World Cup 2011: Afridi best bowler, Strauss best batsman

Dunya News

17 days after the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 started, Shahid Afridi emerges as the best bowler and Andrew Strauss is the leading batsman in the tournament.

Pakistani Captian, Shahid Afridi after playing three matches in the world cup is the best bowler. Having bowled 28 overs, Afridi has so far given 73 runs and taken 14 wickets, four more than his closest rival. His best bowling performance in one match is 5 wickets while giving only 16 runs.Kemar Roach of West Indies is second after Afridi. He has bowled 22.3 overs and has taken 10 wickets at the cost of 88 runs. His best bowling performance in the world cup is 6 wickets while giving 27 runs in one match.England Captain Andrew Strauss has been the best batsmen having scored 280 runs in three matches. His best performance in match is of 158 runs. The second best batsmen currently in the world cup is South African Batsmen, AB de Villiers who has scored a total of 241 runs in two matches. His best performance is of 134 runs.Whereas Pakistan’s Misbah-ul-Haq is at number four with 185 runs in a total of three matches with a best performance of 85 runs.