The World Series of Women's Cricket was a Women's One Day International series which took place in New Zealand in January and February 2003.[1] The four teams competing were Australia, England, India and New Zealand. The tournament consisted of a double round-robin group stage, in which Australia and New Zealand finished as the top two, and then a third-place play-off and a final were contested to decide the final positions. Australia defeated New Zealand by 109 runs in the final.[2] The three matches that took place between Australia and New Zealand at the tournament were also played for the Rose Bowl, which was won by Australia 3–0. Following the tour, England went on to tour Australia for The Women's Ashes.[3]
| Dates | 26 January – 8 February 2003 |
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| Cricket format | ODI (50 overs) |
| Host(s) | New Zealand |
| Champions |  Australia |
| Runners-up |  New Zealand |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 14 |
| Most runs | Belinda Clark (Aus) (343) |
| Most wickets | Cathryn Fitzpatrick (Aus) (15) |
Squads
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 England[5]
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 India[6]
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New Zealand[7]
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Tour Matches
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Arran Brindle 75 (99)
Maree Hannay 3/42 (9 overs) |
Megan Kane 57 (70)
Nicky Shaw 3/33 (9 overs) |
- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
Points table
editNote: P = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, BP = Bonus Points, CP = Consolation Points, Pts = Points, NRR = Net run rate.
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | BP | CP | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Australia
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6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | +1.393 |
| 2 | New Zealand
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6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 23 | +0.343 |
| 3 | India
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6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | −0.795 |
| 4 | England
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6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | −0.936 |
- Source: CricketArchive[8]
Fixtures
editGroup stage
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- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Australia Women 6, New Zealand Women 0
- Kris Britt (Aus), Amanda Green and Michelle Lynch (NZ) all made their WODI debuts.
27 January 2003
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- India Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: India Women 6, England Women 0
- Rumeli Dhar (Ind) made her WODI debut.
28 January 2003
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- New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: New Zealand Women 6, India Women 0
- Rebecca Steele (NZ) made her WODI debut.
29 January 2003
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Australia Women 6, England Women 0
- Alex Blackwell (Aus) made her WODI debut.
30 January 2003
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: New Zealand Women 6, England Women 0
1 February 2003
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- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Australia Women 6, India Women 0
- Melissa Bulow (Aus), Babita Mandlik and Reema Malhotra (Ind) all made their WODI debuts.
2 February 2003
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- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Australia Women 6, England Women 0
2 February 2003
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- New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: New Zealand Women 6, India Women 0
3 February 2003
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: New Zealand Women 5, England Women 1
4 February 2003
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- India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Australia Women 6, India Women 0
- Mamata Kanojia (Ind) made her WODI debut.
6 February 2003
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- New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Australia Women 6, New Zealand Women 0
6 February 2003
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- India Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: England Women 5, India Women 1
Third-place play-off
editFinal
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- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Australia Women won the 2002–03 World Series of Women's Cricket.
- Australia Women won the 2002–03 Rose Bowl 3–0.
Statistics
editMost runs
edit| Player | Team | Innings | Runs | Average | Strike rate | Highest Score | |
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| Belinda Clark | Australia |
7 | 343 | 49.00 | 64.83 | 81 | |
| Mithali Raj | India |
7 | 292 | 41.71 | 67.28 | 98 | |
| Karen Rolton | Australia |
7 | 291 | 58.20 | 81.51 | 86 | |
| Lisa Sthalekar | Australia |
6 | 189 | 37.80 | 63.85 | 59 | |
| Maia Lewis | Australia |
7 | 186 | 46.50 | 50.68 | 50 | |
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Most wickets
edit| Player | Team | Overs | Wickets | Average | Economy | BBI | |||
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| Cathryn Fitzpatrick | Australia |
54.1 | 15 | 10.06 | 2.78 | 5/27 | |||
| Nooshin Al Khadeer | India |
63.5 | 14 | 17.28 | 3.79 | 5/14 | |||
| Frances King | New Zealand |
43.1 | 11 | 15.90 | 4.05 | 4/24 | |||
| Julie Hayes | Australia |
65.0 | 10 | 17.70 | 2.72 | 3/28 | |||
| Emma Liddell | Australia |
62.0 | 9 | 21.11 | 3.06 | 3/31 | |||
| Source: ESPNcricinfo[10] | |||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "World Series of Women's Cricket 2002/03". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Final, Lincoln, Feb 8 2003, World Series of Women's Cricket: Australia Women v New Zealand Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Cup finalists to open women's quadrangular at Lincoln". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "ACB announces Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars team for one-day series in New Zealand". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "England Women's Squad announced for ODI Tournament and Ashes Test Series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Records/World Series of Women's Cricket, 2002/03 – India Women/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Maia Lewis returns to New Zealand women's team". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "World Series of Women's Cricket 2002/03 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Records / World Series of Women's Cricket 2002/03 / Most Runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "World Series of Women's Cricket, 2002/03 / Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2021.