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World Cup - Highest Team Totals

The West Indian pitches look to be a batsmen paradise with
already 16 300+ team totals scored excluding 1 in the
Warm up matches scored by India against Netherlands.
Here are the Top Ten.

	Score	Team	Agst.	Stage	Venue	W/L/D
1	413/5 (50 overs)	IND	BER	Group	Trinidad	W
2	377/6 (50 overs)	AUS	SA	Group	St Kitts	W
3	363/5 (50 overs)	NZ	CAN	Group	St Lucia	W
4	358/5 (50 overs)	AUS	NET	Group	St Kitts	W
5	356/4 (50 overs)	SA	WI	Super8	Grenada	W
6	353/3 (40 overs)	SA	NET	Group	St Kitts	W
7	349/10 (49.5 overs)	PAK	ZIM	Group	Jamaica	W
8	348/6 (50 overs)	AUS	NZ	Super8	Grenada	W
9	334/6 (50 overs)	AUS	SCO	Group	St Kitts	W
10	331/7 (50 overs)	NZ	KEN	Group	St Lucia	W

World Cup - Most runs in 4's & 6's

	Name	Country	Runs in 4's & 6's	4's	6's	% of Total Runs
1	ML Hayden	AUS	212	38	10	60.92
2	SP Fleming	NZ	176	32	8	62.86
3	GC Smith	SA	176	35	6	60.48
4	ST Jayasuriya	SL	162	24	11	58.27
5	RT Ponting	AUS	154	25	9	58.78
6	AC Gilchrist	AUS	140	32	2	66.35
7	AB de Villiers	SA	126	27	3	81.82
8	Imran Nazir	PAK	122	17	9	64.21
9	SB Styris	NZ	118	25	3	45.74
10	MJ Clarke	AUS	114	18	7	47.30

World Cup - Top 10 Wicket Takers

	Name	Country	Wickets	Overs	Ave	SR	Econ	BBF
1	GD McGrath	AUS	26	80.5	13.73	18.60	4.41	3 for 14
2	M Muralitharan	SL	23	84.4	15.26	22.00	4.14	4 for 19
3	SW Tait	AUS	23	84.3	20.30	22.00	5.52	4 for 39
4	GB Hogg	AUS	21	82.5	15.80	23.60	4.00	4 for 27
5	SL Malinga	SL	18	58.2	15.77	19.40	4.86	4 for 54
6	NW Bracken	AUS	16	71.4	16.12	26.80	3.60	4 for 19
7	DL Vettori	NZ	16	97.4	27.93	36.60	4.57	4 for 23
8	A Flintoff	ENG	14	69	21.28	29.50	4.31	4 for 43
9	AJ Hall	SA	14	76	23.92	32.50	4.40	5 for 18
10	CK Langeveldt	SA	14	66	25.78	28.20	5.46	5 for 39

World Cup - Top 10 Run Scorers

	Name	Country	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	50/100
1	ML Hayden	AUS	11	11	1	659	158	73.22	101.07	1/3
2	DPMD Jayawardhane	SL	11	11	2	548	115*	60.88	85.09	4/1
3	RT Ponting	AUS	11	9	1	539	113	67.37	95.39	4/1
4	SB Styris	NZ	10	9	3	499	111*	83.16	83.44	4/1
5	JH Kallis	SA	10	9	3	485	128*	80.83	83.91	3/1
6	ST Jayasuriya	SL	11	11	1	467	115	46.70	98.31	2/2
7	AC Gilchrist	AUS	11	11	1	453	149	45.30	103.89	2/1
8	KP Pietersen	ENG	9	9	1	444	104	55.50	81.02	3/2
9	GC Smith	SA	10	10	1	443	91	49.22	104.48	5/0
10	MJ Clarke	AUS	11	9	4	436	93*	87.20	94.98	4/0

World Cup 2007 - Points Table

So friends the Super Eight stage has reached its last stages and we have the top four teams getting ready for the semifinals. As expected, Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and South Africa have made it to the final four leaving behind the hosts West Indies and England. Even Bangladesh and the debutants Eire did put up a great fight but not great enough to secure them a spot in the semifinals

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