Missing bowlers and troubles chasing

36 World Cup matches Pakistan have won, out of 64. Five teams have won more than 36, while Pakistan's win-loss ratio of 1.38 is also sixth-best.

7 World Cup games Pakistan have played against Sri Lanka - they've won each of those matches. Against India, on the other hand, Pakistan have lost five out of five. They also haven't won a single game against South Africa, losing three out of three. (Click here for Pakistan's World Cup record against each opposition team.)

64 Pakistan's win percentage since 2013 when defending 250-plus scores, also the second-worst among the top-eight teams, after England (46%). Pakistan have only won seven out of eleven such ODIs. South Africa, with 17 wins in 21 such games, have the best win percentage (81%).

35.2 Bowling average of Pakistan's pacers since 2013, the worst for any top-eight team. Their strike rate of 39.7 is also the worst. However, their economy rate of 5.3 is the third-best, after South Africa and Australia.

3 Number of instances since 2013 of Shahid Afridi making a 50-plus score at a 200-plus strike rate, the most by any batsman. Afridi has done this 12 times over the course of his career, when no other player has done it more than six times (Brendon McCullum).

3 Century partnerships posted by Pakistan's last five wickets since 2013, the most for any team. These wickets have produced seventeen 50-plus stands in all, which is the second-most for any team after Australia (19).

22 Pakistan's win percentage since 2013 when chasing totals between 250 and 300, the second-lowest among the top-eight teams after South Africa (20%). Pakistan have lost seven out of nine such ODIs since 2013, while South Africa have lost four out of five. Sri Lanka with six wins in six have the best record (100%).

29 The average age of Pakistan's World Cup squad. The squad has six players over the age of age of 30, Misbah-ul-Haq (40), Mohammad Hafeez (34), Mohammad Irfan (32), Shahid Afridi (34), Sohail Khan (30) and Younis Khan (37).

5.1 Pakistan's run-rate in the middle overs of an ODI innings (overs 21 to 40) since 2013, the slowest for a top-eight team. India's run rate of 5.9 is the best for any team at this stage of an innings.

18 Number of fifties scored by Misbah-ul-Haq since 2013, the second-most after Kumar Sangakkara (20). However, Misbah has no hundreds, while Sangakkara has seven. Misbah has scored the most runs by a Pakistan batsman in this period (1716).

37 Percentage of Pakistan's wickets, since 2013, taken by Saeed Ajmal and Junaid Khan, both of whom will be missing this World Cup. Ajmal took 74 wickets out the 346 that Pakistan's bowlers took in all during this period (at an average of 20 and economy rate of 4.11), and was Pakistan's highest wicket-taker, while Junaid took 54 - the joint second-highest with Mohammad Irfan, at an average of 26.51.

3 Number of Pakistan's bowlers, from among their top 9 wicket-takers since 2013 who are currently certain to be available during the World Cup; Afridi, Irfan and Wahab Riaz. Among the others, Ajmal, Junaid, Umar Gul, Sohail Tanvir and Abdur Rehman are not in the squad, while Hafeez's action is yet to be cleared.