1. Tim Southee (3-63) has now claimed 66 wickets in 49 matches. He is also the second leading wicket taker in the tournament with 14 wickets.
2. Contrary to its previous two matches New Zealand scored just one sixer in this match. New Zealand scored more than 12 sixes in each of its previous 2 matches.
3. Ross Taylor has scored 13 sixes in his last 3 matches, and is still the leading scorer of sixes in the tournament.
4. New Zealand has scored 26 sixes and only nine sixes have been scored against them, in its last three matches.
5. Ross Taylor has now scored 238 runs in his last 3 matches in this World cup.  Interestingly, prior to the last 3 matches, he had scored just 114 runs in his 7 World cup innings.
6. Muralitharan (playing in his 36^th World cup match already) has been among the wickets in all matches in this World cup so far and his overall tally of wickets in World cups is now at 64.
7. As many as 8 New Zealand bowlers bowled in this match.
8. For the second consecutive match a Sri Lankan bowler claimed 4 wickets.

– Sharath

1. Netherlands have lost all their 6 matches.
2. Doeschate followed up with a fifty in his previous innings with a century in this match. This is his second World cup hundred and fifth overall in his career. He is now the seventh leading run scorer in the tournament with 307 runs.
3. Very similar to the previous Netherlands match (against Bangladesh), there were as many as four run outs in the Netherlands innings (Buurman, Bukhari, Seelar and Adeel Raja) which is just the eleventh instance in a World cup match.  In the match against Bangladesh, four Netherlands batsmen were dismissed run-out as well.
4. Adeel Raja interestingly was the only batsman run out on both the matches.
5. Adeel Raja didn’t claim a wicket in this match and hence his last wicket in a World cup match remains as in 2003 when he claimed 4-42 against Namibia.
6. The O’Brien brothers have finished the tournament within a close range of each other in terms of the runs accumulated – Nathan – 205 runs and Kevin – 198 runs.
7. Paul Stirling (101), prior to his first world cup century in this match, had scored just 56 runs in his last 5 innings.

– Sharath

1. England has had a topsy-turvy campaign so far with four wins and two losses.
2. Only three among the six West Indian bowlers were among the wickets, though England was dismissed inside their 50 overs quota – Russel, Roach and Bishoo.
3. Trott (47) almost scored his fifth half century in this tournament. Nevertheless, he top scored for England and is the second leading run scorer in the tournament (as on March 18) with 336 runs.
4. Strauss (31) could not get back to the form he started the tournament with, but is still the third leading run scorer of the tournament so far with 329 runs.
5. James Tredwell (4-48) has never claimed a wicket in 3 one dayers he played prior to this match.
6. Andre Russel bagged a four wicket haul in just his second match.
7. Suleiman Benn has now opened the bowling for the West Indies in all their five matches.
8. Darren Sammy in just his ninth completed match as captain of the West Indies has won five of those matches in charge and which includes just 2 against a Test playing nation.
9. West Indies conceded 22 runs as extras in this match (more than the margin in which they lost the match). Prior to this match, they conceded just 4 runs as an extra in terms of a wide in their last four matches.
10. Very similar to the previous West Indies match against Ireland, six of the 20 batsmen were dismissed bowled, Seven batsmen of the 20 wickets in the West Indies-Ireland match were dismissed bowled.
11. Chennai continues to be a witness to low scoring matches in this World cup edition so far and this is the first among the three matches played here in which both the teams scored totals more than 200.

– Sharath

1. Ashish Bagai (39) also the second top scorer for Canada in the match has scored 187 runs in his last 3 innings.
2. W.D. Balaji Rao went wicket-less for the first time in his last five matches.
3. Ricky Ponting has scored just 83 runs in four innings in this World cup edition which includes just six hits to the boundary and remains in the bottom of the list if batsmen with more than four World cup appearances, in terms of the runs scored.
4. Shaun Tait (2-34) continues to have a good run in World cups and has now claimed 33 wickets in 16 matches. Outside World cups, Tait has claimed 28 wickets in 17 matches. He has now claimed 10 wickets in this World cup edition so far.
5. Mitchell Johnson (1-43) has claimed 9 wickets in five matches in this World cup, which includes 8 wickets in his first 2 matches.
6. John Davison in his last match for Canada was back to his original opening batting position and also claimed a wicket (of Haddin).
7. Whatham became the 30th cricketer to make his one day debut for Canada in a World Cup match.
8. Davison became the second player after Javed Miandad of Pakistan to retire after a World cup match ending their team’s progress further  in the tournament.
9. Now both the Australian new ball bowlers have 30 plus wickets in World cups alone – Lee (30) and Tait (33).
10. Ponting’s wicket was Osinde’s 41^st in limited overs cricket and he is now the most successful Canadian bowler (record shared with John Davison) in terms of most wickets.

– Sharath

1. Contrary to the previous World cup match played by South Africa (against India), in which there were five half centurions and a centurion, there was only one half centurion in this match, Duminy, who missed his century by a run.
2. Dale Steyn who became the fifth South African bowler to capture five wickets in an innings in a World Cup match in the previous match, was the only South African bowler who didn’t claim a wicket, though he just bowled 4 overs.
3. Jack Kallis (19) has scored just 109 runs in his 5 innings in this World cup, joining the list of under scoring five World cup veterans such as Chanderpaul (West Indies) and Ponting (Australia).
4. All Irish bowlers who bowled more than 5 overs were among the wickets.
5. Interestingly, the last 2 opponents of Ireland (West Indies and now South Africa) have both conceded just 4 runs as an extra in terms of a wide.
6. Van Wyk claimed four catches in the match for South Africa.
7. J. Kallis has been run out for three times in World cup matches now, the most by a South African.
8. Duminy’s 99 is his first World cup fifty. He has scored six fifties and a hundred in his last 16 innings, all as a middle order batsman.

– Sharath

1. Shahid Afridi (1-33) is continuing to be the leading wicket taker in this edition with 16 wickets overall. Prior to this edition, he had claimed just 7 wickets in 12 world cup matches.
2. Afridi however is continuing to have a disappointing World up with the bat as he has scored just 188 runs in 16 World cup innings.
3. In contract to Pakistan’s previous match in which 15 sixes were scored overall (against New Zealand), no sixes were scored in this match.
4. Umar Gul, for the second consecutive match claimed 3 wickets and has claimed 10 wickets overall in his 5 matches in this World cup edition so far.
5. Abdur Razzaq, who gave away 49 runs in 4 overs in his previous match, came back strongly with 1-24 in 7 overs..
6. Craig Ervine (52) scored his second World cup half century in this edition, becoming the 12^th Zimbabwean to achieve the feat.
7. Asad Shafiq’s unbeaten 78is his highest score in one day internationals.
8. Mohammed Hafeez (49) missed out on his first half century in 11 matches this year. He has just one hundred in his last 11 innings and has scored less than 100 runs in this World cup so far, being an opening batsman.

– Sharath

1. Bangladesh registered their first consecutive wins in this tournament.
2. Netherlands have now lost all their 5 matches.
3. Shafiul Islam was the only Bangladesh bowler who was not among the wickets, though he was the most economical giving away just 15 runs in his 9.3 overs.
4. Tamim Iqbal scored his second duck of the tournament. He has now scored as many as 10 ducks in his 94 innings career so far.
5. Doeschate scored 50 or more runs after a gap of 3 matches, since his 119 against England in the first match. This is his third World cup fifty and ninth overall in his career.
6. There were as many as four run outs in the Netherlands innings (E. Szwarczynski, Tom Cooper, P. Borren and Adeel Raja) which is just the tenth instance in a World cup match.
7. Shahriar Nafees reached a milestone of 2000+ runs in one day internationals, becoming the fifth Bangladesh batsman reach the landmark.
8. Imrul Kayes’ unbeaten 73 is the highest individual score by a Bangladeshi opening batsman in a World Cup match. The previous best was in the same edition (70 by Tamim Iqbal against India at Dhaka earlier in the tournament).
9. Adeel Raja played his first World cup match in this edition. This is his third World cup appearance for the Netherlands. He went wicket-less. His last wicket in a World cup match was in 2003 when he claimed 4-42 against Namibia.

– Sharath

1. Ricky Ponting has scored just 76 runs in this World cup edition which includes just six hits to the boundary and remains in the bottom of the list if batsmen with more than four World cup appearances, in terms of the runs scored.
2. Shaun Tait (2-49) continues to have a good run in World cups and has now claimed 31 wickets in 15 matches. Outside World cups, Tait has claimed almost the equal amount of wickets (28) in 17 matches. He has now claimed 8 wickets in this World cup edition so far.
3. Collins Obuya (98*) scored his highest one day score, his ninth career half century.
4. Michael Hussey (54) scored his first World cup fifty in 7 innings. This is also his fourth fifty in his last 10 innings.
5. Mitchell Johnson after claiming 8 wickets in his first 2 matches has failed to claim even a single wicket in his next 2 matches.
6. Michael Clarke (93) scored his sixth World cup fifty and the 47^th overall in his career. Like Hussey, he has also scored the fourth fifty in his last 10 limited overs innings.
7. Australia’s 324 is their first score over 300 in this tournament and joins in the list if all top teams scoring 300 plus totals.
8. Both teams lost just six wickets in the match respectively, however only Lee (1) and Tait (2) claimed wickets for Australia.

– Sharath

1. Jimmy Hansra for the second consecutive match scored exactly 70 runs. This also is his second career half century in 12 matches.
2. Ashish Bagai (84) also scored his second consecutive half century. It is also his 16^th half century in 58 innings.
3. Tim Southee (1-36) has now claimed 63 wickets in 48 matches.
4. New Zealand for the second consecutive match scored more than 12 sixes in a match 912 in this match) including five by Ross Taylor alone in contrast to just three sixes hit by Canada.
5. Ross Taylor has scored 12 sixes in his last 2 matches, and is the leading scorer of sixes in the tournament.
6. New Zealand has scored 25 sixes and only five sixes have been scored against them, in its last two matches.
7. Ross Taylor has now scored 205 runs in his last 2 matches in this World cup.  Interestingly, prior to the last 2 matches, he had scored just 114 runs in his 7 World cup innings.
8. W.D. Balaji Rao (2-62) has been among wickets for Canada in its last four matches and has now claimed 9 wickets so far in this tournament.

– Sharath

1. Virender Sehwag for five consecutive matches in a row has opened the scoring with a boundary. Sehwag is the leading run scorer in the tournament with 327 runs in 5 innings.
2. Sachin Tendulkar (111) had plenty of records in this match:
   1. The first cricketer to score more than one World cup 100 in his sixth world cup edition.
   2. Scored his sixth World cup hundred
   3. Scored his first World cup hundred against South Africa and his fourth world cup 100 in the sub continent.
3. Zaheer Khan has now claimed 12 wickets in the tournament so far and is now the joint second leading wicket-taker in this tournament.
4. India lost its last nine wickets for just 29 runs. Incidentally in its last match South Africa lost its last seven wickets for just 41 runs.
5. The match witnessed five half centurions and one centurion.
6. Indian bowlers bowled just 1 wide in their 49.4 overs bowled.
7. Interestingly, for the first time since the 1975 World cup, the first three batsmen of a side have all scored fifty plus runs in an innings.
8. Dale Steyn (5-50), became the fifth South African bowler to capture five wickets in an innings in a World Cup match.
9. Jack Kallis (69) scored his first major knock in this tournament. Prior to this match he has scored just 21 runs in the first three matches in this edition.
10. Hashim Amla (61) has now scored fifty or more runs in an innings on six of his last 11 one day innings.

– Sharath