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The Champions in figures

By Rajneesh Gupta
November 07, 2006 13:10 IST
Australia won the fifth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy beating West Indies in a one-sided final. We present a statistical review of the tournament:

Summary of results:

Match # Venue Date Batted 1st Batted 2nd Winner Margin Man of match
1st Mohali 07 Oct 2006 SL 302-8 Ban 265-9 SL 37 runs WU Tharanga
2nd Ahmedabad 08 Oct 2006 Zim 85 WI 90-1 WI 9 wickets CH Gayle
3rd Ahmedabad 10 Oct 2006 SL 285-7 Zim 141 SL 144 runs WU Tharanga
4th Jaipur 11 Oct 2006 Ban 161 WI 164-0 WI 10 wickets CH Gayle
5th Jaipur 13 Oct 2006 Ban 231-6 Zim 130 Ban 101 runs Shahriar Nafees
6th Mumbai BS 14 Oct 2006 WI 80 SL 83-1 SL 9 wickets MF Maharoof
Sri Lanka and West Indies qualified for the main round
7th Jaipur 15 Oct 2006 Eng 125 Ind 126-6 Ind 4 wickets MM Patel
8th Mumbai BS 16 Oct 2006 NZ 195 SA 108 NZ 87 runs SP Fleming
9th Jaipur 17 Oct 2006 SL 253 Pak 255-6 Pak 4 wickets Abdul Razzaq
10th Mumbai BS 18 Oct 2006 WI 234-6 Aus 224-9 WI 10 runs RS Morton
11th Mumbai BS 20 Oct 2006 NZ 165 SL 166-3 SL 7 wickets M Muralitharan
12th Jaipur 21 Oct 2006 Eng 169 Aus 170-4 Aus 6 wickets DR Martyn
13th Ahmedabad 24 Oct 2006 SA 219-9 SL 141 SA 78 runs SM Pollock
14th Mohali 25 Oct 2006 NZ 274-7 Pak 223 NZ 51 runs SP Fleming
15th Ahmedabad 26 Oct 2006 Ind 223-9 WI 224-7 WI 3 wickets S Chanderpaul
16th Mohali 27 Oct 2006 SA 213-8 Pak 89 SA 124 runs M Ntini
17th Ahmedabad 28 Oct 2006 WI 272-4 Eng 276-7 Eng 3 wickets CH Gayle
18th Mohali 29 Oct 2006 Ind 249-8 Aus 252-4 Aus 6 wickets DR Martyn
Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and West Indies qualified for the semifinals
19th-SF1 Mohali 01 Nov 2006 Aus 240-9 NZ 206 Aus 34 runs GD McGrath
20th-SF2 Jaipur 02 Nov 2006 SA 258-8 WI 262-4 WI 6 wickets CH Gayle
21st-Final Mumbai BS 05 Nov 2006 WI 138 Aus 116-2 Aus 8 wickets SR Watson
SF = Semifinal

Highest innings total:

Total Overs For Opponent Venue Date
302-8 50 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Mohali 07 Oct 2006
285-7 50 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Ahmedabad 10 Oct 2006
276-7+ 48.3 England v West Indies Ahmedabad 28 Oct 2006
274-7 50 New Zealand v Pakistan Mohali 25 Oct 2006
272-4 50 West Indies v England Ahmedabad 28 Oct 2006
265-9+ 50 Bangladesh v Sri Lanka Mohali 07 Oct 2006
262-4+ 44 West Indies v South Africa Jaipur 02 Nov 2006
258-8 50 South Africa v West Indies Jaipur 02 Nov 2006
255-6+ 48.1 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Jaipur 17 Oct 2006
253 49.2 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Jaipur 17 Oct 2006
252-4+ 45.4 Australia v India Mohali 29 Oct 2006

Lowest innings total:

Total Overs For Opponent Venue Date
80 30.4 West Indies v Sri Lanka Mumbai BS 14 Oct 2006
85 30.1 Zimbabwe v West Indies Ahmedabad 08 Oct 2006
89+ 25 Pakistan v South Africa Mohali 27 Oct 2006
108+ 34.1 South Africa v New Zealand Mumbai BS 16 Oct 2006
125 37 England v India Jaipur 15 Oct 2006
130+ 44.4 Zimbabwe v Bangladesh Jaipur 13 Oct 2006
138 30.4 West Indies v Australia Mumbai BS 05 Nov 2006
141+ 42.3 Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka Ahmedabad 10 Oct 2006
141+ 39.1 Sri Lanka v South Africa Ahmedabad 24 Oct 2006
+ batting second

Highest individual innings:

Runs Balls Batsman Opponent Venue Date
133* 135 CH Gayle (WI) v South Africa Jaipur 02 Nov 2006
123* 161 Shahriar Nafees (Ban) v Zimbabwe Jaipur 13 Oct 2006
112* 124 DJ Bravo (WI) v England Ahmedabad 28 Oct 2006
110 130 WU Tharanga (SL) v Zimbabwe Ahmedabad 10 Oct 2006
105 129 WU Tharanga (SL) v Bangladesh Mohali 07 Oct 2006
104* 118 CH Gayle (WI) v Bangladesh Jaipur 11 Oct 2006
101 128 CH Gayle (WI) v England Ahmedabad 28 Oct 2006
92 120 AC Gilchrist (Aus) v West Indies Mumbai BS 18 Oct 2006
90* 103 RS Morton (WI) v Australia Mumbai BS 18 Oct 2006
90* 86 KP Pietersen (Eng) v West Indies Ahmedabad 28 Oct 2006

Leading run-scorers:

Batsman For Mts Inns NO Run Hs Ave 100s 50s 0s Balls SR
CH Gayle WI 8 8 2 474 133* 79.00 3 0 1 483 90.48
WU Tharanga SL 6 6 0 320 110 53.33 2 1 1 419 76.37
DR Martyn Aus 5 5 2 242 78 80.66 0 2 0 344 70.34
S Chanderpaul WI 7 7 3 222 57* 55.50 0 3 0 331 67.06
DPM Jayawardene SL 6 6 1 188 48 37.60 0 0 0 233 80.69
SP Fleming NZ 4 4 0 184 89 46.00 0 2 1 256 71.88
Shahriar Nafees Ban 3 3 1 166 123* 83.00 1 0 0 251 66.14
KC Sangakkara SL 6 5 1 160 80 40.00 0 1 1 197 81.22
ST Jayasuriya SL 6 6 1 156 48 31.20 0 0 0 170 91.76
DJ Bravo WI 8 5 1 164 112* 41.00 1 0 1 218 75.22

Highest partnership for each wicket:

Wkt Runs Players For Vs Venue Date
1st 164* CH Gayle S Chanderpaul WI Ban Jaipur 11 Oct 2006
2nd 174 CH Gayle DJ Bravo WI Eng Ahmedabad 28 Oct 2006
3rd 165 WU Tharanga KC Sangakkara SL Zim Ahmedabad 10 Oct 2006
4th 118 DR Martyn MEK Hussey Aus Eng Jaipur 21 Oct 2006
5th 137 RS Morton BC Lara WI Aus Mumbai BS 18 Oct 2006
6th 131 MV Boucher JM Kemp SA Pak Mohali 27 Oct 2006
7th 103 JDP Oram DL Vettori NZ Aus Mohali 01 Nov 2006
8th 49 Saqibul Hasan Mashrafe Mortaza Ban SL Mohali 07 Oct 2006
9th 38 Saqibul Hasan Abdur Razzak Ban SL Mohali 07 Oct 2006
10th 47 DL Vettori JS Patel NZ SL Mumbai BS 20 Oct 2006

Highest partnerships:

Runs Wkt Players For Vs Venue Date
174 2nd CH Gayle DJ Bravo WI Eng Ahmedabad 28 Oct 2006
165 3rd WU Tharanga KC Sangakkara SL Zim Ahmedabad 10 Oct 2006
164* 1st CH Gayle S Chanderpaul WI Ban Jaipur 11 Oct 2006
154* 1st CH Gayle S Chanderpaul WI SA Jaipur 02 Nov 2006
137 5th RS Morton BC Lara WI Aus Mumbai BS 18 Oct 2006
131 6th MV Boucher JM Kemp SA Pak Mohali 27 Oct 2006
118 4th DR Martyn MEK Hussey Aus Eng Jaipur 21 Oct 2006
108 4th SP Fleming SB Styris NZ Pak Mohali 25 Oct 2006
103* 3rd SR Watson DR Martyn Aus WI Mumbai BS 05 Nov 2006
103 7th JDP Oram DL Vettori NZ Aus Mohali 01 Nov 2006
101 5th AC Gilchrist MJ Clarke Aus WI Mumbai BS 18 Oct 2006

Best bowling in a match:

Figures Balls Bowler For Vs Venue Date
6-14 54 MF Maharoof SL WI Mumbai BS 14 Oct 2006
5-21 36 M Ntini SA Pak Mohali 27 Oct 2006
4-23 60 M Muralitharan SL NZ Mumbai BS 20 Oct 2006
4-38 60 KD Mills NZ Aus Mohali 01 Nov 2006
4-49 60 JE Taylor WI Aus Mumbai BS 18 Oct 2006
4-50 44 Abdul Razzaq Pak SL Jaipur 17 Oct 2006
4-53 54 LS Malinga SL SA Ahmedabad 24 Oct 2006

Hat-trick:

JE Taylor (WI) v Australia Mumbai BS 18 Oct 2006
(Victims - MEK Hussey, B Lee, GB Hogg)

Leading wicket-takers:

Bowler For Mts Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Best 4WM Ave SR R/6bO
JE Taylor WI 7 57 3 287 13 4-49 1 22.08 26.31 5.04
MF Maharoof SL 6 36 2 190 12 6-14 2 15.83 18.00 5.28
LS Malinga SL 6 50.3 4 210 11 4-53 1 19.09 27.55 4.16
KD Mills NZ 4 28.3 2 118 10 4-38 1 11.80 17.10 4.14
GD McGrath Aus 5 44 7 158 10 3-22 0 15.80 26.40 3.59
NW Bracken Aus 5 41 4 194 10 3-22 0 19.40 24.60 4.73
WPUJC Vaas SL 5 46 8 170 9 2-6 0 18.89 30.67 3.70
M Muralitharan SL 6 55 3 181 9 4-23 1 20.11 36.67 3.29
M Ntini SA 4 28 3 129 8 5-21 2 16.13 21.00 4.61
SR Watson Aus 5 34 0 136 8 3-16 0 17.00 25.50 4.00
CH Gayle WI 8 46.1 2 185 8 3-3 0 23.13 34.63 4.01
IDR Bradshaw WI 6 51 2 192 8 3-30 0 24.00 38.25 3.76

Most man of the match awards:

Awards Player For
4 CH Gayle WI
2 SP Fleming NZ
2 DR Martyn Aus
2 WU Tharanga SL
1 GD McGrath Aus
1 MF Maharoof SL
1 S Chanderpaul WI
1 Abdul Razzaq Pak
1 SM Pollock SA
1 Shahriar Nafees Ban
1 SR Watson Aus
1 MM Patel Ind
1 RS Morton WI
1 M Muralitharan SL
1 M Ntini SA

Rajneesh Gupta

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