The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events

SIMON SWEETMAN

Top knock: Calum McLeod

If your actual World Cup tournament contains half as many twists as the qualifier, we might be in for a good time. If ever there was a tournament where all should have had prizes it was this one.
It looked a bit of a shambles to start with. Eight teams going for two places, two of them established Test sides, two with Test status but no Tests actually played. And four hopefuls.
It started fairly quietly. UAE beat Papua New Guinea, Zimbabwe beat Nepal, Ireland beat the...