1. Shivnaraine Chanderpaul’s 31 sums up a list of batsmen who played in World cup tournaments since 1996 and have all scored less than 35 runs in their first match in this edition (Tendulkar, Ponting, Kallis, Steve Tikolo and Chanderpaul)
2. Darren Bravo (73) scored a half century on his World cup debut. This is also his third one day fifty in 12 innings so far.
3. Devon Smith returned to the West Indies team after nearly one and a half years.
4. The match had a unique instance of spinners opening the bowling for both the sides (Botha and Benn).
5. AB DeVilliers scored his second World cup hundred and tenth overall in his limited overs career.
6. Ramnaresh Sarwan (2) registered just his second single digit score in 15 World cup innings. He has however scored just 5 runs in his last 2 World cup innings.
7. Darren Sammy joined the long list of first time captains in a World cup match in this edition, while Graeme Smith remains part of a small list of non first-time captains in this World cup.
8. West Indies didn’t bowl a single wide in their 11 extras conceded.
9. Imran Tahir became the first South African since the 1992 World cup to make his career debut in a World cup match.
10. Chris Gayle (2) has been interestingly dismissed for 2 in the first matches for the West Indies in all the last 3 World cups.

– Sharath