--- title: "World Cup 2019 Leading Wicket Taker" description: "Mitchell Starc replaced Jofra Archer's to become the leading wicket-taker in the World Cup 2019." author: "UTKARSHA SINGHROUL" published: 2019-07-05 updated: 2019-07-05 canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/30455/world-cup-2019-leading-wicket-taker category: "sports" tags: ["sports", "cricket", "world cup 2019"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # World Cup 2019 Leading Wicket Taker The **race is on among the world’s best [bowlers](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33161/who-has-been-the-fastest-bowler-in-cricket) to be the leading wicket-taker at this summer’s [2019 Cricket World Cup](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/366/icc-world-cup-2019-who-could-be-the-man-of-tournament) to be the best ODI bowlers and all chasing the prize of the World Cup trophy**. The host nation has never won the tournament, despite having Cricket as their national sport. [England](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42828/due-to-their-desire-for-a-theocracy-what-was-at-the-center-of-new-england-life) even faced the situation with the last of their three losing appearances in the final coming in 1992, but **there is a growing sense their current team of players can end this 45 years old drought.** ![World Cup 2019 Leading Wicket Taker](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/viewsolution/0e73f6a4-05e4-4532-8aba-5c7d4fb3607a/images/b18834cc-ff32-4a0a-b4a5-8e3c4eff34ab.jpeg)\ But it seems like **in this chase of winning the World Cup, England had to face huge hurdles in the form of teams lead [Virat Kohli](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34355/what-spot-has-been-accorded-to-indian-skipper-virat-kohli-in-june-icc-odi-batting-rankings)-inspired India and a hungry [Australia](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32250/recently-who-won-2017-australian-open-women-s-singles-title)**. But here we are going to discuss the individual achievements made a great contribution resulted in the winning of the team. This **individual contribution made by the bowlers made them the leading wicket-taker of the tournament**. ![World Cup 2019 Leading Wicket Taker](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/viewsolution/0e73f6a4-05e4-4532-8aba-5c7d4fb3607a/images/8f154d86-82bf-40d4-b7c7-ad76b8cc2ce9.jpeg)\ **In 2019 World Cup, till now the leading wicket-taker is Australian Fast Bowler ‘Michell Starc’**. He **replaced [England’s](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40616/what-was-burgoyne-s-strategy-for-cutting-new-england-off-from-the-other-colonies) leading wicket-taker ‘Jofra Archer’** in the [recently conducted](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/100622/which-country-recently-conducted-a-successful-space-mission-to-the-moon) match and **became the leading wicket taker in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup**. Before achieving the feet of highest wicket taker, he was at the second spot of leading wicket-taker. The **29-year-old took five wickets against [New Zealand](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34359/who-became-new-zealand-s-first-grand-slam-champion-since-1974-when-he-won-the-french-open-men-s-doubles-title-for-2017) - Kane Williamson, Tom Latham, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, and Lockie Ferguson and took up his wicket tally to 24 wickets in the tournament so far.** ![World Cup 2019 Leading Wicket Taker](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/viewsolution/0e73f6a4-05e4-4532-8aba-5c7d4fb3607a/images/2c8db020-a92f-4824-9714-7f2a771af926.jpeg)\ **Now, England bowler, Archer is at 3rd place in the list with having 17 wickets in his credit**. Because **he failed to fetch any wicket against India**. Still, the bowlers presented a great match and put forward a stiff competition among the teams and individual bowlers as well. However, **India’s star bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shami were lacking far behind in this wicket taker list tally**. Still, the Indian bowlers showed great competition and many times gave nightmares to the [batsman](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48305/who-was-the-indian-batsman-to-score-the-first-double-hundred-for-india) of the opposition team. ![World Cup 2019 Leading Wicket Taker](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/viewsolution/0e73f6a4-05e4-4532-8aba-5c7d4fb3607a/images/b99fa692-cae7-4ea9-9b0c-e8ca7fdcf968.jpeg)\ After all this, **the defending champions Australia have become the first team to enter into the semi-finals of the World Cup after defeating England by 64 runs**. Whereas, the hosts of the tournament need to win their remaining two matches against [India](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51765/what-is-gslv-satellite-in-india) and New Zealand, to enter the knock-out stage. As a result, **England won it’s both the matches with a good margin**. And **qualified in the list of top 4 teams which go further for Semi-finals.** So, in this fight, not only the batsman but also the role of bowlers will be very important to change the face of matches and turn the tables and surprisingly get the winner which would have been unexpected. --- Original Source: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/30455/world-cup-2019-leading-wicket-taker Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.