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Best top orders and bowling attacks in the World Cup

Travis Basevi
Travis Basevi
22-Feb-2011

Team Mat Inns Runs HS 100

50 Ct St India

2070 1637 49410 200* 96 263

729 57 Sri Lanka 1863 1378

32441 160 42 178 825 71

Australia 1265 1010 30522 164

45 185 549 11 South Africa

953 799 27104 146 45 176

410 2 West Indies 1041 903

26800 153* 36 151 346 5

Pakistan 1389 1171 25771 144

23 125 491 21 New Zealand

1277 969 20835 166 15 107

586 13 England 1016 827

20719 154 21 107 421 5

Bangladesh 929 808 17784 154

17 96 267 22 Kenya

822 721 14067 111* 4 66

293 13 Zimbabwe 829 686

13210 194* 6 70 331 47

Ireland 455 380 8625 177

9 37 197 12 Netherlands

309 260 5931 109* 4 38

118 3 Canada 225 189

4021 137* 3 26 103 9

Aggregate wickets for each World Cup squad
Team Mat

Overs Runs Wkts BBI 4 5

India 2070 8457.5 41860

1212 6/23 27 9 Sri Lanka

1863 6837.4 30366 1132 7/30 30

18 Pakistan 1389 6865.5 32464

1047 6/16 21 12 New Zealand

1277 6345.2 29014 908 6/25 24

8 Australia 1265 4244.5 20746

800 5/22 24 14 England

1016 3826.1 19148 593 6/31 24

4 South Africa 953 3866.0 19062

585 5/30 15 4 West Indies

1041 3446.4 16935 503 5/44 14

2 Bangladesh 929 3146.2 14950

469 5/29 14 3 Kenya

822 3296.0 15800 468 5/24 10

2 Zimbabwe 829 3573.0 16696

440 6/46 9 3 Ireland

455 1702.0 7606 282 5/14 6

3 Netherlands 309 980.1 4653

167 4/31 4 0 Canada

225 1018.1 4776 152 4/26 4

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Best top orders for each World Cup squad (qualification: 10 career innings, 50% of inns in top 7 since 2009)
Team

Num Ave Sum Sum/Num High 40+

South Africa 6 272.38 45.39 59.88

5 India 8 320.15 40.01

48.80 4 Australia 9 329.11

36.56 44.00 4 Netherlands 8

267.03 33.37 68.55 2 England

9 299.76 33.30 53.62 2

West Indies 8 249.42 31.17 44.07

2 Sri Lanka 9 271.80 30.20

36.86 0 Zimbabwe 6 174.10

29.01 32.42 0 Pakistan 7

201.95 28.85 39.93 0 Ireland

9 259.20 28.80 40.86 1

New Zealand 10 287.91 28.79 35.70

0 Bangladesh 9 257.05 28.56

34.98 0 Canada 5 127.40

25.48 37.73 0 Kenya 10

241.11 24.11 34.18 0

Best tails for each World Cup squad (qualification: 10 career innings, less than 50% of inns in top 7 since 2009)
Team Num Ave Sum Sum/Num

High 20+ Ireland 1

21.23 21.23 21.23 1 Australia

2 34.07 17.03 17.61 0

New Zealand 3 48.90 16.30 23.26

1 West Indies 4 59.98 14.99

23.30 1 Canada 2 29.00

14.50 24.50 1 England 4

57.09 14.27 25.27 1 South Africa

4 50.29 12.57 18.46 0

Netherlands 2 24.75 12.37 21.25

1 Pakistan 6 70.45 11.74

30.05 1 Bangladesh 5 56.66

11.33 28.63 1 Sri Lanka 5

50.09 10.01 16.96 0 Zimbabwe

5 46.06 9.21 15.87 0

Kenya 3 26.93 8.97 12.14

0 India 6 50.15 8.35

13.23 0

Best tail-end batsmen in the World Cup (qualification: 10 career innings, less than 50% of inns in top 7 since 2009)

Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS

Ave 50 Abdul Razzaq 254

220 55 4959 112 30.05 22

Naeem Islam 40 33 14 544

73* 28.63 1 TT Bresnan 35

29 11 455 80 25.27 1

HS Baidwan 19 11 5 147

33 24.50 0 DJG Sammy 46

35 12 536 58* 23.30 2

NL McCullum 19 17 2 349

65 23.26 2 PM Seelaar 21

11 7 85 34* 21.25 0

DT Johnston 47 35 9 552

45* 21.23 0 J Botha 69

42 14 517 46 18.46 0

NO Miller 36 22 9 236

51 18.15 1 MG Johnson 89

50 16 599 73* 17.61 2

KMDN Kulasekara 83 51 23 475

57* 16.96 1 B Lee 192

96 39 938 57 16.45 2

KD Mills 126 77 26 836

54 16.39 2 P Utseya 121

96 34 984 68* 15.87 3

Abdur Razzak 111 70 29 563

33 13.73 0 AG Cremer 37

23 7 217 31* 13.56 0

RJ Peterson 40 18 4 188

36 13.42 0 Harbhajan Singh 217

117 32 1125 49 13.23 0

SCJ Broad 73 43 14 372

45* 12.82 0

Best specialist bowlers for each World Cup squad (qualification: 500 career balls, ave of 36 balls per ODI since 2009)

Team Num Ave Sum Sum/Num High

25&less Australia 4 97.06

24.26 26.39 3 Sri Lanka 6

149.36 24.89 29.78 3 Ireland

4 111.81 27.95 30.30 1

Netherlands 5 147.93 29.58 36.17

2 Canada 3 91.41 30.47

32.78 0 Kenya 3 93.43

31.14 34.29 0 Pakistan 6

188.83 31.47 46.33 2 India

6 189.80 31.63 33.67 0

South Africa 6 194.61 32.43 50.33

2 England 5 167.08 33.41

48.21 1 Bangladesh 6 204.98

34.16 47.62 0 New Zealand 5

174.57 34.91 51.00 0 West Indies

6 210.74 35.12 46.38 1

Zimbabwe 5 178.78 35.75 46.11

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Best part-time bowlers for each World Cup squad (qualification: 300 career balls, ave of less than 36 balls per ODI since 2009)
Team

Num Ave Sum Sum/Num High 35&less

Ireland 5 136.40 27.28 34.35

5 Canada 2 60.43 30.21

32.37 2 Australia 5 155.70

31.14 36.60 3 Pakistan 2

67.10 33.55 35.26 1 West Indies

4 145.33 36.33 45.42 2

New Zealand 2 74.87 37.43 39.44

0 South Africa 3 123.85 41.28

52.83 1 England 4 167.56

41.89 55.20 1 Bangladesh 3

127.13 42.37 51.54 0 Kenya

4 170.37 42.59 50.75 1

India 5 218.31 43.66 59.71

1 Zimbabwe 3 145.32 48.44

64.50 0 Sri Lanka 4 208.97

52.24 79.71 1

Best part-time bowlers in the World Cup (qualification: 300 career balls, ave of less than 36 balls per ODI since 2009)

Player Mat Balls Wkts BBI

Ave Econ 4 AR Cusack

31 963 34 5/20 20.32 4.30

0 AR White 49 763 25

4/44 23.60 4.63 1 SPD Smith

15 503 17 3/33 25.82 5.23

0 AC Botha 40 1446 38

4/19 27.52 4.34 2 JM Davison

27 1225 31 3/15 28.06 4.26

0 SR Watson 123 4398 127

4/36 28.08 4.86 3 KA Pollard

32 954 30 3/27 28.36 5.35

0 CL White 79 325 12

3/5 28.75 6.36 0 PR Stirling

23 407 10 4/11 30.60 4.51

1 AD Mathews 35 1104 27

6/20 31.59 4.63 0 Abdul Razzaq

254 10623 262 6/35 31.83 4.71

8 JH Kallis 307 10270 259

5/30 31.90 4.82 2 H Osinde

34 1359 35 4/33 32.37 5.00

1 SO Tikolo 129 3830 93

4/41 32.86 4.78 2 RS Bopara

54 391 10 4/38 33.10 5.07

1 JF Mooney 29 540 14

3/79 34.35 5.34 0 YK Pathan

45 1118 30 3/49 34.76 5.59

0 CH Gayle 223 6900 156

5/46 34.91 4.73 3 Mohammad Hafeez

64 2285 49 3/17 35.26 4.53

0 SB Styris 180 5942 133

6/25 35.42 4.75 4

Statistics upto and including:
• Test # 1991: New Zealand v Pakistan at Wellington, 2nd Test, Jan 15-19, 2011
• ODI # 3099: Sri Lanka v West Indies at Colombo (SSC), 3rd ODI, Feb 6, 2011
• T20I # 198: Australia v England at Melbourne, 2nd T20I, Jan 14, 2011


Travis Basevi is a cricket statistician and UK Senior Programmer for Cricinfo and other ESPN sports websites

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