The ICC World Cup 2015 started off with a bang as a lot of stats and records came into notice on the first day itself of this one and a half-month long tournament. So, let us take a look at them in detail:
1. The day in numbers (all two matches included):
-> 1137 runs
-> 187.5 overs
-> 6.05 runs/over
-> 35 wickets
-> 7 fifties
-> 1 hundred
-> 2 five-wicket hauls
-> 1 hat-trick
2. England seamer Steven Finn took the first hattrick of this World Cup. His victims were Brad Haddin, Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Johnson. He also became the 8th man to take a hat-trick in a World Cup.
3. Steven Finn also became the 3rd Englishman to take a five-wicket haul in World Cup after Vic Marks (1983) and Tim Bresnan (2011).
4. Finn and Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh became the 7th and 8th players to take a five-wicket haul on World Cup debut.
5. Swashbuckling opener Aaron Finch became the 14th batsman to hit a hundred while batting in the World Cup’s for the first time.
6. James Taylor became the 4th batsman to be in nervous nineties (98*) on World Cup debut. The other three were:
-> Martin Crowe(NZ) – 97 in 1983 World Cup
-> Robin Smith (NZ) – 91 in 1992 World Cup
-> Sourav Ganguly (IND) – 97 in 1999 World Cup
7. Sri Lankan stalwart Kumar Sangakkara surpassed Ricky Ponting to become the second highest run-getter in ODIs. He now has 13720 ODI runs as compared to 13704 runs of Ponting.
8. Sangakkara also became the 3rd Sri Lankan and 14th overall to score 1000 runs in World Cup.
9. New Zealand recorded their 7th total of 300 runs in World Cup’s and now they share this record with South Africa and Sri Lanka. Australia leads the charts here with 14 (300+) scores.
10. Lasith Malinga became the 3rd bowler to concede the most runs in a World Cup without taking a wicket. He gave away 84 runs in his full quota of overs. The other two bowlers who feature in this list are:
-> R van Vuuren (Netherlands) vs Australia in 2003 World Cup
-> Javagal Srinath (India) vs Australia in 2003 World Cup