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Ask Steven| Most Runs | ||||||
| Players | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tillakaratne Dilshan(SL) | 9 | 500 | 144 | 62.50 | 90.74 | |
| Sachin Tendulkar(India) | 9 | 482 | 120 | 53.55 | 91.98 | |
| Kumar Sangakkara(SL) | 9 | 465 | 111 | 93.00 | 83.78 | |
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| Players | Mat | WKts | BBI | Ave | Econ | |
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| Shahid Afridi(Pak) | 8 | 21 | 5/16 | 12.85 | 3.62 | |
| Zaheer Khan(India) | 9 | 21 | 3/20 | 18.76 | 4.83 | |
| Tim Southee(NZ) | 8 | 18 | 3/13 | 17.33 | 4.31 | |
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Highest totals | Lowest totals | Most runs | High scores | Most hundreds | Most wickets | Best bowling | Best averages | Most dismissals | Most catches | More
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| Group A | |||||||
| Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | Pts | Net RR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +0.758 |
| Sri Lanka | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +2.582 |
| Australia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +1.123 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +1.135 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.030 |
| Canada | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1.987 |
| Kenya | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3.042 |
| Group B | |||||||
| Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | Pts | Net RR |
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| South Africa | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +2.026 |
| India | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | +0.900 |
| England | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | +0.072 |
| West Indies | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +1.066 |
| Bangladesh | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1.361 |
| Ireland | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.696 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.045 |
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