ICC World Cup 2019 bowlers: Pre-tournament wickets, maidens, averages, economy rates, other bowling records

With less than a week to go before the World Cup, let us have a look at some relevant bowling statistics of the players. These numbers reflect the chart leaders only from the ten participating countries against only the ten participating counties from January 1, 2018.

As is evident, Kuldeep Yadav holds an 11-wicket lead over anyone else – along with a fantastic average, strike rate, and economy rate. Yuzvendra Chahal is at fourth on the list of most wickets, which proves the potency of India’s wrist-spin pair.

Player	Team	W	Ave	SR	Econ
Kuldeep Yadav	India	63	20.71	24.8	4.99
Adil Rashid	Afghanistan	52	28.00	29.1	5.73
Trent Boult	New Zealand	43	24.83	28.1	5.28
Yuzvendra Chahal	India	42	24.97	29.5	5.06
Lockie Ferguson	New Zealand	33	24.63	27.6	5.33
Mustafizur Rahman	Bangladesh	33	26.33	30.2	5.22
Chris Woakes	England	32	28.87	29.8	5.81
Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	31	29.35	35.4	4.96
Moeen Ali	England	30	43.06	46.9	5.50
Akila Dananjaya	Sri Lanka	30	23.86	27.6	5.17
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	India	30	30.40	34.6	5.26
Lungi Ngidi	South Africa	30	23.03	24.5	5.62

Kuldeep also holds the second spot in bowling average. None of the other four in the top five has half as many wickets. Chahal is at eighth.

Player	Team	W	Ave	SR	Econ
Pat Cummins	Australia	25	20.36	26.7	4.57
Kuldeep Yadav	India	63	20.71	24.8	4.99
Jasprit Bumrah	India	29	21.03	30.9	4.07
Lungi Ngidi	South Africa	30	23.03	24.5	5.62
Akila Dananjaya	Sri Lanka	30	23.86	27.6	5.17
Lockie Ferguson	New Zealand	33	24.63	27.6	5.33
Trent Boult	New Zealand	43	24.83	28.1	5.28
Yuzvendra Chahal	India	42	24.97	29.5	5.06
Rubel Hossain	Bangladesh	21	25.23	28.6	5.28
Shaheen Afridi	Pakistan	24	25.54	26.7	5.73

In strike rates, too, Kuldeep is at second spot. Lungi Ngidi and Akila Dananjaya have been on all three lists as well.

Player	Team	W	Ave	SR	Econ
Lungi Ngidi	South Africa	30	23.03	24.5	5.62
Kuldeep Yadav	India	63	20.71	24.8	4.99
Shaheen Afridi	Pakistan	24	25.54	26.7	5.73
Pat Cummins	Australia	25	20.36	26.7	4.57
Jhye Richardson	Australia	24	26.33	27.0	5.85
Thisara Perera	Sri Lanka	25	28.72	27.2	6.33
Akila Dananjaya	Sri Lanka	30	23.86	27.6	5.17
Lockie Ferguson	New Zealand	33	24.63	27.6	5.33
Trent Boult	New Zealand	43	24.83	28.1	5.28
Tom Curran	England	23	30.78	28.3	6.50

The three most economic bowlers all from Afghanistan. Two Bangladeshis also feature in the top six.

Player	Team	W	Ave	SR	Econ
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	Afghanistan	14	17.21	28.7	3.59
Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	12	20.41	32.5	3.75
Mohammad Nabi	Afghanistan	7	38.28	59.1	3.88
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	Bangladesh	19	35.36	52.1	4.06
Jasprit Bumrah	India	29	21.03	30.9	4.07
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	17	32.11	44.7	4.31
Dale Steyn	South Africa	11	22.36	31.0	4.31
Pat Cummins	Australia	25	20.36	26.7	4.57
Imran Tahir	South Africa	14	39.85	52.1	4.58
Colin de Grandhomme	New Zealand	10	44.70	57.6	4.65

Trent Boult’s 17 maiden overs are way more than anyone else’s tally, though Pat Cummins has bowled them more frequently.

Player	Team	M	O	O/M
Trent Boult	New Zealand	17	202	11.88
Pat Cummins	Australia	12	111.2	9.28
Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	12	183.1	15.26
Jhye Richardson	Australia	10	108	10.80
Lungi Ngidi	South Africa	10	122.5	12.28
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	India	10	173.1	17.32
Jasprit Bumrah	India	9	149.4	16.63
Matt Henry	New Zealand	8	84.2	10.54
Tim Southee	New Zealand	8	131.5	16.48
Mehidy Hasan Miraz	Bangladesh	8	165.1	20.65
Mashrafe Mortaza	Bangladesh	8	171.3	21.44

Not only has Kuldeep got wickets: he has got them in chunks of four or more wickets, as have Cummins and Afridi. Chahal is at fourth.

Player	Team	Inn	4WIs	I/4WI
Kuldeep Yadav	India	29	5	5.80
Pat Cummins	Australia	12	3	4.00
Shaheen Afridi	Pakistan	13	3	4.33
Yuzvendra Chahal	India	23	3	7.67
Adil Rashid	England	29	3	9.67

There have been three hat-tricks over this phase.

Player	Batsmen	Team	vs	Venue	Date
Shehan Madushanka	Mortaza Rubel Mahmudullah	SL	Ban	Mirpur	27.1.18.
Imran Tahir	Williams Moor Mavuta	SA	Zim	Bloemfontein	3.10.18.
Trent Boult	Fakhar Babar Hafeez	NZ	Pak	Abu Dhabi	7.11.18.