Who was the best? Cricket’s T20 World Cup reviewed in numbers

A breakdown of who scored essentially the most runs, took essentially the most wickets and had the best profitable share.

England supporters celebrate after victory in the ICC men's Twenty20 World Cup 2022
England supporters have fun after victory within the Twenty20 World Cup remaining [AFP]

The Twenty20 World Cup got here to an finish on Sunday, with England beating Pakistan by 5 wickets to win the trophy for the second time.

England turned the primary workforce to carry two ICC World Cup trophies on the identical time, as they received the 50-over model in 2019.

What was being touted as a face-off between the perfect bowling assault (Pakistan) and the perfect batting unit (England) of the match lived as much as its billing because the latter have been made to battle by the Pakistani bowlers in chase of a modest goal.

In the long run, England’s hero of the 2019 World Cup triumph, Ben Stokes, took them residence with six balls to spare.

Right here is how the match formed up in numbers:

Most runs

Regardless of his aspect’s failure to progress to the ultimate, India’s Virat Kohli ended the match as the highest scorer.

His 296 runs got here in six innings, with 4 half-centuries. Sandwiched between him and compatriot Suryakumar Yadav is a much less acquainted identify: Max O’Dowd of the Netherlands who scored 242 runs, together with within the first spherical of the match that served as qualifiers for the Tremendous 12 fundamental occasion.

  • Virat Kohli (India) – 296 runs, six innings
  • Max O’Dowd (Netherlands) – 242 runs, eight innings
  • Suryakumar Yadav (India) – 239 runs, six innings
  • Jos Buttler (England) – 225 runs, six innings
  • Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka) – 223 runs, six innings

Most wickets

The wicket-takers chart is led by Sri Lanka’s legspinner Wanindu Hasaranga, who ended the match with 15 wickets from eight matches. The remainder of the lineup contains quick bowlers. Participant of the match Sam Curran of England completed second with 13 wickets from six matches, together with a five-wicket haul.

  • Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva (Sri Lanka) – 15 wickets, eight matches
  • Sam Curran (England) – 13 wickets, six matches
  • Bas De Leede (Netherlands) – 13 wickets, seven matches
  • Blessing Muzarabani (Zimbabwe) – 12 wickets, seven matches
  • Anrich Nortje (South Africa) – 11 wickets, 5 matches

Highest particular person scores

The match noticed two T20 centuries, not surprisingly from two of the highest-scoring matches. Rilee Russow thrashed Bangladeshi bowling for 109 runs off simply 54 balls, whereas Glenn Phillips lit up the match with 104 from 64 balls towards Sri Lanka.

  • Rilee Russow (South Africa) – 109 off 56
  • Glenn Phillips (New Zealand) – 104 off 64
  • Devon Conway (New Zealand) – 92* off 58
  • Alex Hales (England) – 86* off 47
  • Michael Jones (Scotland) – 86 off 55

Finest bowling figures

England’s left-arm tempo bowler Curran completed with the perfect bowling figures of the match, and the one five-wicket haul.

  • Sam Curran (England) – 5-10 in 3.4 overs vs Afghanistan
  • Anrich Nortje (South Africa) – 4-10 in 3.3 overs vs Bangladesh
  • Trent Boult (New Zealand) – 4-13 in 4 overs vs Sri Lanka
  • Alzarri Joseph (West Indies) – 4-16 in 4 overs vs Zimbabwe
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pakistan) – 4-22 in 4 overs vs Bangladesh

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Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi (C) continued his opening-over wicket-taking run within the World Cup [AFP]

Finest economic system charges (minimal 10 overs)

T20 cricket is all about scoring shortly, making these bowlers who're capable of hold the opposition’s scoring charge in examine a rarity. Jason Holder of the West Indies leads this pack regardless of his workforce’s exit earlier than the Tremendous 12 stage.

  • Jason Holder (West Indies) – 4.74 in 10.2 overs
  • Zahoor Khan (UAE) – 4.75 in 12 overs
  • Bernard Scholtz (Namibia) – 5.08 in 12 overs
  • Anrich Nortje (South Africa) – 5.37 in 17.3 overs
  • Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh) – 5.6 in 20 overs

Highest workforce totals

New Zealand opened the Tremendous 12 stage in grand fashion by posting a 200-plus whole towards defending champions and hosts Australia. It appeared just like the match would see extra of these however solely South Africa managed to cross the 200-run mark once more – a 205-5 towards Bangladesh.

  • South Africa – 205-5 vs Bangladesh
  • New Zealand – 200-3 vs Australia
  • India – 186-5 vs Zimbabwe
  • Pakistan – 185-9 vs South Africa
  • New Zealand – 185-6 vs Eire

Lowest totals

Whereas the Tremendous 12s noticed the 200-run mark being crossed, the group phases had some low-scoring video games. UAE’s capitulation towards Sri Lanka for 73 was the bottom rating, whereas Sri Lanka posted two of the 5 lowest scores through the match.

  • UAE – 73 vs Sri Lanka
  • Netherlands – 91-9 vs Pakistan
  • Bangladesh – 101 vs South Africa
  • Sri Lanka – 102 vs New Zealand
  • Sri Lanka – 108 vs Namibia

Highest profitable percentages (groups)

England had a combined begin to the match however picked up essential wins in direction of the top of the match, capping it with an important victory of all on Sunday. Pakistan, regardless of making it to the ultimate, ended up with the fifth-best win share.

  • England – 83.33 %
  • Australia – 75 %
  • India – 66.67 %
  • New Zealand – 60 %
  • Pakistan – 57.14 %

Highest strike charges (minimal 4 innings)

India’s younger batsman Yadav climbed to the highest of the T20 rankings through the match. His audacious stroke play and talent to hit boundaries in essentially the most troublesome locations make him a menace. He ended the match with the best strike charge of 189.7.

  • Suryakumar Yadav (India) 189.7 – 239 runs, 126 balls
  • Fin Allen (New Zealand) 186.3 – 95 runs, 51 balls
  • Rilee Russow (South Africa) 169.8 – 141 runs, 83 balls
  • Shadab Khan (Pakistan) 169 – 98 runs, 58 balls
  • Paul van Meekeren (Netherlands) 166.7 – 45 runs, 27 balls

Most sixes

Whereas it might seem to be T20 cricket is all about hitting sixes and fours, it has not been the case on this match with large Australian grounds and a few good shows of bowling. Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza managed to cross the rope 11 occasions in his eight innings.

  • Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe) – 11 sixes, eight innings
  • Alex Hales (England) – 10 sixes, six innings
  • Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka) – 10 sixes, eight innings
  • Rilee Russow (South Africa) – 9 sixes, 4 innings
  • Marcus Stoinis (Australia) – 9 sixes, 4 innings

Largest partnerships

The destiny of most T20 matches relies on how properly the workforce’s opening pair of batters carry out and construct a basis for the gamers to comply with. In England’s case, their openers have helped them in most situations, most significantly within the semi-final win over India the place they scored 170 runs with out breaking a sweat or shedding a wicket.

  • Jos Buttler, Alex Hales (England) – 170* vs India
  • Quinton de Kock, Rilee Russow (South Africa) – 168 vs Bangladesh
  • Curtis Campher, George Dockrell (Netherlands) – 119* vs Scotland
  • Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya (India) – 113 vs Pakistan
  • Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam (Pakistan) – 105 vs New Zealand

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England’s Jos Buttler and Alex Hales have been instrumental within the aspect reaching the ultimate [Reuters]

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