West Indies beat South Africa by 3 runs in the opening match of the ICC 2003 Cricket World Cup
Venue : Newlands, Cape Town (D/N)
Toss : West Indies won the toss and elected to bat
Umpires : Daryl Harper and S Venkatraghavan
Match Result : West Indies won by 3 runs
Man of the Match : Brian Lara

West Indies (50 Overs Maximum)

Chris Gayle b Shaun Pollock 2 (21)
Wavell Hinds c Boucher b Shaun Pollock 0 (16)
Brian Lara c Pollock b Makhaya Ntini 116 (134) 12 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Shivnarine Chanderpaul c Boucher b Lance Klusener 34 (60) 3 ‘4s’
Carl Hooper (C) c Kallis b Makhaya Ntini 40 (40) 3 ‘4s’
Ricardo Powell not out 40 (18) 5 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Ramnaresh Sarwan not out 32 (15) 2 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Ridley Jacobs (WK)
Vasbert Drakes
Mervyn Dillon
Pedro Collins

Extras : 14 (Wides: 4 No Balls: 4 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 6)

Total : 278/5 (Overs: 50.0)

Fall of Wickets : 1-4 (Hinds, 4.6 ovs), 2-7 (Gayle, 6.4 ovs), 3-109 (Chanderpaul, 30.3 ovs), 4-198 (Hooper, 43.2 ovs), 5-215 (Lara, 45.2 ovs)

South Africa Bowling

Shaun Pollock 10-2-52-2 (1nb)
Makhaya Ntini 10-1-37-2 (2wd)
Allan Donald 9-0-54-0 (1wd 1nb)
Jacques Kallis 10-2-52-0
Lance Klusener 8-0-53-1 (2nb)
Nicky Boje 3-0-24-0 (1wd)

South Africa (Target : 279 from 49 Overs)

Herschelle Gibbs c Jacobs b Mervyn Dillon 24 (28) 4 ‘4s’
Gary Kirsten c&b Mervyn Dillon 69 (92) 6 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Boeta Dippenaar st Jacobs b Carl Hooper 20 (25) 2 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Jacques Kallis c Jacobs b Pedro Collins 13 (18) 2 ‘4s’
Jonty Rhodes b Carl Hooper 2 (6)
Mark Boucher (WK) b Chris Gayle 49 (49) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Shaun Pollock (C) c Hooper b Chris Gayle 4 (4)
Lance Klusener c Hooper b Vasbert Drakes 57 (48) 1 ‘4s’ 5 ‘6s’
Nicky Boje not out 25 (25) 2 ‘4s’
Makhaya Ntini c Sarwan b Vasbert Drakes 0 (2)
Allan Donald not out 0 (0)

Extras : 12 (Wides: 5 No Balls: 3 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 4)

Total : 275/9 (Overs: 49.0)

Fall of Wickets : 1-46 (Gibbs, 8.4 ovs), 2-79 (Dippenaar, 16.2 ovs), 3-104 (Kallis, 21.3 ovs), 4-117 (Rhodes, 24.1 ovs), 5-155 (Kirsten, 31.5 ovs), 6-160 (Pollock, 32.4 ovs), 7-204 (Boucher, 40.5 ovs), 8-271 (Klusener, 48.3 ovs), 9-271 (Ntini, 48.5 ovs)

West Indies Bowling

Mervyn Dillon 10-0-47-2 (1wd)
Pedro Collins 9-0-54-1 (1wd 1nb)
Vasbert Drakes 8-1-33-2 (1nb)
Carl Hooper 10-0-63-2 (1nb)

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