ICC World Cup 2019 fielders and wicketkeepers: Pre-tournament catches, stumpings, run outs

World Cup 2019 is just five days away. Let us now have a look at some fielding and wicketkeeping statistics of the players. These numbers reflect the chart leaders only from the ten participating countries against only the same teams from January 1, 2018.

As with runs, Virat Kohli leads the list of most catches, followed by two Englishmen. In fact, the top ten is constituted entirely of fielders from India, England, Australia, and New Zealand.

Player	Team	C	Inns	C/I
Virat Kohli	India	17	20	0.85
Jason Roy	England	16	25	0.64
Ben Stokes	England	15	21	0.71
Ross Taylor	New Zealand	15	22	0.68
Joe Root	England	15	31	0.48
Shikhar Dhawan	India	15	31	0.48
Rohit Sharma	India	14	31	0.45
Aaron Finch	Australia	13	24	0.54
Martin Guptill	New Zealand	12	20	0.60
Glenn Maxwell	Australia	12	20	0.60

He may be usually a wicketkeeper, but Heinrich Klaasen has also held 5 catches in 5 innings as an outfielder. Among those with a 10-catch cut-off, Dhananjaya de Silva tops the list for most catches per innings.

Player	Team	C	Inns	C/I
Heinrich Klaasen	South Africa	5	5	1.00
Dhananjaya de Silva	Sri Lanka	11	15	0.73
Ben Stokes	England	15	21	0.71
Hardik Pandya	India	9	13	0.69
Ross Taylor	New Zealand	15	22	0.68
Virat Kohli	India	17	25	0.68
Rassie van der Dussen	South Africa	6	9	0.67
Jason Roy	England	16	25	0.64
Peter Handscomb	Australia	8	13	0.62
Martin Guptill	New Zealand	12	20	0.60
Glenn Maxwell	Australia	12	20	0.60

Quinton de Kock has held more catches (34) than Jos Buttler (36), but those 13 stumpings have pushed Buttler to the top of the wicketkeeping dismissals list. MS Dhoni (14) is the only one with more stumpings than Buttler.

Player	Team	C	S	D	Inns	D/I
Jos Buttler	England	32	13	45	30	1.50
Quinton de Kock	South Africa	34	2	36	18	2.00
MS Dhoni	India	19	14	28	23	1.22
Shai Hope	West Indies	15	5	20	20	1.00
Alex Carey	Australia	16	3	19	17	1.12
Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	18	1	19	19	1.00
Tom Latham	New Zealand	16	3	19	21	0.90
Niroshan Dickwella	Sri Lanka	14	3	17	19	0.89
Tim Paine	Australia	16	0	16	9	1.78
Sarfraz Ahmed	Paksitan	10	0	10	19	0.53

The top two spots in the dismissals per innings list belong to Tim Seifert, who will not feature in the World Cup, and Dinesh Karthik, unlikely to keep wickets. Tim Paine, placed fourth, will not play either, while Klaasen, at five, will not keep wickets.

Player	Team	C	S	D	Inns	D/I
Tim Seifert	New Zealand	7	1	8	3	2.67
Dinesh Karthik	India	5	0	5	2	2.50
Quinton de Kock	South Africa	34	2	36	18	2.00
Tim Paine	Australia	16	0	16	9	1.78
Heinrich Klaasen	South Africa	11	3	14	9	1.56
Jos Buttler	England	32	13	45	30	1.50
MS Dhoni	India	19	14	28	23	1.22
Alex Carey	Australia	16	3	19	17	1.12
Shai Hope	West Indies	15	5	20	20	1.00
Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	18	1	19	19	1.00

England have effected most run outs. And if one takes Afghanistan’s 7 matches away, they have also ran out most batsmen per match.

Team	RO	Inns	RO/I
England	22	31	0.71
India	19	32	0.59
South Africa	13	24	0.54
Afghanistan	11	7	1.57
New Zealand	11	24	0.46
Sri Lanka	10	23	0.43
Pakistan	10	26	0.38
Bangladesh	7	21	0.33
Australia	6	26	0.23
West Indies	2	20	0.10