A look at the World Cup squads' numbers, and how they stack up against each other
World Cup 2015 squads: average ages
Only two squads' average age at World Cup 2015 is over 30: UAE and
Sri Lanka. UAE have the two oldest players in the tournament, former captain Khurram Khan and
newly-appointed leader Mohammad Tauqir,
who, incidentally, are born on the same day: June 21, 1971. That means they'll
start the tournament at 43+. The only other player over 40 in the tournament is
Pakistan's Misbah-ul-Haq.
The youngest player in the tournament is 18-year-old Afghanistan batsman Usman Ghani,
who was born on November 20, 1996. Bangladesh beat Afghanistan to the title of
youngest team in the tournament by the narrowest of margins, averaging 25 to
Afghanistan's 25.05. The average age, overall, at World Cup 2015 is 28.4.
World Cup 2015 squads: most ODIs
Sri Lanka are by far the most experienced squad at World Cup 2015.
In Mahela
Jayawardene,Kumar Sangakkara and Tillakaratne
Dilshan, they have three of the four players in the tournament who
have played more than 300 ODIs; Pakistan's Shahid Afridi is
the fourth. Jayawardene is the only one with more than 400 (he had played 434
ODIs by the squad deadline day). That all adds up to Sri Lanka having played a
whopping 757 ODIs more than the second most capped side, Pakistan. New Zealand,
bolstered by Daniel Vettori and Brendon McCullum, come in at No. 3. Bangladesh,
South Africa and England are the only Full Members to aggregate fewer than 1000
ODIs. Only three players were picked for the World Cup without having debuted
in ODI cricket: Ireland pacer Peter Chase,
and West Indies batsman Jonathan Carter and
fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell.
World Cup 2015 squads: most ODI centuries
Unsurprisingly, Sri Lanka is the squad with the most ODI hundreds
going into the World Cup. India come in second, but the surprise is at No. 3:
as of squad deadline day, South Africa are placed third with an aggregate of 47
hundreds - just one shy of India - despite the fact that they are the second
least-experienced Full Member at the tournament. Virat Kohli and Chris Gaylehave
the most ODI hundreds, with 21 apiece. Only six other players picked for the
tournament have an ODI-centuries tally in double digits: Kumar Sangakkara, AB
de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Hashim Amla, Mahela Jayawardene and Ross
Taylor.
World Cup 2015 squads: most ODI four-fors
Sri Lanka edge out stiff competition from England, New Zealand,
West Indies and Australia as the team with the most four+ wicket hauls, as on
squad deadline day. Bangladesh, with 22, are ahead of Pakistan and India, and
just one shy of South Africa. Lasith Malinga (16)
has almost half of Sri Lanka's 34 four-fors, while Shahid Afridi (13)
has two-thirds of Pakistan's 19. The only other bowlers at the tournament with
10 or more four-fors in ODI cricket are England's James Anderson and Stuart
Broad, and Australia's Mitchell Johnson.
Note: All
stats have been calculated with the numbers as they stand on the squad deadline
day - January 7, 2015.
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