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2003 Ponting carries the baton
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2003: Ponting carries the baton
February 07, 2011 15:58
Australia continued with their dominance in the ODI format of the game as they won their 2nd successive world title, thrashing India in the final with comfortable ease
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The 2003 World Cup moved to the African nations - South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya. This was the second time that World Cup matches were held in the Southern Hemisphere after Australia hosting it in 1992.
Australia were the favourites in the competition and they stamped their authority almost every time they stepped on to the field. When individual performances failed, team performances salvaged victories, which meant that Australia went through the competition unbeaten.
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The 2003 World Cup was not only about Australia's triumph over adversity, but also about protests, boycotts, a drug-ban and some big players' farewells.
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England boycotted their match in Zimbabwe and New Zealand refused to play in Kenya on safety and political grounds. The points earned by defaults helped Zimbabwe and Kenya make it to the Super Six stage. Zimbabwean paceman Henry Olonga and wicketkeeper-batsman Andy Flower were soon to be pushed into exile for their black armband protest against the "death of democracy" in their country.
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The tournament saw the last Cup appearance of South Africans Jonty Rhodes, Allan Donald and Gary Kirsten, Pakistani fast bowling great Wasim Akram, and Sri Lankan batsman Aravinda de Silva.
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Australia suffered a blow even before the show had begun when leg-spinner Shane Warne was ruled out of the tournament after failing a drugs test. He was not to play for his team in one-day cricket thereafter.
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Such was the depth of Ricky Ponting's side that they managed to find players to deliver in critical situations, like hard-hitting batsman Andrew Symonds and all-rounder Andy Bichel.
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The tournament was jointly hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya and had a record 14 teams, divided into two groups of seven each. Three top sides from each group advanced to the Super Six, but the boycotts and a few rain-marred games meant a couple of big teams were eliminated before the semi-finals.
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The washouts virtually eliminated Pakistan (v Zimbabwe) and the West Indies (v Bangladesh), while Shaun Pollock's South Africans bowed out after a miscalculation during their rain-hit match against Sri Lanka. When South African wicket-keeper Mark Boucher hit the penultimate ball off what turned out to be the final over for a six to level the scores, he thought the job had been completed. But his team still needed one more run to win.
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The West Indies began impressively when they beat South Africa, courtesy of Brian Lara's masterful century. Kenya made a surprise semi-final appearance but did not have the resources to stretch India who qualified for the final.
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Sourav Ganguly's Indians won eight successive matches to emerge deserving challengers to Australia in the final.
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Sachin Tendulkar's form was the highlight as he amassed 673 runs with one hundred and six half-centuries to become the tournament's top scorer.
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Australia marched on relentlessly despite losing Warne and then in-form paceman Jason Gillespie to an injury after early matches. They survived a few anxious batting moments before beating Sri Lanka in the semi-final.
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Ponting (140 not out) hijacked the final with a gem of a knock. He received valuable support from Damien Martyn (88 not out) to virtually put the match beyond India's reach as his team set a stiff 360-run target. Fast bowler Glenn McGrath rocked India with the prize wicket of Tendulkar (four) in his opening spell. India seemed to be chasing a mirage thereafter despite Virender Sehwag's 82 and were bowled out for 234.
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There was also a chance for a lesser-known player to shine as Canadian John Davison hammered the World Cup's fastest century (off 67 balls), against the West Indies in a group match at Centurion.
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