The ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 will run for 44 days, from the Opening Ceremony in Cape Town on Saturday, February 8, to the final, in Johannesburg, on Sunday, March 23. There will be a total of 54 matches -- a record for the cricket World Cup.
The 14 teams will play each other in the preliminary or pool section on a round-robin basis. There will be 42 preliminary matches played over 24 days. The top three teams from each pool will proceed to the next stage of the tournament, known as the 'Super Six', carrying with them the points scored in the preliminaries. The Super Six will be played over a period of nine days. The Super Six will determine the four teams that will contest the semi-finals -- a day game in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday, March 18, and a day-night game in Durban on Thursday, March 20. In the semi-finals, Team 1 plays Team 4 and Team 2 plays Team 3. TOP HOME
In the Group stage, four points will be awarded for a win and two points for a tie or no result.
The top three sides in each of the two groups will progress to the Super Six stage.For the purpose of Super Six, a team's net run rate is calculated by deducting from the average runs per over scored by that team throughout the group matches, the average runs per over scored against that team throughout the group matches.
For the purpose of Semi Finals, a team's net run rate is calculated by deducting from the average runs per over scored by that team in all matches played against the Super Six qualifiers, the average runs per over scored against that team in all such matches. In the event of a team being all out in less than its full quota of overs, the calculation of its net run rate shall be based on the full quota of overs to which it would have been entitled and not on the number of overs in which the team was dismissed. Only those matches where results are achieved will count for the purpose of net run rate calculations. Where a match is abandoned, but a result is achieved under Duckworth/Lewis, for net run rate purposes Team 1 will be accredited with Team 2's Par Score on abandonment off the same number of overs faced by Team 2. Where a match is concluded but with Duckworth/Lewis having been applied at an earlier point in the match, Team 1 will be accredited with 1 run less that the final Target Score for Team 2 off the total number of overs allocated to Team 2 to reach the target. TOP HOME
Elite Panel Umpires:
| Steve Bucknor (West Indies) | Daryl Harper (Australia) | Rudi Koertzen (South Africa) |
| Dave Orchard (South Africa) | David Shepherd (England) | Asoka de Silva (Sri Lanka) |
| Russell Tiffin (Zimbabwe) | Srinivas Venkataraghavan (India) | |
| Darrell Hair & Simon Taufel | Australia |
| Arani Jayaprakash | India |
| Neil Mallender & Peter Willey | England |
| Brent Bowden | New Zealand |
| Aleem Dar & Nadeem Ghouri | Pakistan |
| Brian Jerling | South Africa |
| T.H. Wijewardena | Sri Lanka |
| Kevan Barbour | Zimbabwe |
| Clive Lloyd (West Indies) | Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka) | Mike Procter (South Africa) |
| Wasim Raja (Pakistan) | Gundappa Viswanath (India) | Denis Lindsay (South Africa) |
The coins used for the toss will be 1oz. pure gold supplied by the Chamber of Mines.
There will be a separate coin for each game, 54 in all.
The face of President Thabo Mbeki will appear on one side of the coin.
The ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 logo, the names of the two competing teams, the date and venue of the match will appear on the other side.
A record $5.0 Million is available in prizemoney. It will be allocated as follows:
Pool Matches