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    "title": "Australia beat India in the final to Clinch their third World Cup Title",
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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">In the final of 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup, Australia comfortably beat India by 125 runs at <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: justify;\">New Wanderer&rsquo;s Stadium, Johannesburg.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Australia clinch their third World Cup title and second world cup title in a row.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Apart from winning the toss, nothing went in favour of India. Opting to field first, Indian bolwers failed to control Australian batting led by captain Ricky Ponting who scored an unbeaten 140*. Other contributors were Damien Martyn (88*), Mathew Hayden (57) and Adam Gilchrist (37). Australia scored 359\/2 in 50 overs,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;\">the highest total <\/span><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">ever made in the history of World Cup finals.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Indian team were bowled out for just 234 in 39.2 overs against some quality Australian bowling. Apart from Sehwag (82 from 81&nbsp;balls) &amp; Dravid (47)&nbsp;no other Indian batsman was able to score. India lost the match by a whopping margin of 125 runs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 Final scorecard - India vs Australia<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Match Date : March 23, 2003<br \/>\r\nVenue&nbsp;: New Wanderer&rsquo;s Stadium, Johannesburg<br \/>\r\nToss : India won the toss and&nbsp;elect&nbsp;to field<br \/>\r\nUmpires : Steve Bucknor&nbsp;and David&nbsp;Shepherd<br \/>\r\nMatch Result : Australia won by 125 runs to lift the ICC World&nbsp;Cup&nbsp;2003<br \/>\r\nMan of the Match : Ricky Ponting<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Australia (50 Overs Maximum)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Adam Gilchrist (WK) c Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh 57 (48) 8 &lsquo;4s&rsquo; 1 &lsquo;6s&rsquo;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Matthew Hayden c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh 37 (54) 5 &lsquo;4s&rsquo;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Ricky Ponting (C) not out 140 (121) 4 &lsquo;4s&rsquo; 8 &lsquo;6s&rsquo;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Damien&nbsp;Martyn not out 88 (84) 7 &lsquo;4s&rsquo; 1 &lsquo;6s&rsquo;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Did Not Bat - Darren Lehmann,&nbsp;<span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Michael Bevan,&nbsp;<span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Andrew Symonds,&nbsp;<span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Bradley Hogg,&nbsp;<span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Andy Bichel,&nbsp;<span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Brett Lee,&nbsp;<span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Glenn McGrath<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Extras :&nbsp;37 (Wides: 16 No Balls: 7 Byes: 2 Leg Byes: 12)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Total :&nbsp;359\/2 (Overs : 50.0)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fall of Wickets :&nbsp;1-105 (Gilchrist, 13.6 ovs), 2-125 (Hayden, 19.5 ovs)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">India Bowling<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Zaheer Khan 7-0-67-0 (6wd 2nb)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Javagal Srinath 10-0-87-0 (2wd 3nb)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Ashish Nehra 10-0-57-0 (3wd)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Harbhajan Singh 8-0-49-2<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Virender Sehwag 3-0-14-0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Sachin Tendulkar 3-0-20-0 (1wd)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Dinesh Mongia 7-0-39-0 (2nb)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Yuvraj Singh 2-0-12-0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">India Batting<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Sachin Tendulkar c&amp;b Glenn McGrath 4 (5) 1 &lsquo;4s&rsquo;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Virender Sehwag run out (Lehmann) 82 (81) 10 &lsquo;4s&rsquo; 3 &lsquo;6s&rsquo;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Sourav Ganguly (C) c Lehmann b Brett Lee 24 (25) 3 &lsquo;4s&rsquo; 1 &lsquo;6s&rsquo;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Mohammad Kaif c Gilchrist b Glenn McGrath 0 (3)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Rahul Dravid (WK) b Andy Bichel 47 (57) 2 &lsquo;4s&rsquo;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Yuvraj Singh c Lee b Bradley Hogg 24 (34) 1 &lsquo;4s&rsquo;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Dinesh Mongia c Martyn b Andrew Symonds 12 (11) 2 &lsquo;4s&rsquo;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Harbhajan Singh c McGrath b Andrew Symonds 7 (8)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Zaheer Khan c Lehmann b Glenn McGrath 4 (8)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Javagal Srinath b Lee 1 (4)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Ashish Nehra not out 8 (4) 2 &lsquo;4s&rsquo;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Extras :&nbsp;21 (Wides : 9 No Balls: 4 Byes: 4 Leg Byes: 4)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Total :&nbsp;234 all out (Overs : 39.2)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Fall of Wickets :&nbsp;1-4 (Tendulkar, 0.5 ovs), 2-58 (Ganguly, 9.5 ovs), 3-59 (Kaif, 10.3 ovs), 4-147 (Sehwag, 23.5 ovs), 5-187 (Dravid, 31.5 ovs), 6-208 (Yuvraj Singh, 34.5 ovs), 7-209 (Dinesh Mongia, 35.2 ovs), 8-223 (Harbhajan Singh, 37.1 ovs), 9-226 (Srinath, 38.2 ovs), 10-234 (Zaheer Khan, 39.2 ovs)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Australia Bowling<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Glenn McGrath 8.2-0-52-3<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Brett Lee 7-1-31-2 (2wd 4nb)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Bradley Hogg 10-0-61-1 (2wd)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Darren Lehmann 2-0-18-0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Andy Bichel 10-0-57-1 (4wd)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Andrew Symonds 2-0-7-2 (1wd)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>CRICKETNMORE<\/p>\r\n",
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