2011 World Cup: Top 5 Bowlers With Most 4+ Wickets

Jun 27, 2020 at 10:17 PM

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2011 World Cup: Top 5 Bowlers With Most 4+ Wickets

MS Dhoni-led India fulfilled their dream to win the Cricket World Cup trophy in the 2011 World Cup (officially named as the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011) where the Indian national cricket team won their second Cricket World Cup trophy after their first such achievement in the 1983 edition.

During the 2011 World Cup, a total of 27 different bowlers managed to claim four or more wickets in an innings for at least once. However, only five of them managed to record it for at least twice.

Here we are talking about the top five bowlers who claimed most 4+ wickets during the 2011 World Cup.

Mitchell Johnson (Australia) – 2 times

Mitchell Johnson, 2011 World Cup, bowler, 4+ wicket
Mitchell Johnson (Image Credit: Twitter)

During the 2011 World Cup, the Australian left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Johnson finished as the third most wicket-taker for his side. At the end of that tournament, Johnson had the overall bowling figures of 57.3-7-231-10, along with two times 4+ wickets.

Johnson started that tournament with the two four-wicket hauls (during the Group Stage). At first, he managed the bowling figures of 9.2-2-19-4 against Zimbabwe (at Ahmedabad on 21st February 2011). Then, during Australia’s second game of that tournament, which was against New Zealand at Nagpur on 25th February 2011, Johnson managed the bowling figures of 9.1-3-33-4.

Brett Lee (Australia) – 2 times

Brett Lee, 2011 World Cup, bowler, 4+ wicket
Brett Lee (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

Another Australian pacer Brett Lee is also in this list. In the 2011 World Cup, while the right-arm fast bowler Brett Lee had the bowling figures of 54.2-6-235-13, he finished as the most wicket-taker of his side. During that tournament, Lee managed to claim 4+ wickets in a match for twice.

Lee achieved the four-wicket hauls in that tournament during the last two Group Stage matches. The right-arm fast bowler had the bowling figures of 8.4-0-46-4 against Canada at Bengaluru on 16th March 2011. In the next game, Lee managed the bowling figures of 8-1-28-4 against Pakistan at Colombo, RPS on 19th March 2011.

Sulieman Benn (West Indies) – 2 times

Sulieman Benn, 2011 World Cup, bowler, 4+ wicket
Sulieman Benn (Photo Source: Getty Images)

West Indies left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn was the second most wicket-taker for his team in the 2011 World Cup. He picked up 12 wickets in six matches during that tournament as his overall bowling figures in that tournament were 47.5-3-238-12. During that tournament, Benn registered 4+ wickets in a match for twice.

Benn claimed those four-wicket hauls against the hosts Bangladesh (at Dhaka on 4th March 2011) and Ireland (at Mohali on 11th March 2011) respectively during the Group Stage of that tournament. On 4th March 2011, when West Indies bundled out Bangladesh for just 58 runs, Benn had the bowling figures of 5.5-2-18-4. Later, he managed another match-winning bowling figures of 10-0-53-4 against Ireland.

Imran Tahir (South Africa) – 2 times

Imran Tahir, 2011 World Cup, bowler, 4+ wicket
Imran Tahir (Image Credit: SA Cricket)

 

South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir, who made his international debut during the 2011 World Cup, stunned everyone with his impressive bowling in that entire tournament. Tahir finished that tournament as the second most wicket-taker among the South African bowlers as he took 14 wickets in just five matches of that tournament. At the end of that tournament, Tahir had the overall bowling figures of 39.3-2-150-14, including two four-wicket hauls.

On his ODI debut, which was the match against West Indies at Delhi on 24th February 2011 (during the Group Stage of the tournament), Tahir managed the bowling figures of 10-1-41-4. Later, during the match against England at Chennai on 6th March 2011 (during the Group Stage of that tournament), his bowling figures were 8.4-1-38-4.

Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) – 4 times

Shahid Afridi, 2011 World Cup, bowler, 4+ wicket
Shahid Afridi (Image Credit: Twitter)

Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi finished the 2011 World Cup as the joint most wicket-taker as he picked up 21 wickets in eight matches. The leg-spinner had the tournament bowling figures of 74.3-4-270-21. During that tournament, Afridi managed to claim 4+ wickets hauls in an innings for four times, including two five-wicket hauls and two four-wicket hauls.

In all the first three games of that tournament, Afridi got four or more wickets. In those early matches, Afridi had the bowling figures of 8-3-16-5 (against Kenya at Hambantota on 23rd February 2011), 10-0-34-4 (against Sri Lanka at Colombo, RPS on 26th February 2011) and 10-0-23-5 (against Canada at Colombo, RPS on 3rd March 2011).

Later, against West Indies in the quarter-final of that tournament (at Dhaka on 23rd March 2011), Afridi had the bowling figures of 9.3-1-30-4.

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