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Ian Botham vs Chris Woakes: WC numbers

By Gaurav Tripathi

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Wokaes stars in England's win over Netherlands

England secured a consolation victory over the Netherlands in the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup, with Chris Woakes playing a pivotal role.

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Joint-most ODI WC wickets for England

Woakes scored 51 runs and took a wicket, joining Ian Botham as England's joint-highest wicket-taker in ODI World Cups.

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Woakes vs Botham

Woakes has 30 wickets from 23 WC games, while Botham achieved the same in 22 games.

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Botham has a better average

Botham is ahead of Woakes in terms of average (25.40) and economy rate (3.43) in World Cups. Both bowlers own a solitary four-fer.

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Their best WC campaigns

A total of 16 of Woakes's wickets came in 11 games in the 2019 event at 27.87 (ER: 5.24). Botham also took 16 wickets in his best WC campaign (1992).

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