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In this quiz<\/a>, you have to name the top 25 batters in ICC men\u2019s ODI rankings the day before the 2003 World Cup started.<\/p>\n The 2003 ODI World Cup featured 14 teams, the largest number in a single edition at that time. In that tournament, Kenya reached the semi-finals, becoming the only non-Test-playing nation to achieve this feat in World Cup history.<\/p>\n Try more: Surprise bowlers, all-format centurions \u2013 how well do you know Australian wicketkeepers?<\/a><\/p>\n You need to name the top 25 batters in the ICC ODI rankings on February 8, 2003 \u2013 one day before the World Cup began. Notably, the top five features two legendary left-handed Australians from the eventual champion squad: an all-time great opener and an all-time great finisher.<\/p>\n Also try: Covid attacks, last-wicket heroics \u2013 how well do you remember the 2021\/22 Ashes?<\/a><\/p>\n To work with the names, the rankings (with ratings) and teams of each player are provided as hints. You have five minutes to name all of them. Good luck!<\/p>\n Quiz! Name the top-ranked ODI bowlers in the world the day before the 1996 World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n Can you name the top 25 ODI batters in the world before the 2003 World Cup? <\/p>\n Please refresh the page if the quiz does not load properly.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Follow Wisden for all cricket updates, including live scores<\/a>, match stats, quizzes<\/a> and more. Stay up to date with the latest cricket news<\/a>, player updates, team standings,<\/a> match highlights, video analysis<\/a> and live match odds<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In this quiz, you have to name the top 25 batters in ICC men\u2019s ODI rankings the day…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-511000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}