If the DVD release The Official Review of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 isn’t enough, or you are more interested in seeing just Australia’s Cricket World Cup campaign in review, then ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 – One Day Wonders is bound to interest you.

Gilchrist's levitation act is really coming along.

This release is the perfect companion piece to that other release and is similar to it in many ways, and not just in subject matter and appearance. It has a cover slick that looks similar, and has the same themed menus and theme music. It looks specifically at Australia’s campaign, however, and brings us an approximately ten-minute wrap up of each match that Australia played, as well as plotting their course to the final via many charts, tables and scorecards.

Each segment, or game, is narrated by the same mysterious, well-spoken chap and punctuated by the regular commentators and various end-of-game interviews and presentations. Highlights and memories include Shane Warne’s bust for testing positive to a banned substance, incredible catches, massive sixes and Australia’s menacing totals and run chases - plus, of course, their eventual demolition of India in the final.

"Hey, so glad you could make it."

There is not a great deal of supporting music in this release, nor mini-movie postcards of the beautiful African scenery. This release is mostly about cricket and is a well chosen and assembled montage.

If you are only up for one of the two ICC World Cup DVDs then there is little to recommend one over the other. This one offers much more of Australia’s campaign, naturally, but the other is almost an hour longer. They are of similar quality and interest in most other respects.

This is another full frame presentation that shows what a colourful game one day cricket is. All colours are glorious and bright with no problems at all with bleeding, noise or other discolourations. The overall image is sharp and clear, only slightly less sharp when the camera attempts to keep up with some of the action. Black levels are solid and there are no problems at all with shadow detail.

The team that swept all before them...and then some.

There are some minor shimmer and aliasing issues, but these are mostly restricted to the boundary rope and crowd shots. No layer change was detected.

The cover boasts a Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo track, and while the track is indeed stereo, there is little to distinguish it from a mono track. The only separation to be heard is in some of the crowd applause and the occasional yobbo shout, whistle or horn.

The audio is very clear and loud with no synchronisation issues. Low-level sounds are hardly present so are not missed, and the sound range is more than acceptable. There is nothing for any speaker other than the left or right front channels, but trust me they do the job adequately.

There are some nice extras focusing on the many records broken, and the various highlights of the tournament. These Australia’s Golden Moments add another 20 or so minutes of footage, though much of it can be seen in the feature.

There is also Match By Match Results, 11 static text screens with all the statistics for each of Australia’s matches including the result, best performances and Man of the Match awards.

Cricket lovers will no doubt feel the need to own both of these and while they are similar and include some similar footage, there is enough entertainment and variety spread out over a total of almost eight hours for the two releases. This should be enough cricket vision to keep any fanatic happy until the next World Cup in the Caribbean in 2007. Well, at least until the Australian summer...