From: kumar@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU (V.R.Kumar)
Subject: Re: World Cup 1992 Batting Averages
Organization: CSIRO Division of Info Tech, Sydney, Australia
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 22:22:39 GMT

In article <3307@screamer.csee.usf.edu> patelnir@thai.csee.usf.edu (Niraj Patel) writes:
>KSRAO@power.eee.ndsu.NOdak.EDU writes:
>
>>From:	IN%"graeme@cs.uwa.edu.au" 30-MAR-1992 20:40:03.70
>>To:	CRICKET@power.eee.ndsu.nodak.edu
>>CC:	
>>Subj:	World Cup Batting Averages
>
>>I posted the batting and bowling averages for the World Cup
>>on Thursday, but so far I've only seen the bowling averages
>>on the net (twice).  Is it possible for you to check whether
>>the batting averages were posted ?  If not (or if you're not
>>sure) could you please post it (or repost it).
>
>>Thanks,
>>Graeme
>


1992 WORLD CUP CRICKET LEADING PERFORMERS
-----------------------------------------

		LEADING RUN SCORERS
                -------------------

Batsman          Cntry  M  Inn  NO  Runs  HS  50  100  Avge    St-Rt
--------------------------------------------------------------------
M D Crowe         NZ    9   9   5   456  100*  4   1  114.00   90.66
J Mianded         Pak   9   9   2   437   89   5   -   62.43   62.34
P N Kirsten       SA    8   8   2   410   90   4   -   68.33   66.56
D C Boon          Aus   8   8   1   368  100   -   2   52.57   68.91
R Raja            Pak   8   8   2   349  119*  -   2   58.17   64.99
B C Lara          WI    8   8   1   333   88*  4   -   47.57   81.62
M Azharuddin      Ind   8   7   -   332   93   4   -   47.43   77.39
A Sohail          Pak  10  10   -   326  114   2   1   32.60   61.39
A H Jones         NZ    9   9   2   322   78   3   -   46.00   61.57
M J Greatbatch    NZ    7   7   -   313   73   3   -   44.71   87.92
K C Wessels       SA    9   9   2   313   85   3   -   44.71   53.32
A C Hudson        SA    8   8   -   296   79   3   -   37.00   62.71
N H Fairbrother   Eng   9   7   2   285   75*  3   -   57.00   69.17
S R Tendulkar     Ind   8   7   1   283   84   3   -   47.17   83.98
D M Jones         Aus   8   8   1   276   90   2   -   39.43   67.48
G A Hick          Eng  10   9   1   264   83   3   -   33.00   79.04
A Ranatunga       SL    8   7   2   262   88*  2   -   52.40   81.37
A J Stewart       Eng  10   8   1   259   77   2   -   37.00   70.19
D L Haynes        WI    7   7   1   251   93*  1   -   41.83   56.66
--------------------------------------------------------------------


		LEADING WICKET TAKERS
                ---------------------

Bowler       Cntry  M  Overs  Mdn   Runs   Wkts  Avge  Best   Ec-Rt
------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Wasim Akram   Pak  10   79.4   2    338     18   18.78 4-32   70.71
C Z Harris    NZ    9   72.1   4    342     16   21.38 3-15   78.98
I T Botham    Eng  10   89.0   8    306     16   19.13 4-31   57.30
Mushtaq Ahmed Pak   9   68.0   3    311     16   19.44 3-41   76.23
E A Brandes   Zim   8   70.1   7    355     14   25.36 4-21   84.32
A A Donald    SA    9   78.0   5    329     13   25.31 3-34   70.30
A C Cummins   WI    6   59.0   1    246     12   20.50 4-33   69.49
M Prabhakar   Ind   8   56.1   5    245     12   20.42 3-41   72.70
W Watson      NZ    8   79.0  11    301     12   25.08 3-37   63.50
B M McMillan  SA    9   73.0   7    306     11   27.82 3-30   69.86
P A DeFreitas Eng  10   85.3  12    319     11   29.00 3-34   62.18
Aaquib Javed  Pak  10   74.5  11    328     11   29.82 3-21   73.05
-------------------------------------------------------------------


		LEADING STRIKE RATES (minimum 150 runs)
                --------------------

Batsman             Cntry     Runs     Balls    Strike-Rate
---------------------------------------------------------------
Kapil Dev            Ind       161      129       124.81
A C Waller           Zim       192      191       100.52
Inzaman-ul-Haq       Pak       225      242        92.98
M D Crowe            NZ        456      503        90.66
M J Greatbatch       NZ        313      356        87.92
S R Tendulkar        Ind       283      337        83.98
G A Hick             Eng       247      298        82.89
B C Lara             WI        333      408        81.62
A Ranatunga          SL        262      322        81.37
M A R Samarasekera   SL        219      273        80.22
---------------------------------------------------------------


		LEADING ECONOMY RATES (minimum 30 overs)
                ---------------------

Bowler           Cntry    M    Overs    Runs    Ec-Rt
-----------------------------------------------------
D N Patel         NZ      9    79.0     245     51.69
M R Whitney       Aus     7    66.0     215     54.29
D R Pringle       Eng     8    66.4     218     54.74
I T Botham        Eng    10    89.0     306     55.95
C J McDermott     Aus     8    73.0     246     56.16
G R Larsen        NZ      9    76.0     262     57.46
C E L Ambrose     WI      7    68.0     235     57.60
G C Small         Eng     5    35.0     127     60.48
D A Reeve         Eng     9    34.4     126     60.58
-----------------------------------------------------


		LEADING FIELDSMEN
                -----------------

Fieldsman       Cntry    M     Catches
--------------------------------------
K C Wessels      SA      9        7
N H Fairbrother  Eng     8        6
D A Reeve        Eng     8        5
P A J DeFraites  Eng     8        5
C L Cairns       NZ      5        5
A R Border       Aus     8        5
G R Larsen       NZ      9        5
G A Hick         Eng    10        5
--------------------------------------


		LEADING WICKET-KEEPERS
                ----------------------

Wicket-Keeper          Cntry    M    Ct    St    Total
------------------------------------------------------
D Williams              WI      8    11    3      14
D J Richarson           SA      9    13    1      14
Moin Khan               Pak    10    11    3      14
I A Healy               Aus     7     9    -       9
A J Stewart             Eng    10     8    1       9
K S More                Ind     8     6    1       7
H P Tillekeratne        SL      8     6    1       7
A Flower                Zim     8     6    1       7
I D S Smith             NZ      9     5    -       5
------------------------------------------------------



RESULTS OF THE CLASSIC CATCHES OF WORLD CUP 1992
------------------------------------------------

Seven catches were selected for the Classic Catches 
competition conducted by Channel 9 of Australian TV.

The results are as follows in the order of Ranking:

1. Krishnamachari Srikkant CAUGHT Peter Kirsten BOWLED Allan Donald

2. Allan Border CAUGHT Ajay Jadeja BOWLED Kapil Dev

3. Ian Botham CAUGHT Ian Healy BOWLED Michael Whitney

4. Dean Jones CAUGHT Chris Lewis BOWLED DeFraites

5. Steve Waugh CAUGHT and BOWLED Larson

6. Geoff Marsh CAUGHT Anurasiri BOWLED Kalpage

7. Craig McDermott CAUGHT DeFraites BOWLED Ian Botham



MORE STATISTICS ON WORLD CUP 1992
---------------------------------

Please Note : I do not have the full statistics on the
              final of the World Cup 1992. I'll update
              ASAP.


    		MOST NOBALLS (Excluding the finals)
                ------------

No. of No Balls     Bowler                 Country
-------------------------------------------------------

     18           Wasim Akram              Pakistan
     13           KIW Wijegunawardene      Sri Lanka
     13           MW Pringle               South Africa
     11           CPH Ramanayake           Sri Lanka
     11           DR Pringle               England
-------------------------------------------------------


		MOST WIDES (Excluding the finals)
		----------

No. of Wides        Bowler                 Country
--------------------------------------------------------
    42            Wasim Akram              Pakistan
    32            Allan Donald             South Africa
    18            SR Waugh                 Australia
    17            WKM Benjamin             West Indies
    17            Aaquib Javed             Pakistan
    17            PAJ DeFreitas            England 
    16            BM McMillan              South Africa
    16            Bruce Reid               Australia
    15            Kapil Dev                India
    15            CPH Ramanayake           Sri Lanka
    15            MW Pringle               South Africa
-------------------------------------------------------- 


		MOST RUNS CONCEDED (Excluding the finals)
                ------------------

Runs         Bowler                Country
-------------------------------------------------
355          EA Brandes            Zimbabwe
342          CZ Harris             New Zealand
326          Allan Donald          South Africa
312          CL Hooper             West Indies
310          RP Snell              South Africa
306          BM McMillan           South Africa
301          Aaquib Javed          Pakistan
301          W Watson              New Zealand
------------------------------------------------- 


		HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORES (Excluding the finals)
		-------------------------

Score       Batsman         Match                  Venue
--------------------------------------------------------------
119*      Rameez Raja     Pak vs NZ               Christchurch
115*      A Flower        Zim vs SL               New Plymouth
114       Aamir Sohail    Pak vs Zim              Hobart
110       PV Simmons      WI vs SL                Berri
102*      Rameez Raja     Pak vs WI               Melbourne
100*      Martin Crowe    NZ vs Aust              Auckland
100       David Boon      Aus vs NZ               Auckland
100       David Boon      Aus vs WI               Melbourne

* denotes not out
---------------------------------------------------------------


		MOST SIXES (INCLUDING the finals)
		----------  ********************	

Batsman                 Country            6s
-----------------------------------------------
MJ Greatbatch           New Zealand        12
MD Crowe                New Zealand         6
AC Waller               Zimbabwe            5
KLT Arthurton           West Indies         4
ME Waugh                Australia           4
-----------------------------------------------  


		MOST FOURS  (Excluding the finals)
		----------
	
Batsman                 Country             4s
------------------------------------------------
MD Crowe                New Zealand         47
AH Jones                New Zealand         41
DC Boon                 Australia           35
BC Lara                 West Indies         35
MJ GreatBatch           New Zealand         34
Rameez Raja             Pakistan            32
AC Hudson               South Africa        32
Aamir Sohail            Pakistan            32
------------------------------------------------


		MOST BALLS FACED (INCLUDING the finals) 
		----------------  ********************

Batsman             Country           Balls Faced
-------------------------------------------------
Javed Mianded       Pakistan              681
Peter Kirsten       South Africa          616
KC Wessels          South Africa          587
Rameez Raja         Pakistan              539
DC Boon             Australia             534
Aamir Sohail        Pakistan              531
AH Jones            New Zealand           523
MD Crowe            New Zealand           503
------------------------------------------------- 


		 
		MOST MINUTES BATTED (Excluding the finals)
		-------------------

Batsman            Country            Minutes
-------------------------------------------------
Javed Mianded      Pakistan             803
PN Kirsten         South Africa         731
KC Wessels         South Africa         716
MD Crowe           New Zealand          678
AH Jones           New Zealand          652
Aamir Sohail       Pakistan             650
-------------------------------------------------


TOTAL CAPACITY CROWD FOR THE WORLD CUP 1992 : 6,21,1214



Cheers,

Ramkumar
   


    

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