ICC World Cup 2015: 5 takeaways from the first week of the World Cup

The first week of the 2015 edition of the World Cup is over. The week had almost everything for us. Tall scores, batting collapses, end overs juggernauts, brave show from minnows and an exceptional bowling performance by Southee. What it lacked was closely fought games. Only UAE Vs Zimbabwe match can be called as the one that almost went to the wire.The fate of the other matches were decided much earlier. If these results are anything to go by, brace yourselves for some more one sided games for the rest of the tournament.Let us have a look at some takeaways from the first week of 2015 World Cup:

#1 300s galore

Based on what has happened so far, there are going to be plenty of 300+ scores in the 2015 World Cup. Since its inception in 1975, 704 matches have been played at the previous 10 World Cups and the 300 run mark has been crossed 61 times making the percentage of such scores a meagre 11%. This includes first 3 editions of 60 overs.

We are just 9 matches into the 2015 World Cup and have already seen 6 scores of 300 or above. If the trend continues, we are likely to witness more than half such scores in this edition itself compared to previous 10. Mind boggling, isn’t it?

The recipe for 300 is simple. On a flat track keep wickets in hand – use bigger bats – add some more spice of field restrictions – pull the boundaries inside a little more – wait until the 35th over – and then keep hitting the ball out of the park until the end of the innings. Bang! There is your ‘300’.

The dish is possible even with some of the ingredients missing. If that happens to be the case, make sure you have someone like the insane South African hitters. And when you eventually get to 300, make sure you don’t pull off a West Indies.