WORLD CUP 2011 LEADING WICKET TAKERS PROFILE

WASIM AKRAM IS THE KING OF SWING AND TOP BOWLERS IN THE WORLD-

Boom Boom the surprise Leader:

 

Currently its Shahid Afridi who is leading the pack after the two matches played in the Group Stages. He has won two Man of the Match in two devastating bowling performences which have already put him up their as the contender player of the Tournament. He would want to do the same with the bat but as long as his googlies are foxing oppostion batsmen, his fan wont mind. he has 9 wickets to his name so far and with the tracks supporting his leg spin he can surely get many more in the remaing group mathes.

Mitchel Johnson Picked up 8 wickets so far with the best bowling of 4/16. he will be keen to show what he has in store for his fans in the World Cup 2011. Here is the table showing top 5 bowlers who will be fighting it out for the best bowler award.

World Cup 2011 TOP Bowlers Leading Wicket Takers-

LEADING WICKET TAKERS:

Players                          Matches        Wickets       Overs     Mdns     Runs       Best   Economy 

Shahid Afridi (Pak)              8                  21              74.3             4         270         5/16    3.62

Zaheer Khan (Ind)               9                  21               81.3            4         394         3/20     4.83 

Tim Southee (NZ)                8                  18               72.2            7         312         3/13     3.90 

M Muralitharan (SL)          9                  15               71.0            2         291          4/25     4.09  

Yuvraj Singh (IND)             9                  15                75.0            5        377           5/31    4.16

RJ Peterson (SA)                7                  15                56.0            5         236          4/12    4.02

Imran Tahir (SA)                 5                  14                39.3            2         150          4/38    3.90  

Umar Gul (PAK)                  7                  14                 52.3           4         203          3/30    4.22  

KJR Roach (WI)                 5                  13                 40.3            2        156           6/27    3.88 

Harvir Baidwan (Can)         6                   13                 56.0           3         301         3/35     5.91