First Round 2003 World Cup Statistics
WCOC Press Release
06-Mar-2003
Teams
Highest totals
340-2 Zimbabwe v Namibia (Harare)
314-4 Holland v Namibia (Bloemfontein)
311-2 India v Namibia (Pietermaritzburg)
310-8 Australia v Pakistan (Johannesburg)
306-6 South Africa v New Zealand (Johannesburg)
Highest totals batting 2nd
276-4 India v Pakistan (Centurion) (won)
275-9 South Africa v West Indies (Cape Town) (lost)
250 Namibia v Holland (Bloemfontein) (lost)
248-3 Australia v Zimbabwe (Bulawayo) (won)
229-1 New Zealand v South Africa (Johannesburg) (won)
229-6 South Africa v Sri Lanka (Durban) (tied)
Lowest totals
36 Canada v Sri Lanka (Paarl)
45 Namibia v Australia (Potchefstroom)
84 Namibia v Pakistan (Kimberley)
104 Kenya v West Indies (Kimberley)
108 Bangladesh v South Africa (Bloemfontein)
Most sixes by a team
28 West Indies
26 South Africa
23 New Zealand
19 Canada
15 Australia
15 Holland
13 India
12 England
11 Zimbabwe
10 Pakistan
9 Bangladesh
8 Namibia
6 Kenya
4 Sri Lanka
Most run outs (batting)
5 Pakistan
4 Canada
4 India
4 Sri Lanka
4 West Indies
3 Australia
2 Kenya
2 New Zealand
1 Bangladesh
1 England
1 Holland
1 Namibia
1 South Africa
1 Zimbabwe
Most run outs (fielding)
5 South Africa
4 Holland
4 West Indies
3 Bangladesh
3 England
3 Namibia
3 Sri Lanka
2 Australia
2 India
2 New Zealand
1 Canada
1 Pakistan
1 Zimbabwe
0 Kenya
Most catches taken
22 West Indies
21 Australia
21 England
21 Holland
20 India
19 South Africa
18 Kenya
17 Sri Lanka
16 New Zealand
15 Bangladesh
15 Namibia
15 Pakistan
15 Zimbabwe
11 Canada
Most extras conceded
129 Pakistan
105 India
104 Namibia
103 Sri Lanka
98 Australia
95 South Africa
81 England
80 New Zealand
78 Bangladesh
72 West Indies
62 Canada
62 Holland
56 Zimbabwe
41 Kenya
Most wides conceded
59 Pakistan
57 India
55 Namibia
49 Bangladesh
49 Sri Lanka
44 Canada
43 Australia
42 New Zealand
42 South Africa
34 England
34 Holland
31 West Indies
30 Zimbabwe
26 Kenya
Most no balls conceded
29 Pakistan
23 South Africa
20 Australia
16 India
14 Namibia
14 West Indies
13 New Zealand
11 Bangladesh
11 England
11 Sri Lanka
6 Kenya
2 Canada
2 Holland
1 Zimbabwe
Batting
Highest scores
172* CB Wishart Zimbabwe v Namibia (Harare)
152 SR Tendulkar India v Namibia (Pietermaritzburg)
143* A Symonds Australia v Pakistan (Johannesburg)
143 HH Gibbs South Africa v New Zealand (Johannesburg)
141 SB Styris New Zealand v Sri Lanka (Bloemfontein)
134* SP Fleming New Zealand v South Africa (Johannesburg)
134* K-JJ van Noortwijk Holland v Namibia (Bloemfontein)
124 MS Atapattu Sri Lanka v South Africa (Durban)
121 JF Kloppenburg Holland v Namibia (Bloemfontein)
120 ST Jayasuriya Sri Lanka v New Zealand (Bloemfontein)
Fastest innings (min 25 runs)
Runs/100B
268.75 Shoaib Akhtar Pakistan v England (Cape Town) 43 (16)
222.22 RL Powell West Indies v South Africa (Cape Town) 40* (18)
213.33 RR Sarwan West Indies v South Africa (Cape Town) 32* (15)
206.45 WW Hinds West Indies v Canada (Centurion) 64 (31)
200.00 HH Streak Zimbabwe v Holland (Bulawayo) 44 (22)
Fastest fifties (balls faced)
23 BC Lara West Indies v Canada (Centurion)
24 WW Hinds West Indies v Canada (Centurion)
25 AM Blignaut Zimbabwe v Australia (Bulawayo)
25 JM Davison Canada v New Zealand (Benoni)
30 RL Powell West Indies v Bangladesh (Benoni)
30 G Kirsten South Africa v Bangladesh (Bloemfontein)
30 JM Davison Canada v West Indies (Centurion)
32 AM Blignaut Zimbabwe v Holland (Bulawayo)
Fastest centuries (balls faced)
67 JM Davison Canada v West Indies (Centurion)
92 A Symonds Australia v Pakistan (Johannesburg)
100 CB Wishart Zimbabwe v Namibia (Harare)
104 SB Styris New Zealand v Sri Lanka (Bloemfontein)
109 SP Fleming New Zealand v South Africa (Johannesburg)
Most sixes in an inns
6 SB Styris New Zealand v Sri Lanka (Bloemfontein)
6 JM Davison Canada v West Indies (Centurion)
5 L Klusener South Africa v West Indies (Cape Town)
5 BC Lara West Indies v Canada (Centurion)
4 HH Gibbs South Africa v Kenya (Potchefstroom)
4 RL Powell West Indies v Bangladesh (Benoni)
4 SC Ganguly India v Namibia (Pietermaritzburg)
4 JM Davison Canada v New Zealand (Benoni)
4 JF Kloppenburg Holland v Namibia (Bloemfontein)
Most fours in an inns
21 SP Fleming New Zealand v South Africa (Johannesburg)
19 HH Gibbs South Africa v New Zealand (Johannesburg)
18 CB Wishart Zimbabwe v Namibia (Harare)
18 A Symonds Australia v Pakistan (Johannesburg)
18 SR Tendulkar India v Namibia (Pietermaritzburg)
18 MS Atapattu Sri Lanka v South Africa (Durban)
Most runs
469 (avg 78.16) SR Tendulkar India
384 (avg 96.00) HH Gibbs South Africa
269 (avg 53.80) ST Jayasuriya Sri Lanka
249 (avg 62.25) MS Atapattu Sri Lanka
248 (avg 41.33) BC Lara West Indies
237 (avg 118.50) SB Styris New Zealand
228 (avg 45.60) ML Hayden Australia
226 (avg 37.66) JM Davison Canada
218 (avg 54.50) Saeed Anwar Pakistan
215 (avg 71.66) CB Wishart Zimbabwe
Fastest strike-rates (min 100 runs)
Runs/100B
160.56 AM Blignaut Zimbabwe 114 runs (avg 38.00)
156.94 RL Powell West Indies 113 runs (avg 28.25)
118.94 JM Davison Canada 226 runs (avg 37.66)
114.01 Rashid Latif Pakistan 122 runs (avg 30.50)
110.74 SB Styris New Zealand 237 runs (avg 118.50)
104.66 A Symonds Australia 202 runs (avg 101.00)
100.78 HH Gibbs South Africa 384 runs (avg 96.00)
100.50 AJ Burger Namibia 199 runs (avg 33.16)
100.00 CB Wishart Zimbabwe 215 runs (avg 71.66)
97.04 SP Fleming New Zealand 197 runs (avg 49.25)
Slowest strike-rates (min 100 runs)
Runs/100B
55.10 DLS van Bunge Holland 135 runs (avg 27.00)
58.10 IS Billcliff Canada 147 runs (avg 24.50)
60.00 D Keulder Namibia 132 runs (avg 22.00)
61.84 HP Tillakaratne Sri Lanka 154 runs (avg 51.33)
63.25 R Dravid India 167 runs (avg 55.66)
65.02 JF Kloppenburg Holland 158 runs (avg 31.60)
65.63 RD Shah Kenya 170 runs (avg 34.00)
66.66 AJ Stewart England 136 runs (avg 34.00)
68.00 Salim Elahi Pakistan 102 runs (avg 25.50)
68.35 HH Dippenaar South Africa 108 runs (avg 36.00)
Most sixes
12 JM Davison Canada
10 HH Gibbs South Africa
9 SB Styris New Zealand
7 BC Lara West Indies
6 RL Powell West Indies
6 A Flintoff England
6 L Klusener South Africa
6 AR Adams New Zealand
Most fours
57 SR Tendulkar India
52 HH Gibbs South Africa
37 MS Atapattu Sri Lanka
30 SP Fleming New Zealand
27 ST Jayasuriya Sri Lanka
Highest % of runs in boundaries (min 100 runs)
75.92 WW Hinds West Indies 108 runs (avg 18.00)
71.92 V Sehwag India 114 runs (avg 19.00)
69.79 HH Gibbs South Africa 384 runs (avg 96.00)
69.02 JM Davison Canada 226 runs (avg 37.66)
68.96 ME Trescothick England 116 runs (avg 23.20)
Most balls faced
500 SR Tendulkar India 469 runs (avg 78.16)
381 HH Gibbs South Africa 384 runs (avg 96.00)
328 ST Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 269 runs (avg 53.80)
306 BC Lara West Indies 248 runs (avg 41.33)
302 Saeed Anwar Pakistan 218 runs (avg 54.50)
Bowling
Best bowling in an innings
7-15 GD McGrath Australia v Namibia (Potchefstroom)
7-20 AJ Bichel Australia v England (Port Elizabeth)
6-23 A Nehra India v England (Durban)
6-25 WPUJC Vaas Sri Lanka v Bangladesh (Pietermaritzburg)
5-24 CO Obuya Kenya v Sri Lanka (Nairobi)
5-27 A Codrington Canada v Bangladesh (Durban)
5-28 Wasim Akram Pakistan v Namibia (Kimberley)
5-33 VC Drakes West Indies v Kenya (Kimberley)
5-43 RJ van Vuuren Namibia v England (Port Elizabeth)
5-44 VC Drakes West Indies v Canada (Centurion)
Most economical bowling in an inns (min 5 overs)
RPO
1.30 10-2-13-3 JN Gillespie Australia v India (Centurion)
1.33 6-2-8-2 SM Pollock South Africa v Bangladesh (Bloem'tein)
1.50 10-2-15-2 A Flintoff England v India (Durban)
1.50 10-3-15-3 JM Davison Canada v Kenya (Cape Town)
1.62 8-5-13-1 SM Pollock South Africa v Canada (East London)
Most expensive bowling in an inns (min 5 overs)
RPO
9.85 7-0-69-2 TBM de Leede Holland v Zimbabwe (Bulawayo)
9.20 10-0-92-0 RJ van Vuuren Namibia v Australia (Potchefstroom)
8.91 5.5-0-52-1 AA Donald South Africa v New Zealand (Jo'burg)
8.71 7-0-61-1 BB Seebaran Canada v New Zealand (Benoni)
8.20 5-0-41-0 M Dillon West Indies v Canada (Centurion)
Most wickets
16 (avg 9.87) WPUJC Vaas Sri Lanka
16 (avg 13.00) VC Drakes West Indies
12 (avg 2.75) AJ Bichel Australia
12 (avg 12.66) GD McGrath Australia
12 (avg 14.58) M Muralitharan Sri Lanka
12 (avg 16.75) Wasim Akram Pakistan
11 (avg 18.09) JDP Oram New Zealand
11 (avg 22.90) Shoaib Akhtar Pakistan
11 (avg 23.00) TBM de Leede Holland
10 (avg 17.60) M Ntini South Africa
10 (avg 18.70) JM Davison Canada
10 (avg 22.50) JM Anderson England
Most economical bowlers (min 20 overs)
RPO
2.87 A Flintoff England 140 off 48.4 overs
3.09 DS Lehmann Australia 68 off 22 overs
3.14 WPUJC Vaas Sri Lanka 158 off 50.1 overs
3.26 JN Gillespie Australia 98 off 30 overs
3.30 GD McGrath Australia 152 off 46 overs
3.37 M Ntini South Africa 176 off 52.1 overs
3.45 M Muralitharan Sri Lanka 175 off 50.4 overs
3.51 Z Khan India 165 off 47 overs
3.52 RP Lefebvre Holland 141 off 40 overs
3.58 SM Pollock South Africa 172 off 48 overs
Most expensive bowlers (min 20 overs)
RPO
6.41 BL Kotze Namibia 276 off 43 overs
5.96 RJ van Vuuren Namibia 298 off 50 overs
5.95 BO van Rooi Namibia 119 off 20 overs
5.86 Waqar Younis Pakistan 177 off 30.1 overs
5.85 G Snyman Namibia 281 off 48 overs
5.80 PT Collins West Indies 151 off 26 overs
5.76 CRD Fernando Sri Lanka 150 off 26 overs
5.72 Shoaib Akhtar Pakistan 252 off 44 overs
5.68 Tapash Baisya Bangladesh 125 off 22 overs
5.65 AR Adams New Zealand 247 off 43.4 overs
Leading strike-rates (min 8 wickets)
BPW
8.00 AJ Bichel Australia 12 wickets off 16 overs
18.81 WPUJC Vaas Sri Lanka 16 wickets off 50.1 overs
19.43 VC Drakes West Indies 16 wickets off 51.5 overs
20.37 A Nehra India 8 wickets off 27.1 overs
22.50 JN Gillespie Australia 8 wickets off 30 overs
23.00 GD McGrath Australia 12 wickets off 46 overs
23.75 Wasim Akram Pakistan 12 wickets off 47.3 overs
24.00 Shoaib Akhtar Pakistan 11 wickets off 44 overs
25.00 TBM de Leede Holland 11 wickets off 45.5 overs
25.20 JM Davison Canada 10 wickets off 42 overs
Wicket-keepers
Most dismissals in an innings
6 (6 ct, 0 st) AC Gilchrist Australia v Namibia (Potchefstroom)
4 (3 ct, 1 st) KC Sangakkara Sri Lanka v New Zealand (Bloemfontein)
4 (2 ct, 2 st) KO Otieno Kenya v Bangladesh (Johannesburg)
Most dismissals
13 AC Gilchrist Australia (13 ct, 0 st)
11 MV Boucher South Africa (11 ct, 0 st)
11 R Dravid India (10 ct, 1 st)
11 KC Sangakkara Sri Lanka (10 ct, 1 st)
10 A Bagai West Indies (8 ct, 2 st)
Most stumpings
3 KO Otieno Kenya
Fielders
Most catches in an innings
3 V Sehwag India v Holland (Paarl)
3 LJ Burger Namibia v England (Port Elizabeth)
3 HH Dippenaar South Africa v Bangladesh (Bloemfontein)
3 D Mongia India v Namibia (Pietermaritzburg)
3 V Sehwag India v England (Durban)
3 AF Giles England v Australia (Port Elizabeth)
Most catches
7 RT Ponting Australia
6 LJ Burger Namibia
6 V Sehwag India
6 D Mongia India
5 CL Hooper West Indies
5 B Zuiderent Holland
4 AF Giles England
4 PD Collingwood England
4 Younis Khan Pakistan
4 RL Powell West Indies
4 M Dillon West Indies
4 Sanwar Hossain Bangladesh
4 SM Pollock South Africa