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Sammy 89 highest by No. 7 in World Cups

Stats highlights from the Group B match between Ireland and West Indies in Nelson

Bishen Jeswant
Bishen Jeswant
16-Feb-2015
89 Runs scored by Darren Sammy, the highest by a No. 7 batsman in World Cups. The previous highest was 77, by Pakistan's Shahid Mahboob, against Sri Lanka in 1983.
198 Runs scored by West Indies during the last 20 overs of their innings. Since 2001, prior to which ball-by-ball data is unavailable, this is the second-most runs scored by West Indies in those overs and the most by any team against Ireland.
154 The sixth-wicket partnership between Sammy and Lendl Simmons, the third highest in World Cups. The biggest sixth-wicket stand in World Cups is 162, between Ireland's Kevin O'Brien and Alex Cusack against England in 2011.
3 Number of times that Ireland have made 300-plus runs in a successful chase in World Cups. No other team has accomplished this on more than one occasion.
4 Number of times that Ireland have beaten a Test nation in World Cups. They beat Pakistan and Bangladesh in 2007, England in 2011 and now the West Indies. Kenya is the only non-Test nation with more such wins. They have five wins against Test nations, including a game that was forfeited by New Zealand for security reasons.
6 Number of 300-plus scores this World Cup, which is already more than the number of 300-plus scores in each of the first seven World Cups. The 2011 edition have the most such scores, 17.
71 The opening partnership between William Porterfield and Paul Stirling, the highest for Ireland against a top-eight team in World Cups and second-highest in all ODIs.
92 Runs scored by Stirling, the highest for an Ireland opener against a top-eight team in World Cups. The previous highest was Porterfield's 75 against India in 2011.
84 Runs scored by Ed Joyce. He scored exactly 84 against West Indies during the 2011 World Cup as well. This is the third highest score by an Ireland batsman against top-eight teams in World Cups.
9 Number of times in ODIs that batting pairs have posted 150-plus stands for the sixth wicket after being five down for 100 runs or less. The 154-run stand between Sammy and Simmons is the highest such stand for West Indies. Jeff Dujon and Richie Richardson also posted a 154-run stand for West Indies in similar circumstances against Pakistan in 1991.
1 Number of West Indies batsman who have scored a World Cup century batting at No.6 - Simmons. The previous highest World Cup score by a West Indies No. 6 was Collis King's 86 in the 1979 Final.
18 Number of times since 2012 that West Indies have lost five or more wickets for 100 runs or less, the most for any team. They have played 60 ODIs in this period which means that they collapse in this manner once every three games.
55.4 Chris Gayle's batting strike during his 65-ball 36. This is his lowest strike rate against a non-Test playing nation for an innings of 50-plus balls.
218 Runs scored by West Indies' batsmen below No. 5, the second-most in a World Cup game. The most runs scored by players batting in these positions is 239, by India against Zimbabwe in 1983, when Kapil Dev scored 175.

Bishen Jeswant is a stats sub editor at ESPNCricinfo. @bishen_jeswant