Best top orders and bowling attacks in the World Cup

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Aggregate runs for each World Cup squad
Team Mat Inns Runs HS 10050 Ct St
India2070 1637 49410 200* 96 263729 57
Sri Lanka 1863 137832441 160 42 178 825 71
Australia 1265 1010 30522 16445 185 549 11
South Africa953 799 27104 146 45 176410 2
West Indies 1041 90326800 153* 36 151 346 5
Pakistan 1389 1171 25771 14423 125 491 21
New Zealand1277 969 20835 166 15 107586 13
England 1016 82720719 154 21 107 421 5
Bangladesh 929 808 17784 15417 96 267 22
Kenya822 721 14067 111* 4 66293 13
Zimbabwe 829 68613210 194* 6 70 331 47
Ireland 455 380 8625 1779 37 197 12
Netherlands309 260 5931 109* 4 38118 3
Canada 225 1894021 137* 3 26 103 9

Aggregate wickets for each World Cup squad
Team MatOvers Runs Wkts BBI 4 5
India 2070 8457.5 418601212 6/23 27 9
Sri Lanka1863 6837.4 30366 1132 7/30 3018
Pakistan 1389 6865.5 324641047 6/16 21 12
New Zealand1277 6345.2 29014 908 6/25 248
Australia 1265 4244.5 20746800 5/22 24 14
England1016 3826.1 19148 593 6/31 244
South Africa 953 3866.0 19062585 5/30 15 4
West Indies1041 3446.4 16935 503 5/44 142
Bangladesh 929 3146.2 14950469 5/29 14 3
Kenya822 3296.0 15800 468 5/24 102
Zimbabwe 829 3573.0 16696440 6/46 9 3
Ireland455 1702.0 7606 282 5/14 63
Netherlands 309 980.1 4653167 4/31 4 0
Canada225 1018.1 4776 152 4/26 40

Best top orders for each World Cup squad (qualification: 10 career innings, 50% of inns in top 7 since 2009)
TeamNum Ave Sum Sum/Num High 40+
South Africa 6 272.38 45.39 59.885
India 8 320.15 40.0148.80 4
Australia 9 329.1136.56 44.00 4
Netherlands 8267.03 33.37 68.55 2
England9 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/NumHigh 20+
Ireland 121.23 21.23 21.23 1
Australia2 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 HSAve 50
Abdul Razzaq 254220 55 4959 112 30.05 22
Naeem Islam 40 33 14 54473* 28.63 1
TT Bresnan 3529 11 455 80 25.27 1
HS Baidwan 19 11 5 14733 24.50 0
DJG Sammy 4635 12 536 58* 23.30 2
NL McCullum 19 17 2 34965 23.26 2
PM Seelaar 2111 7 85 34* 21.25 0
DT Johnston 47 35 9 55245* 21.23 0
J Botha 6942 14 517 46 18.46 0
NO Miller 36 22 9 23651 18.15 1
MG Johnson 8950 16 599 73* 17.61 2
KMDN Kulasekara 83 51 23 47557* 16.96 1
B Lee 19296 39 938 57 16.45 2
KD Mills 126 77 26 83654 16.39 2
P Utseya 12196 34 984 68* 15.87 3
Abdur Razzak 111 70 29 56333 13.73 0
AG Cremer 3723 7 217 31* 13.56 0
RJ Peterson 40 18 4 18836 13.42 0
Harbhajan Singh 217117 32 1125 49 13.23 0
SCJ Broad 73 43 14 37245* 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
0

Best part-time bowlers for each World Cup squad (qualification: 300 career balls, ave of less than 36 balls per ODI since 2009)
TeamNum Ave Sum Sum/Num High 35&less
Ireland 5 136.40 27.28 34.355
Canada 2 60.43 30.2132.37 2
Australia 5 155.7031.14 36.60 3
Pakistan 267.10 33.55 35.26 1
West Indies4 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 4.300
AR White 49 763 25
4/44 23.60 4.63 1
SPD Smith
15 503 17 3/33 25.82 5.230
AC Botha 40 1446 38
4/19 27.52 4.34 2
JM Davison
27 1225 31 3/15 28.06 4.260
SR Watson 123 4398 127
4/36 28.08 4.86 3
KA Pollard
32 954 30 3/27 28.36 5.350
CL White 79 325 12
3/5 28.75 6.36 0
PR Stirling
23 407 10 4/11 30.60 4.511
AD Mathews 35 1104 27
6/20 31.59 4.63 0
Abdul Razzaq
254 10623 262 6/35 31.83 4.718
JH Kallis 307 10270 259
5/30 31.90 4.82 2
H Osinde
34 1359 35 4/33 32.37 5.001
SO Tikolo 129 3830 93
4/41 32.86 4.78 2
RS Bopara
54 391 10 4/38 33.10 5.071
JF Mooney 29 540 14
3/79 34.35 5.34 0
YK Pathan
45 1118 30 3/49 34.76 5.590
CH Gayle 223 6900 156
5/46 34.91 4.73 3
Mohammad Hafeez
64 2285 49 3/17 35.26 4.530
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