1. John Davison (aged 40 years), who was a revelation in the 2003 World cup and also Canada’s all-time leading run scorer managed second consecutive duck in this tournament and also went wicket-less for 56 runs in his 8 overs.
2. N.R. Kumar became the youngest cricketer to represent a country in World cup matches (aged 16).
3. Surkari, who came into bat at number 7 was the top scorer for Canada with 26.
4. W.D. Balaji Rao claimed his career best bowling figures with 4-47 in this match. Prior to this match he had claimed just 3 wickets in 5 matches. He became the second Canadian bowler to claim four or more wickets in the World Cup behind A Codrington’s 5 for 27 against Bangladesh in the 2003 edition.
5. Taibu (98) scored his 17^th limited overs half century.
6. Ervine managed just his second half century in 16matches.
7. Wicket-keepers had contrasting fortunes in this game, interestingly:
   1. Taibu – 98 runs with the bat and two stumpings
   2. Bagai – Dismissed for no score and claimed three catches
8. Cremer claimed his 50th one day wicket and became the 15th Zimbabwean bowler to achieve the landmark in one-dayers.
9. Zimbabwe’s whopping 175 run victory margin is their first in terms of win by over 100 runs in a World cup match.
10. Canada’s AS Hansra and John Davison were the only bowlers in the entire match to have given more than 6 runs an over. They gave away 97 runs in 12 overs between them.

– Sharath