ICC World Cup 2019 statistical round-up – July 4: Rohit, Shami rise rapidly

We have now reached the final stages of the league phase of the 2019 World Cup. While three teams – Australia, India, and England – have already qualified for the semi-finals, two others – New Zealand and Pakistan – are in contention for the fourth spot, though, given Pakistan’s unrealistic requirements, New Zealand have as good as qualified.

Let us have a look at the numbers now. Williamson, Rohit, Shakib, and Warner still occupy the top four spots in the batting averages chart, though nobody averages in three figures anymore.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	481	96.20	77.8
Rohit Sharma	India	544	90.67	97.0
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	542	90.33	97.8
David Warner	Australia	516	73.71	86.6
Jason Roy	England	341	68.20	114.0

Maxwell still continues to lead the batting strike rates chart by a massive margin.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Glenn Maxwell	Australia	143	23.83	190.7
Hardik Pandya	India	187	31.16	138.5
Jos Buttler	England	253	31.62	130.4
Liton Das	Bangladesh	152	50.67	119.7
Eoin Morgan	England	317	39.62	116.1

Morgan has hit only 5 sixes from 8 matches, but his 17 sixes against Afghanistan were enough for him to top the sixes chart for the third week in a row.

Players	Teams	6s	BF	B/6
Eoin Morgan	England	22	273	12.4
Aaron Finch	Australia	18	492	27.3
Chris Gayle	West Indies	12	256	21.3
Rohit Sharma	India	12	561	46.8
Jonny Bairstow	England	11	475	43.2

From the most sixes table, three men – Finch, Bairstow, and Rohit – feature in the most fours table as well.

Players	Teams	4s	BF	B/4
Jonny Bairstow	England	55	475	8.6
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	54	554	10.3
Rohit Sharma	India	53	561	10.6
David Warner	Australia	49	596	12.2
Aaron Finch	Australia	47	492	10.5

Rohit now has 4 hundreds, not only the most in this edition but the joint most in any single edition of the World Cup.

Players	Teams	100s
Rohit Sharma	India	4
Aaron Finch	Australia	2
Joe Root	England	2
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	2
David Warner	Australia	2
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	2
Jonny Bairstow	England	2

Shakib’s 6 fifty-plus scores are the most for anyone, though five men have 5 each. Kohli is the only one among them without a hundred (in fact, all others have at least 2 hundreds).

Players	Teams	100s	50s	50+
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	2	4	6
Rohit Sharma	India	4	1	5
Aaron Finch	Australia	2	3	5
Joe Root	England	2	3	5
David Warner	Australia	2	3	5
Virat Kohli	India	0	5	5

Archer has bowled 300 dot balls in the tournament, though Cummins has bowled them more frequently.

Players	Teams	D	B	B/D
Jofra Archer	England	300	485	1.62
Trent Boult	New Zealand	284	474	1.67
Pat Cummins	Australia	267	421	1.58
Mitchell Starc	Australia	261	446	1.71
Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	241	408	1.69

Archer has also bowled most maiden overs. Morris, who had bowled 5 in the first two weeks, has not bowled any since then.

Players	Teams	M	O	O/M
Jofra Archer	England	8	80.5	10.10
Jasprit Bumrah	India	6	64	10.67
Chris Woakes	England	6	68	11.33
Pat Cummins	Australia	6	70.1	11.69
Chris Morris	South Africa	5	54.4	10.93
Mohammad Amir	Pakistan	5	66	13.20
Mitchell Starc	Australia	5	74.2	14.87

Shami‘s amazing four matches have earned him 14 wickets. He also leads the bowling averages list. In fact, he had a single-digit average before his last match.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Mohammed Shami	India	14	13.78	5.48
Mitchell Starc	Australia	24	15.54	5.01
Jason Behrendorff	Australia	8	16.75	4.78
Jimmy Neesham	New Zealand	11	18.18	5.00
Lockie Ferguson	New Zealand	17	18.58	4.96

Roach is the most economical bowler of the tournament (he may finish at that spot). The next two spots belong to Afghan spinners.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Kemar Roach	West Indies	3	28.00	3.65
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	Afghanistan	7	29.57	4.32
Mohammad Nabi	Afghanistan	9	31.00	4.45
Colin de Grandhomme	New Zealand	5	34.80	4.46
Jasprit Bumrah	India	14	21.07	4.60

Starc is the only one with 2 five-wicket hauls.

Players	Teams	5WIs
Mitchell Starc	Australia	2
Mohammad Amir	Pakistan	1
Jimmy Neesham	New Zealand	1
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	1
Jason Behrendorff	Australia	1
Mohammed Shami	India	1
Mustafizur Rahman	Bangladesh	1

Starc also has 2 four-wicket hauls, which means that he has taken four or more wickets 4 times. Shami got 3 in his first 3 matches.

Players	Teams	5WIs	4WIs	4+
Mitchell Starc	Australia	2	2	4
Mohammed Shami	India	1	2	3
Trent Boult	New Zealand	0	2	2

Boult became the second cricketer, after Shami, to take a hat-trick in the tournament.

Players	Batsmen	Teams	vs	Venue	Date
Mohammed Shami	Mohammed Nabi Aftab Alam Mujeeb Ur Rahman	Ind	Afg	Rose Bowl	Jun 22
Trent Boult	Usman Khawaja Mitchell Starc Jason Behrendorff	NZ	Aus	Lord’s	Jun 29