Cricket: Guide to the World Cup
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SEMI-FINALS
Tomorrow
Pakistan v New Zealand
Old Trafford BBC
Thursday
Australia v South Africa
Edgbaston Sky
FINAL
Sunday
Lord's Sky & BBC
MEDIA
MONITOR
"It was an unnecessary, flamboyant lapse which could yet determine the destiny of the Cup. Instead of holding on to the ball, [Herschelle] Gibbs, in trying to throw it up in triumph, lost control and Waugh batted on... and on."
South African newspaper the "Mercury", after a dropped catch allowed Steve Waugh's match-winning innings for Australia.
TOURNAMENT AVERAGES
BATTING
M I NO Runs HS 100 50 Ave
C S L Klusener (SA) 8 7 5 250 52* 0 2 125.00
R D Jacobs (WI) 5 4 2 205 80* 0 2 102.50
R G Twose (NZ) 8 8 5 272 80* 0 3 90.66
S R Waugh (Aus) 8 7 3 342 120* 1 1 85.50
Minhajul Abedin (Ban) 4 4 2 140 68* 0 2 70.00
S Chanderpaul (WI) 5 4 2 134 77 0 1 67.00
R S Dravid (Ind) 8 8 1 461 145 2 3 65.85
N Hussain (Eng) 5 5 2 194 88* 0 2 64.66
G M Hamilton (Sco) 5 5 1 217 76 0 2 54.25
S C Ganguly (Ind) 7 7 0 379 183 1 1 54.14
Yousuf Youhana (Pak) 4 4 1 161 81* 0 1 53.66
G A Hick (Eng) 5 5 2 159 73* 0 2 53.00
N C Johnson (Zim) 8 8 1 367 132* 1 3 52.42
J H Kallis (SA) 7 7 2 259 96 0 3 51.80
M G Bevan (Aus) 8 7 3 199 61 0 1 49.75
C Z Harris (NZ) 8 3 1 99 42 0 0 49.50
A D Jadeja (Ind) 8 7 1 285 100* 1 1 47.50
A Vadher (Ken) 5 5 2 141 73* 0 2 47.00
M E Waugh (Aus) 8 8 0 338 104 1 2 42.25
S R Tendulkar (Ind) 7 7 1 253 140* 1 0 42.16
R T Ponting (Aus) 8 8 1 293 69 0 1 41.85
G P Thorpe (Eng) 5 4 1 125 62 0 1 41.66
Moin Khan (Pak) 8 8 2 236 63 0 1 39.33
T Odoyo (Ken) 5 5 2 117 39 0 0 39.00
H H Gibbs (SA) 8 8 0 311 101 1 2 38.87
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) 8 8 1 239 81 0 2 34.14
S O Tikolo (Ken) 5 5 0 167 71 0 2 33.40
R R Singh (Ind) 6 6 1 157 75 0 1 31.40
R Shah (Ken) 5 5 0 154 50 0 1 30.80
D J Cullinan (SA) 8 8 1 210 50 0 1 30.00
* denotes not out
BOWLING
O M Runs W 5w 10w BB Ave
C A Walsh (WI) 47 8 108 11 0 0 4-25 9.81
R D King (WI) 31.3 4 95 8 0 0 3-30 11.87
C E L Ambrose (WI) 40 5 94 7 0 0 3-31 13.42
G I Allott (NZ) 78.4 7 284 20 0 0 4-37 14.20
D Gough (Aus) 48.4 4 192 11 0 0 4-34 17.45
M V Dillon (WI) 36.5 2 140 8 0 0 4-46 17.50
A D Mullally (Eng) 50 6 176 10 0 0 4-37 17.60
L Klusener (SA) 66.5 4 300 17 1 0 5-21 17.64
Waqar Younis (Pak) 9 1 36 2 0 0 2-36 18.00
M A Ealham (Eng) 50 5 191 10 0 0 2-28 19.10
R R Singh (Ind) 32.3 1 153 8 1 0 5-31 19.12
N C Johnson (Zim) 50 4 233 12 0 0 4-42 19.41
H Bryan (WI) 15.2 0 59 3 0 0 2-29 19.66
Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) 71.3 4 322 16 1 0 5-35 20.12
G D McGrath (Aus) 76.4 6 303 15 1 0 5-14 20.20
S Elworthy (SA) 62 9 203 10 0 0 2-20 20.30
J A R Blain (Sco) 37.1 1 210 10 0 0 4-37 21.00
Wasim Akram (Pak) 72.4 5 256 12 0 0 4-40 21.33
I D Austin (Eng) 18.4 1 66 3 0 0 2-25 22.00
A D Jadeja (Ind) 4 0 22 1 0 0 1-22 22.00
Azhar Mahmood (Pak) 73 4 297 13 0 0 3-24 22.84
Shoaib Akhtar (Pak) 66.5 6 299 13 0 0 3-11 23.00
G P Wickramasinghe (SL) 49 3 208 9 0 0 3-30 23.11
N R Dyer (Sco) 26 2 117 5 0 0 2-26 23.40
Abdur Razzaq (Pak) 67 5 261 11 0 0 3-25 23.72
Khaled Mahmud (Ban) 36.5 6 145 6 0 0 3-31 24.16
D W Fleming (Aus) 73.2 8 292 12 0 0 3-57 24.33
A A Donald (SA) 72 6 293 12 0 0 4-17 24.41
C Z Harris (NZ) 48.1 2 224 9 0 0 4-7 24.88
S K Warne (Aus) 75.2 8 299 12 0 0 3-11 24.91
TOURNAMENT STATISTICS
BEST BATTING
* denotes not out
183 Saurav Ganguly (India) v Sri Lanka
145 Rahul Dravid (India) v Sri Lanka
140* Sachin Tendulkar (India) v Kenya
132* Neil Johnson (Zimbabwe) v Australia
120* Steve Waugh (Australia) v South Africa
104* Rahul Dravid (India) v Kenya
104 Mark Waugh (Australia) v Zimbabwe
103 Saeed Anwar (Pakistan) v Zimbabwe
101 Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa) v Australia
100* Ajay Jadeja (India) v Australia
97 Saurav Ganguly (India) v South Africa
96 Jacques Kallis (South Africa) v India
91 Herschelle Gibbs (S Africa) v New Zealand
88* Nasser Hussain (England) v Kenya
88 Alec Stewart (England) v Sri Lanka
83 Mark Waugh (Australia) v India
82 Maurice Odumbe (Kenya) v Sri Lanka
82 Gary Kirsten (South Africa) v New Zealand
81* Yousuf Youhana (Pakistan) v Scotland
81 Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan) v Australia
80* Roger Twose (New Zealand) v Australia
80* Ridley Jacobs (West Indies) v New Zealand
BEST BOWLING
5 for 14 Glenn McGrath (Australia) v West Indies
5 for 21 Lance Klusener (South Africa) v Kenya
5 for 27 Venkatesh Prasad (India) v Pakistan
5 for 31 Robin Singh (India) v Sri Lanka
5 for 35 Saqlain Mushtaq (Pakistan) v Bangladesh
4 for 7 Chris Harris (New Zealand) v Scotland
4 for 17 Allan Donald (South Africa) v England
4 for 25 Courtney Walsh (W Indies) v Bangladesh
4 for 34 Darren Gough (England) v Kenya
4 for 37 Alan Mullally (England) v Sri Lanka
4 for 37 Geoff Allott (New Zealand) v Australia
4 for 37 John Blain (Scotland) v Bangladesh
4 for 40 Wasim Akram (Pakistan) v Australia
4 for 42 Neil Johnson (Zimbabwe) v Kenya
4 for 56 Debashish Mohanty (India) v Kenya
4 for 64 Geoff Allott (New Zealand) v Pakistan
HAT-TRICK
Saqlain Mushtaq (Pakistan) v Zimbabwe
LEADING RUN-SCORERS
Rahul Dravid (India) 461
Saurav Ganguly (India) 379
Neil Johnson (Zimbabwe) 367
Steve Waugh (Australia) 342
Mark Waugh (Australia) 338
Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa) 311
Ricky Ponting (Australia) 293
Ajay Jadeja (India) 285
Roger Twose (New Zealand) 272
Jacques Kallis (South Africa) 259
Sachin Tendulkar (India) 253
Lance Klusener (South Africa) 250
Saeed Anwar (Pakistan) 240
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan) 239
Moin Khan (Pakistan) 236
Gavin Hamilton (Scotland) 217
Daryll Cullinan (South Africa) 210
Ridley Jacobs (West Indies) 205
LEADING WICKET-TAKERS
Geoff Allott (New Zealand) 20
Lance Klusener (South Africa) 17
Saqlain Mushtaq (Pakistan) 16
Glenn McGrath (Australia) 15
Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan) 13
Azhar Mahmood (Pakistan) 13
Allan Donald (South Africa) 12
Wasim Akram (Pakistan) 12
Javagal Srinath (India) 12
Neil Johnson (Zimbabwe) 12
Damien Fleming (Australia) 12
Shane Warne (Australia) 12
Darren Gough (England) 11
Courtney Walsh (West Indies) 11
Heath Streak (Zimbabwe) 11
Abdur Razzaq (Pakistan) 11
Chris Cairns (New Zealand) 11
HIGHEST TOTAL
373 for 6 India v Sri Lanka
LOWEST TOTAL
68 Scotland v West Indies
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