Cricket - Statical Analysis Of Champions Trophy

England's ODI Captain Alaistar Cook with ICC Champions Trophy 2013.


Champions Trophy, previously called the ICC Knock-Out Cup, will be held in England and Wales between 6 and 23 June, 2013. Three cities will host the tournament's matches: London (at The Oval), Birmingham (at Edgbaston) and Cardiff (at Cardiff Wales Stadium). Champions Trophy was first played as Wills International Cup in 1998/99 which was won by South Africa. It will be the seventh and final ICC Champions Trophy, as it is due to be replaced by the ICC World Test Championship in 2017.

With Champions Trophy coming nearer and nearer, let us take a look at some of the Records/Stats of the previous Champions Trophies.

  Winners:

  • South Africa won the inaugural tournament of 1998/99 beating West Indies.
  • ICC Knock-Out Cup in 2000 was won by New Zealand when they knocked-out India in the final.
  • Sri Lanka and India shared the Champions Trophy in 2002 as rain disturbed play on the day of the final. The reserve day was also disturbed by Rain. Thus, the trophy was shared.
  • The 4th Champions Trophy was comprehensively won by West Indies.
  • 2006's Champions Trophy in India was won by Australia.
  • Australia successfully defended their title in 2009 beating New Zealand at Centurion.

Pakistan has never won any Champions Trophy.

Batting Records:

Highest Team Score:

Overall: NZ's 347/4 vs USA in 2004
Pakistan: 302/9 vs India in 2009

Lowest Team Score:

Overall: USA 65/10 vs Australia in 2004
Pakistan: 89/10 vs SA in 2006

Most Runs Overall:

Overall: Chris Gayle 695 runs in 14 innings
Pakistan: Mohammed Yousuf 484 runs in 12 innings

Most Runs In a Tournament:

Overall: 474 by West Indies' Chris Gayle in 2006's tournament
Pakistan: 209 by Saeed Anwar in 2000

 Highest Individual Score:

Overall: 145* by New Zealand's Nathan Astle vs USA in 2004
Pakistan:  128 by Shoaib Malik vs India in 2009

Most 100s:

Overall: 3 each by SA's H Gibbs, India's Saurav Ganguly and West Indies' Chris Gayle
Pakistan: 2 by Saeed Anwar

Most 50s:

Overall: 6 by India's wall Rahul Dravid
Pakistan: 3 by Mohammed Yousuf

Bowling Records:

Most Wickets Overall:

Overall: 24 by SL's M Murlitharan
Pakistan: 14 by Shahid Khan Afridi

Most Wickets In A Tournament:

Overall: 13 by Jerome Taylor (WI) in 2006
Pakistan: 8 by Saeed Ajmal in 2009

Best Bowling Figures:

Overall: 6/14 by SL's Farvez Maharoof vs West Indies in 2006
Pakistan: 5/11 by Shahid Afridi vs Kenya in 2004

Most 5-wickets:

Overall: 1 each by SB O'Conor(NZ), W Parnell (SA), F Maharoof (SL), M Nitini (SA), J Oram (NZ), M Dillon (WI), Sahid Afridi (Pak) and J Kallis (SA)
Pakistan: 1 by Shahid Afridi

 Best Economy Rate:

Overall: M Murlitharan bowled with an economy of 0.90 vs West Indies in 2000
Pakistan: Shoaib Akhtar bowled with an economy of 1.75 vs Netherlands in 2002

Fielding Records:

Most Catches:

Overall: [as a wicket-keeper] 24 by Kumar Sangakara (SL) [as a fielder] 13 by M Jayawardene (SL)
Pakistan:  [as a wicket-keeper] 9 by Kamran Akmal [as a fielder] 7 by Shoaib Malik

Most Stumpings:

Overall: 4 by Kumar Sangakara (SL)
Pakistan:  2 by Kamran Akmal

Other Records:

  • 252* between Ricky Ponting and Shane Watson (Aus) vs England is the highest partnership for any wicket. 206 between Mohammed Yousuf and Shoaib Malik vs India in 2009 is the only other 200+ partnership.
  •  SL's Sanath Jayasuria has featured in 20 Champions Trophy matches - the most by any player.
  • Australia's Ricky Ponting has captained them in 16 matches.
  • Ricky Ponting has captained Australia in 4 Champions Trophies.
  • West Indian Steve Bucknor has participated in 21 matches as umpire - the most.
  • Least number of teams (Top 8) will participate in 2013's fixture.

Interesting Stats:

  • United States of America participated in the 2004's event.
  • Kenya has also featured in  3 CT tournaments.
Israr Ahmed Hashmi is a free-lancer sports journalist, political and human rights activist. He tweets here, @IamIsrarHashmi.

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