ICC World Cup 2019 most runs, wickets after South Africa vs Afghanistan: Finch, Warner, Starc, Cummins top lists

Aaron Finch‘s 132-ball 153 against Sri Lanka at The Oval helped him soar past Joe Root in the list of top run-getters in the 2019 World Cup. Despite his struggle, Finch’s opening partner David Warner (26 in 48), too, managed to crawl past Root. However, Finch is 52 ahead of Warner at this point.

Steven Smith’s 59-ball 73 took him to fifth spot. Later in the day, Dimuth Karunaratne (97 in 108) and Kusal Perera (52 in 36) secured ninth and tenth spots respectively.

Then Quinton de Kock, with a 72-ball 68 against Afghanistan at Cardiff, climbed to eighth spot, knocking Perera off the list.

Player	Team	R	Ave	SR	100	50
Aaron Finch	Australia	343	68.60	110.6	1	2
David Warner	Australia	281	70.25	77.0	1	2
Joe Root	England	279	93.00	97.6	2	1
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	260	86.67	95.9	1	2
Steven Smith	Australia	243	48.60	89.3	0	3
Jason Roy	England	215	71.67	118.8	1	1
Quinton de Kock	South Africa	186	46.50	86.1	1	1
Jos Buttler	England	185	61.67	136.0	1	1
Rohit Sharma	India	179	179.00	83.6	1	1
Dimuth Karunaratne	Sri Lanka	179	89.50	75.5	0	2

Mitchell Starc (4/55) wrecked Sri Lanka to secure a 3-wicket lead over Mohammad Amir at the top of the wickets table. Pat Cummins (2/38), too, moved to second spot.

And Imran Tahir’s 4/29 against Afghanistan took him to joint fifth spot, while Chris Morris (3/13) and Andile Phehlukwayo (2/18) are tied at ninth spot with four others.

Player	Team	W	Ave	Econ	4WI	5WI
Mitchell Starc	Australia	13	19.15	5.41	1	1
Pat Cummins	Australia	11	18.81	4.48	0	0
Mohammad Amir	Pakistan	10	12.30	4.73	0	1
Jofra Archer	England	9	18.33	4.73	0	0
Lockie Ferguson	New Zealand	8	12.37	4.13	1	0
Imran Tahir	South Africa	8	25.62	5.54	1	0
Mark Wood	England	7	17.57	4.98	0	0
Matt Henry	New Zealand	7	18.00	5.17	1	0
Jimmy Neesham	New Zealand	6	12.67	5.06	0	1
Yuzvendra Chahal	India	6	18.83	5.65	1	0
Chris Morris	South Africa	6	20.33	4.67	1	0
Oshane Thomas	West Indies	6	21.50	6.19	1	0
Andile Phehlukwayo	South Africa	6	25.67	4.46	1	0
Mohammad Saifuddin	Bangladesh	6	29.33	7.33	0	0