Statsman: Wicket-keepers in charge at the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup 2023

The opener of this ICC Men’s ODI World Cup 2023 was the latest instance where the opposing captains were both keepers, with England and New Zealand, in action.

England’s captain Jos Buttler (L) and New Zealand’s captain Tom Latham at the toss before the WC opener. | Photo Credit: AFP

Keepers in charge

4 The number of occasions when wicket-keepers from both sides were also the captains in a World Cup match. The opening match of World Cup 2023 in Ahmedabad provided the latest instance in CWC.

Both wicket-keepers leading the side in a World Cup match

Captain-keeper1	Captain-keeper2	Venue	Date	Result
Ashish Bagai (Canada)	Kumar Sangakkara (SL)	Hambantota	20 Feb 2011	SL won by 210 runs
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)	M. S. Dhoni (Ind)	Mumbai WS	+2 Apr 2011	Ind won by 6 wkts
Brendan Taylor (Zim)	M. S. Dhoni (Ind)	Auckland	14 Mar 2015	Ind won by 6 wkts
Jos Buttler (Eng)	Tom Latham (NZ)	Ahmedabad	5 Oct 2023	NZ won by 9 wkts

+ World Cup final 2011

Note: * Brendan Taylor (Zim) was the stand-in captain for the injured Elton Chigumbura in Auckland

* Tom Latham (NZ) was the stand-in captain for the injured Kane Williamson in Ahmedabad

7 The number of instances when a father and son appeared in Cricket World Cup tournaments. This edition will see four players whose fathers have earlier appeared in previous World Cup editions.

Father & sons appearing the World Cup tournaments

#	Father	Son/s
1.	Don Pringle (East Africa, 1975)	Derek Pringle (England, 1987-1992)
2.	Lance Cairns (New Zealand, 1975-1983)	Chris Cairns (New Zealand, 1992-2003)
3.	Chris Broad (England, 1987)	Stuart Broad (England, 2007-2015)
4.	Geoff Marsh (Australia, 1987-1992)	Shaun Marsh (Australia, 2015) & Mitchell Marsh (Australia, 2019-2023*)
5.	Rod Latham (New Zealand, 1992)	Tom Latham (New Zealand, 2019-2023*)
6.	Kevin Curran (Zimbabwe, 1983-1987)	Sam Curran (England, 2023*)
7.	Tim de Leede (Netherlands, 1996-2007)	Bas de Leede (Netherlands, 2023*)

Note:

** The Pringles and Currans appeared in the CWC but for different sides.

** The Marsh family has three members in the World Cup (father and two sons)

1 The number of occasions in ODI cricket when all 11 players in the playing XI reached double figures. The opening CWC match provided the first-ever instance of 11 batters scoring 10 or more runs for a team in an ODI game (this feat is yet to occur in a women’s ODI game, too). For England, Joe Root (at #3) top-scored with 77, while Moeen Ali (#5) and Chris Woakes (#9), with 11 each, made the lowest scores of the innings. Interestingly, of the 14 who came out to bat in this match, 13 completed 10 or more runs, while one (Will Young) registered a golden duck.

All 11 players making double-figures in an ODI match

Batters with 10+ scores	For	(HS, LS)	Total (ov)	Against	Venue	Date	Result
11	England	(77, 11)	282/9 (50)	New Zealand	Ahmedabad	5 Oct 2023	Lost
10	West Indies	(39, 4)	246/10 (47)	Australia	Bridgetown	13 Mar 1991	Lost
10	Pakistan	(51, 4)	259/9 (50)	West Indies	Dhaka	29 Oct 1998	Lost
10	Zimbabwe	(71, 1)	262/10 (47.4)	India	Rajkot MG	14 Dec 2000	Lost
10	India	(52, 1)	275/10 (49.5)	Pakistan	Jaipur	18 Nov 2007	Lost
10	Australia	(47, 0)	269/10 (49)	India	Chennai	22 Mar 2023	Won

HS – highest score, LS – lowest score in the innings

22 The number of innings Devon Conway needed to aggregate 1000 runs in his ODI career. He achieved this milestone during his century in Ahmedabad against England. He bettered the previous record of 24 innings jointly held by Glenn Turner (in 1983) and Daryl Mitchell (in September 2023). Conway, meanwhile, also became the fifth quickest among left-handed batters to achieve this landmark of 1000 ODI runs. The tables below have all the details.

Quickest to 1000 ODI career runs (in fewest innings) for New Zealand

Inns	Mts	Batter	Achieved on	Runs	Ave.	HS	100/50
22	23	Devon Conway	5 Oct 2023	1026	54.00	152*	5/3
24	25	Glenn Turner	31 Jan 1983	1061	58.94	171*	2/6
24	27	Daryl Mitchell	10 Sep 2023	1004	50.20	129	4/3
25	25	Andrew Jones	4 Mar 1989	1014	46,09	90	0/12

Quickest to 1000 ODI career runs (in fewest innings) by left-handed batters

Inns	Mts	Batter	For	Achieved on	Runs	Ave.	HS	100/50
18	18	Fakhar Zaman	Pak	22 Jul 2018	1065	76.07	210*	3/6
19	19	Imam-ul-Haq	Pak	25 Jan 2019	1011	63.19	128	5/4
21	21	Quinton de Kock	SAf	19 Aug 2014	1001	47.67	135	5/1
21	21	Dawid Malan	Eng	15 Sep 2023	1046	61.53	134	5/5
22	23	Devon Conway	NZ	5 Oct 2023	1026	54.00	152*	5/3

4 The number of batters who made 150+ scores in their CWC debut match. New Zealand’s Devon Conway’s with an unbeaten 152 against England on 5 October 2023 is the latest to join this elite list. With team-mate Rachin Ravindra also making 123 not out, this provided the first instance of two batters registering centuries in their CWC debuts.

Highest scores by batters on CWC debut

Runs	Batter	(Bat#)	For	Against	Venue	Date	Result
188*	Gary Kirsten	(2)	SA	UAE	Rawalpindi	16 Feb 1996	Won
172*	Craig Wishart	(1)	Zim	Namibia	Harare	10 Feb 2003	Won
171*	Glenn Turner	(1)	NZ	East Africa	Birmingham	7 Jun 1975	Won
152*	Devon Conway	(1)	NZ	Eng	Ahmedabad	5 Oct 2023	Won
143*	Andrew Symonds	(6)	Aus	Pak	Johannesburg	11 Feb 2003	Won

Note: Conway is the only one in the above list to do it while batting second in the match.

23 Rachin Ravindra’s age when he scored his maiden ODI and CWC century against England in Ahmedabad on 5 October 2023. He also became the youngest batter to register a century against England in the CWC. The previous youngest was another Kiwi, Nathan Astle, then aged 24y-152d when he made 101 in the 1996 edition of the CWC at the very same ground. Incidentally, that game, too, was the opening match — of the 1996 CWC edition. Ravindra also became the youngest New Zealander to register a century in the CWC. The second table has the details.

Youngest to register a three-figure score against England in the World Cup

Age	Batter	Runs	Bat#	For	Venue	Date	Result
23y-321d	Rachin Ravindra	123*	3	New Zealand	Ahmedabad	5 Oct 2023	Won
24y-152d	Nathan Astle	101	2	New Zealand	Ahmedabad	14 Feb 1996	Won
25y-67d	Rameez Raja	113	1	Pakistan	Karachi	20 Oct 1987	Won
25y-174d	Lahiru Thirimanne	139*	1	Sri Lanka	Wellington	1 Mar 2015	Won
26y-52d	Upul Tharanga	102*	1	Sri Lanka	Colombo RPS	26 Mar 2011	Won

Youngest to register a three-figure scores for New Zealand in the World Cup

Age	Batter	Runs	Bat#	Against	Venue	Date	Result
23y-321d	Rachin Ravindra	123*	3	England	Ahmedabad	5 Oct 2023	Won
24y-152d	Nathan Astle	101	2	England	Ahmedabad	14 Feb 1996	Won
26y-112d	Chris Harris	130	5	Australia	Chennai	11 Mar 1996	Lost
27y-0d	Ross Taylor	131*	4	Pakistan	Pallekele	8 Mar 2011	Won
27y-215d	Scott Styris	141	4	Sri Lanka	Bloemfontein	10 Feb 2023	Lost

Note: Ravindra’s team-mate in Ahmedabad, Devon Conway (152*), at 32y-89d, was the second oldest Kiwi to register a three-figure score in the CWC. Only Stephen Fleming at 34y-1d was older (102* v Bangladesh in North Sound in 2007)

82 The number of balls that remained when New Zealand defeated England by nine wickets, while chasing a target exceeding 270-plus in the CWC’s opening match in Ahmedabad on 5 October 2023. The balls to spare equals the record in ODI cricket for a side chasing a target of 270+. However, New Zealand’s performance is now the best for a side in the CWC.

Highest number of balls remaining while successfully chasing targets of 270 or more in ODI cricket

Balls to spare	Team batting 1st		Team batting 2nd (winning side)	Venue	Date
82	Australia (294/9)	lost to	South Africa (295/4)	Centurion	30 Sep 2016
82	England (282/9)	lost to	New Zealand (283/1)	Ahmedabad	5 Oct 2023
80	Sri Lanka (320/4)	lost to	India (321/3)	Hobart	28 Feb 2012
75	England (321/7)	lost to	Sri Lanka (324/2)	Leeds	1 Jul 2006
72	West Indies (288/6)	lost to	England (294/1)	Southampton	29 Sep 2017

Highest number of balls remaining while successfully chasing targets of 250 or more in CWC

Balls to spare	Team batting 1st		Team batting 2nd (winning side)	Venue	Date
82	England (282/9)	lost to	New Zealand (283/1)	Ahmedabad	5 Oct 2023
79	Ireland (259/10)	lost to	India (260/2)	Hamilton	10 Mar 2015
51	West Indies (321/8)	lost to	Bangladesh (322/3)	Taunton	17 Jun 2019

All records are correct and updated until 6 October 2023