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[World Cricket Conference]

International cricket in 2003

The 2003 international cricket season is scheduled to run from January 1st to December 28th, 2003.

	DATE​		TOUR​		TEST​		ODI​		T20I​
	1–5 Jan		Wales tour of United States		0–1 [1]​		—​		—​
	2–6 Jan		Niue tour of Scotland		—​		0–1 [2]​		—​
	3–11 Jan		China tour of Italy		—​		1–2 [3]​		—​
	10 Jan–14 Feb		Palestine tour of Pakistan		2–0 [3]​		4–1 [5]​		—​
	1–3 Feb		Niue tour of Nepal		—​		0–2 [2]​		—​
	3–15 Feb		India tour of Zimbabwe		—​		0–3 [3]​		0–2 [2]​
	7–10 Feb		Niue tour of the Marshall Islands		—​		0–2 [2]​		—​
	12–24 Feb		Guernsey tour of Morocco		0–2 [2]​		—​		—​
	15–21 Feb		Namibia tour of Qatar		—​		2–1 [3]​		—​
	18–21 Feb		Niue tour of Zimbabwe		—​		0–2 [2]​		—​
	19–24 Feb		India tour of Kazakhstan		—​		—​		0–3 [3]​
	25–27 Feb		Niue tour of Qatar		—​		—​		1–1 [2]​
	5–7 Mar		Niue tour of Japan		—​		0–2 [2]​		—​
	9–29 Mar		Qatar tour of Italy		1–0 [2]​		0–3 [3]​		—​
	10–30 Mar		Wales tour of Bermuda		2–0 [2]​		1–2 [3]​		—​
	17–31 Mar		Guernsey tour of New Zealand		—​		0–5 [5]​		—​
	26–29 Mar		Zimbabwe tour of Vanuatu		—​		2–0 [2]​		—​
	1–5 Apr		Marshall Islands tour of Denmark		—​		—​		3–0 [3]​
	6–8 Apr		Vanuatu tour of Scotland		—​		—​		0–2 [2]​
	7–13 Apr		Argentina tour of China		—​		2–0 [2]​		1–0 [1]​
	8–13 Apr		Guernsey tour of Denmark		—​		—​		2–1 [3]​
	16–28 Apr		Vanuatu tour of England		0–2 [2]​		—​		—​
	17 Apr–10 May		Namibia tour of Pakistan		2–0 [2]​		1–2 [3]​		—​
	30 Apr–3 May		Guernsey tour of South Africa		—​		—​		2–0 [2]​
	4–7 May		Niue tour of Palestine		—​		0–2 [2]​		—​
	11–22 May		South Africa tour of Denmark		—​		2–3 [5]​		—​
	12–23 May		Italy tour of Israel		—​		2–1 [3]​		0–2 [2]​
	18–27 May		Marshall Islands tour of China		1–0 [1]​		2–0 [2]​		—​
	18–31 May		Saudi Arabia tour of Argentina		—​		2–3 [5]​		—​
	31 May		Niue tour of Guernsey		—​		1–0 [1]​		—​
	1–7 Jun		Canada tour of England		—​		—​		2–1 [3]​
	1–7 Jun		Kazakhstan tour of Israel		—​		3–0 [3]​		—​
	2–5 Jun		Qatar tour of Scotland		—​		0–2 [2]​		—​
	3–6 Jun		Vanuatu tour of the Marshall Islands		—​		0–2 [2]​		—​
	5–7 Jun		Guernsey tour of Palestine		—​		0–2 [2]​		—​
	11–19 Jun		South Africa tour of Canada		—​		2–1 [3]​		0–2 [2]​
	15–28 Jun		Marshall Islands tour of Namibia		1–0 [2]​		—​		—​
	23–27 Jun		K. A. Auty Cup		0–1 [1]​		—​		—​
	1–24 Jul		Vanuatu tour of China		1–0 [2]​		2–1 [3]​		1–0 [1]​
	2–25 Jul		New Zealand tour of the United States		2–0 [2]​		2–1 [3]​		0–1 [1]​
	28–31 Jul		Morocco tour of Scotland		—​		0–2 [2]​		—​
	3–23 Aug		Denmark tour of Canada		0–0 [3]​		—​		—​
	8–12 Aug		Morocco tour of Norway		—​		0–0 [2]​		—​
	8–22 Aug		United States tour of England		—​		0–0 [3]​		0–0 [2]​
	9–17 Aug		Israel tour of Nepal		—​		0–0 [3]​		—​
	16 Aug–5 Sep		Norway tour of India		0–0 [2]​		0–0 [3]​		—​
	22–26 Aug		Saudi Arabia tour of Israel		0–0 [1]​		—​		—​
	26–28 Aug		United States tour of Scotland		—​		—​		0–0 [2]​
	27–31 Aug		Denmark tour of Vanuatu		0–0 [1]​		—​		—​
	3–20 Sep		Namibia tour of Wales		0–0 [2]​		0–0 [3]​		—​
	6–9 Sep		Marshall Islands tour of Pakistan		—​		0–0 [2]​		—​
	11–14 Sep		Norway tour of Kazakhstan		—​		0–0 [2]​		—​
	17–29 Sep		Italy tour of India		0–0 [2]​		—​		—​
	27–30 Sep		Kazakhstan tour of Morocco		—​		0–0 [2]​		—​
	1–5 Oct		South Africa tour of New Zealand		—​		0–0 [2]​		0–0 [1]​
	1–13 Oct		Scotland tour of England		—​		0–0 [5]​		—​
	5–8 Oct		Bermuda tour of Morocco		—​		0–0 [2]​		—​
	1 Nov		Wales tour of New Zealand		—​		0–0 [1]​		—​
	DATE​		TOURNAMENT​		FINAL​		CHAMPIONS​		FINALISTS​
	8 Jan–23 Feb		2003 WCC Nations League		Kandy​		Canada		England
	5–23 Mar		2002/03 AFCON Sahara Shield		Windhoek​		South Africa		Namibia
	2–8 Apr		Casablanca Cup		Casablanca​		Canada		Morocco
	3–12 May		Lusail Super Cup		Lusail​		Qatar		Argentina
	18 Jun–6 Jul		2003 EUROCON Euro Cup		Trondheim​		Denmark Guernsey		(trophy shared)
	10 Aug/14 Sep		2003 WCC Club World Cup		Copenhagen​		TBD		TBD
	1–12 Sep		2003 Arab Cup		Riyadh​		TBD		TBD
	Sep		2003 NASACU Americas Championship		TBD​		TBD		TBD
	25 Sep–1 Oct		Friendship Trophy		Cardiff​		TBD		TBD
	5–25 Oct		2003 ASCON Asia Cup		Lusail​		TBD		TBD
	10 Nov–28 Dec		2003 WCC Cricket World Cup		Auckland​		TBD		TBD

 

[World Cricket Conference]

RANKINGS
August, 2003

WCC Test Rankings

Spoiler: Team Rankings

WCC TEST TEAM RANKINGS
As of August 1, 2003

	RANK​		TEAM​
	1​		Canada
	2​		China
	3​		Vanuatu
	4​		England
	5​		Denmark
	6​		United States
	7​		New Zealand
	8​		Guernsey
	9​		South Africa
	10​		Israel
	11​		Pakistan
	12​		Namibia
	13​		Niue
	14​		Sri Lanka
	15​		Bermuda
	16​		Wales
	17​		Norway
	18​		Japan
	19​		Malta
	20​		Poland
	21​		Spain
	22​		Bangladesh
	23​		Scotland
	24​		Nepal
	25​		Morocco
	26​		Italy
	27​		Finland
	28​		Argentina
	29​		Qatar
	30​		Zimbabwe
	31​		Saudi Arabia
	32​		Palestine
	33​		Marshall Islands
	UNR​		American Samoa
	UNR​		India
	UNR​		Kazakhstan
	—​		Algeria
	—​		Australia
	—​		Barbados
	—​		Egypt
	—​		France
	—​		Greece
	—​		Ireland
	—​		Kuwait
	—​		Netherlands
	—​		North Korea

Spoiler: Batter Rankings

WCC TEST BATTER RANKINGS
As of August 1, 2003

	RANK​		BATTER​		TEAM​		RATING​
	1​		Kylian Michiels		GGY		915​
	2​		Joseph Porsella		MLT		564​
	3​		Schalk van der Vyver		NAM		559​
	4​		Heinrich Silva		ESP		500​
	—​		Hervé Hocquard		MAR		500​
	6​		Tom Nightingale		GGY		482​
	7​		Jacques Coetzee		RSA		469​
	8​		Harry Wroetoshaw		GGY		464​
	9​		Ankara Messi		ARG		456​
	10​		Henry White		GGY		449​

Minimum qualification: 500 runs + 10 completed innings
To view player rankings outside of the top ten, click here.

Spoiler: Bowler Rankings

WCC TEST BOWLER RANKINGS
As of August 1, 2003

	RANK​		BOWLER​		TEAM​		RATING​
	1​		Himal Wickrema		SRI		82​
	2​		Chamara Fernando		SRI		93​
	3​		Clinton Hintz		NZL		96​
	4​		Mark Russell		BER		101​
	—​		Pepe Costa		NZL		101​
	6​		Kyle Madiona		MLT		102​
	7​		Ethel Gabriel		ISR		105​
	8​		Wade Anderson		USA		111​
	—​		Harrison Willis		GGY		111​
	10​		Richard Carolyne		ENG		112​

Minimum qualification: 25 wickets + 100 overs bowled
To view player rankings outside of the top ten, click here.

WCC ODI Rankings

Spoiler: Team Rankings

WCC ODI TEAM RANKINGS
As of August 1, 2003

	RANK​		TEAM​
	1​		Canada
	2​		South Africa
	3​		Denmark
	4​		Morocco
	5​		Guernsey
	6​		Niue
	7​		United States
	8​		New Zealand
	9​		China
	10​		Vanuatu
	11​		England
	12​		Norway
	13​		Qatar
	14​		Wales
	15​		Italy
	16​		Scotland
	17​		Israel
	18​		Malta
	19​		Saudi Arabia
	20​		Argentina
	21​		Namibia
	22​		Pakistan
	23​		Bangladesh
	24​		Kazakhstan
	25​		Nepal
	26​		Japan
	27​		Palestine
	28​		Sri Lanka
	29​		Finland
	30​		Spain
	31​		Bermuda
	32​		Poland
	33​		American Samoa
	34​		India
	35​		Zimbabwe
	36​		Marshall Islands
	—​		Algeria
	—​		Australia
	—​		Barbados
	—​		Egypt
	—​		France
	—​		Greece
	—​		Ireland
	—​		Kuwait
	—​		Netherlands
	—​		North Korea

Spoiler: Batter Rankings

WCC ODI BATTER RANKINGS
As of August 1, 2003

	RANK​		BATTER​		TEAM​		RATING​
	1​		Basheer Rashed		QAT		1051​
	2​		William George Charles		ENG		918​
	3​		Kylian Michiels		GGY		904​
	4​		Harry Wroetoshaw		GGY		869​
	5​		Aksel Johansson		DEN		833​
	6​		Kauko Hossi		FIN		826​
	7​		Richard Morgan		GGY		822​
	8​		Hervé Hocquard		MAR		819​
	9​		Jacques Coetzee		RSA		806​
	10​		Martin Terry		CAN		755​

Minimum qualification: 500 runs + 10 completed innings
To view player rankings outside of the top ten, click here.

Spoiler: Bowler Rankings

WCC ODI BOWLER RANKINGS
As of August 1, 2003

	RANK​		BOWLER​		TEAM​		RATING​
	1​		Mayas Kumble		IND		132​
	2​		Shi Gen		CHN		154​
	3​		Talaititama Holo		NIU		166​
	4​		Rudi Struwig		RSA		170​
	5​		Pramod Krishnakumar		IND		186​
	6​		Kabir Khan Durrani		PAK		188​
	7​		Simon Bule		VAN		189​
	8​		Munsif Ibrahim		QAT		193​
	9​		Ali Khamis Faraj		QAT		197​
	—​		Turjoy Vattacharjay		BAN		197​

Minimum qualification: 25 wickets + 100 overs bowled
To view player rankings outside of the top ten, click here.

WCC T20I Rankings

Spoiler: Team Rankings

WCC T20I TEAM RANKINGS
As of August 1, 2003

	RANK​		TEAM​
	1​		China
	2​		Vanuatu
	3​		Niue
	4​		Qatar
	5​		South Africa
	6​		England
	7​		Canada
	8​		New Zealand
	9​		Denmark
	10​		Guernsey
	11​		Malta
	12​		India
	13​		Zimbabwe
	14​		Kazakhstan
	15​		Marshall Islands
	16​		Argentina
	17​		Scotland
	18​		Italy
	19​		Israel
	20​		United States
	UNR​		American Samoa
	UNR​		Bangladesh
	UNR​		Bermuda
	UNR​		Finland
	UNR​		Japan
	UNR​		Morocco
	UNR​		Namibia
	UNR​		Nepal
	UNR​		Norway
	UNR​		Pakistan
	UNR​		Palestine
	UNR​		Poland
	UNR​		Saudi Arabia
	UNR​		Spain
	UNR​		Sri Lanka
	UNR​		Wales
	—​		Algeria
	—​		Australia
	—​		Barbados
	—​		Egypt
	—​		France
	—​		Greece
	—​		Ireland
	—​		Kuwait
	—​		Netherlands
	—​		North Korea

Spoiler: Batter Rankings

WCC T20I BATTER RANKINGS
As of August 1, 2003

	RANK​		BATTER​		TEAM​		RATING​
	1​		Aksel Johansson		DEN		793​
	2​		William George Charles		ENG		762​
	3​		Tom Nightingale		GGY		551​
	4​		Kylian Michiels		GGY		530​
	5​		Eprahim Meto		VAN		480​
	6​		Niels Hjort		DEN		404​
	7​		Kannaur Lokesh		IND		401​
	8​		Jacques Coetzee		RSA		398​
	9​		Dgen Kalsakau		VAN		374​
	10​		Graeme Botha		RSA		357​

Minimum qualification: 150 runs + 5 completed innings
To view player rankings outside of the top ten, click here.

Spoiler: Bowler Rankings

WCC T20I BOWLER RANKINGS
As of August 1, 2003

	RANK​		BOWLER​		TEAM​		RATING​
	1​		Talaititama Holo		NIU		54​
	2​		Zeeshan Khan		IND		74​
	3​		Faleuka Tagelagi		NIU		92​
	4​		Pramod Krishnakumar		IND		93​
	5​		Dale Smit		RSA		102​
	6​		Emile Leannon		NZL		112​
	—​		Chris Fredriksson		DEN		112​
	8​		Felix Nørregaard		DEN		135​
	9​		Harrison Willis		GGY		143​
	10​		Zachary Wilson		ENG		153​

Minimum qualification: 5 wickets + 15 overs bowled
To view player rankings outside of the top ten, click here.

 

[World Cricket Conference]

2003 FUTURE TOURS PROGRAMME

International Calendar

			JAN​	FEB​	MAR​	APR​	MAY​	JUN​	JUL​	AUG​	SEP​	OCT​	NOV​	DEC​
	Week 1​		TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​
	Week 2​		TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​
	Week 3​		TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​
	Week 4​		TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​	TBD TBD​

* This table is for categorization purposes only; it will be removed once all slots are filled-up

Spoiler: Slots Remaining

Slots remaining for nations active in the current FTP are mentioned below:

Japan: 13 slots remaining @HawkAussie

Saudi Arabia: 9 slots remaining @Lazerknighta

Bermuda: 8 slots remaining @Aislabie

Norway: 6 slots remaining @Neo 7

Zimbabwe: 6 slots remaining @CremerCurrans

Kazakhstan: 5 slots remaining @HydroMuon

Argentina: 4 slots remaining @Yash.

Nepal: 4 slots remaining @Disharies

Morocco: 2 slots remaining @Na Maloom Afraad

Marshall Islands: 1 slot remaining @offmarv

Canada: 0 slots remaining @ahmedleo414

China: 0 slots remaining @isFEISARfair

Denmark: 0 slots remaining @Paranoid Kendroid

England: 0 slots remaining @Supreme General

Guernsey: 0 slots remaining @Neptune

India: 0 slots remaining @Pinch hitter

Israel: 0 slots remaining @Umair7

Italy: 0 slots remaining @ddrap14

Namibia: 0 slots remaining @MrDependable

New Zealand: 0 slots remaining @TSPrathik

Niue: 0 slots remaining @Till Valhalla

Pakistan: 0 slots remaining @CerealKiller

Palestine: 0 slots remaining @Viper.

Qatar: 0 slots remaining @mohsin7827

Scotland: 0 slots remaining @LordTiger

South Africa: 0 slots remaining @RUDI

United States: 0 slots remaining @ShamiLoverGlipGlops

Vanuatu: 0 slots remaining @pillowprocter

Wales: 0 slots remaining @Welwyn

Rules

- Each nation is allowed a maximum of 15 slots in the FTP calendar
- You can not play any one opposition more than once in any bilateral/multilateral series
- Nations can only qualify for the 2003 WCC Cricket World Cup through the World ODI Rankings
- Cut-off time to qualify for the WCC Cricket World Cup is November 1st, 2003
- Host nations can control the order of Test and ODI series in multi-format tours as well as fixtures, venues, series' names etc.
- Nations may announce a tentative schedule for their tours but the WCC retains the right to change them to regulate the calendar

Upgrades

Teams can earn the following upgrades during the 2002 FTP season:-

Spoiler: Tours

Bilateral Series

- [ 2 ]

upgrades for winning a bilateral series with 5 to 8 matches in it
- [ 1 ]

upgrade for winning a bilateral series with 2 to 4 matches in it

* Bilateral series implies a series of matches of the same format; a tour may consist of two series of different formats [Test and ODI]

Spoiler: Tournaments

Multi-Nation Tournaments

- [ 2 ]

upgrades for winning a multi-nation tournament where you play 5+ matches
- [ 1 ]

upgrade for winning a multi-nation tournament where you play 2 to 4 matches

* Multi-Nation Tournaments are not the same as confederation-run regional tournaments or WCC Global Events

Arranging Tours

You can arrange tours via PMs, DMs and in threads outside of WoC, but they aren't considered official until all managers involved agree to it in this thread.

You can only arrange tours and/or tournaments available here. Use this form to make the process easy:

Host Nation:
Touring Nation(s):

Tour Type:
Slots:
Tentative Schedule:

EXAMPLE

Host Nation: Pakistan
Touring Nation(s): Palestine

Tour Type: Long Tour (3 Tests, 5 ODIs)
Slots: 8
Tentative Schedule: January/February

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

2003 FUTURE TOURS PROGRAMME

The 2003 Future Tours Programme is open! Please feel free to arrange your bilateral cricket for the final season of the FTP. Please have a look at the rules at post#3, and remember, if you wish to play the Cricket World Cup, you must rank in the Top-20 in the ODI rankings by November 1st.

@MYK111 @VC the slogger @Yash. @akkaps @A.P Haux @Saad69420 @Aislabie @ahmedleo414 @isFEISARfair @Paranoid Kendroid @VC the slogger @Supreme General @Manish. @Tomfoolerous @Targaryen @Neptune @Pinch hitter @Aislabie @Umair7 @ddrap14 @HawkAussie @HydroMuon @HighFlyingDwarf @offmarv @Na Maloom Afraad @MrDependable @Disharies @NaviN GandhI @TSPrathik @Till Valhalla @Verified Enigma @Neo 7 @CerealKiller @Viper. @DuneTiger @mohsin7827 @Lazerknighta @LordTiger @RUDI @Guesty98 @parth00 @ShamiLoverGlipGlops @pillowprocter @Welwyn @mohsin7827

This will be the only tag you receive all season, if you wish to not take part in the season, please simply ignore this post.

Happy FTP!

 

[Paranoid Kendroid]

Host Nation: Denmark
Touring Nation(s): Marshall Islands

Tour Type: T20I Series
Slots: 3
Tentative Schedule: April

@offmarv to confirm

 

[pillowprocter]

Host Nation: Marshall Islands 
Touring Nation(s): Vanuatu

Tour Type: ODI series
Slots: 2
Tentative Schedule: June

@offmarv indeed

 

[isFEISARfair]

The Marshall Islands are back from the dead only to schedule death tours.

Also China is open to any offers in relations to tours or multi-nation tournaments. If you are interested in having us play you please throw me a DM and I’ll read it as soon as I get into Beijing in the morning.

 

[offmarv]

Host Nation: Marshall Islands
Touring Nation(s): Vanuatu

Tour Type: ODI series
Slots: 2
Tentative Schedule: June

@offmarv indeed

Confirm

Post automatically merged: Jan 22, 2024

The Marshall Islands are back from the dead only to schedule death tours.

Also China is open to any offers in relations to tours or multi-nation tournaments. If you are interested in having us play you please throw me a DM and I’ll read it as soon as I get into Beijing in the morning.

Host Nation: Denmark
Touring Nation(s): Marshall Islands

Tour Type: T20I Series
Slots: 3
Tentative Schedule: April

@offmarv to confirm

Comfirm

 

[offmarv]

The Marshall Islands are back from the dead only to schedule death tours.

Also China is open to any offers in relations to tours or multi-nation tournaments. If you are interested in having us play you please throw me a DM and I’ll read it as soon as I get into Beijing in the morning.

i just wanted to be generous by giving some teams free points

 

[CerealKiller]

Host Nation: Pakistan
Touring Nation(s): Namibia

Tour Type: Long-Format Full Tour (2 Tests, 3 ODIs)
Slots: 5
Tentative Schedule: April/May

@MrDependable to confirm

 

[MrDependable]

Host Nation: Pakistan
Touring Nation(s): Namibia

Tour Type: Long-Format Full Tour (2 Tests, 3 ODIs)
Slots: 5
Tentative Schedule: April/May

@MrDependable to confirm

Confirm

 

[LordTiger]

Scotland is open to offers

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Sad you've exhausted all your slots @CerealKiller

 

[CerealKiller]

Sad you've exhausted all your slots @CerealKiller

Nah, i'm happy i got opponents of my level

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Nah, i'm happy i got opponents of my level

Runners-up of Asia scared to face the runners-up of Africa? The competition in Asia must suck then!