ICC World Cup 2019 statistical round-up – June 6: Guptill fastest scorer, Bumrah most economical bowler

It is still early days in the World Cup, but it has been an eventful first week nonetheless: Bangladesh topped South Africa; Pakistan came back after being thrashed by West Indies to trounce England; and Afghanistan put up two spirited shows that went in vain.

The week has also provided some early leaders. We have already looked at the runs and wickets charts. It is still too early for averages (several batsmen have been dismissed just once), but Guptill and Gayle have established dominance in the strike rates chart among batsmen with over a hundred runs.

Players	Teams	R	Ave	SR
Martin Guptill	New Zealand	98	98.00	150.8
Chris Gayle	West Indies	50	50.00	147.1
Aaron Finch	Australia	66	66.00	134.7
Jos Buttler	England	121	60.50	131.5
Soumya Sarkar	Bangladesh	67	33.50	121.8

Finch is the only batsman to have hit 4 sixes in the tournament so far – all of them in the same innings. Rashid, who has hit 3 sixes off 15 balls, is an interesting entry.

Players	Teams	6s	BF	B/6
Aaron Finch	Australia	4	49	12.3
Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	3	15	5.0
Chris Gayle	West Indies	3	34	11.3
Martin Guptill	New Zealand	3	65	21.7
Eoin Morgan	England	3	78	26.0

Shakib and Root have hit 15 fours each, but the remarkable entry here is Sarkar, whose 12 fours have come off just 55 balls.

Players	Teams	4s	BF	B/4
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	15	152	10.1
Joe Root	England	15	163	10.9
Najibullah Zadran	Afghanistan	13	105	8.1
Rohit Sharma	India	13	144	11.1
Soumya Sarkar	Bangladesh	12	55	4.6
Kusal Perera	Sri Lanka	12	105	8.8

Just three hundreds so far, of which two have come in the same innings.

Players	Scores	Teams	Against	Venue	Date
Rohit Sharma	122*	Ind	SA	Rose Bowl	Jun 5
Joe Root	107	Eng	Pak	Trent Bridge	Jun 3
Jos Buttler	103	Eng	Pak	Trent Bridge	Jun 3

Only two bowlers have bowled more than one maiden over.

Players	Teams	M	O	O/M
Chris Morris	South Africa	3	20	6.67
Hamid Hassan	Afghanistan	2	13	6.50

Bumrah heads the economy chart if one puts a 10-over cut-off. Ferguson and Santner are the only others with economy rates under 4.

Players	Teams	Ave	Econ
Jasprit Bumrah	India	17.50	3.50
Lockie Ferguson	New Zealand	15.50	3.79
Mitchell Santner	New Zealand	23.00	3.83
Mohammad Nabi	Afghanistan	15.50	4.13
Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	23.00	4.35

Still early days, but if one puts a 3-wicket cut-off, Thomas and Pradeep are the only ones with single-digit bowling averages.

Players	Teams	Ave	Econ
Oshane Thomas	West Indies	6.75	4.76
Nuwan Pradeep	Sri Lanka	7.75	3.44
Matt Henry	New Zealand	10.85	4.65
Yuzvendra Chahal	India	12.75	5.10
Pat Cummins	Australia	13.33	4.80

Of the five four-wicket hauls, two – by Nabi and Pradeep – have come in the same match, that too against each other.

Players	Figures	Teams	Against	Venue	Date
Oshane Thomas	4/27	WI	Pak	Trent Bridge	May 31
Mohammad Nabi	4/30	Afg	SL	Cardiff	Jun 4
Nuwan Pradeep	4/31	SL	Afg	Cardiff	Jun 4
Matt Henry	4/47	NZ	Ban	The Oval	Jun 5
Yuzvendra Chahal	4/51	Ind	SA	Rose Bowl	Jun 5