At end of 4th Game, a glimpse of this tournament has panned. So far…
| Indicator | Points | |
| Avg | 25.28 | Its 6pts. less than this year’s figure Avg(31.35) |
| R/O | 4.77 | |
| B/W(St.Rate) | 31.82 | Here its 7 pts less than this year’s figure (38.48). |
| Balls/SS | 2.26 | |
| Boundary rate | 7.74 | Slightly less than this year’s figure |
| Singles | 30.19 | Slightly more than this year’s figure |
| Indicator | Points | |
| C M % | 0.25% | All came inside 20 overs |
| MDN % | 4.64% | Being a low score games, surprisingly only 17 maidens were bowled(366)overs. |
| C 4 % | 6.12 % | Bowlers can increase this indicator |
| L 4 % | 14.00% | Bowlers can increase this indicator |
| 6+ % | 14.80% | Very low, especially between (40/50)over where only 9.34% went over >6 runs |
| 10+% | 4.63% | Same above concern. |
| Landmark | Avg Balls |
| 50 Runs | 71 |
| 100 Runs | 143 |
| 150 Runs | 172 |
| 200 Runs | 236 |
| 250 Runs | 258 |
| Bat No. | Avg Runs. |
| I | 24 |
| II | 0.40 |
| III | 32.50 |
| IV | 23.12 |
| V | 20.87 |
| VI | 18.37 |
| VII | 10.50 |
| VIII | 26.00 |
| IX | 6.57 |
| X | 2.67 |
| XI | 4.00 |
Average runs contributed by Top 4 Batsmen= 119.75
| Wkt. | Avg .runs (Partnerships) |
| I | 13.75 |
| II | 21.50 |
| III | 58.75 |
| IV | 15.80 |
| V | 10.80 |
| VI | 14.80 |
| VII | 26.50 |
| VIII | 9.73 |
| IX | 6.67 |
| X | 14.00 |
There were only 3 > 50 partnerships!.
| Phases | Avg. score | |
| 10th over | 47-2 | In this phase: Thrice teams went past 50 runs in this phase(2win) |
| 20th over | 87-2 | In this phase: Only once >100 runs were scored…yet SA lost. |
| 30th over | 132-4 | In this phase: Thrice teams lost >4 wickets..& only twice went past 150 runs |
| 40th over | 192-7 | In this phase: Four times teams lost >6 wickets |
| Last 10 over | 69-2 | In this phase: Only once >75 runs were scored (IND) |
| Powerplays | Avg. score | |
| I Power play | 47-2 | In this phase: only twice teams went without losing a single wkt (Ind, Eng) |
| II Power play | 23-2 | In this phase: 39/2 was the best batting score (SA) |
| All Powerplay | 49-4 | In this phase: 32.03% of total runs were scored & 46.38% of total wickets fell. SA is the only team to score >100 runs in powerplay |
Game 4 -(SL NZ) was very similar to SL SA game WC 2007- http://www.espncricinfo.com/wc2007/engine/match/247482.html
Summary : So far batsmen(for some reason)are not able to dominate the bowling completely, but as the tournament progresses confidence will play a major part in scoring runs. The weather and pitch will only assist those who are able to give their best.
