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).
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 🙂
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:
As we know, the CWC 2019 will have 10 teams. These were to be the host (England) plus top 7 teams in the ODI rankings on 30/09/2017. This was the ranking table on that date:
The first 8 (including the host) qualified while the bottom 4 (WI, Afg, Zim, Ire) would account for 4 places in the qualifying rounds in 2018.
They would be joined by the 4 top teams in the WCL championship. which got over in Dec 2017. These are the results:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9317_ICC_World_Cricket_League_Championship#Points_table
Thus Netherlands, Scotland, Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea make up the second group of 4.
The remaining 2 spots will be selected from the bottom 4 in the WCL and the top 2 from WCL division 3: (Kenya, UAE, Nepal, Namibia) + (Canada, Oman).
There could be some upsets here, but probably Kenya and UAE will get through here. (Update: It was Nepal and UAE who emerged from this).
Details of this mini-qualifier (to be held in Feb 8-15 in Namibia) are here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_ICC_World_Cricket_League_Division_Two
So we now have:WI, Afg, Zim, Ire, Neth, Sco, HK, PNG, Nep and UAE in the “main” qualifier to be held in Zimbabwe from March 4 to 25. These have been divided into two pools of 5. There will be Super Sixes but no semi-finals.
Now we see the ODI rankings as of today (Jan 16):
While there may be an occasional upset, it is very unlikely that the 2 qualifiers will be from the WCL teams. West Indies should have no trouble in qualifying, while there may be an interesting struggle for the other qualifying spot between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan. Zimbabwe may have a slight home advantage. Ireland has generally declined in ODIs over the past year and may not challenge the other three seriously.
Final update: It was West Indies and Afghanistan who qualified for the 2019 World Cup.
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