THE WEEK IN NUMBERS: Archer equals Botham and Tres calls time

It's a numbers game! Here The Cricketer takes a look back at some of the stats to come out of the world of cricket this week...

27

Somerset legend Marcus Trescothick has announced he is to retire at the end of the current season - his 27th in a remarkable professional career.

Trescothick made his debut for the club against Surrey at Guildford in 1993 and has gone on to amass 19,654 first-class runs for Somerset.

39

Imran Tahir has passed Allan Donald as South Africa’s leading wicket-taker in World Cup matches. The spinner took 2 for 41 against Pakistan at Lord’s, taking his tally to 39, moving him one ahead of Donald who claimed 38 in 25 World Cup fixtures.

2

Shakib Al Hasan became the second player to hit a half-century and take a five-wicket haul in the same World Cup match.

The Bangladesh allrounder hit 51 with the bat before taking 5 for 29 - the best bowling figures of the tournament - in his team’s 62-run victory over Afghanistan at Southampton.

Only Yuvraj Singh - 50 not out and 5 for 31 against Ireland in 2011 - had previously achieved the feat.

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16

Jofra Archer has equalled Sir Ian Botham's record for most World Cup wickets in a single campaign for England.

Beefy took 16 wickets in 10 matches at the 1992 World Cup while Archer has already notched the same number in Englands first seven matches of the tournament.

10

Joe Root has taken 10 catches in the field in the World Cup so far. Ricky Ponting (11) currently holds the record for most catches by a fielder in a single World Cup tournament.

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5-44

Jason Behrendorff’s 5 for 44 against England at Lord’s was his first in one-day internationals. The Australian bowled James Vince second ball before going on to remove Jonny Bairstow, Chris Woakes, Moeen Ali and Jofra Archer in his side’s 64-run victory.

500

If David Warner continues his impressive World Cup form he could find himself part of an elite club by the tournament’s end. Only seven other players have registered 500 or more runs in a single World Cup campaign. Just two, Matthew Hayden (659) and Sachin Tendulkar (673), have hit 600 or more in one tournament. Warner has 500 runs under his belt after seven matches, coming at an average of 83.33.

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3-25

On Friday, South Africa’s Dwaine Pretorius recorded the tournament’s most-economical 10-over spell, beating Mujeeb Ur Rahman’s 1 or 26 for Afghanistan against India.

187

In total, the Proteas bowled 187 dot balls in the innings - the most by any side in this World Cup so far - as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 203 at Durham.

1,000

Warwickshire’s Tim Ambrose passed 1,000 career dismissals this week. Craig Miles found Morne Morkel’s edge and the wicketkeeper did the rest to hit the milestone.