International cricket in 2003

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The 2003 international cricket season was from April to September.

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Season overview

International tours
Start dateHome teamAway teamResults [Matches]
Test ODI
10 April 2003 WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1–3 [4]3–4 [7]
24 April 2003 Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 0–2 [2]
25 April 2003 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 0–0 [2]
22 May 2003 Flag of England.svg  England Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2–0 [2]
7 June 2003 WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1–0 [2]1–2 [3]
17 June 2003 Flag of England.svg  England Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2–1 [3]
18 July 2003 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 2–0 [2]3–0 [3]
24 July 2003 Flag of England.svg  England Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2–2 [5]
20 August 2003 Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 3–0 [3]5–0 [5]
International tournaments
DatesTournamentWinners
11 April 2003 Flag of Bangladesh.svg TVS Cup Tri series Flag of India.svg  India and Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
10 May 2003 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Bank Alfalah Cup Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
26 June 2003 Flag of England.svg NatWest Series Flag of England.svg  England

April

Australia in the West Indies

Test series
No.DateHome captainAway captainVenueResult
Test 1638 10–13 April Brian Lara Steve Waugh Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia by 9 wickets
Test 1639 19–23 April Brian Lara Steve Waugh Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia by 118 runs
Test 1643 1–5 May Brian Lara Steve Waugh Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia by 9 wickets
Test 1645 9–13 May Brian Lara Steve Waugh Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies by 3 wickets
ODI series
No.DateHome captainAway captainVenueResult
ODI 2011 17 May Brian Lara Ricky Ponting Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia by 2 runs (D/L)
ODI 2013 18 May Brian Lara Ricky Ponting Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia by 8 wickets
ODI 2016 21 May Brian Lara Ricky Ponting Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia by 25 runs
ODI 2018 24 May Brian Lara Ricky Ponting Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia by 67 runs
ODI 2019 25 May Brian Lara Ricky Ponting Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies by 39 runs
ODI 2020 30 May Brian Lara Ricky Ponting National Cricket Stadium, St. George's, Grenada WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies by 3 wickets
ODI 2021 1 June Brian Lara Ricky Ponting National Cricket Stadium, St. George's, Grenada WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies by 9 wickets

TVS Cup Tri series

PosTeam Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1Flag of India.svg  India 4310018+1.930
2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4310017+0.151
3Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 404001–2.078
Group stage
No.DateTeam 1Captain 1Team 2Captain 2VenueResult
ODI 2001 11 AprilFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Khaled Mahmud Flag of India.svg  India Sourav Ganguly Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Flag of India.svg  India by 200 runs
ODI 2002 13 AprilFlag of India.svg  India Sourav Ganguly Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Graeme Smith Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Flag of India.svg  India by 153 runs
ODI 2003 14 AprilFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Khaled Mahmud Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Graeme Smith Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa by 83 runs
ODI 2004 16 AprilFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Khaled Mahmud Flag of India.svg  India Virender Sehwag Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Flag of India.svg  India by 4 wickets
ODI 2005 17 AprilFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Khaled Mahmud Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Graeme Smith Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa by 93 runs
ODI 2006 18 AprilFlag of India.svg  India Sourav Ganguly Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Graeme Smith Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa by 5 wickets
Final
ODI 2006a 20 AprilFlag of India.svg  India Sourav Ganguly Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Graeme Smith Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Match abandoned
ODI 2007 21 AprilFlag of India.svg  India Sourav Ganguly Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Graeme Smith Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka No result

South Africa in Bangladesh

Test series
No.DateHome captainAway captainVenueResult
Test 1640 24–27 April Khaled Mahmud Graeme Smith M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa by an innings and 60 runs
Test 1642 1–4 May Khaled Mahmud Graeme Smith Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa by an innings and 18 runs

New Zealand in Sri Lanka

Test series
No.DateHome captainAway captainVenueResult
Test 1641 25–29 April Hashan Tillakaratne Stephen Fleming Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Match drawn
Test 1644 3–7 May Hashan Tillakaratne Stephen Fleming Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Match drawn

May

Bank Alfalah Cup

PosTeam Pld W L T NR NRR Pts
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 42200+0.27313
2Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 42200+0.06612
3Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 42200–0.33211
Group stage
No.DateTeam 1Captain 1Team 2Captain 2VenueResult
ODI 2008 10 MayFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rashid Latif Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan by 79 runs
ODI 2009 11 MayFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Stephen Fleming Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rashid Latif Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand by 7 wickets
ODI 2010 13 MayFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Stephen Fleming Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka by 5 wickets
ODI 2012 18 MayFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rashid Latif Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka by 12 runs
ODI 2014 19 MayFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Stephen Fleming Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand by 9 runs
ODI 2015 20 MayFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Stephen Fleming Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rashid Latif Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan by 22 runs
Final
ODI 2017 23 MayFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Stephen Fleming Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Rashid Latif Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand by 4 wickets

Zimbabwe in England

Test series
No.DateHome captainAway captainVenueResult
Test 1646 22–24 May Nasser Hussain Heath Streak Lord's, London Flag of England.svg  England by an innings and 92 runs
Test 1647 5–7 June Nasser Hussain Heath Streak Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Flag of England.svg  England by an innings and 69 runs

June

Sri Lanka in the West Indies

ODI series
No.DateHome captainAway captainVenueResult
ODI 2022 7 June Brian Lara Marvan Atapattu Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka by 55 runs
ODI 2023 8 June Brian Lara Marvan Atapattu Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka by 4 wickets
ODI 2024 11 June Brian Lara Marvan Atapattu Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies by 6 wickets (D/L)
Test series
No.DateHome captainAway captainVenueResult
Test 1648 20–24 June Brian Lara Hashan Tillakaratne Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia Match drawn
Test 1649 27–29 June Brian Lara Hashan Tillakaratne Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies by 7 wickets

Pakistan in England

ODI series
No.DateHome captainAway captainVenueResult
ODI 2025 17 June Michael Vaughan Rashid Latif Old Trafford, Manchester Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan by 2 wickets
ODI 2026 20 June Michael Vaughan Rashid Latif The Oval, London Flag of England.svg  England by 7 wickets
ODI 2027 22 June Michael Vaughan Rashid Latif Lord's, London Flag of England.svg  England by 4 wickets

NatWest Series

PosTeam Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 6420023+0.480
2Flag of England.svg  England 6320122+0.825
3Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 614019–1.370
Group stage
No.DateTeam 1Captain 1Team 2Captain 2VenueResult
ODI 2028 26 JuneFlag of England.svg  England Michael Vaughan Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Heath Streak Trent Bridge, Nottingham Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe by 4 wickets
ODI 2029 28 JuneFlag of England.svg  England Marcus Trescothick Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Graeme Smith The Oval, London Flag of England.svg  England by 6 wickets
ODI 2030 29 JuneFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Graeme Smith Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Heath Streak St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa by 46 runs
ODI 2031 1 JulyFlag of England.svg  England Michael Vaughan Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Heath Streak Headingley, Leeds No result
ODI 2032 3 JulyFlag of England.svg  England Michael Vaughan Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Graeme Smith Old Trafford, Manchester Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa by 7 wickets
ODI 2033 5 JulyFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Graeme Smith Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Heath Streak SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa by 9 wickets
ODI 2034 6 JulyFlag of England.svg  England Michael Vaughan Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Heath Streak County Ground, Bristol Flag of England.svg  England by 6 wickets
ODI 2035 8 JulyFlag of England.svg  England Michael Vaughan Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Graeme Smith Edgbaston, Birmingham Flag of England.svg  England by 4 wickets
ODI 2036 10 JulyFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Graeme Smith Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Heath Streak Rose Bowl, Southampton Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa by 7 wickets
Final
ODI 2037 12 JulyFlag of England.svg  England Michael Vaughan Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Graeme Smith Lord's, London Flag of England.svg  England by 7 wickets

July

Bangladesh in Australia

Test series
No.DateHome captainAway captainVenueResult
Test 1650 18–20 July Steve Waugh Khaled Mahmud Marrara Oval, Darwin Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia by an innings and 132 runs
Test 1652 25–28 July Steve Waugh Khaled Mahmud Bundaberg Rum Stadium, Cairns Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia by an innings and 98 runs
ODI series
No.DateHome captainAway captainVenueResult
ODI 2038 2 August Ricky Ponting Khaled Mahmud Bundaberg Rum Stadium, Cairns Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia by 8 wickets
ODI 2039 3 August Ricky Ponting Khaled Mahmud Bundaberg Rum Stadium, Cairns Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia by 9 wickets
ODI 2040 6 August Ricky Ponting Khaled Mahmud Marrara Oval, Darwin Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia by 112 runs

South Africa in England

Test series
No.DateHome captainAway captainVenueResult
Test 1651 24–28 July Nasser Hussain Graeme Smith Edgbaston, Birmingham Match drawn
Test 1653 31 July–3 August Michael Vaughan Graeme Smith Lord's, London Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa by an innings and 92 runs
Test 1655 14–18 August Michael Vaughan Graeme Smith Trent Bridge, Nottingham Flag of England.svg  England by 70 runs
Test 1656 21–25 August Michael Vaughan Graeme Smith Headingley, Leeds Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa by 191 runs
Test 1659 4–8 September Michael Vaughan Graeme Smith The Oval, London Flag of England.svg  England by 9 wickets

August

Bangladesh in Pakistan

Test series
No.DateHome captainAway captainVenueResult
Test 1655 20–24 August Rashid Latif Khaled Mahmud National Stadium, Karachi Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan by 7 wickets
Test 1657 27–30 August Rashid Latif Khaled Mahmud Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan by 9 wickets
Test 1658 3–6 September Rashid Latif Khaled Mahmud Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan by 1 wicket
ODI series
No.DateHome captainAway captainVenueResult
ODI 2041 9 September Inzamam-ul-Haq Khaled Mahmud Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan by 117 runs
ODI 2042 12 September Inzamam-ul-Haq Khaled Mahmud Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan by 74 runs
ODI 2043 15 September Inzamam-ul-Haq Khaled Mahmud Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan by 42 runs (D/L)
ODI 2044 18 September Inzamam-ul-Haq Khaled Mahmud Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan by 5 wickets
ODI 2045 21 September Inzamam-ul-Haq Khaled Mahmud National Stadium, Karachi Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan by 58 runs


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