World Cup 2019: Players with most sixes, fours, best batting average after South Africa vs Sri Lanka tie

Sri Lanka will now have to win their remaining two matches and hope for a collective collapse from England, Pakistan and Bangladesh in order to make it into the semi-final of the mega event.

After restricting Sri Lanka to a lowly total, skipper Faf du Plessis and opener Hashim Amla shared a huge unbeaten stand of 175 runs to guide South Africa to a nine-wicket win over the Dimuth Karunaratne-led side in the 35th match of the 2019 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup at the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Stree on Friday. 

Opting to field first, Dwaine Pretorius (three for 25) and Chris Morris (three for 46) produced a terrific performance with the ball to help South Africa bundle Sri Lanka out for a paltry score of 203 in 49.3 overs.  

Besides the duo, Kagiso Rabada bagged a two-wicket haul, while JP Duminy and Andile Phehlukwayo also chipped in with a wicket each. 

For Sri Lanka, Kusal Perera and Avishka Fernando were the highest scorers for Sri Lanka with 30 runs each. 

Chasing the target, Amla (80 off 105 balls) and Du Plessis (96 off 103 balls) not only notched up blistering half-centuries but also shared a mammoth 175-run union for the second wicket to help their side cross the mark in just 37.2 overs. 

Sri Lanka will now have to win their remaining two matches against West Indies and India and hope for a collective collapse from England, Pakistan and Bangladesh in order to make it into the semi-final of the mega event.

Let us take a look at the list of players with most sixes, fours, best batting average and best bowling figures after South Africa vs Sri Lanka clash: 

Most Sixes 

England captain Eoin Morgan is comfortably standing at the top spot in the list of players with most sixes in the ongoing 2019 edition of the ICC World Cup.

Morgan created a world record of most sixes by a player in an ODI inning when he scored 17 maximums during England's 2019 World Cup match against Afghanistan at the Old Trafford in Manchester on June 18. He has a total of 22 sixes to his name from six innings he has played so far.

Australian skipper Aaron Finch and West Indies swashbuckling batsman Chris Gayle are placed at the second and third spots with 18 and 10 sixes, respectively. 

Pos	Player	Team	6s	Matches	Innings	Runs
1	Eoin Morgan	ENG	22	7	6	274
2	Aaron Finch	AUS	18	7	7	496
3	Chris Gayle	WI	10	7	6	200
4	Rohit Sharma	IND	7	5	5	338
5	Carlos Brathwaite	WI	7	6	4	132
6	Jos Buttler	ENG	6	7	6	222
7	Ben Stokes	ENG	6	7	7	291
8	David Warner	AUS	6	7	7	500
9	Glenn Maxwell	AUS	6	7	7	142
10	Rassie van der Dussen	SA	6	8	5	215

Most Fours

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is holding the record of most boundaries in the ongoing cricket's showpiece event. Shakib is leading the list with a total of 48 fours from six matches.

Australian opener David Warner occupies the second spot after scoring 46 fours in a total of 500 runs he amassed from seven matches. Though Australian skipper Aaron Finch also has 46 boundaries to his name from seven matches, he is placed at the third position after scoring fewer runs than Warner.  

Pos	Player	Team	4s	Matches	Innings	Runs
1	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	48	6	6	476
2	David Warner	AUS	46	7	7	500
3	Aaron Finch	AUS	46	7	7	496
4	Joe Root	ENG	37	7	7	432
5	Kane Williamson	NZ	37	6	5	414
6	Babar Azam	PAK	34	6	6	333
7	Rohit Sharma	IND	31	5	5	338
8	Jonny Bairstow	ENG	30	7	7	245
9	Faf du Plessis	SA	29	8	7	287
10	Ben Stokes	ENG	27	7	7	291

Best batting average

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson continues to maintain the best batting average in the 2019 ICC World Cup. Williamson has sscored a total of 414 runs in five innings he played at a batting average of 138. 

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and India's Rohit Sharma are standing at the second and third positions with the batting average of 95.20 and 84.50, respectively.

Pos	Player	Team	Avg	Matches	Innings	Runs
1	Kane Williamson	NZ	138.00	6	5	414
2	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	95.20	6	6	476
3	Rohit Sharma	IND	84.50	5	5	338
4	David Warner	AUS	83.33	7	7	500
5	Joe Root	ENG	72.00	7	7	432
6	Jason Roy	ENG	71.66	4	3	215
7	Aaron Finch	AUS	70.85	7	7	496
8	Babar Azam	PAK	66.60	6	6	333
9	Mushfiqur Rahim	BAN	65.40	6	6	327
10	Liton Das	BAN	65.00	3	3	130

Best bowling figures

Shakib Al Hasan's career-best figures of five for 29 against Afghanistan at the Ageas Bowl on Monday still remains the best bowling figures of the 2019 edition of the marquee event. 

Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir and New Zealand's Jimmy Neesham occupy the second and third spots after bagging five wickets each while conceding 30 and 31 runs, respectively. 

Pos	Player	Team	Avg	Against	Venue	Match Date
1	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	5/29	AFG	The Ageas Bowl	24/06/2019
2	Mohammad Amir	PAK	5/30	AUS	The County Ground	12/06/2019
3	Jimmy Neesham	NZ	5/31	AFG	The County Ground	08/06/2019
4	Jason Behrendorff	AUS	5/44	ENG	Lord's Cricket Ground	25/06/2019
5	Mitchell Starc	AUS	5/46	WI	Trent Bridge	06/06/2019
6	Mohammed Shami	IND	4/16	WI	Old Trafford	27/06/2019
7	Oshane Thomas	WI	4/27	PAK	Trent Bridge	31/05/2019
8	Imran Tahir	SA	4/29	AFG	Cardiff Wales Stadium	15/06/2019
9	Trent Boult	NZ	4/30	WI	Old Trafford	22/06/2019
10	Mohammad Nabi	AFG	4/30	SL	Cardiff Wales Stadium	04/06/2019

Best bowling strike-rate

Indian fast bowler Mohammad Shami currently holds the record of best bowling strike rate in the 2019 World Cup. Shami maintains the bowling strike rate of 12.12 after just two innings he played for the Men in Blue so far to stand ahead of the Australian duo of Jason Behrendorff (19.00 strike rate in two games) and Mitchell Starc (20.42 in seven innings)

Pos	Player	Team	SR	Matches	Innings	Runs
1	Mohammad Shami	IND	12.12	2	2	56
2	Jason Behrendorff	AUS	19.00	2	2	103
3	Mitchell Starc	AUS	20.42	7	7	347
4	Jimmy Neesham	NZ	20.57	6	5	131
5	Mohammad Amir	PAK	21.00	6	6	286
6	Kane Richardson	AUS	21.20	2	2	109
7	Lockie Ferguson	NZ	21.46	6	6	267
8	Andre Russell	WI	22.60	4	4	97
9	Mark Wood	ENG	23.76	6	6	262
10	Jofra Archer	ENG	23.93	7	7	325

A total of 10 teams-- England, India, Australia, New Zealand, Bangladesh, South Africa, West Indies, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are playing in the 2019 edition of the cricket's showpiece event.