With the World Cup taking a brief respite, we had the time to prepare the "Top 20" lists of batsmen (most runs scored) and bowlers (most wickets taken) in the 2007 World Cup.
It's interesting that half of the Top 20 batsmen have a strike rate of over 90, and six of the Top 20 have a strike rate of over 100.
The Top 20 batsmen have also scored nine centuries and 36 fifties.
| Player | Country | Matches | Runs | Strike Rate | Highest Score | 100's | 50's |
| Matthew Hayden | Aus | 5 | 395 | 110.64 | 158 | 2 | 1 |
| Graeme Smith | SA | 5 | 332 | 109.57 | 91 | 0 | 4 |
| Jacques Kallis | SA | 5 | 328 | 89.13 | 128 | 1 | 2 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | SL | 6 | 303 | 104.48 | 115 | 2 | 0 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | SL | 6 | 288 | 74.81 | 85 | 0 | 3 |
| Stephen Fleming | NZ | 5 | 280 | 94.28 | 102 | 1 | 2 |
| Ricky Ponting | Aus | 5 | 262 | 108.26 | 113 | 1 | 1 |
| Scott Styris | NZ | 5 | 258 | 91.49 | 87 | 0 | 3 |
| Michael Clarke | Aus | 5 | 241 | 106.17 | 93 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevin Pietersen | Eng | 5 | 227 | 76.95 | 60 | 0 | 3 |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul | WI | 6 | 227 | 58.81 | 102 | 1 | 1 |
| Chamara Silva | SL | 6 | 222 | 86.72 | 59 | 0 | 3 |
| Paul Collingwood | Eng | 5 | 215 | 97.29 | 90 | 0 | 2 |
| Adam Gilchrist | Aus | 5 | 211 | 98.60 | 59 | 0 | 2 |
| Upul Tharanga | SL | 6 | 202 | 64.33 | 64 | 0 | 2 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | SL | 6 | 199 | 78.35 | 76 | 0 | 2 |
| Brian Lara | WI | 6 | 197 | 75.77 | 77 | 0 | 1 |
| Imran Nazir | Pak | 3 | 190 | 108.57 | 160 | 1 | 0 |
| Ramnaresh Sarwan | WI | 6 | 189 | 61.36 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| Niall O'Brien | Ire | 5 | 172 | 67.19 | 72 | 0 | 2 |
Only Niall O'Brien of Ireland is from a "minnow" team, and he too is trying to get into the England cricket team!
And here's the Top 20 list of bowlers. Bowlers with the most wickets are listed at the top and, if two or more bowlers have the same number of wickets, those with a better economy rate appear higher on the list.
There is only one instance of a bowler taking 5 wickets in an innings, but four bowlers from the Top 20 have had 4-wicket hauls.
Shane Bond's economy rate of 2.29 is truly remarkable.
| Player | Country | Matches | Wickets | Economy Rate | Best Bowling |
| Lasith Malinga | SL | 6 | 15 | 4.94 | 4-54 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | SL | 6 | 12 | 4.12 | 3-34 |
| Glenn McGrath | Aus | 5 | 12 | 4.31 | 3-5 |
| Charles Langeveldt | SA | 5 | 12 | 5.40 | 5-39 |
| Daren Powell | WI | 6 | 11 | 3.84 | 2-24 |
| Brad Hogg | Aus | 5 | 11 | 4.86 | 4-27 |
| Andrew Flintoff | Eng | 4 | 9 | 3.70 | 4-43 |
| Andrew Hall | SA | 5 | 9 | 4.54 | 3-48 |
| Shane Bond | NZ | 4 | 8 | 2.29 | 3-31 |
| Chaminda Vaas | SL | 6 | 8 | 3.32 | 2-19 |
| Scott Styris | NZ | 5 | 8 | 3.76 | 4-43 |
| Daniel Vettori | NZ | 5 | 8 | 4.65 | 3-39 |
| Boyd Rankin | Ire | 5 | 8 | 4.77 | 3-32 |
| Shaun Tait | Aus | 5 | 8 | 5.64 | 2-43 |
| Dwayne Bravo | WI | 6 | 8 | 5.71 | 3-42 |
| Jacob Oram | NZ | 5 | 7 | 3.46 | 3-23 |
| Nathan Bracken | Aus | 5 | 7 | 3.71 | 2-20 |
| Abdur Razzak | Ban | 5 | 7 | 5.63 | 3-20 |
| Kyle McCallan | Ire | 5 | 6 | 4.24 | 2-12 |
| Elton Chigumbura | Zim | 3 | 6 | 5.12 | 3-50 |
Srinivas Bhogle and K Anil Kumar work with Cranes Software International Limited, Bangalore.
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