Analysis: 2023 edition of Men’s ODI World Cup had the joint second-highest percentage of matches (45.83) with one-sided results

In the 2023 ODI World Cup, games were decided by a margin of more than 100 runs in 22 out of 48 matches, or four-plus wickets and sixty-plus balls to spare; of the 22 games, 18 took place between the Full-Member teams.

In the 2023 ODI World Cup, games were decided by a margin of more than 100 runs in 22 out of 48 matches, or four-plus wickets and sixty-plus balls to spare. Of the 22 games, 18 took place between the Full-Member teams.

The 2023 men’s ODI World Cup had the joint second-highest percentage of matches (45.83) with one-sided results, after the first 1975 tournament (53.33). Similar to 2023, there were 22 one-sided results in 48 games during the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

ONE-SIDED MATCHES

IN EACH EDITION OF THE MEN’S ODI WORLD CUP

Year Matches* Big wins** % Ave Runs Margin***

1975 15                       8 53.33 124.13

1979 14                       5 35.71 46.57

1983 27                     10 37.04 58.47

1987 27                       5 18.52 43.71

1992 37                       4 10.81 51.91

1996 35                     13 37.14 71.00

1999 41                     10 24.39 71.56

2003 50                     19 38.00 92.44

2007 51                     21 41.18 122.45

2011 48                     20 41.67 110.43

2015 48                     22 45.83 115.91

2019 44                     13 29.55 55.60

2023 48                     22 45.83 134.68

No toss advantage

The side that won the toss only won in 19 out of 48 games; this edition of the men’s ODI World Cup has the second-lowest win-loss ratio ever (0.655). The lowest was 0.555 in 1979, when winning teams won just five out of 14 games.

NOT MAKING MOST OF TOSS ADVANTAGE

LOWEST WIN-LOSS RATIO FOR TOSS-WINNING TEAMS*

                       Mat    Won Lost Tied NR W/L

CWC 1979 14 5 9 0 0 0.555

CWC 2023 48 19 29 0 0 0.655

CWC 1996 36 14 21 0 1 0.666

CWC 1987 27 11 16 0 0 0.687

CWC 1999 42 17 23 1 1 0.739

CWC 1975 15 7 8 0 0 0.875

CWC 2011 49 22 25 1 1 0.880

CWC 2003 52 23 26 1 2 0.884

CWC 2007 51 24 26 1 0 0.923

CWC 1983 27 14 13 0 0 1.076

CWC 2015 48 25 23 0 0 1.086

CWC 2019 45 24 19 1 1 1.263

CWC 1992 39 23 14 0 2 1.642

The team that wins the toss wins 16 times out of 42 day-night games. The side that won the toss elected to bowl in half of those 42 games, but they were only successful eight times. Only eight out of 21 games were won by teams that chose to bat. 

A TOUGH CHOICE TO MAKE AT THE TOSS

TOSS DECISIONS IN D/N GAMES IN THE CWC 2023

                                          Matches Won Lost Win/Loss

WIN TOSS AND BAT 21 8 13 0.615WIN TOSS AND BOWL 21 8 13 0.615