NOVEMBER | Rankings Update - Shi Gen rises to No. 1 in ODI Bowling as the World Cup Top-20 get locked in!

[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​	Tests​	ODIs​	T20Is​
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	2–1 [3]​	—​	—​
8–12 Aug	Morocco tour of Norway	—​	0–2 [2]​	—​
8–22 Aug	United States tour of England	—​	3–0 [3]​	2–0 [2]​
9–17 Aug	Israel tour of Nepal	—​	1–2 [3]​	—​
16 Aug–5 Sep	Norway tour of India	2–0 [2]​	3–0 [3]​	—​
22–26 Aug	Saudi Arabia tour of Israel	1–0 [1]​	—​	—​
26–28 Aug	United States tour of Scotland	—​	—​	0–2 [2]​
27–31 Aug	Denmark tour of Vanuatu	0–1 [1]​	—​	—​
3–20 Sep	Namibia tour of Wales	2–0 [2]​	1–2 [3]​	—​
6–9 Sep	Marshall Islands tour of Pakistan	—​	2–0 [2]​	—​
11–14 Sep	Norway tour of Kazakhstan	—​	0–2 [2]​	—​
17–29 Sep	Italy tour of India	2–0 [2]​	—​	—​
27–30 Sep	Kazakhstan tour of Morocco	—​	2–0 [2]​	—​
1–5 Oct	South Africa tour of New Zealand	—​	0–2 [2]​	0–1 [1]​
1–13 Oct	Scotland tour of England	—​	5–0 [5]​	—​
2–14 Oct	Norway tour of Russia	—​	2–3 [5]​	—​
5–8 Oct	Bermuda tour of Morocco	—​	2–0 [2]​	—​
13–31 Oct	Zimbabwe tour of Bermuda	2–0 [3]​	—​	—​
20–23 Oct	Morocco tour of Russia	—​	0–2 [2]​	—​
28–31 Oct	Saudi Arabia tour of Russia	—​	2–0 [2]​	—​
1 Nov	Wales tour of New Zealand	—​	0–0 [1]​	—​
Date​	Tournament​	Final​	Winners​	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
10 Aug/14 Sep	2003 WCC Club World Cup	Copenhagen​	Aberystwyth Avengers	Al Daayen
1–12 Sep	2003 Arab Cup	Riyadh​	Saudi Arabia	Morocco
15–23 Sep	2003 NASACU Americas Championship	Somerset​	Canada	Bermuda
25 Sep–1 Oct	Friendship Trophy	Cardiff​	Wales	Israel
5–25 Oct	2003 ASCON Asia Cup	Lusail​	China	India
10 Nov–28 Dec	2003 WCC Cricket World Cup	Auckland​	TBD	TBD

 

[World Cricket Conference]

RANKINGS
November, 2003

WCC Test Rankings

Spoiler: Team Rankings

WCC Test Team Rankings
As of November 1, 2003

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

Spoiler: Batter Rankings

WCC Test Batter Rankings
As of November 1, 2003

Rank​	Player​	Team​	Rating​
1​	Kylian Michiels	GGY	915​
2​	Wendell Corden-Cox	BER	556​
3​	Schalk van der Vyver	NAM	543​
4​	Hervé Hocquard	MAR	500​
5​	Tom Nightingale	GGY	482​
6​	Jacques Coetzee	RSA	469​
7​	Kannaur Lokesh	IND	467​
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 November 1, 2003

Rank​	Player​	Team​	Rating​
1​	Clinton Hintz	NZL	96​
2​	Subrata Chatterjee	IND	97​
3​	Asif Zaidi	IND	98​
4​	Mark Russell	BER	99​
—​	Wendell Corden-Cox	BER	99​
6​	Pepe Costa	NZL	101​
7​	Mayas Kumble	IND	106​
—​	Ethel Gabriel	ISR	106​
9​	Wade Anderson	USA	111​
—​	Harrison Willis	GGY	111​

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 November 1, 2003

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

Spoiler: Batter Rankings

WCC ODI Batter Rankings
As of November 1, 2003

Rank​	Player​	Team​	Rating​
1​	Basheer Rashed	QAT	948​
2​	William George Charles	ENG	918​
3​	Kylian Michiels	GGY	904​
4​	Vikas Samant	IND	892​
5​	Zouhair Rami	MAR	887​
6​	Harry Wroetoshaw	GGY	869​
7​	Aksel Johansson	DEN	833​
8​	Richard Morgan	GGY	822​
9​	Jacques Coetzee	RSA	805​
10​	Tom Donald	WAL	791​

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 November 1, 2003

Rank​	Player​	Team​	Rating​
1​	Shi Gen	CHN	146​
2​	Rudi Struwig	RSA	165​
3​	Talaititama Holo	NIU	166​
4​	Mayas Kumble	IND	169​
5​	Ali Khamis Faraj	QAT	177​
6​	Khuzaimah Rasheed	KSA	179​
7​	Kabir Khan Durrani	PAK	187​
8​	Simon Bule	VAN	189​
9​	Badr Baig	CAN	193​
10​	El Mahi Khatibi	MAR	196​

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 November 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​	India
12​	Zimbabwe
13​	Kazakhstan
14​	Argentina
15​	United States
16​	Italy
17​	Israel
UNR​	Bermuda
UNR​	Morocco
UNR​	Namibia
UNR​	Nepal
UNR​	Norway
UNR​	Pakistan
UNR​	Palestine
UNR​	Russia
UNR​	Saudi Arabia
UNR​	Wales
—​	Algeria
—​	American Samoa
—​	Australia
—​	Bangladesh
—​	Barbados
—​	Egypt
—​	Finland
—​	France
—​	Greece
—​	Ireland
—​	Japan
—​	Kuwait
—​	Malta
—​	Marshall Islands
—​	Netherlands
—​	North Korea
—​	Poland
—​	Scotland
—​	Spain
—​	Sri Lanka

Spoiler: Batter Rankings

WCC T20I Batter Rankings
As of November 1, 2003

Rank​	Player​	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​	Richard Head	ENG	457​
7​	Graeme Botha	RSA	438​
8​	Dgen Kalsakau	VAN	374​
9​	Petrus Struwig	RSA	361​
10​	Martin Terry	CAN	355​

Minimum qualification: 200 runs + 5 completed innings
To view player rankings outside of the top ten, click here.

Spoiler: Bowler Rankings

WCC T20I Bowler Rankings
As of November 1, 2003

Rank​	Player​	Team​	Rating​
1​	Chris Fredriksson	DEN	112​
2​	Harrison Willis	GGY	143​
3​	Harry Wroetoshaw	GGY	155​
4​	Olivier MacDonald	CAN	165​
5​	Martin Terry	CAN	189​
6​	Morne Kleynhans	RSA	201​
7​	Rudi Struwig	RSA	201​
8​	Richard Head	ENG	252​
9​	Amish Bakshi	CAN	254​
10​	N/A​	N/A​	–​

Minimum qualification: 10 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: 7 slots remaining @Lazerknighta

Russia: 6 slots remaining @Perfect Square

Bermuda: 5 slots remaining @Aislabie

Kazakhstan: 5 slots remaining @HydroMuon

Argentina: 4 slots remaining @Yash.

Nepal: 4 slots remaining @Disharies

Zimbabwe: 3 slots remaining @CremerCurrans

Marshall Islands: 1 slot remaining @offmarv

Norway: 1 slot remaining @Neo 7

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

Morocco: 0 slots remaining @Na Maloom Afraad

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!