South Africa vs West Indies, 1st Match at Cape Town, Feb 09 2003 - Playing XI

RESULT

1st Match (D/N), Cape Town, February 09, 2003, ICC World Cup

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278/5

(49/49 ov, T:279) 275/9

West Indies won by 3 runs

Player Of The Match

, WI

116 (134)

	South Africa	West Indies
1	Herschelle Gibbs opening batter	Chris Gayle allrounder
2	Gary Kirsten opening batter	Wavell Hinds batter
3	Boeta Dippenaar opening batter	Brian Lara batter
4	Jacques Kallis allrounder	Shivnarine Chanderpaul batter
5	Jonty Rhodes middle-order batter	Carl Hooper (c) allrounder
6	Mark Boucher † wicketkeeper batter	Ricardo Powell batter
7	Shaun Pollock (c) allrounder	Ramnaresh Sarwan batter
8	Lance Klusener allrounder	Ridley Jacobs † wicketkeeper batter
9	Nicky Boje bowler	Vasbert Drakes bowling allrounder
10	Makhaya Ntini bowler	Mervyn Dillon bowler
11	Allan Donald bowler	Pedro Collins bowler
Bench
12	Andrew Hall allrounder	Corey Collymore bowler
13	Charl Langeveldt bowler	Jermaine Lawson bowler
14	Robin Peterson bowler	Nixon McLean bowler
15	Monde Zondeki	Marlon Samuels top-order batter

Match Coverage

Brian Lara deals South Africa an upset

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Brian Lara deals South Africa an upset

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At Cape Town, February 9, 2003 (day/night)

South Africa v West Indies

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