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ICC Champions Trophy Knock Tournament – Statistical Preview

The first edition of ICC Champions Trophy was played under the name Wills International Cup in 1998-99 in Bangladesh. Since then there has been four editions of the Trophy {totaling five} and the ensuing edition to be played in South Africa would be the sixth edition. The particulars of the venue, season and the winner of the trophy are furnished in the following table

No	Trophy	Venue	Season	Winner/Joint Winner
1	Wills International Cup	Bangladesh	1998/99	South Africa
2	ICC KnockOut	Kenya	2000/01	New Zealand
3	ICC Champions Trophy	Sri Lanka	2002/03	Ind-Srl -Shared
4	ICC Champions Trophy	England	2004	West Indies
5	ICC Champions Trophy	India	2006/07	Australia

Highest Total and the Lowest Total by teams.

347 for 4 in 50.0 overs by New Zealand vs USA at The Oval on 10.09.04 remains the the highest team total posted by a team in the tournament. The lowest completed total in an innings is credited to USA when it was bundled out for 65 by Australia at Southampton on 13.09.04

300 plus runs by teams

There have been four occasions of a team posting total in excess of 300 runs in the tournament which read thus – 316 for 5 in 50.0 overs by South Africa vs Kenya at Col-RPS on 20.09.02, 307 for 8 in 50.0 overs by India vs Australia at Dhaka on 28.10.98 and 302 for 8 in 50.0 overs by Sri Lanka against Bangladesh at Mohali on 07.10.06

Less than 100 runs by teams

There have been eight occasions of teams scoring less than 100 runs in the tournament which are listed below

No	Team	Score	Overs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	USA	65	24.0	Aus	Southampton	13.09.04
2	Ban	77	19.3	NZl	Col-RPS	23.09.02
3	Win	80	30.4	Srl	Mum-BS	14.10.06
4	Zim	85	30.1	Win	Ahmedabad	08.10.06
5	Net	86	29.3	Srl	Col-RPS	16.09.02
6	Pak	89	25.0	RSA	Mohali	27.10.06
7	Ban	93	31.3	RSA	Birmingham	12.09.04
8	Ken	94	32.0	Pak	Birmingham	14.09.04

Most runs in the tournament

CH Gayle has most aggregate runs in the tournament – He has amassed 695 runs from 14 matches. The following are the other batsmen to have an aggregate of 500 plus runs in the tournament. SC Ganguly of India {665}, SC Chanderpaul of West Indies {587}, JH Kallis of South Africa {564}, R Dravid of India {547} and ST Jayasuriya {502}.

Centurions

As many as 31 hundreds have been scored by 22 batsmen in the championship so far. NJ Astle of New Zealand with his 145 not out against USA at The Oval on 10.09.04 has the honour of registering the highest individual score in the tournament.

The first hundred of the tournament has been scored by AD Campbell of Zimbabwe who scored an exact hundred – 100 against New Zealand at Dhaka on 24.10.90.

Shahariar Nafeez of Bangladesh is credited with scoring the only one-two-three of the tournament, when he made 123 not out against Zimbabwe at Jaipur on 13.10.06.

Nelsons have been scored by two batsmen – Mohd Kaif of India and BC Lara of West Indies. Mohd Kaif registerd 111 not out against Zimbabwe at Col-RPS on 14.09.02 while BC Lara came up with 111 against Kenya at Col-SSC on 17.09.02.

AD Campbell of Zimbabwe remains the only batsman to register the only exact hundred – 100 against New Zealand at Dhaka on 24.10.90.

Out of 31 hundreds registered in the tournament, 13 batsmen have remained not out with hundreds to their credit.

Most hundreds

SC Ganguly of India, CH Gayle of West Indies and HH Gibbs of South Africa share the record of registering most hundreds in the tournament. They have scored three hundreds each. The details are as under

SC Ganguly of India – 141* vs South Africa at Narobi {Gym} on 13.10.00, 117* vs England at Col-RPS on 22.09.02 and 117 vs New Zealand at Nairobi {Gym} on 15.10.00

CH Gayle of West Indies – 133* vs South Africa at Jaipur on 02.11.06, 104* vs Bangladesh at Jaipur on 11.10.06 and 101 vs England at Ahmedabad on 28.10.06

HH Gibbs of South Africa – 116 retd not out vs India at Col-RPS on 25.09.02, 116 vs Kenya at Col-RPS on 20.09.02 and 101 vs West Indies at The Oval on 18.09.04

Most hundreds in a single edition

CH Gayle of West Indies remains the only batsman to register three hundreds in a single edition of the tournament. In 2006 edition held in India, he registered three hundreds which read thus – 133* vs South Africa at Jaipur on 02.11.06, 104* vs Bangladesh at Jaipur on 11.10.06 and 101 vs England at Ahmedabad on 28.10.06

Hundreds – Team wise break up

India and West Indies share the record for most hundreds in the tournament with six hundreds each. Sri Lanka comes next with five hundreds. South African batsmen {04 hundreds}, England batsman {03 hundreds}, New Zealand batsmen {02 hundreds}, Pakistan batsmen {02 hundreds}, Zimbabwe batsmen {02 hundreds} and Bangladesh batsman {one hundred} share the 31 hundreds scored in the tournament

Hundreds – Edition wise break up

Dhaka edition in 1998 witnessed four hundreds, Nairobi edition in 2000 witnessed six hundreds, Sri Lanka edition in 2002 witnessed ten hundreds, England edition in 2004 witnessed four hundreds and Indian edition in 2006 witnessed seven hundreds.

Hundreds – Groundwise break up

R Premadasa stadium, Colombo has witnessed most hundreds in the tournament – nine. The following table shows the break up of hundreds at each venue on which the matches are played.

No	Ground	No	Hundreds
1	Colombo-RPS	9	hundreds
2	Nairobi-Gym	6	hundreds
3	Dhaka-BNS	4	hundreds
4	The Oval	3	hundreds
5	Ahmedabad-Motera	3	hundreds
6	Jaipur	3	hundreds
7	Chandigarh-Mohali	1	hundreds
8	Colombo-SSC	1	hundreds
9	Southampton	1	hundreds
	Total	31	hundreds

Hundreds by Captains

Only on five occasions, hundreds have been registered by captains in ICC Knock out Trophy. The five hundreds are as under

No	Captain	Score	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Campbell	100	Zim	Vs	NZl	Dhaka	24.10.98
2	Ganguly	141*	Ind	Vs	RSA	Nairobi-G	13.10.00
3	Ganguly	117	Ind	Vs	NZl	Nairobi-G	15.10.00
4	Jayasuriya	102*	Srl	Vs	Pak	Col-RPS	12.09.02
5	Ganguly	117*	Ind	V	Eng	Col-RPS	22.09.02

The credit of registering most hundreds by a captain as well as registering the highest individual innings by a captain is credited to SC Ganguly of India. He has registered three hundreds as captain. His 141 not out against South Africa at Nairobi-Gym on 13.10.00 remains the highest individual innings by a captain.

Hundreds by Wicket keeper batsmen

A Flower of Zimbabwe remains the only wicket keeper batsman to register a hundred in the tournament. He scored 145 against India at Colombo-RPS on 14.09.02

Ninety nine by batsman in the tournament

CH Gayle of West Indies remains the only batsman to be dismissed for 99 in the tournament. He was dismissed for 99 against Bangladesh at Southampton on 15.09.04

Individual Nineties

As many as ten batsmen have registered individual nineties in the tournament which are listed below.

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Gayle	99	Win	Vs	Ban	S’hampton	15.09.04
2	Kallis	97	RSA	Vs	Ind	Col-RPS	25.09.02
3	Fleming	96	NZl	Vs	Zim	Dhaka	24.10.98
4	N Hussain	95	Eng	Vs	Ban	Nairobi-G	05.10.00
5	Tikolo	93	Ken	Vs	Win	Col-SSC	17.09.02
6	Gilchrist	92	Aus	Vs	Win	Mum-BS	18.10.06
7	Ranatunga	90*	Srl	Vs	NZl	Dhaka	26.10.98
8	Morton	90*	Win	Vs	Aus	Mum-BS	18.10.06
9	Pietersen	90*	Eng	Vs	Win	Ahm’bad	28.10.06
10	Ganguly	90	Ind	Vs	Ken	S’hampton	11.09.04

Hundreds in losing cause

Out of 31 hundreds that have been registered in the tournament, ten of them have ended up in a losing cause. The following table enlists all the ten hundreds

No	Batsmen	Runs	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Campbell	100	Zim	Vs	NZl	Dhaka	24.10.98
2	Wallace	103	Win	Vs	RSA	Dhaka	01.11.98
3	Saeed Anwar	104	Pak	Vs	NZl	Nairobi	11.10.00
4	Ganguly	117	Ind	Vs	NZl	Nairobi	15.10.00
5	A Flower	145	Zim	Vs	Ind	Col-RPS	14.09.02
6	Gibbs	116*	RSA	Vs	Ind	Col-RPS	25.09.02
7	Gibbs	101	RSA	Vs	Win	Oval	18.09.04
8	Trescothick	104	Eng	Vs	Win	Oval	25.09.04
9	Gayle	101	Win	Vs	Eng	Ahm’bad	28.10.06
10	DJ Bravo	112*	Win	Vs	Eng	Ahm’bad	28.10.08

HH Gibbs of South Africa remains the only batsman in the tournament to witness two of his hundreds go in vain – 116* against India at Col-RPS on 25.09.02 and 101 against West Indies at The Oval on 18.09.04

CH Gayle {101} and DJ Bravo {112*} scored hundreds against England at Ahmedabad on 28.10.06 which went in vain. This is the only occasion in the tournament when hundreds by two batsmen from the same side went in vain.

West Indies has witnessed most hundreds in a losing cause – three. PA Wallace’s 103 against South Africa at Dhaka on 01.11.98, CH Gayle’s 101 against England at Ahmedabad and DJ Bravo’s 112* against England at Ahmedabad

Captain’s hundreds in vain

AD Campbell of Zimbabwe {100 vs New Zealand at Dhaka on 24.10.98} and SC Ganguly of India {117 vs New Zealand at Nairbi-Gymkhana on 15.10.00} are the only two captains who have witnessed their hundreds going in vain. AD Campbell’s hundred represent the first ever hundred of the tournament.

Wicket keeper batsman’s hundreds in vain

A Flower of Zimbabwe remains the only wicket keeper batsman to witness his hundred going in vain. He scored 145 against India at Colombo-RPS on 14.09.02. A Flower remains the only wicket keeper batsman to register a hundred in the tournament

Most boundary fours in an innings

There are six batsmen who have scored fifteen or more boundary fours in an innings. V Sehwag of India scored 21 boundary fours in his innings of 126 against England at Col-RPS on 22.09.02 which is a record for most boundary fours in an innings in the tournament. In fact, V Sehwag remains the only batsman to register 20 plus boundary fours in an innings in the tournament. The list of six batsmen who have scored 15 plus boundary fours is as under

No	Batsmen	Runs	4s	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	V Sehwag	126	21	Ind	Vs	Eng	ColRPS	22.09.02
2	Gunawardene	132	19	Srl	Vs	Win	Nairobi	04.10.00
3	S Nafees	123*	17	Ban	Vs	Zim	Jaipur	13.10.06
4	CH Gayle	133*	17	Win	Vs	RSA	Jaipur	02.11.06
5	Saeed Anwar	104	16	Pak	Vs	NZl	Nairobi	11.10.00
6	HH Gibbs	116*	16	RSA	Vs	In	ColRPS	25.09.02

Most sixes in an innings

Seven batsmen have scored five or more sixes in an innings as furnished in the list below. CD McMillan of New Zealand with seven sixes to his credit in his innings of 65 not out against USA at The Oval on 10.09.04 holds the record for most sixes in an innings in the tournament

No	Batsmen	Runs	6s	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	McMillan	64*	7	NZl	Vs	USA	The Oval	10.09.04
2	Ganguly	141*	6	Ind	Vs	RSA	Nairobi	13.10.00
3	S Afridi	55*	6	Pak	Vs	Net	Col-SSC	21.09.01
4	Astle	145*	6	NZl	Vs	USA	The Oval	10.09.04
5	Kallis	113*	5	RSA	Vs	Srl	Dhaka	30.10.98
6	Wallace	103	5	Win	Vs	SAF	Dhaka	01.11.98
7	N Hussain	95	5	Eng	Vs	Ban	Nairobi	05.10.00

200 plus minutes stay at the crease by batsmen

Six batmen have occupied the crease for more than 200 minutes in the tournament. SC Ganguly of India hold the record for most minutes stay at the crease – 216 minutes – during his knock of 141 not out against South Africa at Nairobi-Gymkhana on 13.10.00

No	Batsmen	Runs	Mins	Team	Vs	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Ganguly	141*	216	Ind	Vs	RSA	Nairobi	13.10.00
2	A Flower	145	215	Zim	Vs	Ind	ColRPS	14.09.02
3	Trescothick	104	214	Eng	Vs	Win	Oval	25.09.02
4	Kallis	97	201	RSA	Vs	Ind	ColRPS	25.09.02
5	S Nafees	123*	201	Ban	Vs	Zim	Jaipur	13.10.06
6	Gunawardene	132	200	Srl	Vs	Win	Nairobi	04.10.00

Scoring hundreds in least number of minutes stay at the crease

Only two batsmen – A Flintoff of England and JH Kallis of South Africa – have scored hundreds in 120 minutes and less A Flintoff of England occupied the crease of 120 minutes while scoring 104 against Sri Lanka at Southampton on 17.09.04, while JH Kallis was at the crease for 107 minutes for his 113 not out against Sri Lanka at Dhaka on 31.10.98. JH Kallis holds the record for occupying the crease for least number of minutes while scoring a hundred in the tournament

Scoring hundreds in most number of deliveries {150 plus deliveries}.

Three batsmen have scored hundreds in 150 plus deliveries – A Flower of Zimbabwe took 164 deliveries for his 145 vs India at Col-RPS on 14.09.02, Shahriar Nafeez of Bangladesh took 161 deliveries for his 123 not out vs Zimbabwe at Jaipur on 13.10.06 and NJ Astle of New Zealand took 151 deliveries of his 145 not out vs USA at The Oval on 10.09.04. A Flower holds the record for most deliveries – 151 – while scoring a hundred.

Half Centuries

As many as 124 half centuries have been registered by 80 batsmen in the tournament. S Chanderpaul of West Indies, R Dravid of India and DR Martyn of Australia share the record for most half centuries in the tournament. All the three batsmen have registered five half centuries.

Half Centuries – Team wise break up

England batsmen have scored most half centuries in the tournament – 18 and were closely followed by Indian batsmen who have 17 half centuries to their credit. The break up of half centuries team wise read thus – England – {14 batsmen – 18 half centuries}, India – {09 batsmen – 17 half centuries}, South Africa – {10 batsmen – 16 half centuries}, Australia – {07 batsmen – 15 half centuries}, New Zealand – {07 batsmen – 14 half centuries}, West Indies – {07 batsmen – 14 half centuries}, Sri Lanka – {08 batsmen – 10 half centuries}, Pakistan – {07 batsmen – 08 half centuries}, Zimbabwe – {05 batsmen – 05 half centuries}, Kenya – {03 batsmen – 04 half centuries} and Bangladesh – {03 batsmen – 03 half centuries}

Team wise break up sixes scored by teams

A total of 259 sixes have been scored in the tournament. West Indian batsmen have scored most boundary sixes – 49 – in the tournament and the break up of sixes by each team is furnished below.

No	Team	Sixes
1	West Indies	49
2	India	36
3	South Africa	31
4	England	28
5	New Zealand	28
6	Pakistan	22
7	Australia	20
8	Sri Lanka	14
9	Zimbabwe	13
10	Bangladesh	12
11	Netherlands	03
12	Kenya	02
13	USA	01
	Total	259

Team wise break up boundary fours scored by teams

A total of 2676 sixes have been scored in the tournament. West Indian batsmen have scored most boundary fours – 372 – in the tournament and the break up of sixes by each team is furnished below

No	Team	Fours
1	West Indies	372
2	India	341
3	Sri Lanka	335
4	South Africa	288
5	Australia	270
6	New Zealand	261
7	England	258
8	Pakistan	186
9	Bangladesh	128
10	Zimbabwe	127
11	Kenya	072
12	Netherlands	019
13	USA	019
	Total	2676

Break up of fifties in the tournament

As many as 31 hundreds and 124 half centuries totaling to 155 fifties have been registered in the tournament. Indian batsmen lead the table with 23 fifties and are closely followed by England batsmen who have registered 21 fifties. The break up of fifties scored by each team is shown in the following table which also includes the hundreds and half centuries scored by each team.

No	Team	C	F	F+
1	India	6	17	23
2	England	3	18	21
3	South Africa	4	16	20
4	West Indies	6	14	20
5	New Zealand	2	14	16
6	Australia	0	15	15
7	Sri Lanka	5	10	15
8	Pakistan	2	08	10
9	Zimbabwe	2	05	07
10	Bangladesh	1	03	04
11	Kenya	0	04	04
12	Netherlands	0	00	00
13	USA	0	00	00
	Total	31	124	155

Zeroes in the tournament

As many as 125 zeroes have been scored by 108 batsmen in the tournament. NJ Astle of New Zealand and Habib-ul-Bashar of Bangladesh share the record for most zeroes in the tournament. Both the batsmen have failed to open their account on three occasions

Best Bowling figures in an innings

MF Mahroof of Sri Lanka has the best bowling figures in the tournament. He returned with figures of 9.0-0-14-6 in the match between Sri Lanka and West Indies at Mumbai {BS} on 14.10.06

Five or more wickets in an innings

As many as eight bowler have captured five or more wickets in an innings in the tournament which are listed below

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Maharoof	6	14	Srl	Win	Mum-BS	14.10.06
2	S Afridi	5	11	Pak	Ken	Birmingham	14.09.04
3	Ntini	5	21	RSA	Pak	Mohali	27.10.06
4	Dillon	5	29	Win	Ban	Southampton	15.09.04
5	Kallis	5	30	RSA	Win	Dhaka	01.11.98
6	Oram	5	36	NZl	USA.	The Oval	10.09.04
7	McGrath	5	37	Aus	NZl	Col-SSC	15.09.02
8	O’Connor	5	46	NZl	Pak	Nairobi	11.10.00

Four wickets in an innings

There are twenty occasions of bowlers capturing exact four wickets in an innings in the tournament which are listed below.

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Kasprowicz	4	14	Aus	USA	Southampton	13.09.04
2	Muralitharan	4	15	Srl	Net	Col-RPS	16.09.02
3	Gillespie	4	15	Aus	USA	Southampton	13.09.04
4	Bond	4	21	NZl	Ban	Col-SSC	23.09.02
5	Muralitharan	4	23	Srl	NZl	Mum-BS	20.10.06
6	N Hasan	4	25	Pak	Ind	Birmingham	19.09.04
7	Arthurton	4	31	Win	Pak	Dhaka	29.10.98
8	S Akhtar	4	36	Pak	Ind	Birmingham	19.09.04
9	Irani	4	37	Eng	Zim	Col-RPS	18.09.02
10	Tendulkar	4	38	Ind	Aus	Dhaka	28.10.98
11	Mills	4	38	NZl	Aus	Mohali	01.11.06
12	Wiseman	4	45	NZl	Zim	Nairobi-G	09.10.00
13	Z Khan	4	45	Ind	Zim	Col-RPS	14.09.02
14	Hondo	4	45	Zim	Eng	Col-RPS	18.09.02
15	Taylor	4	49	Win	Aus	Mum-BS	18.10.06
16	A Razzaq	4	50	Pak	Srl	Jaipur	17.10.06
17	SL Malinga	4	53	Srl	RSA	Ahmedabad	24.10.06
18	M Dillon	4	60	Win	RSA	Col-SSC	13.09.02
19	DT Hondo	4	62	Zim	Ind	Col-RPS	14.09.02
20	A Mahmood	4	65	Pak	NZl	Nairobi	11.10.00

Bowlers who have captured four or more wickets on two occasions

DT Hondo of Zimbabwe. M Dillon of West Indies and M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka are the only three bowlers who have captured four plus wickets on two occasions and their performance is listed below

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	DT Hondo	4	45	Zim	Eng	Col-RPS	18.09.02
2	DT Hondo	4	62	Zim	Ind	Col-RPS	14.09.02
1	M Dillon	5	29	Win	Ban	S’hampton	15.09.04
2	M Dillon	4	60	Win	RSA	Col-SSC	13.09.02
1	Muralitharan	4	15	Srl	Net	Col-RPS	16.09.02
2	Muralitharan	4	23	Srl	NZl	Mum-BS	20.10.06

Four or more wickets in an innings – Team wise break up

Australian bowlers have captured four or more wickets on three occasions with GD McGrath’s 5 for 37 as the best against New Zealand at Col-SSC on 15.09.02

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	McGrath	5	37	Aus	NZl	Col-SSC	15.09.02
2	Kasprowicz	4	14	Aus	USA.	Southampton	13.09.04
3	Gillespie	4	15	Aus	U.S.A.	Southampton	13.09.04

RC Irani remains the only England bowler to capture four or more wickets in the tournament. He returned with figures of 4 for 37 against Zimbabwe at Col-RPS on 18.09.02

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	RC Irani	4	37	Eng	Zim	Col-RPS	18.09.02

SR Tendulkar {4 for 38 vs Aus at Dhaka on 28.10.98} and Zaheer Khan {4 for 45 vs Zim at Col-RPS on 14.09.02} remain the two Indian bowlers to capture four or more wickets in the tournament

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Tendulkar	4	38	Ind	Aus	Dhaka	28.10.98
2	Z Khan	4	45	Ind	Zim	Col-RPS	14.09.02

Five New Zealand bowlers have accounted for four or more wickets in the tournament with JDP Oram’s 5 for 36 against USA at The Oval on 10.09.04 as the best figures

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Oram	5	36	NZl	USA.	The Oval	10.09.04
2	O’Connor	5	46	NZl	Pak	Nairobi Gym	11.10.00
2	Bond	4	21	NZl	Ban	Col-SSC	23.09.02
4	Mills	4	38	NZl	Aus	Mohali	01.11.06
5	Wiseman	4	45	NZl	Zim	Nairobi-G	09.10.00

Five Pakistan bowlers have captured four or more wickets in the tournament. Shahid Afridi’s five for 11 against Kenya at Birmingham on 14.09.04 remains the best bowling figures by a Pakistan bowler in the tournament

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Shahid Afridi	5	11	Pak	Ken	Birmingham	14.09.04
2	Naved-ul-Hasan	4	25	Pak	Ind	Birmingham	19.09.04
3	Shoaib Akhtar	4	36	Pak	Ind	Birmingham	19.09.04
4	Abdul Razzaq	4	50	Pak	Srl	Jaipur	17.10.06
5	Azhar Mahmood	4	65	Pak	NZl	Nairobi-G	11.10.00

M Ntini {5 for 21 vs Pakistan at Mohali on 27.10.06} and JH Kallis {5 for 30 vs West Indies at Dhaka on 01.11.98} are the two South African bowlers to capture four or more wickets in the tournament. M Ntini has the best bowling figures for a South African bowler

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Ntini	5	21	RSA	Pak	Mohali	27.10.06
2	Kallis	5	30	RSA	Win	Dhaka	01.11.98

Three Sri Lankan bowlers on four occasions have captured four or more wickets in the tournament. MF Mahroof’s 6 for 31 vs West Indies at Mumbai-BS on 14.10.06 is not only the best figures by a Sri Lankan bowler but also represent the best bowling figures of the tournament

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Maharoof	6	14	Srl	Win	Mum-BS	14.10.06
2	Muralitharan	4	15	Srl	Net	Col-RPS	16.09.02
3	Muralitharan	4	23	Srl	NZl	Mum-BS	20.10.06
4	Malinga	4	53	Srl	RSA	Ahmedabad	24.10.06

M Dillon’s 5 for 29 vs Bangladesh at Southampton on 15.09.04 remains the best bowling figures by a West Indian bowler in the tournament among the three bowlers who have captured four or more wickets on four occasions

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	Dillon	5	29	Win	Ban	Southampton	15.09.04
2	Arthurton	4	31	Win	Pak	Dhaka	29.10.98
3	Taylor	4	49	Win	Aus	Mum-BS	18.10.06
4	Dillon	4	60	Win	RSA	Col-SSC	13.09.02

DT Hondo remains the only Zimbabwe bowler to account for four or more wickets in the tournament. He has captured four wickets on two occasions. His 4 for 45 against England at Col-RPS on 18.09.02 remains the best bowling figures by a Zimbabwean bowler in the tournament

No	Bowler	W	R	Team	Opp	Venue	Date
1	DT Hondo	4	45	Zim	Eng	Col-RPS	18.09.02
2	DT Hondo	4	62	Zim	Ind	Col-RPS	14.09.02

Most Expensive bowling in terms of runs

T Payangara of Zimbawe conceded most runs in the tournament. He returned with figures of 10.0-0-86-1 against England at Birmingham on 10.09.04

Seventy plus runs conceded by bowlers

As many as seven bowlers have conceded seventy plus runs in the tournament, the details of which are furnished below

No	Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Team	V	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Panyangara	10.0	0	86	1	Zim	Vs	Eng	Bir’ham	10,09.04
2	Obuya	10.0	0	77	2	Ken	Vs	RSA	Col-RPS	20.09.02
3	Staple	10.0	0	76	2	USA	Vs	NZl	The Oval	10.09.04
4	Anderson	10.0	0	72	0	Eng	Vs	Win	Ah’bad	28.10.06
5	Kasprowicz	9.0	0	71	3	Aus	Vs	Ind	Dhaka	28.10.98
6	Kallis	10.0	0	71	2	RSA	Vs	Ind	Nairobi-G	13.10.00
7	Aga	9.0	0	70	0	Ken	Vs	Ind	S’hampton	11,09.04

Three figure Partnerships

As many as 46 three figure partnerships have been posted in the tournament. The highest three figure partnership in the team is shared by two countries – India and West Indies

First it was the turn of India to post 192 runs partnership through SC Ganguly and V Sehwag against England at Col-RPS on 22.09.02. West Indian batsmen CH Gayle and WW Hinds were concerned in a 192 run stand against Bangladesh at Southampton on 15.09.04

Three figure Partnerships – Break up Team wise

South African batsmen have posted the record number of three figure partnerships – eight – in the tournament, closely followed by India and New Zealand who have forged seven three figure partnerships. The break up of three figure partnerships – team wise {only the teams which have posted three figure partnerships} are furnished below

No	Team	Partners	TFP	High
1	South Africa	7	8	178*
2	India	7	7	192
3	New Zealand	7	7	163
4	Sri Lanka	6	6	165
5	West Indies	5	6	192
6	Australia	5	5	118
7	England	5	5	175
8	Pakistan	1	1	105*
9	Zimbabwe	1	1	118
	Total	44	46	192

Three figure Partnerships – Break up wicket wise

The following table shows the break up of 46 three figure partnerships wicket wise and also the spread across various teams

No	Wkt	TFP	Aus	Eng	RSA	Win	NZl	Ind	Pak	Srl	Zim
1	First	9	01	00	03	03	00	02	00	00	00
2	Second	10	00	03	01	02	00	02	01	01	00
3	Third	8	01	00	01	00	02	01	00	03	00
4	Fourth	9	02	00	02	00	02	01	00	01	01
5	Fifth	4	01	00	00	01	01	00	00	01	00
6	Sixth	5	00	02	01	00	01	01	00	00	00
7	Seventh	1	00	00	00	00	01	00	00	00	00
	Total	46	05	05	08	06	07	07	01	06	01

150 plus runs partnerships

The tournament has witnessed thirteen occasions of 150 plus runs partnerships which are listed below

No	Wkt	Runs	Partner-1	Partner-2
	Team	Vs	Opp	Venue	Date
1	1st	192	Ganguly	Sehwag
	Ind	Vs	Eng	Col-RPS	22.09.02
2	1st	192	Gayle	WW Hinds
	Win	Vs	Ban	S’hampton	15.09.04
3	2nd	178*	Gibbs	Kallis
	RSA	Vs	Ind	Col-RPS	25.09.02
4	2nd	175	N Hussain	Stewart
	Eng	Vs	Ban	Nairobi-G	05.10.00
5	2nd	174	Bravo	Gayle
	Win	Vs	Eng	Ahm’bad	28.10.06
6	3rd	165	Sangakkara	Tharanga
	Srl	Vs	Zim	Ahm’bad	10.10.06
7	1st	164*	Chanderpaul	Gayle
	Win	Vs	Ban	Jaipur	11.10.06
8	3rd	163	Astle	Styris
	NZl	Vs	USA	The Oval	10.09.04
9	2nd	161	Ganguly	Laxman
	Ind	Vs	Ken	S’hampton	11.09.04
10	3rd	160	Gunawardene	Jayawardene
	Srl	Vs	Win	Nairobi-G	04.10.00
11	1st	159	Gibbs	Smith
	RSA	Vs	Ken	Col-RPS	20.09.02
12	3rd	156*	A de Silva	Jayasuriya
	Srl	Vs	Pak	Col-RPS	12.09.02
13	1st	154*	Chanderpaul	Gayle
	Win	Vs	RSA	Jaipur	02.09.06