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The 2003 world cup was the eighth cricket world cup in the ICC world cup series. The tournament was hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya between Feb 9 and Mar 24, 2003. There were 14 teams fighting out for the prestigious cup. Australia became world champions under the captainship of Ricky Ponting.
Number of Teams: Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, England, India, Kenya, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe were the 14 team that participated in 2003 Cricket World Cup.
Hosts: 2003 Cricket World Cup was co-hosted by South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe.
Date: 2003 Cricket World Cup was held between Feb 9 and Feb 24, 2003
Trophy: The beautiful ICC Cricket World cup trophy would be provided to the winner of prestigious Cricket World Cup 2011. The trophy was created in 1999 by Garrard & Co. within 2 months. The trophy is now the permanent prize for the cricket world cup. It is 11 kilograms, 60 cm high having golden globe at top supported by 3 silver columns. The actual trophy is kept at Dubai at ICC headquarters, but the exact replica of it provided to the winning teams.
Ambassador: Sir Vivian Richards, Sir Richard Hadlee, Allan Border and Sunil Gavaskar were the Ambassador for 2003 Cricket World Cup.
Prize Money: US $2 million was the prize money for winning team and US $800,000 for runner-up in 2003 Cricket World Cup.
Mascot: Dazzler was the mascot of 2003 Cricket World Cup.
Official Song: "Welcome" was the official song of 2003 Cricket World Cup. It was written and produced by Sello "Chicco" Twala and sung by PJ Powers and Nokwazi Dlamini.
Opening Ceremony: The opening ceremony of 2003 Cricket World Cup took place in Cape Town on Feb 8, 2003
Final: The final of 2003 Cricket World Cup took place in Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on 23 Mar, 2003 between Australia and India.
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