ICC World Cup 2019: New Zealand – Statistical Review

In a dramatic final at the Lord’s, the New Zealand team settled down with the runners up tag in what was a tournament of a rollercoaster ride for them. The Kiwis began the competition with five wins in as many matches they played. However, three straight defeats to finish the league stage put their semi-final berth in trouble but Net Run Rate saved them. They stunned India in the semi-final with disciplined bowling performance when not many gave them the chase to beat the two-time cricket World Cup champions.

All the major stats and numbers recorded by the runners up New Zealand in the tournament:

1 – New Zealand became the first side with three 10-wicket victories in the World Cup history when they defeated Sri Lanka in Cardiff. They defeated Kenya in Chennai and Zimbabwe in Ahmedabad during the 2011 World Cup.

1 – Trent Boult became the first player from New Zealand to bag a hat-trick at the World Cup. He took a hat-trick at the Lord’s during the 50th over of Australia innings. His hat-trick was the 11th in the World Cups but only the 3rd to be on losing side.

Lasith Malinga in 2007 against South Africa and Steve Finn in 2015 also against Australia in 2015 took hat-tricks in defeats. Boult also became first New Zealand player and only the 5th player with multiple hat-tricks in the ODI format.

2 – With hundreds against South Africa and Windies, Kane Williamson became only the 3rd player to score consecutive centuries in the World Cup as captain. Ricky Ponting during the 2003 final and in the first game of 2007 edition recorded tons while Brendan Taylor scored two in two during the 2015 edition.

3 – New Zealand lost their previous three matches in this tournament; the first occasion of them losing three straight matches in a single World Cup edition. The Kiwis did lose three cricket World Cup matches in a row once but those three defeats were spread across two editions (last two games in 1979 and 1st game in 1983).

21 – Number of catches Tom Latham has taken in this tournament; the joint-most by any keeper in a World Cup. Latham levelled Adam Gilchrist who also took 21 catches in the 2007 edition. Both Latham and Gilchrist affected 21 dismissals (0 stumpings) across the two editions and are the most by any keeper in a World Cup.

21 – Number of wickets Lockie Ferguson has taken in this tournament; the most for New Zealand in this tournament and the highest for a Blackcaps player in an edition of World Cup. Trent Boult took 22 wickets during the 2015 edition who also played nine matches like Ferguson this year.

39 – Trent Boult has picked up 39 wickets from 19 World Cup matches; the most by any player for New Zealand in World Cup. Boult went past Jacob Oram and Daniel Vettori who shared the top spot before Boult.

578 – The 578 runs aggregated by Kane Williamson in this tournament are the most for New Zealand player of World Cup. The previous most were 547 runs by Martin Guptill in the 2015 edition.

578 – Williamson’s 578 runs in the tournament are the most by any player as a captain in a World Cup. He surpassed Mahela Jayawardene’s 548 runs scored during the 2007 edition.