Knight leads runs table while Bisht and Sharma most successful bowlers so far
England captain Heather Knight leads the list of run-scorers going into the fourth round of matches at the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 while India spinners Ekta Bisht and Deepti Sharma are at the top of the bowlers’ list.
In a tournament that has already seen seven centuries being scored, Knight has the top aggregate with 234 runs which includes knocks of 106 against Pakistan and 82 against Sri Lanka. However, just two runs separate her from Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu, with Australia captain Meg Lanning the only other batter to get past 200 in three matches, with an aggregate of 212 runs.
All three have scored a century each in the tournament with Athapaththu’s 178 not out against Australia being the highest so far.
India opener Smriti Mandhana’s dismissal for two runs in the match against Pakistan on Sunday denied the left-hander from joining the 200-run club at this stage as she has an aggregate of 198 runs.
Australia’s Nicole Bolton (193), New Zealand captain Suzie Bates (157) and England’s Natalie Sciver (155) are also prominent in the list, after having notched a century each.
India, which along with defending champion Australia has completed three wins to move closer to a semifinal berth, has the satisfaction of seeing Bisht and Sharma tied at the top of the list of bowlers with six scalps each.
Left-arm spinner Bisht took five for 18 n the win against Pakistan in Derby on Sunday to catch up with off-spinner Sharma.
Just a wicket behind the India pair is a group of seven bowlers led by South Africa captain and leg-spinner Dane van Niekerk, who has five wickets for just 14 runs across her two games (one of the side’s match against New Zealand was washed out). Her figures are vastly helped by her record breaking spell against the West Indies, when she took four wickets without conceding a run.
Van Niekerk became the first bowler in the history of international cricket — in both the men's and women's game — to take four or more wickets in an innings without conceding a single run. The closest that a male bowler has come in this aspect was former Australia all-rounder Richie Benaud who took three for zero against India back in 1959.
New Zealand bowler Holly Huddleston has taken five for 51 in two matches while South Africa’s new-ball bowler Marizanne Kapp, the Australian trio of Jess Jonassen, Megan Schutt and Ellyse Perry, and Pakistan spinner Nashra Sundhu, all have five wickets each.
The full list of batters and bowlers as well as other tournament statistics available here.
