Top performers of 2015 cricket World Cup

Melbourne, March 15:

After the completion of the cricket World Cup’s pool phase, following are the leading batting and bowling figures, according to Xinhua:

Batting
Leading run-makers

Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) 496
Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe) 433
A.B. de Villiers (South Africa) 417
Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) 395
Mahmudullah (Bangladesh) 344

Best performances

Chris Gayle (West Indies) 215
David Warner (Australia) 178
AB de Villiers (South Africa) 162 not out
Tillakaratne Dilshan (South Africa) 161 not out
Hashim Amla (South Africa) 159

Bowling
Leading wicket-takers

Mitchell Starc (Australia) 16
Mohammed Shami (India) 15
Trent Boult (New Zealand) 15
Josh Davey (Scotland) 15
Wahab Riaz (Pakistan) 14

Best performances

Tim Southee (New Zealand) 7/33
Mitchell Starc (Australia) 6/28
Trent Boult (New Zealand) 5/27
Mitchell Marsh (Australia) 5/33
Imran Tahir (South Africa) 5/45 (IANS)