Star performers of the pool stages

In 30 days, 14 teams played 41 matches at 14 different venues across two pools. There have been 35 centuries scored, including one double, and seven five-wicket hauls.
It seems experience counts for plenty when it comes to making big runs in World Cups. Kumar Sangakkara, the fourth-most capped ODI player of them all, has been the standout performer of this tournament, scoring four hundreds in succession and averaging 124 at a strike-rate of 119 to ensure he will leave the limited-overs game at the peak of his powers.

At 28, Zimbabwean Sean Williams is the youngest player in the top 10 run-scorers, with 40-year-old Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan), 38-year-old Tillakaratne Dilshan and 36-year-old Shaiman Anwar (UAE) also appearing among the elite.
Chris Gayle's astonishing double hundred against Zimbabwe in Canberra is the high watermark of the World Cup to date, and has accounted for 77 per cent of the West Indian's runs.
Having signed a Kolpak deal with Nottinghamshire, Brendan Taylor was another to exit on a high note, making a century against reigning champions India in his final ODI.
No review of the pool stage would be complete without mentioning the freakish efforts of Proteas skipper AB de Villiers, who has scored his 417 runs at the astonishing strike rate of 144, highlighted by his breathtaking 162 not out from just 66 deliveries against West Indies in Sydney - the fastest ODI 150 ever scored.
De Villiers also leads the way in sixes hit, belting a staggering 20 from six innings to top even renowned master blaster Gayle (18).
Remarkably, Starc has the second-best figures at the tournament with his 6-28 against unbeaten New Zealand, the best average (8.50) and strike-rate (13.8) of any of the top 20 wicket-takers, and the second-best economy rate (3.67) behind the miserly Daniel Vettori (3.21).
Starc and New Zealand pair Trent Boult (15 wickets) and Tim Southee (13 wickets, including a tournament-best 7-33), have largely grabbed the headlines but Indian fans will be delighted with the performances of Mohammed Shami, who has taken at least two wickets in every World Cup match after disappointing in the preceding tri-series against Australia and England.
The same can be said of New Zealand, who have benefited not only from the new-ball skills of Southee and Boult, but from another medium-fast option in Corey Anderson (10 wickets at 13.10) and the experience of left-arm tweaker Vettori, who leads the way among spinners with 13 wickets (one ahead of India's Ravi Ashwin).
Despite plenty of suggestions that Lasith Malinga is beyond his best, the Sri Lankan slinger's return of 11 wickets is head and shoulders above that of his bowling teammates, with Angelo Mathews' side relying heavily on the productivity of its batsmen to progress to the quarter-final stage.
Of the eight remaining teams, only Bangladesh are not represented in the top 20 bowlers, with left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan and paceman Rubel Hossain topping their list with seven scalps apiece, while Scotland paceman Josh Davey was one of the surprises of the tournament, his 15 wickets the best of anyone from an Associate nation.
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