Individual performances in fielding:
Most dismissals (12 or more):
Australian captain Paine leads by a large margin over the next, de Kock.
The best by a non-keeper was 25 by Root, England’s captain.
M Rizwan took over as Pakistan’s keeper from former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed.
Buttler and Hope played some (but not all) of their matches as keepers.
The most stumpings were 4 by JL Bairstow.
Most innings dismissals (4 and above):
de Kock is the only one with more than 5 dismissals.
Klaasen took 4 dismissals on debut. Other new faces here are RR Pant and Mohammad Rizwan.
Root, Warner and SPD Smith took 4 catches apiece as non-keepers.
Most match dismissals (6 or more):
Sarfaraz Ahmed took 10 dismissals before he lost his captaincy as well as his place in the team. Paine and de Kock were next with 8. New faces here include GC Wilson, RR Pant and Mohammad Rizwan.
Warner and SPD Smith took 6 catches as non-keepers.
Best dismissal rate (Min 15 innings, 0.500):
Paine has by far the best dismissal rate (2.521), followed by Watling.
The best by a non-keeper is 1.312 by SPD Smith.
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