2002–03 World Series of Women's Cricket

2002–03 World Series of Women's Cricket
Dates26 January – 8 February 2003
Cricket formatODI (50 overs)
Host(s)New Zealand
Champions Australia
Runners-up New Zealand
Participants4
Matches14
Most runsBelinda Clark (Aus) (343)
Most wicketsCathryn Fitzpatrick (Aus) (15)

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]

Squads

 Australia[4]  England[5]  India[6]  New Zealand[7]

Tour Matches

24 January 2003
Scorecard
New Zealand A 
155/8 (50 overs)
v
 Australia
157/6 (43 overs)
Michelle Lynch 77 (142)
Clea Smith 3/28 (8 overs)
Karen Rolton 45 (52)
Beth McNeill 1/16 (6 overs)
Australia Women won by 4 wickets
Lincoln Green, Lincoln
Umpires: Jeremy Busby (NZ) and Dave Quested (NZ)
  • New Zealand A Women won the toss and elected to bat.
24 January 2003
Scorecard
New Zealand 
235/5 (50 overs)
v
 India
35/1 (14 overs)
Rebecca Rolls 63 (76)
Nooshin Al Khadeer 2/29 (8 overs)
Jaya Sharma 11* (50)
Louise Milliken 1/7 (3 overs)
No result
Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Umpires: Glenn Holdem (NZ) and Ian Shine (NZ)
  • India Women won the toss and elected to field.
25 January 2003
Scorecard
England 
199/7 (50 overs)
v
 New Zealand A
200/9 (49.4 overs)
Arran Brindle 75 (99)
Maree Hannay 3/42 (9 overs)
Megan Kane 57 (70)
Nicky Shaw 3/33 (9 overs)
New Zealand A Women won by 1 wicket
Lincoln Green, Lincoln
Umpires: Mike George (NZ) and Dave Quested (NZ)
  • England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Points table

Note: 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
1  Australia 6 6 0 6 0 36 +1.393
2  New Zealand 6 4 2 3 0 23 +0.343
3  India 6 1 5 1 1 7 −0.795
4  England 6 1 5 0 1 6 −0.936
  • Source: CricketArchive[8]

Fixtures

Group stage

26 January 2003
Scorecard
Australia 
223/6 (50 overs)
v
 New Zealand
160/9 (50 overs)
Karen Rolton 86 (84)
Frances King 4/24 (10 overs)
Nicola Payne 36 (83)
Karen Rolton 2/17 (6 overs)
Australia Women won by 63 runs
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln
Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Mike George (NZ)
27 January 2003
Scorecard
England 
86 (35.5 overs)
v
 India
89/4 (29.5 overs)
Charlotte Edwards 23 (54)
Nooshin Al Khadeer 5/14 (6.5 overs)
Jaya Sharma 33 (64)
Clare Taylor 2/15 (9 overs)
India Women won by 6 wickets
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln
Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Mike George (NZ)
  • 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
Scorecard
New Zealand 
248/5 (50 overs)
v
 India
165/5 (50 overs)
Nicola Payne 93 (130)
Nooshin Al Khadeer 2/44 (10 overs)
Sunetra Paranjpe 41 (85)
Emily Drumm 1/17 (3 overs)
New Zealand Women won by 83 runs
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln
Umpires: Dave Quested (NZ) and Evan Watkin (NZ)
  • 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
Scorecard
England 
156/8 (50 overs)
v
 Australia
157/3 (39.3 overs)
Claire Taylor 35 (50)
Emma Liddell 1/19 (8 overs)
Karen Rolton 68* (102)
Laura Harper 2/31 (10 overs)
Australia Women won by 7 wickets
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln
Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Kathy Cross (NZ)
  • 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
Scorecard
England 
140 (46.4 overs)
v
 New Zealand
141/6 (39.1 overs)
Sarah Collyer 29 (71)
Emily Drumm 3/8 (5 overs)
Rebecca Rolls 41 (33)
Laura Harper 2/17 (10 overs)
New Zealand Women won by 4 wickets
Lincoln No. 3, Lincoln
Umpires: Evan Watkin (NZ) and Kathy Cross (NZ)
  • England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: New Zealand Women 6, England Women 0
1 February 2003
Scorecard
Australia 
216/9 (50 overs)
v
 India
157/9 (50 overs)
Karen Rolton 68 (82)
Neetu David 2/30 (10 overs)
Mithali Raj 36 (51)
Julie Hayes 3/28 (10 overs)
Australia Women won by 59 runs
Lincoln No. 3, Lincoln
Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Robert Anderson (NZ)
2 February 2003
Scorecard
Australia 
226/8 (50 overs)
v
 England
120 (50 overs)
Belinda Clark 81 (106)
Sarah Collyer 2/31 (9 overs)
Clare Connor 29 (69)
Kris Britt 4/16 (7 overs)
Australia Women won by 106 runs
Lincoln No. 3, Lincoln
Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Robert Anderson (NZ)
  • Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Australia Women 6, England Women 0
2 February 2003
Scorecard
New Zealand 
239/9 (50 overs)
v
 India
186 (47.2 overs)
Rebecca Rolls 59 (37)
Nooshin Al Khadeer 4/38 (9 overs)
Mithali Raj 82 (98)
Emily Drumm 3/26 (7 overs)
New Zealand Women won by 57 runs
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln
Umpires: Dave Quested (NZ) and Jeremy Busby (NZ)
  • New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: New Zealand Women 6, India Women 0
3 February 2003
Scorecard
England 
173/9 (50 overs)
v
 New Zealand
174/3 (44.3 overs)
Sarah Collyer 39 (89)
Rebecca Steele 3/31 (10 overs)
Emily Drumm 93 (115)
Dawn Holden 1/19 (5.3 overs)
New Zealand Women won by 7 wickets
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln
Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Robert Anderson (NZ)
  • England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: New Zealand Women 5, England Women 1
4 February 2003
Scorecard
India 
134/7 (50 overs)
v
 Australia
135/1 (28 overs)
Anjum Chopra 25 (84)
Alex Blackwell 2/18 (6 overs)
Lisa Sthalekar 58* (80)
Amita Sharma 1/25 (6 overs)
Australia Women won by 9 wickets
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln
Umpires: Robert Anderson (NZ) and Tony Hill (NZ)
  • 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
Scorecard
New Zealand 
174 (49.1 overs)
v
 Australia
175/4 (40 overs)
Maia Lewis 43 (85)
Cathryn Fitzpatrick 5/27 (9.1 overs)
Belinda Clark 67 (87)
Rebecca Steele 2/29 (10 overs)
Australia Women won by 6 wickets
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln
Umpires: Glenn Holdem (NZ) and Tony Hill (NZ)
  • New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Australia Women 6, New Zealand Women 0
6 February 2003
Scorecard
England 
208/4 (50 overs)
v
 India
207 (50 overs)
Charlotte Edwards 79* (94)
Neetu David 1/20 (10 overs)
Mithali Raj 98 (126)
Sarah Collyer 2/35 (9 overs)
England Women won by 1 run
Lincoln No. 3, Lincoln
Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Jeremy Busby (NZ)
  • India Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: England Women 5, India Women 1

Third-place play-off

7 February 2003
Scorecard
England 
191 (48.1 overs)
v
 India
101 (43.5 overs)
Kathryn Leng 80 (109)
Neetu David 3/42 (10 overs)
Mithali Raj 26 (45)
Sarah Collyer 3/9 (9.5 overs)
England Women won by 90 runs
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln
Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Tony Hill (NZ)
  • England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

8 February 2003
Scorecard
Australia 
214 (49.5 overs)
v
 New Zealand
105 (30 overs)
Belinda Clark 80 (119)
Frances King 3/44 (9.5 overs)
Aimee Watkins 31 (42)
Julie Hayes 3/31 (7 overs)
Australia Women won by 109 runs
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln
Umpires: Gary Baxter (NZ) and Tony Hill (NZ)
  • 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

Most runs

Player Team Innings Runs Average Strike rate Highest Score
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
Source: ESPNcricinfo[9]

Most wickets

Player Team Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI
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

References

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  2. ^ "Final, Lincoln, Feb 8 2003, World Series of Women's Cricket: Australia Women v New Zealand Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Cup finalists to open women's quadrangular at Lincoln". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  4. ^ "ACB announces Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars team for one-day series in New Zealand". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  5. ^ "England Women's Squad announced for ODI Tournament and Ashes Test Series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
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  8. ^ "World Series of Women's Cricket 2002/03 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Records / World Series of Women's Cricket 2002/03 / Most Runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  10. ^ "World Series of Women's Cricket, 2002/03 / Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2021.