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Australia vs India (FINAL)

World Cup, 2002/03, Final
Australia v India
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
23 March 2003 (50-over match)

Result: Australia won by 125 runs
Series: Australia wins the 2002/03 ICC World Cup

Toss: India
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and DR Shepherd (Eng)
TV Umpire: RE Koertzen
Match Referee: RS Madugalle (SL)
Man of the Match: RT Ponting
Player of the Series: SR Tendulkar

Australia innings (50 overs maximum)                            R   M   B  4 6
+AC Gilchrist         c Sehwag           b Harbhajan Singh     57  66  48  8 1
ML Hayden             c Dravid           b Harbhajan Singh     37  93  54  5 0
*RT Ponting           not out                                 140 138 121  4 8
DR Martyn             not out                                  88 112  84  7 1
Extras                (b 2, lb 12, w 16, nb 7)                 37
Total                 (2 wickets, 50 overs, 205 mins)         359

DNB: DS Lehmann, MG Bevan, A Symonds, GB Hogg, AJ Bichel, B Lee,
     GD McGrath.

FoW: 1-105 (Gilchrist, 13.6 ov), 2-125 (Hayden, 19.5 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Khan                         7      0     67      0 (2nb, 6w)
Srinath                     10      0     87      0 (3nb, 2w)
Nehra                       10      0     57      0 (3w)
Harbhajan Singh              8      0     49      2
Sehwag                       3      0     14      0
Tendulkar                    3      0     20      0 (1w)
Mongia                       7      0     39      0 (2nb)
Yuvraj Singh                 2      0     12      0

India innings (target: 360 runs from 50 overs)                  R   M   B  4 6
SR Tendulkar                         c & b McGrath              4   2   5  1 0
V Sehwag              run out (Lehmann)                        82 107  81 10 3
*SC Ganguly           c Lehmann          b Lee                 24  44  25  3 1
M Kaif                c Gilchrist        b McGrath              0   4   3  0 0
+R Dravid                                b Bichel              47  87  57  2 0
Yuvraj Singh          c Lee              b Hogg                24  48  34  1 0
D Mongia              c Martyn           b Symonds             12  18  11  2 0
Harbhajan Singh       c McGrath          b Symonds              7  12   8  0 0
Z Khan                c Lehmann          b McGrath              4  20   8  0 0
J Srinath                                b Lee                  1   6   4  0 0
A Nehra               not out                                   8   7   4  2 0
Extras                (b 4, lb 4, w 9, nb 4)                   21
Total                 (all out, 39.2 overs, 180 mins)         234

FoW: 1-4 (Tendulkar, 0.5 ov), 2-58 (Ganguly, 9.5 ov),
     3-59 (Kaif, 10.3 ov), 4-147 (Sehwag, 23.5 ov),
     5-187 (Dravid, 31.5 ov), 6-208 (Yuvraj Singh, 34.5 ov),
     7-209 (Mongia, 35.2 ov), 8-223 (Harbhajan Singh, 37.1 ov),
     9-226 (Srinath, 38.2 ov), 10-234 (Khan, 39.2 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                      8.2    0     52      3
Lee                          7      1     31      2 (4nb, 2w)
Hogg                        10      0     61      1 (2w)
Lehmann                      2      0     18      0
Bichel                      10      0     57      1 (4w)
Symonds                      2      0      7      2 (1w)

* - Team Captain
+ - Team Wicket Keeper
  • 4th (reserve) umpire: BF Bowden (NZ)
  • 12th Men: IJ Harvey (Australia) and AB Agarkar (India)
  • Australia became the first team to win 3 World Cups
  • Australia extended its consecutive wins in ODIs record to 17 wins (11 Jan 2003 to 23 Mar 2003)


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