ICC World Cup Statistics
Tenth edition of ICC World Cup will get under way from Feb 19, 2011 with the Bangladesh v India match in Dhaka. In the post, ICC World Cup Stats, I have added ICC World Cup statistics from the first world cup in 1975 onwards. ICC World Cup stats has details about batting, bowling, fielding, highest team total, lowest team total, best strike rate, etc.
ICC World Cup Statistics
ICC World Cup 2011 will get under way from Feb 19 with the Bangladesh v India match in Dhaka. In this post, I am taking a peek into the historical statistics of ICC World Cup so far.Result
Year: 1975
Date: Jun 07-Jun 21
Venue: England
Finals: WI vs AUS
Result: WI won by 17 runs
Year: 1979
Date: Jun 09-Jun 23
Venue: England
Finals: WI vs ENG
Result: WI won by 92 runs
Year: 1983
Date: Jun 09-Jun 25
Venue: England
Finals: WI vs Ind
Result: Ind won by 43 runs
Year: 1987
Date: Oct 08-Nov 08
Venue: India,Pakistan
Finals: AUS vs ENG
Result: AUS won by 7 runs
Year: 1992
Date: Feb 22-Mar 25
Venue: Australia,New Zealand
Finals: PAK vs ENG
Result: PAK won by 22 runs
Year: 1996
Date: Feb 14-Mar 17
Venue: India,Pakistan,Sri Lanka
Finals: AUS vs SL
Result: SL won by 7 wickets
Year: 1999
Date: May 14-Jun 20
Venue: England,Ireland,Netherlands,Scotland
Finals: AUS vs PAK
Result: AUS won by 8 wickets
Year: 2003
Date: Feb 09-Mar 23
Venue: Kenya,South Africa,Zimbabwe
Finals: AUS vs IND
Result: AUS won by 125 runs
Year: 2007
Date: Mar 13-Apr 28
Venue: West Indies
Finals: SL vs AUS
Result: AUS won by 53 runsBatting
1.Gary Kirsten (SA)
188* vs. UAE
2.Sourav Ganguly (IND)
183 vs. SL
3.Vivian Richards (WI)
181 vs. SL
4.Kapil Dev (IND)
175* vs. ZIM
5.Craig Wishart (ZIM)
172* vs. NAMBowling
1.Glenn McGrath (AUS)
7/15 (7 Ovrs) vs. NAM
2.Andrew Bichel (AUS)
7/20 (10 Ovrs) vs. ENG
3.Winston Davis (WI)
7/51 (10.3 Ovrs) vs. AUS
4.Gary Gilmour (AUS)
6/14 (12 Ovrs) vs. ENG
5.Shane Bond (NZ)
6/23 (10 Ovrs) vs. AUSFielding
1.Ricky Ponting (AUS)
25 (39 Matches)
2.Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
18 (38 Matches)
3.Chris Cairns (NZ)
16 (28 Matches)
4.Brian Lara (WI)
16 (34 Matches)
5.Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)
16 (35 Matches)Most Hundreds
1. Sourav Ganguly (INDIA) 4 (21 Matches)
2. Mark Waugh (AUS) 4 (22 Matches)
3. Sachin Tendulkar (INDIA) 4 (36 Matches)
4. Ricky Ponting (AUS) 4 (39 Matches)
5. Rameez Raja (PAK) 3 (16 Matches) Most 50s
1. Sachin Tendulkar (INDIA) 13 (36 Matches)
2. Graham Gooch (ENG) 8 (21 Matches)
3. Martin Crowe (NZ) 8 (21 Matches)
4. Steve Tikolo (KEN) 8 (23 Matches)
5. Herschelle Gibbs (SA) 8 (25 Matches)Best Batting Strike Rate
1. Shane Watson (AUS) 170.58 (8 Matches)
2. Dwayne Smith (WI) 163.33 (6 Matches)
3. Chris Lewis (ENG) 155.76 (9 Matches)
4. Andy Blignaut (ZIM) 138.20 (7 Matches)
5. Ian Smith (NZ) 132.69 (17 Matches)Most Catches
1. Ricky Ponting (AUS) 25 (39 Matches)
2. Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) 18 (38 Matches)
3. Chris Cairns (NZ) 16 (28 Matches)
4. Brian Lara (WI) 16 (34 Matches)
5. Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK) 16 (35 Matches)Highest Team Total
1.IND 413 vs. BER
2.SL 398 vs. KEN
3.AUS 377 vs. SA
4.IND 373 vs. SL
5.NZ 363 vs. CANLowest Team Total
1.CAN 36 vs. SL
2.CAN 45 vs. ENG
3.NAM 45 vs. AUS
4.SCO 68 vs. WI
5.PAK 74 vs. ENGODI Ranking
1. Australia
2. India
3. Sri Lanka
4. South Africa
5. England
6. Pakistan
7. New Zealand
8. Bangladesh
9. West Indies
10. Ireland
11. Zimbabwe
12. Netherlands
13. Kenya
14. Canada TOP ODI BATSMEN
1. Hashim Amla (South Africa)
2. AB de Villiers (South Africa)
3. Virat Kohli (India)
4. Michael Hussey (Australia)
5. MS Dhoni (India)
6. Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka)
7. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
8. Jacques Kallis (South Africa)