London, June 6: In their last match against Australia on Friday, India had the dubious distinction of crossing the 50 mark in wides bowled by their bowlers in this World Cup. But if it looks bad, remember they are only seventh in the list of "wide culprits" from 12 teams in the competition.As against 52 wides, India's no-ball count stands at 39 after Friday's match. It is the third worst among all. Zimbabwe have given most number of wides - 82 - in the competition thus far, while Pakistan top the no-ball list by sending down 53 including 13 against South Africa yesterday.A total of 809 wides have been bowled while no-balls amount to 316, including the runs scored off them.
The top five culprits in "no-ball" mess-up in the current edition are Pakistan (53), Scotland (40), India (39), Australia (35) and Zimbabwe (28) while a similar list in wides reads: Pakistan (88), Zimbabwe (82), Australia (80), West Indies (73) and Scotland (67).
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