Rule change #1:
WI beat RSA yet had a poorer NRR because
WI: 278 from 50 overs RR: 5.56
RSA: 275 from 49 overs RR:5.61
I think it's wrong that a team can win yet have a poorer RR, and thus, a negative NRR. To fix this, RSA should have been credited as facing 50 overs, not 49, such being the penalty for their slow over rate.
Rule Change #2:
As I understand it, a batsman is credited with having faced a delivery if it is legal, or if it is not called a wide. I believe that this is because by definition, a batsman was not given the chance to score if a ball is called a wide. The situation happened last night where a bowler bowled a noball which would have otherwise been called a wide. Therefore, the batsman was credited as having faced that delivery because it was a noball, and not a wide. In such a situation, the call should be changed from noball to wide, and the batsman not credited as having faced that delivery.
Stats:
Most runs conceded off an only over bowled by a bowler in an ODI:
23 C Sharma Ind v NZ Delhi Nov 3, 1994
23 SR Tendulkar Ind v Ken Bristol May 23, 1999
21 S Wettimuny SL v Aus Colombo Apr 30, 1983
21 ADR Campbell Zim v Ind Rajkot Dec 14, 2000
21 CL Cairns NZ v WI Port Elizabeth Feb 13, 2003
20 GW Flower Zim v Ind Singapore Sep 4, 1999
Most ODIs before first century:
Match Score
187 102* SR Waugh Aus v SL Melbourne Jan 16, 96
153 101* A Ranatunga SL v Pak Durban Dec 2, 94
107 103* SM Gavaskar Ind v NZ Nagpur Oct 31, 87
105 101 JG Wright NZ v Eng Napier Mar 16, 88
103 108 KR Rutherford NZ v Ind Baroda Oct 28, 94
97 105 MA Taylor Aus v Ind Bangalore Oct 21, 96
91 117* AP Gurusinha SL v NZ Sharjah Apr 18, 94
85 121 JN Rhodes RSA v Pak Nairobi Sep 29, 96
83 109* AL Logie WI v Pak Kingston Mar 12, 88
79 110 SR Tendulkar Ind v Aus Colombo Sep 9, 94
77 104 PA de Silva SL v Ind Nagpur Dec 1, 90
72 107 RS Mahanama SL v NZ Colombo Dec 13, 92
71 104 HP Tillakaratne SL v WI Bombay Nov 9, 93
71 140 ST Jaysuriya SL v NZ Bloemfontein Dec 8, 94
Most ODIs without a century (min. 20 games min. batting average > 30.00):
Ms Avg
88 30.72 JV Coney (NZ)
87 35.65 AH Jones (NZ)
82 37.19 GP Thorpe (Eng)
71 31.22 Younis Khan (Pak)
52 42.28 HH Dippenaar (SAf)
Most career World Cup appearances without scoring a run:
18 GD McGrath (Aus)
9 GI Allott (NZ)
6 DS Mohanty (Ind)
5 PJ Bakker (Net)
5 WW Davis (WI)
4 CEH Croft (WI)
4 C Sharma (Ind)
10-wicket wins in World Cup competition:
EAf (120ao) v Ind (123-0) Leeds Jun 11, 1975
Zim (171ao) v WI (172-0) Birmingham Jun 20, 1983
Pak (220-2) v WI (221-0) Melbourne Feb 23, 1992
Ken (140ao) v SAf (142-0) Potchefstroom Feb 12, 2003
Dismissed by the first ball they faced on their World Cup debuts:
HR Shah EAf v NZ Birmingham Jun 7, 1975
DL Houghton Zim v Aus Nottingham Jun 9, 1983
R Walters Nam v Zim Harare Feb 10, 2003
Highest individual scores from each batting position in World Cup competition:
1st 172* CB Wishart Zim v Nam Harare Feb 10, 2003
2nd 188* G Kirsten SAf v UAE Rawalpindi Feb 16, 1996
3rd 145 RS Dravid Ind v SL Taunton May 26, 1999
4th 181 IVA Richards WI v SL Karachi Oct 13, 1987
5th 130 CZ Harris NZ v Aus Madras Mar 11, 1996
6th 175* Kapil Dev Ind v Zim Tunbridge Wells Jun 18, 1983
7th 77 Shahid Mahboob Pak v SL Leeds Jun 16, 1983
8th 61* DL Murray WI v Pak Birmingham Jun 11, 1975
9th 59* RG de Alwis SL v Pak Swansea Jun 9, 1983
10th 40 MC Snedden NZ v SL Derby Jun 18, 1983
11th 37 J Garner WI v Ind Manchester Jun 9, 1983
ODIs won by a non full-ICC member against a full-ICC member (with winning margins):
SL bt Ind Manchester Jun 16, 1979 47r
Zim bt Aus Nottingham Jun 11, 1983 13r
Zim bt Eng Albury Mar 18, 1992 9r
Ken bt WI Poona Feb 29, 1996 73r
Ken bt Ind Gwalior May 8, 1998 69r
BD bt Pak Northampton May 31, 1999 62r
Ken bt Ind Port Elizabeth Oct 17, 2001 70r
Can bt BD Durban Feb 11, 2003 60r
enjoy.
WI beat RSA yet had a poorer NRR because
WI: 278 from 50 overs RR: 5.56
RSA: 275 from 49 overs RR:5.61
I think it's wrong that a team can win yet have a poorer RR, and thus, a negative NRR. To fix this, RSA should have been credited as facing 50 overs, not 49, such being the penalty for their slow over rate.
Rule Change #2:
As I understand it, a batsman is credited with having faced a delivery if it is legal, or if it is not called a wide. I believe that this is because by definition, a batsman was not given the chance to score if a ball is called a wide. The situation happened last night where a bowler bowled a noball which would have otherwise been called a wide. Therefore, the batsman was credited as having faced that delivery because it was a noball, and not a wide. In such a situation, the call should be changed from noball to wide, and the batsman not credited as having faced that delivery.
Stats:
Most runs conceded off an only over bowled by a bowler in an ODI:
23 C Sharma Ind v NZ Delhi Nov 3, 1994
23 SR Tendulkar Ind v Ken Bristol May 23, 1999
21 S Wettimuny SL v Aus Colombo Apr 30, 1983
21 ADR Campbell Zim v Ind Rajkot Dec 14, 2000
21 CL Cairns NZ v WI Port Elizabeth Feb 13, 2003
20 GW Flower Zim v Ind Singapore Sep 4, 1999
Most ODIs before first century:
Match Score
187 102* SR Waugh Aus v SL Melbourne Jan 16, 96
153 101* A Ranatunga SL v Pak Durban Dec 2, 94
107 103* SM Gavaskar Ind v NZ Nagpur Oct 31, 87
105 101 JG Wright NZ v Eng Napier Mar 16, 88
103 108 KR Rutherford NZ v Ind Baroda Oct 28, 94
97 105 MA Taylor Aus v Ind Bangalore Oct 21, 96
91 117* AP Gurusinha SL v NZ Sharjah Apr 18, 94
85 121 JN Rhodes RSA v Pak Nairobi Sep 29, 96
83 109* AL Logie WI v Pak Kingston Mar 12, 88
79 110 SR Tendulkar Ind v Aus Colombo Sep 9, 94
77 104 PA de Silva SL v Ind Nagpur Dec 1, 90
72 107 RS Mahanama SL v NZ Colombo Dec 13, 92
71 104 HP Tillakaratne SL v WI Bombay Nov 9, 93
71 140 ST Jaysuriya SL v NZ Bloemfontein Dec 8, 94
Most ODIs without a century (min. 20 games min. batting average > 30.00):
Ms Avg
88 30.72 JV Coney (NZ)
87 35.65 AH Jones (NZ)
82 37.19 GP Thorpe (Eng)
71 31.22 Younis Khan (Pak)
52 42.28 HH Dippenaar (SAf)
Most career World Cup appearances without scoring a run:
18 GD McGrath (Aus)
9 GI Allott (NZ)
6 DS Mohanty (Ind)
5 PJ Bakker (Net)
5 WW Davis (WI)
4 CEH Croft (WI)
4 C Sharma (Ind)
10-wicket wins in World Cup competition:
EAf (120ao) v Ind (123-0) Leeds Jun 11, 1975
Zim (171ao) v WI (172-0) Birmingham Jun 20, 1983
Pak (220-2) v WI (221-0) Melbourne Feb 23, 1992
Ken (140ao) v SAf (142-0) Potchefstroom Feb 12, 2003
Dismissed by the first ball they faced on their World Cup debuts:
HR Shah EAf v NZ Birmingham Jun 7, 1975
DL Houghton Zim v Aus Nottingham Jun 9, 1983
R Walters Nam v Zim Harare Feb 10, 2003
Highest individual scores from each batting position in World Cup competition:
1st 172* CB Wishart Zim v Nam Harare Feb 10, 2003
2nd 188* G Kirsten SAf v UAE Rawalpindi Feb 16, 1996
3rd 145 RS Dravid Ind v SL Taunton May 26, 1999
4th 181 IVA Richards WI v SL Karachi Oct 13, 1987
5th 130 CZ Harris NZ v Aus Madras Mar 11, 1996
6th 175* Kapil Dev Ind v Zim Tunbridge Wells Jun 18, 1983
7th 77 Shahid Mahboob Pak v SL Leeds Jun 16, 1983
8th 61* DL Murray WI v Pak Birmingham Jun 11, 1975
9th 59* RG de Alwis SL v Pak Swansea Jun 9, 1983
10th 40 MC Snedden NZ v SL Derby Jun 18, 1983
11th 37 J Garner WI v Ind Manchester Jun 9, 1983
ODIs won by a non full-ICC member against a full-ICC member (with winning margins):
SL bt Ind Manchester Jun 16, 1979 47r
Zim bt Aus Nottingham Jun 11, 1983 13r
Zim bt Eng Albury Mar 18, 1992 9r
Ken bt WI Poona Feb 29, 1996 73r
Ken bt Ind Gwalior May 8, 1998 69r
BD bt Pak Northampton May 31, 1999 62r
Ken bt Ind Port Elizabeth Oct 17, 2001 70r
Can bt BD Durban Feb 11, 2003 60r
enjoy.
