The Double Wicket World Championship 2003, will be played in the West Indies from 4 April to 6 April, 2003.
Two leading All-rounders from Eight Test Playing Countries have been invited to compete to become Double Wicket World Champions and win a share of a US$175,000 prize fund.
The Double Wicket World Championship will be held over three days at the Beausejour Cricket Ground, St Lucia and played as a round robin tournament with two groups each of four teams.
The key elements are as follows:
Each team consists of two players who must bat and bowl
When a player loses a wicket, 10 runs are deducted from the batting teams total and the player remains at the crease
Each innings is eight overs long and the fielding team bowl four overs each
All fielding including wicket keeping is carried out by international guest fielders
Double Wicket is a simple yet extremely exciting form of cricket. It provides a stage for the game’s most flamboyant and entertaining cricket characters in the world. Combining these players’ enormous appetite for competition with the high stakes of a substantial prize fund, a dramatic spectacle is produced. The risk taking will be in abundance, with big hitting play as well as an increased level of wickets falling. The entertainment value will be high as spectators see a result from each match nearly every hour.
Confirmed Players
Wasim Akram Shahid Afridi
Grant Flower, Andy Flower, Heath Streak
Chris Gayle, Carl Hooper, Ridley Jacobs
Greg Blewett
Adam Hollioake, Andrew Flintoff
Chris Cairns, Jacob Oram
Allan Donald, Steve Elworthy, Justin Kemp
Mahela Jayawardene, Aravinda de Silva
Official Site:
http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/2002-03/OTHERS/IDWCC/
