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Week Four Roundup

Well, what a difference a week makes. Last Thursday morning, God was in his heaven and New Zealand, Australia, India and England were practically in the semi-finals, but seven days on, only the Aussies have rubber-stamped their spot in the last four. The Kiwis have wobbled and the hosts have imploded, and all of a sudden the likes of Bangladesh, Pakistan or even Sri Lanka could well get across the line. It's no more than a pipe-dream now for the West Indies, whose entire tournament would have changed if Carlos Brathwaite's last-gasp attempt at a six had crossed the rope in one of the weekend's three proper crackers. Elsewhere, South Africa continue to lurch from one crisis to another, and despite fighting heroically in Saturday's other last-over thriller, Afghanistan just couldn't quite take the scalp that would have been the biggest in their history.

Individually, the Aussies are now bossing the race to top both Tendulkar and McGrath.

Leading Run-scorers

1. David Warner (AUS) - 500
2. Aaron Finch (AUS) - 496
3. Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) - 476
4. Joe Root (ENG) - 432
5. Kane Williamson (NZ) - 414


Leading Wicket-takers

1. Mitchell Starc (AUS) - 19
2. Mohammad Aamer (PAK) - 16 [for 286]
3. Jofra Archer (ENG) - 16 [for 325]
4. Lockie Ferguson (NZ) - 15
5. Mark Wood (ENG) - 13