ICC World Cup 2019 statistical round-up – June 27: Maxwell most explosive, Boult most miserly

Four weeks into the World Cup, Australia have already qualified for the semi-finals, while South Africa and Afghanistan have been eliminated. This leaves seven teams fighting for three slots in the top four. We have named the leading run-scorers and wicket-takers elsewhere on the site. Below are some other statistical highlights.

Williamson and Rohit continue to lead the averages chart, though their numbers look somewhat more human now thanks to a couple of dismissals. Shakib, on the other hand, has maintained a superb average almost entirely based on aggregate.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	414	138.00	77.8
Rohit Sharma	India	320	106.67	95.0
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	476	95.20	99.2
David Warner	Australia	500	83.33	87.3
Joe Root	England	432	72.00	92.7

No one is in Maxwell‘s periphery when it comes to strike rates. An ordinary week has pushed Morgan to fourth spot, while Liton has risen to third.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Glenn Maxwell	Australia	142	28.40	202.9
Jos Buttler	England	222	37.00	127.6
Liton Das	Bangladesh	130	65.00	126.2
Eoin Morgan	England	274	45.67	122.3
Jason Roy	England	215	71.67	118.8

Those 17 sixes against Afghanistan were enough to keep Morgan ahead of others in the chart, though Finch is catching up fast.

Players	Teams	6s	BF	B/6
Eoin Morgan	England	22	224	10.2
Aaron Finch	Australia	18	477	26.5
Chris Gayle	West Indies	10	189	18.9
Carlos Brathwaite	West Indies	7	121	17.3
Glenn Maxwell	Australia	6	70	11.7
Jos Buttler	England	6	174	29.0
Rassie van der Dussen	South Africa	6	247	41.2
Ben Stokes	England	6	320	53.3
Rohit Sharma	India	6	337	56.2

Along with those sixes, Finch has also hit 46 fours, which places him joint second here as well. A whopping 384 of his runs have come in boundaries.

Players	Teams	4s	BF	B/4
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	48	480	10.0
Aaron Finch	Australia	46	477	10.4
David Warner	Australia	46	573	12.5
Joe Root	England	37	466	12.6
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	37	532	14.4

Six men, including the Australian opening pair, have scored two hundreds each.

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

The Australian openers have also crossed fifty five times each – a feat matched by only Root and Shakib.

Players	Teams	100s	50s	50+
Aaron Finch	Australia	2	3	5
Joe Root	England	2	3	5
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	2	3	5
David Warner	Australia	2	3	5
Rohit Sharma	India	2	1	3
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	2	1	3
Babar Azam	Pakistan	1	2	3
Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	1	2	3
Virat Kohli	India	0	3	3
Steven Smith	Australia	0	3	3
Ben Stokes	England	0	3	3

Cummins’ 239 dots are the most, but when it comes to balls per dot, Archer and Boult have been as good.

Players	Teams	D	B	B/D
Pat Cummins	Australia	239	385	1.61
Jofra Archer	England	236	383	1.62
Trent Boult	New Zealand	219	354	1.62
Mitchell Starc	Australia	216	388	1.80
Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	201	348	1.73

Archer has more maiden overs than anyone else, though Morris has earned them more frequently.

Players	Teams	M	O	O/M
Jofra Archer	England	7	63.5	9.12
Chris Morris	South Africa	5	45.1	9.03
Pat Cummins	Australia	5	64.1	12.83
Mohammad Amir	Pakistan	4	56	14.00
Mitchell Starc	South Africa	4	64.4	16.17

One superb bowling performance against England – for different teams – have put de Silva and Behrendorff at the top of the bowling averages chart.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Dhananjaya de Silva	Sri Lanka	5	15.80	4.64
Jason Behrendorff	Australia	6	17.16	5.42
Lockie Ferguson	New Zealand	15	17.80	4.97
Mohammad Amir	Pakistan	16	17.87	5.10
Mitchell Starc	Australia	19	18.26	5.36

Was it economical bowling that kept New Zealand and India unbeaten in the tournament for so long? Afghanistan also makes their sole appearance here. Do note the meagre difference between the first and fifth entries.

Players	Teams	W	Ave	Econ
Trent Boult	New Zealand	9	29.22	4.45
Colin de Grandhomme	New Zealand	5	26.80	4.46
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	India	5	20.40	4.50
Kuldeep Yadav	India	3	57.33	4.52
Hamid Hassan	Afghanistan	1	109.00	4.54

Only four bowlers have taken five-wicket hauls. There have been too many numerous four-wicket hauls to list, but Starc (one 5WI, two 4WIs) is the only one with more than one.

Players	Teams	5WIs
Mohammad Amir	Pakistan	1
Jimmy Neesham	New Zealand	1
Mitchell Starc	Australia	1
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	1

And finally, the World Cup now has a hat-trick hero in Shami.

Players	Batsmen	Teams	Against	Venue	Date
Mohammed Shami	Mohammed Nabi Aftab Alam Mujeeb Ur Rahman	India	Afg	Rose Bowl	Jun 22