Published: Mar 21, 2015, 11:52 AM (IST)
Edited: Mar 21, 2015, 11:52 AM (IST)
Trent Boult has become the highest wicket-taker in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in Australia and New Zealand. He surpassed Mitchell Starc‘s tally of 18 wickets in the tournament by picking four wickets in the quarter-final clash between West Indies and New Zealand. Live Scorecard: New Zealand vs West Indies, ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 quarter-final
Boult currently has four wickets in the match and given the way he’s bowling he could well be staring at a few more wickets. He got the wickets of Johnson Charles, Lendl Simmons, Marlon Samuels and Denesh Ramdin leaving West Indies struggling in their chase of 394.
| Player | Teams | M | W | 5WIs |
| Trent Boult | New Zealand | 7 | 19* | 1 |
| Mitchell Starc | Australia | 6 | 18 | 1 |
| Mohammed Shami | India | 6 | 17 | |
| Wahab Riaz | Pakistan | 7 | 16 | |
| Imran Tahir | South Africa | 7 | 15 | 1 |
| Josh Davey | Scotland | 6 | 15 | |
| Morne Morkel | South Africa | 7 | 14 | |
| Umesh Yadav | India | 7 | 14 | |
| Jerome Taylor | West Indies | 6 | 14 | |
| Daniel Vettori | New Zealand | 6 | 13 | |
| Tim Southee | New Zealand | 6 | 13 | 1 |
Earlier Martin Guptill became the fifth batsman in ODI history to register a double century propelling New Zealand to 393. So far only Chris Gayle has looked threatening to chase down the target. He’s scoring at a strike rate of more than 200 and Boult would like to get him to reach his fifer. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: Complete
