A World Cup of fast scoring, big wins, and no toss advantage
The major stats trends that emerged over the 48 matches in the 2023 ODI World Cup
A tournament of big wins
No toss advantage
Debutants go big
Powering through the powerplay
The 2023 World Cup finished as the highest-scoring World Cup, with a run rate of 5.82, ahead of the 5.65 in 2015. The big totals in the first ten overs of the innings contributed significantly to the overall run rate. The run rate in the first ten overs in 2023 (5.52) was the highest of the seven World Cups since 1999, where ball-by-ball data is available. As much as 21.54 % of the runs in the 2023 World Cup were scored within the first ten overs, the second highest behind the 2003 edition (22.73).More numbers from the World Cup
Sampath Bandarupalli is a statistician at ESPNcricinfo