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
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