Finally we summarize all performances in the World Cup. All 205 players who played at least one match for any of the 14 teams are included.
Batting:
Guptill (547) moved just ahead of Sangakkara (541) during the final. Dhawan is 5th with 412, after de Villiers and B. Taylor
Bowling:
Boult and Starc both took 22 wickets, though the latter had a better average, economy rate and strike rate. Umesh Yadav was third with 18, while Shami along with Morkel and J. Taylor had 17.
Fielding:
Haddin leads with 16 dismissals followed by Dhoni with 15. Stumpings were rare with Sangakkara taking the most with 3. Among non-keepers, Roussow led with 9 followed by Yadav with 8.
All-round:
This lists aggregates in order of the difference between batting and bowling averages. The question of defining an all-rounder now comes in. If we take an arbitrary figure of 200 runs and 10 wickets then only C. Anderson and A. Russell qualify.
Partnerships:
Gayle and Samuels lead with 372 for the 2nd wicket
Innings scores-batting:
Gayle (215) and then Guptill (237*) made the highest scores in World Cup matches.
Innings bowling performances:
Southee and Starc have the best figures of 7-33 and 6-28 respectively.
Innings fielding performances:
Sarfraz Ahmed took 6 dismissals in the first match he played here, while Umar Akmal was the only one to take 5. Sarfraz equalled the record of 6 held by Gilchrist. Among non-keepers, Umar Akmal and S.Sarkar had 4 catches which equalled the World Cup record held by Mohammed Kaif.
All-round performances in a match:
These players scored at least 30 runs and took at least 3 wickets in a match. Wahab Riaz (54* and 4-45) and Sean Williams (96 and 3-72) can be said to have done best.
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