World Cup 2019: Players with most sixes, fours, best batting average after Sri Lanka vs West Indies match

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After the defeat against India at Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, West Indies faced another defeat in ICC World Cup 2019 on Monday, this time against Sri Lanka. Chasing a mammoth target of 339, West Indies batsmen, barring Nicholas Pooran, failed to impress with their performance.

The likes of Chris Gayle, Sunil Ambris and Shai Hope failed to put up a decent show, thereby handing over victory to Sri Lanka, who displayed good cricket in all departments of the game.

Nicholas Pooran and Fabian Allen, who scored 118 and 51 respectively, emerged as the only face savers for West Indies. Despite batting for all 50 overs, West Indies could gather just 315 runs.

Sri Lankan batting was led by Avishka Fernando, who displayed good batting and scored 104 off 103 balls at a strike rate of just over 100. The second highest scorer for the team was Kusal Perera, who scored 64 off 51 balls before being run out by Sheldon Cottrell. Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, opener Dimuth Karunaratne and Angelo Mathews scored 45, 39, 32 and 26 runs, respectively.

The bowling attack of Sri Lanka was led from the front by Lasith Malinga as the pacer managed to bag three wickets by conceding 55 runs in 10 overs. The other wicket takers for Sri Lanka were Kasun Rajitha, Jeffrey Vandersay and Angelo Mathews, claiming one wicket each.

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

Most Sixes:

England captain Eoin Morgan continues to emerge as the leading player in the list of those hitting the maximum number of sixes in ICC World Cup 2019 so far. His topping the chart began with his scintillation knock against Afghanistan wherein the English skipper hit 17 sixes. Morgan has hit a total of 22 sixes in as many as eight matches.

Australian Aaron Finch is the second name in the list, with 18 sixes in his kitty while Chris Gayle of West Indies has hit 12 sixes so far.

Rohit Sharma is the only Indian player in the list of top 10 batsmen with maximum sixes in the tournament so far. He has hit seven sixes.

Pos	Player	Team	6s	Matches	Innings	Runs
1	Eoin Morgan	ENG	22	8	7	275
2	Aaron Finch	AUS	18	8	8	504
3	Chris Gayle	WI	12	8	7	235
4	Jonny Bairstow	ENG	10	8	8	356
5	Ben Stokes	ENG	9	8	8	370
6	Nicholas Pooran	WI	9	8	7	309
7	Jos Buttler	ENG	8	8	7	242
8	Jason Roy	ENG	7	5	4	281
9	Rohit Sharma	IND	7	6	6	440
10	Carlos Brathwaite	WI	7	7	5	140

Most Fours:

David Warner of Australia leads the list by hitting as many as 49 boundaries while it is Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh, who is at the second spot with just one four short. Australian Aaron Finch, who maintains a strike rate of 102.43 in the tournament has hit 47 4s. Rohit Sharma from India is also in the top 5, having hit 46 boundaries so far.

Pos	Player	Team	4s	Matches	Innings	Runs
1	David Warner	AUS	49	8	8	516
2	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	48	6	6	476
3	Aaron Finch	AUS	47	8	8	504
4	Rohit Sharma	IND	46	6	6	440
5	Jonny Bairstow	ENG	40	8	8	356
6	Kane Williamson	NZ	39	7	6	454
7	Babar Azam	PAK	39	7	7	378
8	Joe Root	ENG	39	8	8	476
9	Ben Stokes	ENG	33	8	8	370
10	Virat Kohli	IND	32	6	6	382

Best Batting Average:

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, who has scored 454 runs in six innings in the tournament so far continues to top the list. He currently has a batting average of 113.50 and a strike rate of 77.87. The second name in the list is that of firebrand Bangladeshi cricketer Shakib Al Hasan, with a batting average of 95.20.

Pos	Player	Team	Avg	Matches	Innings	Runs
1	Kane Williamson	NZ	113.50	7	6	454
2	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	95.20	6	6	476
3	Rohit Sharma	IND	88.00	6	6	440
4	David Warner	AUS	73.71	8	8	516
5	Jason Roy	ENG	70.25	5	4	281
6	Joe Root	ENG	68.00	8	8	476
7	Mushfiqur Rahim	BAN	65.40	6	6	327
8	Liton Das	BAN	65.00	3	3	130
9	Virat Kohli	IND	63.66	6	6	382
10	Aaron Finch	AUS	63.00	8	8	504

Best Bowling Figures:

Australian Mitchell Starc’s 5/26 against New Zealand at the Lord’s Cricket Ground remains the best bowling figure of ICC World Cup 2019 till now. Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh and Mohammad Amir of Pakistan have also taken a five-wicket haul each and remain on the second and the third slot.

Pos	Player	Team	Avg	Against	Venue	Match Date
1	Mitchell Starc	AUS	5/26	NZ	Lord's Cricket Ground	29/06/2019
2	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	5/29	AFG	The Ageas Bowl	24/06/2019
3	Mohammad Amir	PAK	5/30	AUS	The County Ground	12/06/2019
4	Jimmy Neesham	NZ	5/31	AFG	The County Ground	08/06/2019
5	Jason Behrendorff	AUS	5/44	ENG	Lord's Cricket Ground	25/06/2019
6	Mitchell Starc	AUS	5/46	WI	Trent Bridge	06/06/2019
7	Mohammed Shami	IND	5/69	ENG	Edgbaston	30/06/2019
8	Mohammed Shami	IND	4/16	WI	Old Trafford	27/06/2019
9	Oshane Thomas	WI	4/27	PAK	Trent Bridge	31/05/2019
10	Imran Tahir	SA	4/29	AFG	Cardiff Wales Stadium	15/06/2019

Best bowling strike rate:

The top two slots in the category are held by Mohammed Shami and Vijay Shankar of India, who hold a bowling strike rate of 12.07 and 16.00 in three matches.

Pos	Player	Team	SR	Matches	Innings	Runs
1	Mohammad Shami	IND	12.07	3	3	125
2	Mitchell Starc	AUS	18.58	8	8	373
3	Jimmy Neesham	NZ	20.00	7	6	159
4	Jason Behrendorff	AUS	21.00	3	3	134
5	Kane Richardson	AUS	21.20	2	2	109
6	Lockie Ferguson	NZ	22.47	7	7	316
7	Andre Russell	WI	22.60	4	4	97
8	Shaheen Afridi	PAK	22.80	4	4	199
9	Mohammad Amir	PAK	24.75	7	7	327
10	Mohammad Saifuddin	BAN	25.20	5	5	281

A total of 10 teams namely England, India, Australia, New Zealand, Bangladesh, South Africa, West Indies, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are featuring in the 2019 edition of the quadrennial event.