| Date |
Match-ups |
Tournament |
Location |
Comments |
| Feb 9-Mar 4 |
|
World Cup
First Round |
South Africa, Zimbabwe & Kenya |
|
| Mar 7-15 |
|
World Cup
Super Sixes |
South Africa |
|
| Mar 18 |
Australia v Sri Lanka |
World Cup
Semifinal 1 |
Port Elizabeth |
Australia won by 48 runs |
| Mar 20 |
India v Kenya |
World Cup
Semifinal 2 |
Durban |
India won by 91 runs |
| Mar 23 |
Australia v India |
World Cup
Final |
Johannesburg |
Australia won by 125 runs |
|
ODI Rankings at start of World Cup
|
| Countries |
| 1 |
Australia |
| 2 |
South Africa |
| 3 |
Pakistan |
| 4 |
Sri Lanka |
| 5 |
India |
| 6 |
West Indies |
| 7 |
England |
| 8 |
New Zealand |
| 9 |
Zimbabwe |
| 10 |
Kenya |
|
| Batsmen |
| 1 |
Matthew Hayden |
Australia |
| 2 |
Sanath Jayasuriya |
Sri Lanka |
| 3 |
Yousuf Youhana |
Pakistan |
| 4 |
Virender Sehwag |
India |
| 5 |
Chris Gayle |
West Indies |
| 6 |
Michael Bevan |
Australia |
| 7 |
Jonty Rhodes |
South Africa |
| 8 |
Adam Gilchrist |
Australia |
| 9 |
Ricky Ponting |
Australia |
| 10 |
Jacques Kallis |
South Africa |
|
| Bowlers |
| 1 |
Shaun Pollock |
South Africa |
| 2 |
Muttiah Muralitharan |
Sri Lanka |
| 3 |
Glenn McGrath |
Australia |
| 4 |
Makhaya Ntini |
South Africa |
| 5 |
Brett Lee |
Australia |
| 6 |
Wasim Akram |
Pakistan |
| 7 |
Andrew Caddick |
England |
| 8 |
Jason Gillespie |
Australia |
| 9 |
Chaminda Vaas |
Sri Lanka |
| 10 |
Harbhajahan Singh |
India |
|
| All-Rounders |
| 1 |
Jacques Kallis |
South Africa |
| 2 |
Shaun Pollock |
South Africa |
| 3 |
Chris Gayle |
West Indies |
| 4 |
Sanath Jayasuriya |
Sri Lanka |
| 5 |
Carl Hooper |
West Indies |
|
after World Cup Final
|
| Countries |
| 1 |
Australia |
| 2 |
South Africa |
| 3 |
Pakistan |
| 4 |
Sri Lanka |
| 5 |
India |
| 6 |
West Indies |
| 7 |
New Zealand |
| 8 |
England |
| 9 |
Zimbabwe |
| 10 |
Kenya |
|
| Batsmen |
| 1 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
India |
| 2 |
Sanath Jayasuriya |
Sri Lanka |
| 3 |
Herschelle Gibbs |
South Africa |
| 4 |
Ricky Ponting |
Australia |
| 5 |
Adam Gilchrist |
Australia |
| 6 |
Matthew Hayden |
Australia |
| 7 |
Marvan Attapattu |
Sri Lanka |
| 8 |
Michael Bevan |
Australia |
| 9 |
Ramnaresh Sarwan |
West Indies |
| 10 |
Yousuf Youhana |
Pakistan |
|
| Bowlers |
| 1 |
Shaun Pollock |
South Africa |
| 2 |
Glenn McGrath |
Australia |
| 3 |
Muttiah Muralitharan |
Sri Lanka |
| 4 |
Makhaya Ntini |
South Africa |
| 5 |
Chaminda Vaas |
Sri Lanka |
| 6 |
Brett Lee |
Australia |
| 7 |
Wasim Akram |
Pakistan |
| 8 |
Jason Gillespie |
Australia |
| 9 |
Shane Bond |
New Zealand |
| 10 |
Javagal Srinath |
India |
|
| All-Rounders |
| 1 |
Jacques Kallis |
South Africa |
| 2 |
Shaun Pollock |
South Africa |
| 3 |
Sanath Jayasuriya |
Sri Lanka |
| 4 |
Chris Gayle |
West Indies |
| 5 |
Lance Klusener |
South Africa |
|