Surf Wiki
Save to docs
sports

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

2003 NatWest Series

FieldValue
series2003 NatWest Series
partofZimbabwean cricket team in England in 2003 and South African cricket team in England in 2003
date26 June–12 July 2003
placeEngland
resultEngland beat South Africa in the final
player of seriesAndrew Flintoff (Eng)
team1
team2
team3
captain1Michael Vaughan
captain2Graeme Smith
captain3Heath Streak
runs1Marcus Trescothick (231)
runs2Jacques Kallis (329)
runs3Grant Flower (151)
wickets1James Anderson (11)
wickets2Makhaya Ntini (14)
wickets3Heath Streak (8)
previous2002
next2004

The 2003 NatWest Series was a One Day International cricket tri-series sponsored by the National Westminster Bank that took place in England between 26 June and 12 July 2003. The series involved the national teams of England, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Ten matches were played in total, with each team playing one another thrice during the group stage. The teams which finished in the top two positions following the group stages qualified for the final, which England won by defeating South Africa at Lord's on 12 July by 7 wickets. Preceding the series, England played Zimbabwe in a two Test series, while following the series, South Africa played England in a Test and One Day International series.

Venues

NottinghamLondonCanterburyLeedsManchesterCardiffBristolBirminghamSouthamptonLondon
Trent Bridge
Capacity: 15,000The Oval
Capacity: 23,500St Lawrence Ground
Capacity: 15,000Headingley
Capacity: 17,500Old Trafford
Capacity: 15,000
[[Image:Cricket-EngNZ-08-T3-D4-1.JPG150px]][[Image:The Oval Pavilion.jpg150px]][[Image:Canterbury Cricket.JPG150px]][[Image:Headingley Cricket Ground - geograph.org.uk - 60635.jpg150px]][[Image:Old Trafford 3rd Test June 2007 - geograph.org.uk - 1398421.jpg150px]]
{{location map+Englandfloat=centerwidth=375caption=places=
Sophia Gardens
Capacity: 5,500County Ground
Capacity: 16,000Edgbaston
Capacity: 21,000Rose Bowl
Capacity: 15,000Lord's
Capacity: 28,000
[[Image:Sophia Gardens before the redevelopment.jpg150px]][[Image:Gloucestershire County Cricket Ground.jpg150px]][[Image:Edgbaston Cricket Ground Pavillion.jpg150px]][[Image:Aerial view of Rose Bowl Cricket Ground - geograph.org.uk - 690412.jpg150px]][[Image:Lord's Cricket Ground Heath Streak.jpg150px]]

Squads

Fixtures

TeamPldWLCPNRPtsNRR
6421023+0.480
6322122+0.825
614119-1.370

Final

In what was South Africa's first One Day International appearance at Lord's, England won the toss and elected to field. For many of the South African batsman this was their first time playing on the sloping Lord's pitch, which at the start of their innings had a little moisture in and displayed even bounce. South Africa lost their captain Graeme Smith with the score on 10, dismissed by James Anderson, and soon lost Herschelle Gibbs for 9 with the score on 30. Debutant Morné van Wyk made a quickfire 17 before he was bowled by James Anderson, in what was described as the "ball of the match". Jacques Kallis came into the match with a series average of 164.50, but was dismissed for a 12 ball duck by Darren Gough, who was England's most economical bowler, with his opening spell of 7 overs conceding just 9 runs. Wickets continued to fall at regular intervals during the South African innings, with Andrew Flintoff, Ashley Giles and Gough each chipping in with two wickets, while Richard Johnson took one. James Anderson was the only England bowler to bowl his full complement of 10 overs, finishing with figures of 3/50. Jacques Rudolph top-scored in South Africa's innings with 19. South Africa were eventually dismissed for 107, with their innings lasting just 32.1 overs. This score was at the time the lowest One Day International in the 34 matches played there and remains so to this day. England's response started poorly, with Makhaya Ntini dismissing Marcus Trescothick for a nine ball duck with the score on 1. However, South Africa could not capitalise on this, with Michael Vaughan and Vikram Solanki adding 87 for the second wicket, before Vaughan was dismissed for 30 by André Nel and Solanki was dismissed by Andrew Hall one run later for 50, however by then the damage had been done. Anthony McGrath and Flintoff proceeded to lead England home to a 7 wicket victory. Following the match Flintoff was declared Man of the Series.

Statistics

Most runsMost wickets
RSA Jacques Kallis329
ENG Marcus Trescothick231
RSA Jacques Rudolph227
RSA Graeme Smith223
ENG Andrew Flintoff210

References

References

  1. "2003 NatWest Bank Series". CricketArchive.
  2. "England v South Africa, 2003 NatWest Series Final". CricketArchive.
  3. (12 July 2003). "England v South Africa - Final". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. "Averages by Team". CricketArchive.
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

2003-in-english-cricket international-cricket-competitions-in-2003 natwest-group
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 2003 NatWest Series — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report