The achievers

World Cup's top run getters and wicket-takers

Sachin Tendulkar after his brilliant unbeaten 140 against Kenya at Bristol, has quitely moved into the top three position among batsmen in the World Cup. During his innings he surpassed West Indian Desmond Haynes (854 runs), Sri Lankan Arjuna Ranatunga (877), New Zealander Martin Crowe (880) and England's Graham Gooch (974) to this position. Tendulkar now needs just 26 runs to become the third batsman in WC history to reach 1000 runs. Pakistan's Javed Miandad (1083) and West Indian Viv Richards (1013) are the only batsman who have scored more runs than Tendulkar.

The table below lists the leading run scorers in the World Cup (records updated upto 23-5-1999, end of Aus-Pak match)

Player	Runs	Country	M	Inn	NO	Ave	HS	100	50	0
Javed Miandad	1083	PAK	33	30	5	43.32	103	1	8	2
Richards, IVA	1013	WI	23	21	5	63.31	181	3	5	0
Tendulkar, SR	974	IND	17	16	3	74.92	140*	3	6	0
Gooch, GA	897	ENG	21	21	1	44.85	115	1	8	1
Crowe, MD	880	NZ	21	21	5	55.00	100	1	8	1
Ranatunga, A	877	SL	28	27	8	46.16	88*	0	6	3
Haynes, DL	854	WI	25	25	2	37.13	105	1	3	0
Boon, DC	815	AUS	16	16	1	54.33	100	2	5	0
Waugh, ME	739	AUS	15	15	2	56.85	130	3	3	1
de Silva, PA	739	SL	23	22	3	38.47	145	2	3	1
Rameez Raja	700	PAK	16	16	3	53.85	119*	3	2	0
Azharuddin, M	696	IND	25	30	3	40.94	93	0	7	2
Waugh, SR	685	AUS	26	25	8	40.29	82	0	4	0
Kapil Dev, N	666	IND	26	24	6	37.17	175*	1	1	0
Imran Khan	666	PAK	28	24	5	35.05	102*	1	4	0
Lamb, AJ	656	ENG	19	17	4	50.46	102	1	3	0
Richardson, RB	639	WI	20	20	3	37.49	110	1	4	1
Lara, BC	638	WI	16	16	2	45.57	111	1	5	1
Turner, GM	612	NZ	14	14	4	61.20	171*	2	2	0
Aamir Sohail	598	PAK	16	16	0	37.38	114	2	4	1
Zaheer Abbas	597	PAK	14	14	2	49.75	103*	1	4	2
Greenidge, CG	591	WI	15	15	2	45.46	106*	2	4	0
Jones, DM	590	AUS	16	16	2	42.14	90	0	5	0
Marsh, GR	579	AUS	13	13	1	48.25	126*	2	2	0
Salim Malik	572	PAK	24	20	5	38.13	100	1	4	2
Hudson, AC	571	SA	12	12	0	47.58	161	1	4	0
Houghton, DL	566	ZIM	20	19	2	29.79	141	1	4	3
Gavaskar, SM	561	IND	19	19	3	35.06	103*	1	4	1
Mahanama, RS	543	SL	23	19	3	33.94	89	0	5	1
Srikkanth, K	521	IND	23	23	1	23.68	75	0	2	4
Wright, JG	492	NZ	18	18	0	27.33	69	0	3	2
Gurusinha, AP	482	SL	18	17	0	28.71	87	0	3	1
Waller, AC	479	ZIM	20	20	3	28.18	83*	0	2	1
Inzamam-ul-Haq	463	PAK	19	18	2	28.94	81	0	3	2
Stewart, AJ	456	ENG	18	16	1	30.40	88	0	3	1
Sidhu, NS	454	IND	12	10	0	45.40	93	0	6	0
Kirsten, G	453	SA	9	9	1	56.63	188*	1	1	0
Border, AR	452	AUS	25	24	0	18.83	67	0	1	2
Flower, A	438	ZIM	17	17	4	33.69	115*	1	1	0
Gatting, MW	437	ENG	15	13	2	39.73	60	0	3	0
Gower, DI	434	ENG	12	11	3	54.25	130	1	1	1
Cronje, WJ	429	SA	17	15	4	39.00	78	0	2	0
Jones, AH	416	NZ	13	13	2	37.82	78	0	4	0
Rutherford, KR	416	NZ	14	12	2	41.60	75	0	4	0
Mendis, LRD	412	SL	16	16	2	29.43	64	0	3	1
Kirsten, PN	410	SA	8	8	2	68.33	90	0	4	0
Wessels, KC	405	AUS/SA	12	12	2	40.50	85	0	4	0
Fairbrother, NH	394	ENG	17	13	4	43.78	75*	0	3	0
Lloyd, CH	393	WI	17	11	2	43.67	102	1	2	0
Ijaz Ahmed	376	PAK	22	19	3	23.50	70	0	3	4
Howarth, GP	374	NZ	11	11	1	37.40	76	0	4	0
Saeed Anwar	370	PAK	9	9	2	52.86	83*	0	3	0
Fowler, G	360	ENG	7	7	2	72.00	81*	0	4	0
Majid Khan	359	PAK	7	7	0	51.29	84	0	5	0
Ponting, RT	356	AUS	10	10	0	35.60	102	1	0	1
Jayasuriya, ST	335	SL	15	14	0	23.93	82	0	2	0
Tikolo, S	334	KEN	9	8	0	41.75	96	0	4	1
Simmons, PV	328	WI	10	9	0	36.44	110	1	2	1
Greatbatch, MJ	313	NZ	7	7	0	44.71	73	0	3	0
Dias, RL	310	SL	10	10	1	34.44	80	0	3	0
Wasim Akram	300	PAK	25	19	5	21.43	43	0	0	0
Chanderpaul, S	299	WI	8	8	1	42.71	80	0	3	0
Botham, IT	297	ENG	22	18	2	18.56	53	0	1	2
Jadeja, AD	296	IND	16	13	2	26.91	53	0	1	1
Manjrekar, SV	295	IND	11	11	0	26.82	62	0	1	1
Pycroft, AJ	295	ZIM	20	19	2	17.35	61	0	2	2
Smith, RA	293	ENG	10	10	2	36.63	91	0	2	1
Curran, KM	287	ZIM	11	11	0	26.09	73	0	2	1
Twose, RG	285	NZ	8	8	2	47.50	92	0	2	0
Logie, AL	282	WI	15	13	2	25.64	65*	0	2	1
Thorpe, GP	281	ENG	9	8	3	56.20	89	0	2	0
Shah, AH	266	ZIM	16	16	1	17.73	60*	0	1	2
Rhodes, JN	265	SA	16	14	2	22.08	43	0	0	0
Gomes, HA	258	WI	8	7	3	64.50	78	0	3	0
Flower, GW	257	ZIM	9	9	1	32.13	45	0	0	0
Amarnath, M	254	IND	14	12	0	21.17	80	0	1	0
Vengsarkar, DB	252	IND	11	10	3	36.00	63	0	1	0
Kallicharran, AI	251	WI	9	8	1	35.86	63	0	2	0
Kuruppu, DSBP	251	SL	11	11	0	22.82	72	0	2	1

Pakistani Wasim Akram, in the meanwhile has made the World Cup bowling aggregate record his own when he claimed his fourth wicket (Glenn McGrath) against Australia at Headingley, Leeds. He now has the maximum wickets (35) in his 25th World Cup match. The previous record was held by fellow Pakistani Imran Khan who had a tally of 34 wickets in 28 matches. The table below lists the leading wicket-takers in the World Cup (records updated upto 23-5-1999, end of Aus-Pak match)

Top wicket-takers in the World Cup (updated upto 23-5-1999)

Player	Wkts	For	M	B	R	Ave	Best	SR	ER	5
Wasim Akram	35	PAK	25	1284	868	24.80	4/32	36.69	67.60	0
Imran Khan	34	PAK	28	1017	655	19.26	4/37	29.91	64.41	0
Botham, IT	30	ENG	22	1332	762	25.40	4/31	44.40	57.21	0
de Freitas, PAJ	29	ENG	22	1127	742	25.59	3/28	38.86	65.84	0
Kapil Dev, N	28	IND	26	1422	892	31.86	5/43	50.79	62.73	1
Donald, AA	27	SA	16	816	531	19.67	4/17	30.22	65.07	0
McDermott, CJ	27	AUS	17	894	599	22.19	5/44	33.11	67.00	1
Mushtaq Ahmed	26	PAK	15	810	549	21.12	3/16	31.15	67.78	0
Roberts, AME	26	WI	16	1021	552	21.23	3/32	39.27	54.06	0
Waugh, SR	25	AUS	26	1027	806	32.24	3/36	41.08	78.48	0
Abdul Qadir	24	PAK	13	814	506	21.08	5/44	33.92	62.16	1
Harris, CZ	24	NZ	15	703	541	22.54	3/15	29.29	79.96	0
Prabhakar, M	24	IND	19	871	640	26.67	4/19	36.29	73.48	0
Walsh, CA	23	WI	14	786	492	21.39	4/25	34.17	62.60	0
Hadlee, RJ	22	NZ	13	877	421	19.14	5/25	39.86	48.00	1
Madan Lal, S	22	IND	11	698	426	19.36	4/20	31.73	61.03	0
Srinath, J	21	IND	18	893	677	32.24	3/34	42.52	75.81	0
Holding, MA	20	WI	11	695	341	17.05	4/33	34.75	49.06	0
Binny, RMH	19	IND	9	570	382	20.11	4/29	30.00	67.02	0
Watson, W	19	NZ	14	792	571	30.05	3/37	41.68	72.10	0
Aaqib Javed	18	PAK	15	746	517	28.72	3/21	41.44	69.30	0
Ambrose, CEL	18	WI	14	806	441	24.50	3/28	44.83	54.65	0
de Mel, ALF	18	SL	9	542	449	24.94	5/32	30.11	82.84	2
Harper, RA	18	WI	14	792	488	27.11	4/47	44.00	61.62	o
Kumble, A	18	IND	9	538	365	20.28	3/28	29.89	67.84	o
Willis, RGD	18	ENG	11	709	315	17.50	4/11	39.39	44.43	o
Fleming, DW	17	AUS	9	436	320	18.82	5/36	25.65	73.39	1
McMillan, BM	17	SA	15	696	433	25.47	3/11	40.94	62.21	0
Warne, SK	17	AUS	10	591	396	23.29	>4/21	48.44	82.58	0
Old, CM	16	ENG	9	543	243	15.19	4/8	33.94	44.75	0
Sarfraz Nawaz	16	PAK	11	714	435	27.19	4/44	44.63	60.92	0
Traicos, AJ	16	ZIM	20	1128	673	42.06	3/35	70.50	59.66	0
Hooper, CL	15	WI	14	726	493	32.87	3/42	48.40	67.91	0
Larsen, GR	15	NZ	13	684	381	25.40	3/16	45.60	55.70	0
Patterson, BP	15	WI	7	396	278	18.53	3/31	26.40	70.20	0
Benjamin, WKM	14	WI	13	738	515	36.79	3/27	52.71	69.78	0
Cairns, BL	14	NZ	11	692	436	31.14	3/36	49.43	63.01	0
Chatfield, EJ	14	NZ	13	789	525	37.50	2/24	56.36	66.54	0
Maninder Singh	14	IND	7	420	280	20.00	3/21	30.00	66.67	0
Marshall, MD	14	WI	11	678	349	24.93	3/28	48.43	51.47	0
Strang, PA	14	ZIM	9	361	273	19.50	5/21	25.79	75.62	1
Garner, J	13	WI	8	540	289	22.23	5/38	41.54	53.52	1
Hemmings, EE	13	ENG	6	357	274	21.08	4/52	27.46	76.75	0
Marks, VJ	13	ENG	7	468	246	18.92	5/39	36.00	52.56	1
McKechnie, BJ	13	NZ	8	539	304	23.38	3/24	41.16	56.40	0
Muralidharan, M	13	SL	9	523	303	23.31	3/25	40.23	57.94	0
Patel, DN	13	NZ	17	840	554	42.62	3/36	64.62	65.95	0
Raju, SLV	13	IND	11	529	366	28.15	3/30	40.69	69.19	0
Waqar Younis	13	PAK	6	324	253	19.46	4/26	24.92	78.09	0
Butchart, IP	12	ZIM	17	702	640	53.33	3/57	58.50	91.17	0
Coney, JV	12	NZ	10	534	303	25.25	3/28	44.50	56.74	0
Cummins, AC	12	WI	6	354	246	20.50	4/33	29.50	69.49	0
Illingworth, RK	12	ENG	10	589	424	35.33	3/33	49.08	71.99	0
Lillee, DK	12	AUS	9	588	400	33.33	5/34	49.00	68.03	1
Ratnayake, RJ	12	SL	9	534	437	36.42	2/18	44.50	81.84	1
Rawson, PWE	12	ZIM	10	571	427	35.58	3/47	47.58	74.78	0
Shastri, RJ	12	IND	14	555	389	32.42	3/26	46.25	70.09	0
Wickramasinghe, GP	12	SL	15	703	533	44.42	3/30	58.58	75.82	0
Gilmour, GJ	11	AUS	2	144	62	5.64	6/14	13.09	43.62	2
Gough, D	11	ENG	9	478	355	32.27	4/34	43.45	74.27	0
Shah, AH	11	ZIM	16	627	456	41.45	2/17	57.00	72.73	0
Small, GC	11	ENG	13	618	458	41.64	2/29	56.18	74.11	0
Asif Iqbal	10	PAK	5	354	215	21.50	4/56	35.40	60.73	0
Boyce, KD	10	WI	5	312	185	18.50	4/50	31.20	59.29	0
de Silva, DS	10	SL	11	660	463	46.30	3/29	66.00	70.15	0
Hendrick, M	10	ENG	5	336	149	14.90	4/15	33.60	44.35	0
Hogg, RM	10	AUS	8	468	271	27.10	3/40	46.80	57.91	0
Julien, BD	10	WI	5	360	177	17.70	4/20	36.00	49.17	0
Prasad, BKV	10	IND	9	500	381	38.10	3/45	50.00	76.20	0
Ratnayeke, JR	10	SL	6	324	313	31.30	3/41	32.40	96.60	0
Richards, IVA	10	WI	23	498	345	34.50	3/41	49.80	69.28	0
Snedden, MC	10	NZ	9	491	454	45.40	2/35	49.10	92.46	0
Vaas, WPUJC	10	SL	9	474	313	31.30	3/46	47.40	66.03	0

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