The 2003–04 international cricket season lasted from September 2003 to March 2004.
Season overview International tours Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches] Test ODI 1–0 2–3 0–0 — 2–0 — 0–2 0–3 0–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 — 5–0 1–1 — 3–0 3–1 0–1 4–1 1–1 5–1 1–0 2–1 0–3 2–3 0–3 2–2 1–2 2–3 International tournaments Dates Tournament Winners TVS Cup VB Series Minor international tournaments Dates Tournament Winners Americas Affiliates Championship 2003–04 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup
Pre-season rankings The following are the rankings at the start of the season. ICC Test Championship Table in August 2003 ICC ODI Championship Table in August 2003 Rank Team Rating Rank Team Rating 1 129 1 134 2 119 2 118 3 106 3 107 4 101 4 106 5 94 5 106 6 91 6 105 7 90 7 105 8 83 8 104 9 58 9 63 10 2 10 30 11 3
October
South Africa in Pakistan
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI series ODI 2046 3 October Inzamam-ul-Haq Graeme Smith Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore by 8 runs ODI 2047 5 October Inzamam-ul-Haq Graeme Smith Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore by 42 runs ODI 2048 7 October Yousuf Youhana Graeme Smith Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad by 13 runs (D/L) ODI 2049 10 October Yousuf Youhana Graeme Smith Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi by 6 wickets ODI 2050 12 October Inzamam-ul-Haq Mark Boucher Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi by 7 wickets Test series Test 1664 17–21 October Yousuf Youhana Graeme Smith Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore by 8 wickets Test 1666 24–28 October Inzamam-ul-Haq Graeme Smith Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Match Drawn
New Zealand in India
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1660 8–12 October Sourav Ganguly Stephen Fleming Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Match Drawn Test 1662 16–20 October Rahul Dravid Stephen Fleming Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Match Drawn
Zimbabwe in Australia
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1661 9–13 October Steve Waugh Heath Streak WACA Ground, Perth by an innings and 175 runs Test 1663 17–20 October Steve Waugh Heath Streak Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney by 9 wickets
England in Bangladesh
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1665 21–25 October Khaled Mahmud Michael Vaughan Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka by 7 wickets Test 1667 29 October–1 November Khaled Mahmud Michael Vaughan M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong by 329 runs ODI series ODI 2057 7 November Khaled Mahmud Michael Vaughan M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong by 7 wickets ODI 2059 10 November Khaled Mahmud Michael Vaughan Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka by 7 wickets ODI 2060 12 November Khaled Mahmud Michael Vaughan Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka by 7 wickets
TVS Cup (India, Australia, New Zealand in India)
Pos Team 1 6 5 1 0 28 +1.113 2 6 2 3 1 16 +0.110 3 6 1 4 1 10 –1.457
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result Group stage ODI 2051 23 October Rahul Dravid Stephen Fleming M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai No Result ODI 2052 26 October Rahul Dravid Ricky Ponting Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior by 37 runs ODI 2053 29 October Ricky Ponting Stephen Fleming Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad by 8 wickets ODI 2054 1 November Rahul Dravid Ricky Ponting Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai by 77 runs ODI 2055 3 November Ricky Ponting Stephen Fleming Nehru Stadium, Pune by 2 wickets ODI 2056 6 November Rahul Dravid Stephen Fleming Barabati Stadium, Cuttack by 4 wickets ODI 2058 9 November Ricky Ponting Stephen Fleming Nehru Stadium, Guwahati by 44 runs ODI 2061 12 November Sourav Ganguly Ricky Ponting M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore by 61 runs ODI 2062 15 November Sourav Ganguly Chris Cairns Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad by 145 runs Final ODI 2064 18 November Rahul Dravid Ricky Ponting Eden Gardens, Kolkata by 37 runs
November
West Indies in Zimbabwe
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1668 4–8 November Heath Streak Brian Lara Harare Sports Club, Harare Match Drawn Test 1669 12–16 November Heath Streak Brian Lara Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo by 128 runs ODI series ODI 2065 22 November Heath Streak Brian Lara Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo by 51 runs (D/L) ODI 2066 23 November Heath Streak Brian Lara Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo by 6 wickets ODI 2067 26 November Heath Streak Brian Lara Harare Sports Club, Harare by 21 runs ODI 2069 29 November Heath Streak Brian Lara Harare Sports Club, Harare by 72 runs (D/L) ODI 2070 30 November Heath Streak Brian Lara Harare Sports Club, Harare by 8 wickets
England in Sri Lanka
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI series ODI 2063 18 November Marvan Atapattu Michael Vaughan Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla by 10 wickets ODI 2064a 21 November Marvan Atapattu Michael Vaughan R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Match abandoned ODI 2066a 23 November Marvan Atapattu Michael Vaughan R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Match abandoned Test series Test 1670 2–6 December Hashan Tillakaratne Michael Vaughan Galle International Stadium, Galle Match drawn Test 1672 10–14 December Hashan Tillakaratne Michael Vaughan Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Match drawn Test 1675 18–21 December Hashan Tillakaratne Michael Vaughan Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo by an innings and 215 runs
New Zealand in Pakistan
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI series ODI 2068 29 November Inzamam-ul-Haq Chris Cairns Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore by 3 wickets ODI 2071 1 December Yousuf Youhana Chris Cairns Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore by 124 runs ODI 2072 3 December Inzamam-ul-Haq Chris Cairns Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad by 51 runs ODI 2073 5 December Inzamam-ul-Haq Chris Cairns Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi by 7 wickets ODI 2074 7 December Inzamam-ul-Haq Chris Cairns Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi by 49 runs
December
India in Australia
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1671 4–8 December Steve Waugh Sourav Ganguly The Gabba, Brisbane Match drawn Test 1673 12–16 December Steve Waugh Sourav Ganguly Adelaide Oval, Adelaide by 4 wickets Test 1678 26–30 December Steve Waugh Sourav Ganguly Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne by 9 wickets Test 1680 2–6 January Steve Waugh Sourav Ganguly Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Match drawn
West Indies in South Africa
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1674 12–16 December Graeme Smith Brian Lara New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg by 189 runs Test 1679 26–29 December Graeme Smith Brian Lara Kingsmead, Durban by an innings and 65 runs Test 1681 2–6 January Graeme Smith Brian Lara Newlands, Cape Town Match drawn Test 1682 16–20 January Graeme Smith Brian Lara SuperSport Park, Centurion by 10 wickets
Pakistan in New Zealand
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1676 19–23 December Stephen Fleming Inzamam-ul-Haq Seddon Park, Hamilton Match drawn Test 1677 26–30 December Stephen Fleming Inzamam-ul-Haq Basin Reserve, Wellington by 7 wickets
January
VB Series (AUS, IND, ZIM in AUS)
Pos Team 1 8 6 1 1 7 37 +1.100 2 8 5 3 0 4 29 +0.282 3 8 0 7 1 3 6 –1.326
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result Group stage ODI 2077 9 January Ricky Ponting Sourav Ganguly Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne by 18 runs ODI 2079 11 January Ricky Ponting Heath Streak Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney by 99 runs ODI 2080 14 January Sourav Ganguly Heath Streak Bellerive Oval, Hobart by 7 wickets ODI 2082 16 January Ricky Ponting Heath Streak Bellerive Oval, Hobart by 148 runs ODI 2084 18 January Ricky Ponting Sourav Ganguly The Gabba, Brisbane by 19 runs ODI 2085 20 January Sourav Ganguly Heath Streak The Gabba, Brisbane by 24 runs ODI 2086 22 January Ricky Ponting Sourav Ganguly Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney by 2 wickets ODI 2087 24 January Sourav Ganguly Heath Streak Adelaide Oval, Adelaide by 3 runs ODI 2089 26 January Ricky Ponting Heath Streak Adelaide Oval, Adelaide by 13 runs ODI 2091 29 January Ricky Ponting Heath Streak Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne No result ODI 2093 1 February Adam Gilchrist Sourav Ganguly WACA Ground, Perth by 5 wickets ODI 2095 3 February Rahul Dravid Heath Streak WACA Ground, Perth by 4 wickets Finals ODI 2097 6 February Ricky Ponting Sourav Ganguly Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne by 7 wickets ODI 2098 8 February Ricky Ponting Sourav Ganguly Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney by 208 runs
West Indies in South Africa
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI series ODI 2088 25 January Graeme Smith Brian Lara Newlands, Cape Town by 209 runs ODI 2090 28 January Graeme Smith Brian Lara St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth by 16 runs ODI 2092 30 January Graeme Smith Brian Lara Kingsmead, Durban No result ODI 2094 1 February Graeme Smith Brian Lara SuperSport Park, Centurion by 7 wickets ODI 2096 4 February Graeme Smith Brian Lara New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg by 4 wickets
February
Bangladesh in Zimbabwe
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1683 19–23 February Heath Streak Habibul Bashar Harare Sports Club, Harare by 183 runs Test 1684 26–29 February Heath Streak Habibul Bashar Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Match drawn ODI series ODI 2109a 6 March Heath Streak Habibul Bashar Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Match abandoned ODI 2109b 7 March Heath Streak Habibul Bashar Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Match abandoned ODI 2110 10 March Heath Streak Habibul Bashar Harare Sports Club, Harare by 8 runs ODI 2111 12 March Heath Streak Habibul Bashar Harare Sports Club, Harare by 14 runs ODI 2113 14 March Heath Streak Habibul Bashar Harare Sports Club, Harare by 3 wickets
South Africa in New Zealand
The two abandoned ODI matches at Dunedin and Auckland were played the day after at the same venue. The ODI series was still revised to a six-game series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI series ODI 2099 13 February Stephen Fleming Graeme Smith Eden Park, Auckland by 5 wickets ODI 2100 17 February Stephen Fleming Graeme Smith Jade Stadium, Christchurch by 5 wickets ODI 2101 20 February Stephen Fleming Graeme Smith Westpac Stadium, Wellington by 5 runs ODI 2103a 24 February Stephen Fleming Graeme Smith Carisbrook, Dunedin Match abandoned ODI 2104 25 February Stephen Fleming Graeme Smith Carisbrook, Dunedin by 6 wickets ODI 2106a 28 February Stephen Fleming Graeme Smith Eden Park, Auckland Match abandoned ODI 2107 29 February Stephen Fleming Graeme Smith Eden Park, Auckland by 2 runs (D/L) ODI 2109 2 March Stephen Fleming Graeme Smith McLean Park, Napier by 5 wickets Test series Test 1686 10–14 March Stephen Fleming Graeme Smith Westpac Park, Hamilton Match drawn Test 1689 18–22 March Stephen Fleming Graeme Smith Eden Park, Auckland by 9 wickets Test 1692 26–30 March Stephen Fleming Graeme Smith Basin Reserve, Wellington by 6 wickets
Australia in Sri Lanka
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI series ODI 2102 20 February Marvan Atapattu Ricky Ponting Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla by 84 runs ODI 2103 22 February Marvan Atapattu Ricky Ponting Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla by 1 run ODI 2105 25 February Marvan Atapattu Ricky Ponting R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo by 5 wickets ODI 2106 27 February Marvan Atapattu Ricky Ponting R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo by 40 runs ODI 2108 29 February Marvan Atapattu Adam Gilchrist Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo by 3 wickets Test series Test 1685 8–12 March Hashan Tillakaratne Ricky Ponting Galle International Stadium, Galle by 197 runs Test 1688 16–20 March Hashan Tillakaratne Ricky Ponting Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy by 27 runs Test 1691 24–28 March Hashan Tillakaratne Ricky Ponting Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo by 121 runs
March
England in West Indies