Welcome to the eighth World Cup Cricket 2003
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The eighth world Cup 2003 was held in South Africa between
February 9 and March 23. 14 nations participated in the event with their
teams to prove their mettle in the 54 matches held during the event. The
official mascot of the tournament was Dazzle, the Zibra.
The teams were divided into Pool A and Pool B, the pools
being compiled according to a seeding system devised by the Executive
Board of the International Cricket Council. The seedings are based on
an international rankings list calculated according to the results of
all limited overs internationals between the end of the last Cricket World
Cup in June 1999 until the cutoff date of September 30, 2001.
The winning team Australia received $2 000 000 cash prize
along with the World
cup trophy.
