tikolo	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah	Sri Lanka by 129 runs
ODI 1998	7 April	Sri Lanka	Sanath Jayasuriya	Zimbabwe	Heath Streak	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah	Zimbabwe by 4 wickets
ODI 1999	8 April	Pakistan	Rashid Latif	Kenya	Steve Tikolo	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah	Pakistan by 143 runs
Final
ODI 2000	10 April	Zimbabwe	Heath Streak	Pakistan	Rashid Latif	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah	Pakistan by 8 wickets

External links

• 2002/03 season on ESPN Cricinfo