A summary of all the World Cup final matches, their MOM awards and MOS awards. Also other World Cup records.
As you can see here, sometimes the presentation in Wikipedia is better than in Cricinfo and other cricket websites.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_World_Cup#Man_of_the_tournament
Batting:
Most runs (400 runs and above):
Note 5 centuries by RG Sharma, while Shakib Al Hasan has 7 scores of 50+.
Only 1 run separates the leader RG Sharma (648) and runner up DA Warner (647).
Highest innings (95 and above):
Not as high-scoring as the 2015 WC, which had scores of 215 and 237.
Bowling:
Most wickets (12 and above):
Note that MA Starc has 4 hauls of 4wi and above, followed by M Shami with 3.
Best innings bowling (includes all cases of 4wi and better):
Fielding:
Most dismissals (8 and above):
JE Root has the most catches (13) by a non-keeper.
Most innings dismissals (4 and above):
CR Woakes and JM Bairstow have the most catches by non-keepers (4) which equals the existing World Cup record held by several others.
All-round performance:
Overall:
Shakib Al Hasan with 606 runs and 11 wickets is clearly leading here, followed by the less expected all-rounder JDS Neesham.
Match performances (30 runs and 3 wickets):
Only these two. Shakib and Yuvraj Singh (vs Ireland in 2011) are the only two with 50/5wi in a World Cup match.
Man of the Series: KS Williamson, presumably for his captaincy as well as being the 4th top scorer with 578 runs.
Final results for the Orange Cap:
1. RG Sharma 648 runs
2. DA Warner 647
3. Shakib Al Hasan 606
4. KS Williamson 578
(Note: the series record is 673 by SR Tendulkar in 2003)
Purple Cap:
1. MA Starc 27 wickets
2. LH Ferguson 21
3. JC Archer 20
4. Mustafizur Rahman 20
(Note: Starc has the new series record, surpassing the 26 by GD McGrath in 2007.)
Most 6s:
1. EJG Morgan 22
2. AJ Finch 18
3. RG Sharma 14
4. CH Gayle 12
5. JJ Roy 12
(The series record is 26 by CH Gayle in 2015.)
Man of the Series: KS Williamson, for captaincy and 578 runs.
Also: While there have been tied matches in past World Cups (including the Aus v SA semi final in 1999), this is the first to involve a Super Over.
From Cricinfo: There had only been 37 ties in the 4045 ODIs that had been played till then, and only four in 445 World Cup matches; none since 2011. England had been involved in eight ties before this, and New Zealand seven, and in matches involving both, there had been three. The law of probabilities would have given it a 0.91% chance.
Apart from 1975 (obviously) and 1987, this is the only time when both finalists have not won previously.
Keeping up the pretense of the IPL:
Orange Cap: RG Sharma* 648, followed by DA Warner* 647, Shakib Al Hasan* 606, JE Root 549, KS Williamson 548.
Purple Cap: MA Starc* 27, followed by Mustafizur Rahman* 20, JC Archer 19, JJ Bumrah* and LH Ferguson 18 each.
Most 6s: EJG Morgan 22, followed by AJ Finch* 18, RG Sharma* 14, CH Gayle* 12, JJ Roy 12.
* No further part in the World Cup.
While Starc will very likely be the top wicket-taker, both Sharma and Warner could be overtaken by Root, Williamson and a few others.
Man of the series is still open. A pity that Shakib would have not have a chance as his team did not do well enough. But there are precedents where players from losing semi-finalists have been MOS: Martin Crowe (1992) and Lance Klusener (1999).
Continuing the pretense of the IPL:
Orange Cap: RG Sharma* (648 runs), followed by DA Warner (638) and Shakib Al Hasan* (606)
Purple Cap: MA Starc (26 wickets), followed by Mustafizur Rahman* (20), JJ Bumrah* and LH Ferguson (18 each).
Most sixes: EJG Morgan (22), followed by AJ Finch (18) and RG Sharma* (14).
* No further part in the World Cup.
Minor records:
RA Jadeja made 77 at No 8. This is the second highest score by a No 8 batsman in the World Cup, surpassed only by NM Coulter-Nile’s 92 for Aus vs WI earlier in the 2019 WC. The previous record was 72* by HH Streak for Zim vs NZ in 2003. For India, the previous record was a mere 28 by NR Mongia vs Zim in 1999.
MS Dhoni and RA Jadeja put on 116 for the 7th wicket, a record for the World Cup. The previous record for this wicket was 107 by A Javed and S Anwar for UAE vs Ire in 2015. For India, the record was a mere 58 by Kapil Dev and S Madan Lal vs Aus in 1983.
As you know, the first semi-final between India and New Zealand is at Manchester on July 9. There is a reserve day on Jul 10. And then DLS.
If no decision is reached even then, India proceeds to the final on the basis of points in the group stage.
Now let us look at how India and New Zealand have done at this venue in past ODIs.
India has played 10 matches here, winning 5 and losing 5.
Here are the results (for World Cup matches only):
1975: Lost to NZ
1979: Lost to SL
1983: Won vs WI
1983: Won vs Eng (Semi final)
1999: Won vs Pak (Super 6)
2019: Won vs Pak
2019: Won vs WI
5 wins on the trot at Old Trafford.
New Zealand has played 7 matches here, winning 2, losing 4 and 1 no-result.
In World Cup matches:
1975: Won vs Ind
1979: Lost vs Eng (Semi final).
1999: Lost vs Pak (Semi final);
2019: Won vs WI
Indifferent performance, though they did beat India in 1975 🙂
PS: If you are feeling nostalgic for the national anthems of the departed teams, you can see this (from the 2015 WC):
https://abn397.wordpress.com/2015/02/13/national-anthems-of-wc-2015/
Now we have:
Jul 9: 1st SF, Ind v NZ, 1500 IST
Jul 11: 2nd SF, Aus v Eng, 1500 IST
Jul 14: Final, 1500 IST
And the road so far:
This WC has so far been marked by several relatively close (but not very close) finishes.
Also see the ICC rankings after the matches of Jul 6:
Note that only a fraction of a point separates England and India.
The top 4 here are indeed the semi-finalists. And the top 10 are indeed those who qualified for the World Cup. Ireland and Zimbabwe would have been out of their depth, as Ireland is 10 points behind Afghanistan.
A quick look at the IPL-style contests at the moment:
Orange Cap: RG Sharma 647 runs, followed by DA Warner (638) and Shakib Al Hasan* (606).
Purple Cap: MA Starc 26 wickets, followed by Mustafizur Rahman* (20) and 4 others with 17.
Most 6s: EJG Morgan 22, AJ Finch 18 and RG Sharma 14.
(Shakib* also has 11 wickets).
*No further part in the 2019 World Cup.
Next we will take up the statistical highlights so far.
Here is a list of all instances of 40+ runs and 4+ wickets in World Cup matches from 1975 up to June 24, 2019:
While some of these figures seem impressive, most of them have come against weak teams (if not minnows, teams which did not go beyond the first round). The exceptions are Flintoff (E v Ire), and Russell (WI v E). We already know that Afg will not be in the second round in 2019.
The only instances of 50/5wi are by Yuvraj Singh (I v Ire, 2011) and Shakib Al Hasan (BD v Afg, 2019).
Both of them have had impressive all-round performances throughout the tournament. Yuvraj was Man of the Series in 2011, when India won. Yuvraj had 362 runs and 15 wickets in 2011. Shakib has (at the time of writing on June 24) 471 runs and 10 wickets. He and David Warner (447 runs) seem to be main contenders for Man of the Series now.
In 1999, L Klusener had 281 runs and 17 wickets which earned him the Man of the Series award. His team lost narrowly in the semi-final.
Here is a list of all hat-tricks in World Cup matches, as on June 22 2019:
Live link: http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/1190325.html
The first as well as the most recent instances were by Indian bowlers.
The first one was by a bowler who is not always given the credit he deserved. He is unfortunately remembered more for a last-ball six by Javed Miandad in a crucial match.
It may not be remembered that he is still the only Indian bowler to take a 10-for in a Test in England. And that he is one of the few Indian tailenders who scored an ODI century when tried in the middle order.
See the overview:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/33949.html
And his World Cup hat-trick in 1987. No one else had taken a hat-trick in the World Cup until then in matches starting from 1975.
See the scorecard:
That match on Oct 31, 1987 was critical, as it was India’s last match in the group and needed to defeat New Zealand by a large margin to ensure that they topped the group. If they came second, they would have to face Pakistan in the semi-final (which, by prior agreement, would have been held in Pakistan if the two teams were to meet).
New Zealand won the toss and batted first. They made steady and unspectacular progress until they reached 182/5. One of their key batsmen Ken Rutherford was batting along with pinch-hitter Martin Snedden. Chetan Sharma had not taken a wicket at that stage.
He then had Rutherford bowled, followed by bowling No 8 Ian Smith (a Test centurion) and No 9 batsman Ewan Chatfield (capable of stubborn batting). This would be one of the relatively rare all-bowled hat-tricks in international cricket.
From 182/8, they got up to 221/9 in 50 overs.
This is still the only World Cup hat-trick where all three dismissals were bowled.
The Indian team knew the required run rate. Sunil Gavaskar had not been much of a success as an ODI batsman, but seized the occasion to score his only ODI century, an unbeaten 103. Srikkanth (75) and Azharuddin (41*) also ensured that India met the required run rate. Gavaskar and Sharma shared the Man of the Match award.
So it was India vs England at Bombay, and Pakistan vs Australia at Lahore. We all know how THAT turned out. So there was an Ashes final rather than a South Asian final at Calcutta, where Border’s unheralded team won by a narrow margin.
Hat-tricks in World Cup matches remained scarce, with no instance in 1992 and 1996. The next instance was by Saqlain Mushtaq in a Super Six match against Zimbabwe in 1999.
Forward to 2019. Mohammad Shami had made a good beginning to his Test career (with a 9-wicket haul against an admittedly weak WI team) but was generally felt to have performed below expectations. He did score a fifty in a Test batting at no 11. Injuries and domestic issues played their role.
There was even some kind of fudging in his records as his birthplace was initially shown to be in Jonagar in Bengal. No such town can be found in the map. Later his birthplace was mysteriously changed to Amroha (near Moradabad in UP) which is generally considered to be correct.
From the table in the beginning, we see that hat-tricks in the World Cup had become more common since 1999, with Malinga going a step beyond with 4 in 4. That is the only such dismissal in ODIs (or Tests). Malinga also took two regular hat-tricks later.
As I write this on June 23, the result of the 2019 World Cup is unknown. The only thing we know definitely is that Afghanistan (0 points in 6 matches) cannot qualify.
Points table after matches on June 22, 2019:
In this match India batted below par and finished with 224/8, primarily due to lower-order failures. Shami’s dismissal was typical as he scored 1 off 2 balls.
Some time later the unthinkable seemed likely as Afghanistan made good progress towards the modest target. Shami had earlier taken the first wicket of H Zazai. With an over left, Afg was 209/7 with Nabi and Ikram going strong.
The upsets by Bangladesh against WI and Sri Lanka against England were fresh in viewer’s minds.
16 in the last over was difficult but not impossible (as Dinesh Karthik would testify). With the 3rd ball, Shami had Nabi caught by Pandya for 52 (213/8). 12 to get off 3 balls with 2 wickets in hand.
Surely that was the end for Afghanistan’s hopes? Shami made sure of that by bowling No 10 (Aftab 49.4) and No 11 (Mujeeb, 49.5) and taking India’s second hat-trick in the World Cup, over 31 years after the first. He finished with 4-40.
Also see this: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27035426/mohammed-shami-reveals-ms-dhoni-advice-world-cup-hat-trick-ball
However, it was JJ Bumrah (2-39) who was Man of the Match as his wickets were probably more critical.
In the World Cup match against Afghanistan on June 18, EJG Morgan made 148 off 71 balls with 17 6s and (only) 4 4s.
This is the listing for the most 6s in an ODI innings (10 or more) after England’s innings:
The live link for future reference:
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283127.html
Morgan overtook these 3 who shared the ODI record:
RG Sharma, 16 6s in 209, I v A, Bengaluru, 02/11/2013
AB de Villiers, 16 in 149, SA v WI, Jo’burg, 18/01/2015
CH Gayle, 16 in 215, WI v Zim, Canberra, 24/202/2015.
(So Gayle held the previous World Cup record).
No one else has scored 10 or more 6s in an innings so far in the 2019 World Cup. The best is 5 by JJ Roy for Eng v BD and AJ Finch for Aus v SL.
While on this topic, let us see the records for the most 4s in all ODIs (20 or more):
Live link:
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284017.html
The runaway winner is RG Sharma with his 33 4s and 9 6s in the ODI record score of 264 for I v SL at Kolkata on 13/11/2014.
The next two positions are also held by India’s SR Tendulkar and V Sehwag (25 each), followed by ST Jayasuriya and several others with 24, i.e. far behind RG Sharma’s outlier.
The World Cup record is held by MJ Guptill with his 24 4s and 11 6s for NZ v WI at Wellington on 21/03/2015.
During this World Cup, no one else has crossed 20 4s. The best is 16 by these:
It is often said that India dominates Pakistan in ICC tournaments. Hence the “Mauka Mauka” ads which aired at the beginning of the 2015 and 2019 World Cups.
Let us see take a closer look at the history of these encounters. First, the World Cup:
Note the two matches at Manchester separated by 20 years. In 1999 the mini-war in Kargil was in progress.
India and Pakistan never met in the World Cups of 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1987. They were somehow always drawn in different groups so they could have met only in the semi-finals or finals.
It was not until 1992 that they met in the World Cup. In that tournament (as in 2019) all teams played each other in the round-robin knockout stage.
They met in the quarter-finals in 1996, Super Six in 1999, and a pool match in 2003. India won all these matches so the feeling of a jinx over Pakistan kept growing.
In 2007, both India and Pakistan were jinxed and failed to proceed beyond the pool stage, being displaced by Bangladesh and Ireland respectively.
In 2011, India won in the semi-final, repeated this in a pool match in 2015 and again in a round-robin match in 2019.
This makes it 7 out of 7.
If you want to see the scorecards, open this link and click on the blue square on the extreme right.
Now we go to the T20 World Championship. We will come back to the Champions Trophy at the end.
The teams met twice in the inaugural championship in 2007. Though the match in the pool stage was a tie, India got the winner’s points as they won in the bowl-out which was then the method used to determine the winner of a tied match.
Then India won against Pakistan in the final. The teams did not meet in 2009 and 2010. India won the next three encounters in 2012, 2014 and 2016. All of these were in the group stages and not the semi-final or final. Thus India leads 5-0 (including the tie) in the World T20 Championship.
You can see the scorecards from this link:
For details of the bowl-out in the first match in 2007, see the commentary section rather than the scorecard.
But the story in the Champions Trophy is somewhat different:
India and Pakistan did not meet in 1998, 2000 or 2002 (when India shared the trophy with Sri Lanka). Pakistan won the first encounter in 2004 in the group stage. They did not meet in 2006. Pakistan won in 2009, also in the group stage. India finally won in 2013, in a group match on their way to the trophy.
In 2017, India won the group match but lost in the final.
So the jinx on Pakistan in ICC tournaments does not apply to Pakistan in the Champions Trophy, where they lead India 3-2.
See the scorecards here:
Nathan Coulter-Nile’s 92 against the West Indies was the highest score by any No 8 batsman in the World Cup.
Here are the list of all such scores above 40:
It can be seen that the record score at No 8 was earlier 72* by HH Streak in 2003.
The previous highest score by Australia was somewhat further down at 43 by BJ Haddin in 2015. Nearby there is 42 by CH Morris of SA in 2019.
The best by India is a mere 28 by NR Mongia in 1999.
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