| Dates | 26 January – 8 February 2003 |
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| Cricket format | ODI (50 overs) |
| Host | New Zealand |
| Champions |  Australia |
| Runners-up |  New Zealand |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 14 |
| Most runs | Belinda Clark (Aus) (343) |
| Most wickets | Cathryn Fitzpatrick (Aus) (15) |
TheWorld Series of Women's Cricket was aWomen's One Day International series which took place in New Zealand in January and February 2003.[1] The four teams competing wereAustralia,England,India andNew Zealand. The tournament consisted of a double round-robin group stage, in which Australia and New Zealand finished as the top two, and then a third-place play-off and a final were contested to decide the final positions. Australia defeated New Zealand by 109 runs in the final.[2] The three matches that took place between Australia and New Zealand at the tournament were also played for theRose Bowl, which was won by Australia 3–0. Following the tour, England went on totour Australia forThe Women's Ashes.[3]
| Australia[4] |  England[5] |  India[6] | New Zealand[7] |
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24 January 2003 Scorecard |
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Australia Women won by 4 wickets Lincoln Green,Lincoln Umpires: Jeremy Busby (NZ) andDave Quested (NZ) |
25 January 2003 Scorecard |
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Arran Brindle 75 (99) Maree Hannay 3/42 (9 overs) | Megan Kane 57 (70) Nicky Shaw 3/33 (9 overs) |
New Zealand A Women won by 1 wicket Lincoln Green,Lincoln Umpires: Mike George (NZ) andDave Quested (NZ) |
Note:P = Played,W =Wins,L =Losses,BP = Bonus Points,CP = Consolation Points,Pts = Points,NRR =Net run rate.
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | BP | CP | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Australia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | +1.393 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 23 | +0.343 |
| 3 | India | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | −0.795 |
| 4 | England | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | −0.936 |
26 January 2003 Scorecard |
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Australia Women won by 63 runs Bert Sutcliffe Oval,Lincoln Umpires:Doug Cowie (NZ) and Mike George (NZ) |
27 January 2003 Scorecard |
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28 January 2003 Scorecard |
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New Zealand Women won by 83 runs Bert Sutcliffe Oval,Lincoln Umpires:Dave Quested (NZ) andEvan Watkin (NZ) |
29 January 2003 Scorecard |
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Australia Women won by 7 wickets Bert Sutcliffe Oval,Lincoln Umpires:Gary Baxter (NZ) andKathy Cross (NZ) |
30 January 2003 Scorecard |
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New Zealand Women won by 4 wickets Lincoln No. 3,Lincoln Umpires:Evan Watkin (NZ) andKathy Cross (NZ) |
1 February 2003 Scorecard |
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Australia Women won by 59 runs Lincoln No. 3,Lincoln Umpires:Gary Baxter (NZ) and Robert Anderson (NZ) |
2 February 2003 Scorecard |
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Australia Women won by 106 runs Lincoln No. 3,Lincoln Umpires:Gary Baxter (NZ) and Robert Anderson (NZ) |
2 February 2003 Scorecard |
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New Zealand Women won by 57 runs Bert Sutcliffe Oval,Lincoln Umpires:Dave Quested (NZ) and Jeremy Busby (NZ) |
3 February 2003 Scorecard |
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New Zealand Women won by 7 wickets Bert Sutcliffe Oval,Lincoln Umpires:Gary Baxter (NZ) and Robert Anderson (NZ) |
4 February 2003 Scorecard |
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Australia Women won by 9 wickets Bert Sutcliffe Oval,Lincoln Umpires: Robert Anderson (NZ) andTony Hill (NZ) |
6 February 2003 Scorecard |
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Australia Women won by 6 wickets Bert Sutcliffe Oval,Lincoln Umpires: Glenn Holdem (NZ) andTony Hill (NZ) |
6 February 2003 Scorecard |
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8 February 2003 Scorecard |
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Australia Women won by 109 runs Bert Sutcliffe Oval,Lincoln Umpires:Gary Baxter (NZ) andTony Hill (NZ) |
| Player | Team | Innings | Runs | Average | Strike rate | Highest Score | |
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| Belinda Clark | Australia | 7 | 343 | 49.00 | 64.83 | 81 | |
| Mithali Raj | India | 7 | 292 | 41.71 | 67.28 | 98 | |
| Karen Rolton | Australia | 7 | 291 | 58.20 | 81.51 | 86 | |
| Lisa Sthalekar | Australia | 6 | 189 | 37.80 | 63.85 | 59 | |
| Maia Lewis | Australia | 7 | 186 | 46.50 | 50.68 | 50 | |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo[9] | |||||||
| Player | Team | Overs | Wickets | Average | Economy | BBI | |||
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| Cathryn Fitzpatrick | Australia | 54.1 | 15 | 10.06 | 2.78 | 5/27 | |||
| Nooshin Al Khadeer | India | 63.5 | 14 | 17.28 | 3.79 | 5/14 | |||
| Frances King | New Zealand | 43.1 | 11 | 15.90 | 4.05 | 4/24 | |||
| Julie Hayes | Australia | 65.0 | 10 | 17.70 | 2.72 | 3/28 | |||
| Emma Liddell | Australia | 62.0 | 9 | 21.11 | 3.06 | 3/31 | |||
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