World Cup 2019: Stats And Records

World Cup 2019 has been one of the finest in the history of the tournament. England's team who was playing their 4th final finally got their hands on the cup. It was the heartbreak for New Zealand who lost the second consecutive final after losing to Australia in 2015.

A round-up of World Cup 2019 -



1 - It is the maiden World Cup title for England in 50-overs cricket in 4 attempts.







- India's opener and vice-captain Rohit Sharma is now on the 3rd in the list of the highest run-getter in a World Cup series.

7 - In this World Cup, there were 7 instances batsmen scoring 500+ runs. In the previous 11 edition, only 8 batsmen had scored 500+ runs.

5 - Rohit Sharma now holds the record for the most number of centuries in a single World Cup series. He surpassed Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara's 4 centuries in 2015.



6 - Rohit Sharma has now the joint most 100s in World Cup history along with the batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar. Rohit took just 17 innings to reach there while Tendulkar took 44 innings.

556 - Joe Root is now the highest run-getter for England in a single World Cup edition. He went past Graham Gooch's 471 runs in 1987.

11 - England put 11 hundred plus runs partnerships in this World Cup, which are the most by a team in an edition of the World Cup.

6 - England scored (6) 300+ totals, which is a record in a World Cup. Previous best was 5 by Australia in 2007.

- Bangladesh's all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan scored 606 runs and took 11 wickets. He is the only player to achieve the rare double of 500+ runs and 10+ wickets in single World Cup series.

- New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson is now the highest run-getter in a World Cup series as a captain.





- Australian pacer Mitchell Starc is now the highest wicket-taker in a World Cup series. He went past Glenn McGrath.

1 - Australia had played 7 World Cup semi-finals before this year and they won all of them. This was the first time when they lost in the semi-final.

- This was the only third time when neither of the top two teams (India and Australia) in points table of the league stage couldn't qualify for the finals. Previously this happened in 2011 when Pakistan and South Africa couldn't make it to the finals.

20 - Jofra Archer has now the highest wickets for England in a World Cup series. In fact, the top 3 of 5 came in this World Cup for England. Mark Wood (18), and Chris Woakes (2016).

1 - It was the first instance in World Cup and third in ODIs when the final gets Tied. First time in 38 tied ODIs, the winner decided in super over.

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