ICC World Cup 2019 most runs, wickets after Sri Lanka vs West Indies: Malinga roars back into top ten

Despite two dazzling hundreds, from Avishka Fernando (104 in 103 balls) and Nicholas Pooran (118 in 103), there was no change in the list of top ten run-getters in the 2019 World Cup. Pooran, West Indies’ leading scorer in the tournament, so far finished on 309, 47 behind the 10th spot. Kusal Perera, the Sri Lankan topper, is on 255.

Player	Team	R	Ave	SR	100	50
David Warner	Australia	516	73.71	86.6	2	3
Aaron Finch	Australia	504	63.00	102.4	2	3
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	476	95.20	99.2	2	3
Joe Root	England	476	68.00	91.5	2	3
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	454	113.50	77.9	2	1
Rohit Sharma	India	440	88.00	93.8	3	1
Virat Kohli	India	382	63.67	96.2	0	5
Babar Azam	Pakistan	378	63.00	85.5	1	2
Ben Stokes	England	370	61.67	98.9	0	4
Jonny Bairstow	England	356	44.50	94.7	1	2

The ageless Lasith Malinga took 3/55 to reenter the top ten. Malinga is now tied with three others at the joint 8th spot. One of these three is Sheldon Cottrell, who took 1/69.

Player	Team	W	Ave	Econ	4WI	5WI
Mitchell Starc	Australia	24	15.54	5.01	2	2
Lockie Ferguson	New Zealand	17	18.58	4.96	1	0
Mohammad Amir	Pakistan	16	20.43	4.95	1	1
Jofra Archer	England	16	23.12	5.01	0	0
Mohammed Shami	India	13	9.61	4.77	2	1
Trent Boult	New Zealand	13	24.15	4.55	2	0
Mark Wood	England	13	25.76	5.43	0	0
Chris Morris	South Africa	12	23.16	5.08	0	0
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	12	24.25	5.63	1	0
Pat Cummins	Australia	12	27.45	4.66	0	0
Sheldon Cottrell	West Indies	12	29.08	5.81	1	0