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2003 NatWest Series
Part of Zimbabwean cricket team in England in 2003 and South African cricket team in England in 2003
Date	26 June–12 July 2003
Location	England
Result	England beat South Africa in the final
Player of the series	Andrew Flintoff (Eng)
Teams  England  South Africa  Zimbabwe Captains Michael Vaughan Graeme Smith Heath Streak Most runs Marcus Trescothick (231) Jacques Kallis (329) Grant Flower (151) Most wickets James Anderson (11) Makhaya Ntini (14) Heath Streak (8)
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The 2003 NatWest Series was a One Day International cricket tri-series sponsored by the National Westminster Bank that took place in England between 26 June and 12 July 2003. The series involved the national teams of England, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Ten matches were played in total, with each team playing one another thrice during the group stage. The teams which finished in the top two positions following the group stages qualified for the final, which England won by defeating South Africa at Lord's on 12 July by 7 wickets. Preceding the series, England played Zimbabwe in a two Test series, while following the series, South Africa played England in a Test and One Day International series.

Venues

Nottingham	London	Canterbury	Leeds	Manchester
Trent Bridge Capacity: 15,000	The Oval Capacity: 23,500	St Lawrence Ground Capacity: 15,000	Headingley Capacity: 17,500	Old Trafford Capacity: 15,000
Trent BridgeLord'sThe OvalRose BowlCounty GroundHeadingleyEdgbastonSt Lawrence GroundOld TraffordSophia Gardens
Cardiff	Bristol	Birmingham	Southampton	London
Sophia Gardens Capacity: 5,500	County Ground Capacity: 16,000	Edgbaston Capacity: 21,000	Rose Bowl Capacity: 15,000	Lord's Capacity: 28,000

Squads

England	South Africa	Zimbabwe
Michael Vaughan (c) Kabir Ali James Anderson Rikki Clarke Andrew Flintoff Ashley Giles Darren Gough Steve Harmison Richard Johnson Rob Key Anthony McGrath Chris Read (wk) Vikram Solanki Marcus Trescothick Jim Troughton	Graeme Smith (c) Paul Adams Nicky Boje Mark Boucher (wk) Alan Dawson Boeta Dippenaar Herschelle Gibbs Andrew Hall Charl Langeveldt André Nel Makhaya Ntini Shaun Pollock Jacques Rudolph Martin van Jaarsveld Morné van Wyk	Heath Streak (c) Andy Blignaut Gary Brent Charles Coventry Dion Ebrahim Sean Ervine Grant Flower Travis Friend Douglas Hondo Dougie Marillier Stuart Matsikenyeri Ray Price Richard Sims Tatenda Taibu (wk)

Fixtures

Team	Pld	W	L	CP	NR	Pts	NRR
South Africa	6	4	2	1	0	23	+0.480
England	6	3	2	2	1	22	+0.825
Zimbabwe	6	1	4	1	1	9	-1.370

England  191/8 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 195/6 (48 overs)
Andrew Flintoff 53 (89) Heath Streak 2/30 (9 overs)		Grant Flower 96* (152) Richard Johnson 3/32 (10 overs)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: England 1; Zimbabwe 5

South Africa  264/6 (50 overs)	v	England 265/4 (45.5 overs)
Jacques Kallis 107 (133) Andrew Flintoff 3/46 (10 overs)		Marcus Trescothick 114 (125) Makhaya Ntini 2/56 (10 overs)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: England 5; South Africa 1

South Africa  272/5 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 226/9 (50 overs)
Jacques Kallis 125* (147) Douglas Hondo 2/29 (9.1 overs)		Travis Friend 82 (93) Andrew Hall 3/38 (9 overs)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: South Africa 5; Zimbabwe 1

England  81/4 (16.3 overs)	v	Zimbabwe
Michael Vaughan 35* (45) Sean Ervine 2/20 (3 overs)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 25 overs per side before the start of play.
• Points: England 3; Zimbabwe 3

England  223/7 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 227/3 (47.3 overs)
Marcus Trescothick 60 (92) Makhaya Ntini 3/38 (8 overs)		Jacques Kallis 82* (105) Andrew Flintoff 1/33 (9.3 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: England 1; South Africa 5

Zimbabwe  174/8 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 175/1 (34.2 overs)
Heath Streak 54 (72) Jacques Kallis 3/47 (10 overs)		Herschelle Gibbs 93* (97) Sean Ervine 1/13 (2.2 overs)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: South Africa 6; Zimbabwe 0

Zimbabwe  92 (24.5 overs)	v	England 95/4 (17.5 overs)
Stuart Matsikenyeri 26 (35) Darren Gough 4/26 (9 overs)		Andrew Flintoff 47* (37) Heath Streak 4/21 (9 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: England 6; Zimbabwe 0

South Africa  198/9 (50 overs)	v	England 199/6 (39 overs)
Graeme Smith 45 (39) James Anderson 4/38 (10 overs)		Michael Vaughan 83 (115) Makhaya Ntini 2/30 (6 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: England 6; South Africa 0

Zimbabwe  173/8 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 174/3 (35.2 overs)
Heath Streak 50* (90) Makhaya Ntini 4/45 (10 overs)		Jacques Rudolph 69* (97) Douglas Hondo 2/25 (7 overs)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: South Africa 6; Zimbabwe 0

Final

South Africa  107 (32.1 overs)	v	England 111/3 (20.2 overs)
Jacques Rudolph 19 (40) James Anderson 3/50 (10 overs)		Vikram Solanki 50 (58) Andrew Hall 1/14 (2.2 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to field.

In what was South Africa's first One Day International appearance at Lord's, England won the toss and elected to field. For many of the South African batsman this was their first time playing on the sloping Lord's pitch, which at the start of their innings had a little moisture in and displayed even bounce. South Africa lost their captain Graeme Smith with the score on 10, dismissed by James Anderson, and soon lost Herschelle Gibbs for 9 with the score on 30. Debutant Morné van Wyk made a quickfire 17 before he was bowled by James Anderson, in what was described as the "ball of the match". Jacques Kallis came into the match with a series average of 164.50, but was dismissed for a 12 ball duck by Darren Gough, who was England's most economical bowler, with his opening spell of 7 overs conceding just 9 runs. Wickets continued to fall at regular intervals during the South African innings, with Andrew Flintoff, Ashley Giles and Gough each chipping in with two wickets, while Richard Johnson took one. James Anderson was the only England bowler to bowl his full complement of 10 overs, finishing with figures of 3/50. Jacques Rudolph top-scored in South Africa's innings with 19. South Africa were eventually dismissed for 107, with their innings lasting just 32.1 overs. This score was at the time the lowest One Day International in the 34 matches played there and remains so to this day. England's response started poorly, with Makhaya Ntini dismissing Marcus Trescothick for a nine ball duck with the score on 1. However, South Africa could not capitalise on this, with Michael Vaughan and Vikram Solanki adding 87 for the second wicket, before Vaughan was dismissed for 30 by André Nel and Solanki was dismissed by Andrew Hall one run later for 50, however by then the damage had been done. Anthony McGrath and Flintoff proceeded to lead England home to a 7 wicket victory. Following the match Flintoff was declared Man of the Series.

Statistics

Most runs		Most wickets
Jacques Kallis	329	Makhaya Ntini	14
Marcus Trescothick	231	James Anderson	11
Jacques Rudolph	227	Andrew Flintoff	10
Graeme Smith	223	Darren Gough	9
Andrew Flintoff	210	Heath Streak	8

References

1. "2003 NatWest Bank Series". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
2. "England v South Africa, 2003 NatWest Series Final". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
3. ^ "England v South Africa - Final". ESPNcricinfo. 12 July 2003. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
4. ^ "Averages by Team". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 January 2012.

External links

• 2003 NatWest Series Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine at CricketArchive

• 2003 in English cricket
• International cricket competitions in 2003
• NatWest Group