da roleta: Aasif Karim’s figures of 8.2-6-7-3 are the 8th most economical at 0.84 runsper over in a World Cup match by a bowler bowling at least 5 overs

WCOC Press Release16-Mar-2003Aasif Karim’s figures of 8.2-6-7-3 are the 8th most economical at 0.84 runsper over in a World Cup match by a bowler bowling at least 5 overs.The following bowlers have conceded less than 1 run per over in a World Cupmatch:

RPO  Figures   Name         For          Against      Venue        Year0.40 5-3-2-1   DA Reeve     England      Pakistan     Adelaide     19920.50 12-8-6-1  BS Bedi      India        East Africa  Leeds        19750.62 8-4-5-1   M Hendrick   England      Canada       Manchester   19790.80 10-4-8-2  CEL Ambrose  West Indies  Scotland     Leicester    19990.80 10-5-8-4  CM Old       England      Canada       Manchester   19790.80 5-2-4-0   B Wood       England      India        Lord's       19750.83 12-6-10-0 RJ Hadlee    New Zealand  East Africa  Birmingham   19750.84 8.2-6-7-3 AY Karim     Kenya        Australia    Durban       20030.91 12-5-11-2 DS de Silva  Sri Lanka    New Zealand  Derby        19830.91 12-6-11-4 JA Snow      England      East Africa  Birmingham   19750.96 8.2-5-8-3 DR Pringle   England      Pakistan     Adelaide     1992(Minimum 5 overs)

The record for most runs in a World Cup tournament was passed by SachinTendulkar earlier in this year’s event. In the Australia v Kenya match the record for the most wicket-keeping dismissals and catches by a fielder in a tournament were both passed. Adam Gilchrist now has 18 dismissals (all ct) in this tournament, passing the 16 (15 ct, 1 st) by Jeff Dujon (WI) in 1983 and 16 (12 ct, 4 st) by Moin Khan (Pak) in 1999. Gilchrist now has 32 dismissals (30 ct, 2 st) in his World Cup career, passing Moin Khan’s career record of 30 (23 ct, 7 st).In the fielding department, Ricky Ponting now has 10 catches in thistournament, passing the record of 8 by Anil Kumble (Ind) in 1996 and Daryll Cullinan (SA) in 1999. Dinesh Mongia (Ind) has also taken 8 catches at this year’s tournament. Ponting has now taken 17 catches in his World Cup career, passing Chris Cairns’ career record of 16.Chaminda Vaas has now taken 20 wickets (avg 14.85) in this tournament. Thisequals the record of 20 wickets in a tournament set by Geoff Allott (NZ) (avg 16.25) and Shane Warne (Aus) (avg 18.05) in 1999.