Hits and misses of the World Cup - Tables

Travis Basevi

01-May-2007

Biggest difference between batting average in the 12 months prior to the World Cup and in the World Cup
Biggest difference between batting average in the 12 months prior to the World Cup and in the World Cup
Biggest difference between bowling average in the 12 months prior to the World Cup and in the World Cup
Biggest difference between bowling average in the 12 months prior to the World Cup and in the World Cup

Biggest difference between batting average in the 12 months prior to the World Cup and in the World Cup (qualification: 10 inns prior, 3 inns in WC)
Player	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	100	WC	Inns	Runs	Ave	100	Diff
SR Watson (Aus)	14	13	349	29.08	0	8	6	145	145.00	0	115.916
JEC Franklin (NZ)	15	14	192	21.33	0	9	5	95	95.00	0	73.666
S Dhaniram (Can)	18	17	326	20.37	0	3	3	81	81.00	0	60.625
MJ Clarke (Aus)	22	18	570	35.62	0	11	9	436	87.20	0	51.575
SO Tikolo (Kenya)	20	19	567	37.80	1	3	3	155	77.50	0	39.700
V Sehwag (India)	26	24	613	25.54	0	3	3	164	54.66	1	29.124
JH Kallis (SA)	16	13	525	52.50	1	10	9	485	80.83	1	28.333
RT Ponting (Aus)	19	19	665	39.11	2	11	9	539	67.37	1	28.257
PA Nixon (Eng)	10	10	104	11.55	0	9	8	193	38.60	0	27.044
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	26	23	661	34.78	2	11	11	548	60.88	1	26.099
S Matsikenyeri (Zim)	15	15	388	29.84	0	3	3	107	53.50	0	23.653
A Symonds (Aus)	18	14	443	40.27	1	9	8	189	63.00	0	22.727
GC Smith (SA)	13	12	294	26.72	0	10	10	443	49.22	0	22.494
DR Brown (Scot)	13	13	156	13.00	0	3	3	64	32.00	0	19.000
ML Hayden (Aus)	15	15	709	54.53	2	11	10	659	73.22	3	18.683
AC Gilchrist (Aus)	18	17	460	27.05	0	11	11	453	45.30	1	18.241
DL Hemp (Ber)	14	14	348	26.76	0	3	3	90	45.00	0	18.230
Mohammad Ashraful (Ban)	28	23	436	22.94	0	9	9	216	36.00	0	13.052
CJO Smith (Scot)	11	11	144	18.00	0	3	3	85	28.33	0	10.333
KP Pietersen (Eng)	17	17	694	46.26	0	9	9	444	55.50	2	9.233

Biggest difference between batting average in the 12 months prior to the World Cup and in the World Cup (qualification: 10 inns prior, 3 inns in WC)
Player	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	100	WC	Inns	Runs	Ave	100	Diff
Shahriar Nafees (Ban)	31	31	1211	44.85	4	6	6	31	5.16	0	-39.685
MEK Hussey (Aus)	24	19	637	53.08	2	11	6	87	17.40	0	-35.683
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)	21	19	761	50.73	1	3	3	55	18.33	0	-32.399
GM Hamilton (Scot)	13	13	377	34.27	0	3	3	11	3.66	0	-30.606
MS Dhoni (India)	31	27	825	39.28	0	3	3	29	9.66	0	-29.619
AB de Villiers (SA)	12	11	516	64.50	0	10	10	372	37.20	1	-27.300
IH Romaine (Ber)	19	18	523	30.76	1	3	3	11	3.66	0	-27.098
Saqibul Hasan (Ban)	20	19	663	55.25	1	9	9	202	28.85	0	-26.392
LOB Cann (Ber)	14	13	405	40.50	0	3	3	44	14.66	0	-25.833
RL Taylor (NZ)	16	14	553	42.53	2	6	6	107	17.83	0	-24.705
RR Watson (Scot)	14	14	506	38.92	1	3	3	53	17.66	0	-21.256
Habibul Bashar (Ban)	25	20	576	33.88	0	9	8	105	13.12	0	-20.757
CJ Chibhabha (Zim)	21	21	609	29.00	0	3	3	27	9.00	0	-20.000
Younis Khan (Pak)	20	20	581	32.27	1	3	3	37	12.33	0	-19.944
JWM Dalrymple (Eng)	24	23	481	21.86	0	3	3	6	2.00	0	-19.863
Aftab Ahmed (Ban)	30	30	919	34.03	0	9	9	128	14.22	0	-19.814
RM Haq (Scot)	10	10	310	31.00	0	3	3	35	11.66	0	-19.333
V Sibanda (Zim)	19	19	709	41.70	1	3	3	68	22.66	0	-19.039
CH Gayle (WI)	31	31	1229	43.89	4	9	9	228	25.33	0	-18.559
JJ Tucker (Ber)	18	18	385	22.64	0	3	3	13	4.33	0	-18.313

Biggest difference between bowling average in the 12 months prior to the World Cup and in the World Cup (qualification: 500 balls prior, 150 in WC)
Player	Mat	Balls	Wkts	Ave	5	WC	Balls	Wkts	Ave	5	Diff
GB Hogg (Aus)	13	507	14	28.07	0	11	497	21	15.80	0	-12.261
GD McGrath (Aus)	18	922	24	25.41	0	11	485	26	13.73	0	-11.685
A Nel (SA)	11	540	15	27.60	0	6	314	12	18.08	1	-9.516
SL Malinga (SL)	23	1079	35	24.25	0	8	350	18	15.77	0	-8.479
M Muralitharan (SL)	17	817	21	23.61	0	10	508	23	15.26	0	-8.358
A Flintoff (Eng)	17	727	18	29.55	0	8	414	14	21.28	0	-8.269
JEC Franklin (NZ)	15	720	16	37.06	0	9	392	11	30.09	0	-6.971
SE Bond (NZ)	14	722	25	23.28	1	8	418	13	16.38	0	-6.895
NW Bracken (Aus)	21	1051	35	22.97	0	10	430	16	16.12	0	-6.846
SI Mahmood (Eng)	18	825	21	38.71	0	6	288	8	32.37	0	-6.339
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	15	702	18	26.83	0	10	466	13	22.00	0	-4.833
DL Vettori (NZ)	18	926	20	31.70	0	10	586	16	27.93	0	-3.762
MM Patel (India)	17	814	22	28.68	0	3	159	4	26.25	0	-2.431
MF Maharoof (SL)	24	866	30	24.10	1	6	264	9	22.00	0	-2.100
AB Agarkar (India)	25	1223	34	27.64	0	3	168	4	28.00	0	0.352
DJ Bravo (WI)	25	973	31	27.03	0	9	389	13	27.76	0	0.736
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	22	636	12	40.08	0	11	404	7	43.14	0	3.059
CD Collymore (WI)	13	564	9	39.55	0	7	380	6	44.66	0	5.111
Syed Rasel (Ban)	13	681	19	24.00	0	7	372	8	29.87	0	5.875
Mohammad Rafique (Ban)	27	1516	30	30.63	1	9	432	8	37.75	0	7.116

Biggest difference between bowling average in the 12 months prior to the World Cup and in the World Cup (qualification: 500 balls prior, 150 in WC)
Player	Mat	Balls	Wkts	Ave	5	WC	Balls	Wkts	Ave	Diff
IDR Bradshaw (WI)	24	1240	29	28.27	0	3	174	2	83.50	55.224
P Utseya (Zim)	29	1616	20	52.70	0	3	156	0	-	48.300
JM Davison (Can)	16	775	19	27.31	0	3	174	2	65.00	37.684
JH Kallis (SA)	16	547	22	18.86	0	10	366	5	54.20	35.336
SR Watson (Aus)	14	588	21	24.85	0	8	267	4	54.25	29.392
M Ntini (SA)	15	761	25	21.12	1	7	378	6	48.83	27.713
CRD Fernando (SL)	18	694	22	29.22	0	7	290	5	55.60	26.372
JE Taylor (WI)	24	1250	40	25.15	0	7	384	6	51.00	25.850
CH Gayle (WI)	31	1267	28	31.75	0	9	355	5	56.20	24.450
SM Pollock (SA)	15	804	25	16.04	1	10	504	8	37.00	20.960
Saqibul Hasan (Ban)	20	999	22	26.54	0	9	365	7	43.14	16.597
Mashrafe Mortaza (Ban)	29	1534	53	19.71	1	9	428	9	35.88	16.171
PD Collingwood (Eng)	27	672	16	33.00	0	9	348	6	48.66	15.666
S Dhaniram (Can)	18	787	24	21.54	0	3	162	4	36.75	15.208
JM Anderson (Eng)	13	715	20	29.85	0	9	438	8	41.12	11.275
Abdur Razzak (Ban)	31	1701	53	19.32	1	9	442	13	26.46	7.140
Mohammad Rafique (Ban)	27	1516	30	30.63	1	9	432	8	37.75	7.116
Syed Rasel (Ban)	13	681	19	24.00	0	7	372	8	29.87	5.875
CD Collymore (WI)	13	564	9	39.55	0	7	380	6	44.66	5.111
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	22	636	12	40.08	0	11	404	7	43.14	3.059

Statistics upto and including:
• Test # 1830: South Africa v Pakistan at Cape Town, 3rd Test, Jan 26-28, 2007
• ODI # 2581: Australia v Sri Lanka at Bridgetown, ICC World Cup Final, Apr 28, 2007

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