ICC T20 World Cup 2021: Most runs, wickets after England vs New Zealand

Nov 11, 2021

ICC T20 World Cup 2021: Most runs, wickets after England vs New Zealand Image

Most Runs


Jos Buttler leapfrogged Babar Azam to become the leading run-scorer of the T20 World Cup 2021. Buttler scored 29 in England's semi-final defeat against New Zealand, and now leads Babar by five runs. However, Babar will get at least one more attempt at it, while Buttler's tournament is over.

Player M Runs Avg SR
Jos Buttler 6 269 89.67 151.12
Babar Azam 5 264 66 128.16
Charith Asalanka 6 231 46.2 147.13
David Wiese 8 227 45.4 127.53
Pathum Nissanka 8 221 27.62 117.55

Most Wickets

With 16 wickets in eight games, Wanindu Hasaranga is the leading wicket-taker of the tournament. Shakib Al Hasan, Adam Zampa and Trent Boult are next, with 11 wickets each. Boult remained wicketless in the semi-final against England. Adil Rashid finished the tournament with nine wickets.

PLAYER MATCHES WKTS AVG
Wanindu Hasaranga 8 16 9.75
Shakib Al Hasan 6 11 11.18
Adam Zampa 5 11 9.91
Trent Boult 6 11 14.09
Anrich Nortje 5 9 11.56
Dwaine Pretorius 5 9 11.22