Top 10 World Cup stats

The opening stages of the World Cup have already seen records tumble and a variety of rare cricketing occurrences.

Here’s the best of the stats from the first seven matches.

14 – Number of batsmen to score more than 1000 runs in World Cups. Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara became the latest to join the list during his 39 in the tournament opener against New Zealand.
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3 – Glenn Maxwell scored the third fastest fifty by an Australian in the World Cup as the co-hosts thrashed England by 111 runs.
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11 – England is the only team to have different captains in all 11 World Cups, with Eoin Morgan the latest to shoulder the responsibility.
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3 – A stunning partnership by David Miller and JP Duminy marked just the third time in all ODIs that the No.5 and No.6 batsmen have scored a century in the same innings.
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22  – Indian Virat Kohli’s superb hundred against Pakistan in Adelaide now places him equal-fourth on the list of ODI centuries.
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3 – Pakistan’s innings of 224 was only the third occasion in all World Cup matches that a team has been dismissed with all 10 batsmen caught.
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95.8 – After his match-winning 92 from 84 balls against West Indies on Monday, Ireland’s Paul Stirling now has the fourth-highest ODI strike rate (95.8) for anyone over 1500 runs.
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89 – Darren Sammy’s score for West Indies against Ireland is the top score by a No.7 batsman in World Cup history.
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4 – Number of golden ducks during Scotland's innings in their three-wicket defeat to New Zealand, as they were bowled out for 142. This has happened only twice before in all ODIs.
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4 – Shakib Al Hasan confirmed his status as the world’s No.1-ranked allrounder with a high-quality display against Afghanistan in Canberra. He is one of just four players in ODI history with a batting average of above 30 and a bowling average below 30 (minimum 100 wickets).
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