stephen
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I thought it would be interesting to take a retrospective look at the top players of the previous World Cups.
2015
Top 5 batsmen
Highest score: 237* MJ Guptill vs WI
Best Bowled: 7/33 TG Southee vs Aus
2011
Top 5 batsmen
Highest score: V Sehwag (INDIA) vs Ban
Best Bowled: 6/27 KAJ Roach (WI) vs Ned
2007
Top 5 batsmen
Highest score: 160 Imran Nazir (PAK) vs Zim
Best Bowled: 5/18 AJ Hall (SA) vs Eng
2003
Top 5 batsmen
Highest score: 172* CB Wishart (ZIM) vs Namibia
Best Bowled: 7/15 GD McGrath*(AUS) vs Namibia
1999
Top 5 batsmen
Highest score: 183 SC Ganguly (INDIA) vs Sri Lanka
Best Bowled: 5/14 GD McGrath*(AUS) vs WI
1996
Top 5 batsmen
Highest score: 188* G Kirsten (SA) vs UAE
Best Bowled: 5/21 PA Strang (ZIM) vs Kenya
1992
Top 5 batsmen
Highest score: 119* Rameez Raja (PAK) vs NZ
Best Bowled: 4/11 MW Pringle (SA) vs WI
1987
Top 5 batsmen
Highest score: 181 IVA Richards (WI) vs SL
Best Bowled: 5/44 CJ McDermott (AUS) vs Pak
1983
Top 5 batsmen
Highest score: 175* N Kapil Dev (INDIA) vs Zim
Best Bowled: 7/51 WW Davis (WI) vs Aus
1979
Top 5 batsmen
Highest score: 138* IVA Richards (WI) vs Eng
Best Bowled: 5/21 AG Hurst (AUS) vs Canada
1975
Top 5 batsmen
Highest score: 171* GM Turner (NZ) vs East Africa
Best Bowled: 6/14 GJ Gilmour (AUS) vs Eng
2015
Top 5 batsmen
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Player Runs Ave S/R 100s 50s
MJ Guptill*(NZ) 547 68.37 104.58 2 1
KC Sangakkara*(SL) 541 108.2 105.87 4 0
AB de Villiers*(SA) 482 96.4 144.31 1 3
BRM Taylor*(ZIM) 433 72.16 106.91 2 1
S Dhawan*(INDIA) 412 51.5 91.75 2 1
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Player Wickets Ave Econ S/R 5 wickets
TA Boult*(NZ) 22 16.86 4.36 23.1 1
MA Starc*(AUS) 22 10.18 3.5 17.4 1
UT Yadav*(INDIA) 18 17.83 4.98 21.4 0
Mohammed Shami*(INDIA) 17 17.29 4.81 21.5 0
M Morkel*(SA) 17 17.58 4.38 24 0
Best Bowled: 7/33 TG Southee vs Aus
2011
Top 5 batsmen
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Player Runs Ave S/R 100s 50s
TM Dilshan*(SL) 500 62.5 90.74 2 2
SR Tendulkar*(INDIA) 482 53.55 91.98 2 2
KC Sangakkara*(SL) 465 93 83.78 1 3
IJL Trott*(ENG) 422 60.28 80.84 0 5
WU Tharanga*(SL) 395 56.42 83.68 2 1
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Player Wickets Ave Econ S/R 5 wickets
Z Khan*(INDIA) 21 18.76 4.83 23.2 0
Shahid Afridi*(PAK) 21 12.85 3.62 21.2 2
TG Southee*(NZ) 18 17.33 4.31 24.1 0
M Muralitharan*(SL) 15 19.4 4.09 28.4 0
RJ Peterson*(SA) 15 15.86 4.25 22.4 0
Best Bowled: 6/27 KAJ Roach (WI) vs Ned
2007
Top 5 batsmen
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Player Runs Ave S/R 100s 50s
ML Hayden*(AUS) 659 73.22 101.07 3 1
DPMD Jayawardene*(SL) 548 60.88 85.09 1 4
RT Ponting*(AUS) 539 67.37 95.39 1 4
SB Styris*(NZ) 499 83.16 83.44 1 4
JH Kallis*(SA) 485 80.83 83.91 1 3
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Player Wickets Ave Econ S/R 5 wickets
GD McGrath*(AUS) 26 13.73 4.41 18.6 0
M Muralitharan*(SL) 23 15.26 4.14 22 0
SW Tait*(AUS) 23 20.3 5.52 22 0
GB Hogg*(AUS) 21 15.8 4 23.6 0
SL Malinga*(SL) 18 15.77 4.86 19.4 0
Best Bowled: 5/18 AJ Hall (SA) vs Eng
2003
Top 5 batsmen
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Player Runs Ave S/R 100s 50s
SR Tendulkar*(INDIA) 673 61.18 89.25 1 6
SC Ganguly*(INDIA) 465 58.12 82.3 3 0
RT Ponting*(AUS) 415 51.87 87.92 2 1
AC Gilchrist*(AUS) 408 40.8 105.42 0 4
HH Gibbs*(SA) 384 96 100.78 1 2
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Player Wickets Ave Econ S/R 5 wickets
WPUJC Vaas*(SL) 23 14.39 3.76 22.9 1
B Lee*(AUS) 22 17.9 4.73 22.6 1
GD McGrath*(AUS) 21 14.76 3.56 24.8 1
Z Khan*(INDIA) 18 20.77 4.23 29.4 0
SE Bond*(NZ) 17 17.94 3.91 27.5 1
Best Bowled: 7/15 GD McGrath*(AUS) vs Namibia
1999
Top 5 batsmen
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Player Runs Ave S/R 100s 50s
R Dravid*(INDIA) 461 65.85 85.52 2 3
SR Waugh*(AUS) 398 79.6 77.73 1 2
SC Ganguly*(INDIA) 379 54.14 81.15 1 1
ME Waugh*(AUS) 375 41.66 76.21 1 2
Saeed Anwar*(PAK) 368 40.88 72.01 2 0
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Player Wickets Ave Econ S/R 5 wickets
GI Allott*(NZ) 20 16.25 3.7 26.3 0
SK Warne*(AUS) 20 18.05 3.82 28.3 0
GD McGrath*(AUS) 18 20.38 3.83 31.8 1
L Klusener*(SA) 17 20.58 4.61 26.7 1
Saqlain Mushtaq*(PAK) 17 22.29 4.52 29.5 1
Best Bowled: 5/14 GD McGrath*(AUS) vs WI
1996
Top 5 batsmen
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Player Runs Ave S/R 100s 50s
SR Tendulkar*(INDIA) 523 87.16 85.87 2 3
ME Waugh*(AUS) 484 80.66 85.96 3 1
PA de Silva*(SL) 448 89.6 107.69 2 2
G Kirsten*(SA) 391 78.2 90.09 1 1
Saeed Anwar*(PAK) 329 82.25 95.91 0 3
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Player Wickets Ave Econ S/R 5 wickets
A Kumble*(INDIA) 15 18.73 4.03 27.8 0
Waqar Younis*(PAK) 13 19.46 4.68 24.9 0
DW Fleming*(AUS) 12 18.41 4.87 22.6 1
RA Harper*(WI) 12 18.25 3.77 29 0
PA Strang*(ZIM) 12 16 4.55 21 1
Best Bowled: 5/21 PA Strang (ZIM) vs Kenya
1992
Top 5 batsmen
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Player Runs Ave S/R 100s 50s
MD Crowe*(NZ) 456 114 90.83 1 4
Javed Miandad*(PAK) 437 62.42 62.6 0 5
PN Kirsten*(SA) 410 68.33 66.55 0 4
DC Boon*(AUS) 368 52.57 68.91 2 0
Rameez Raja*(PAK) 349 58.16 64.74 2 0
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Player Wickets Ave Econ S/R 5 wickets
Wasim Akram*(PAK) 18 18.77 3.76 29.8 0
IT Botham*(ENG) 16 19.12 3.43 33.3 0
CZ Harris*(NZ) 16 21.37 4.73 27 0
Mushtaq Ahmed*(PAK) 16 19.43 3.98 29.2 0
EA Brandes*(ZIM) 14 25.35 5.05 30 0
Best Bowled: 4/11 MW Pringle (SA) vs WI
1987
Top 5 batsmen
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Player Runs Ave S/R 100s 50s
GA Gooch*(ENG) 471 58.87 70.29 1 3
DC Boon*(AUS) 447 55.87 76.67 0 5
GR Marsh*(AUS) 428 61.14 68.26 2 1
IVA Richards*(WI) 391 65.16 107.41 1 3
MW Gatting*(ENG) 354 50.57 95.93 0 3
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Player Wickets Ave Econ S/R 5 wickets
CJ McDermott*(AUS) 18 18.94 4.67 24.3 1
Imran Khan*(PAK) 17 13.05 4.45 17.5 0
Maninder Singh*(INDIA) 14 20 4 30 0
BP Patterson*(WI) 14 18.07 4.51 24 0
EE Hemmings*(ENG) 13 21.07 4.6 27.4 0
Best Bowled: 5/44 CJ McDermott (AUS) vs Pak
1983
Top 5 batsmen
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Player Runs Ave S/R 100s 50s
DI Gower*(ENG) 384 76.8 84.95 1 1
IVA Richards*(WI) 367 73.4 81.19 1 2
G Fowler*(ENG) 360 72 62.82 0 4
Zaheer Abbas*(PAK) 313 62.6 81.72 1 2
N Kapil Dev*(INDIA) 303 60.6 108.99 1 0
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Player Wickets Ave Econ S/R 5 wickets
RMH Binny*(INDIA) 18 18.66 3.81 29.3 0
ALF de Mel*(SL) 17 15.58 4.01 23.2 2
S Madan Lal*(INDIA) 17 16.76 3.43 29.2 0
Sir RJ Hadlee*(NZ) 14 12.85 2.76 27.9 1
VJ Marks*(ENG) 13 18.92 3.15 36 1
Best Bowled: 7/51 WW Davis (WI) vs Aus
1979
Top 5 batsmen
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Player Runs Ave S/R 100s 50s
CG Greenidge*(WI) 253 84.33 62.31 1 2
IVA Richards*(WI) 217 108.5 74.06 1 0
GA Gooch*(ENG) 210 52.5 63.82 0 2
GM Turner*(NZ) 176 88 56.05 0 1
JG Wright*(NZ) 166 41.5 50 0 1
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Player Wickets Ave Econ S/R 5 wickets
M Hendrick*(ENG) 10 14.9 2.66 33.6 0
Asif Iqbal*(PAK) 9 17.44 3.34 31.3 0
BJ McKechnie*(NZ) 9 15.66 3.07 30.5 0
CM Old*(ENG) 9 17.44 2.7 38.6 0
CEH Croft*(WI) 8 17.5 3.25 32.2 0
Best Bowled: 5/21 AG Hurst (AUS) vs Canada
1975
Top 5 batsmen
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Player Runs Ave S/R 100s 50s
GM Turner*(NZ) 333 166.5 68.51 2 0
DL Amiss*(ENG) 243 60.75 84.37 1 1
Majid Khan*(PAK) 209 69.66 75.45 0 3
KWR Fletcher*(ENG) 207 69 69.23 1 1
A Turner*(AUS) 201 40.2 77.6 1 0
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Player Wickets Ave Econ S/R 5 wickets
GJ Gilmour*(AUS) 11 5.63 2.58 13 2
KD Boyce*(WI) 10 18.5 3.55 31.2 0
BD Julien*(WI) 10 17.7 2.95 36 0
DR Hadlee*(NZ) 8 20.25 3.52 34.5 0
DK Lillee*(AUS) 8 27.87 4.2 39.7 1
Best Bowled: 6/14 GJ Gilmour (AUS) vs Eng
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