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Top performers of 2015 cricket World Cup

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IANS Melbourne

After the completion of the cricket World Cup's pool phase, following are the leading batting and bowling figures, according to Xinhua:

Batting

Leading run-makers

Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) 496

Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe) 433

A.B. de Villiers (South Africa) 417

Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) 395

Mahmudullah (Bangladesh) 344

Best performances

Chris Gayle (West Indies) 215

David Warner (Australia) 178

AB de Villiers (South Africa) 162 not out

Tillakaratne Dilshan (South Africa) 161 not out

Hashim Amla (South Africa) 159

Bowling

Leading wicket-takers

Mitchell Starc (Australia) 16

Mohammed Shami (India) 15

Trent Boult (New Zealand) 15

Josh Davey (Scotland) 15

Wahab Riaz (Pakistan) 14

 

Best performances

Tim Southee (New Zealand) 7/33

Mitchell Starc (Australia) 6/28

Trent Boult (New Zealand) 5/27

Mitchell Marsh (Australia) 5/33

Imran Tahir (South Africa) 5/45

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First Published: Mar 15 2015 | 6:42 PM IST

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