Cricket World Cup Records and Satistics
This article gives the details of cricket world cup records and statistics.A complete analysis of cricket records and cricket analytics is given here.
World Cup Records
Highest Team Total
India - 413/5 against Bermuda at Port of Spain (2007 World cuo)
Sri Lanka - 398/5 against Kenya at Kandy (1996 World cup)
Australia - 377/6 against South Africa at Basseterre (2007 World cup)
lowest Team Totals
Canada 36 Opposition Team- Sri Lanka at Paarl (2003 World cup)
Canada 45 Opposition Team- England at Manchester (1979World cup)
Namibia 45 opposition Team Australia at Potchefstroom (2003 World cup)
Most Runs
SR Tendulkar (India 1992-2011) 37 Matches 1824 Runs
RT Ponting (Aus 1996-2011) 40 Matches 1565 Runs
BC Lara (WI 1992-200) 34 Matches 1225 Runs
Highest Individual Scores
G Kirsten(SA) 188* against against U.A.E. at Rawalpindi (1996 World cup)
SC Ganguly(Ind) 183 against Sri Lanka at Taunton (1999 World cup)
IRichards(WI) 181 against Sri Lanka at Karachi (1987 World cup)
Most Hundreds
Sourav Ganguly (India 1999-2007) 4 hundreds
Mark Waugh (Aus 1992-1999) 4 hundreds
Sachin Tendulkar (India 1992-2011) 4 hundreds
Ricky Ponting (Aus 1996-2011) 4 hundreds
Leading Wicket Takers
GD McGrath (Aus 1996-2007) 39 Wickets Best 7/15
M Muralitharan (SL 1996-2011) 32 Wickets Best 4/19
Wasim Akram (Pak 1987-2003) 38 Wickets Best 5/28
Man of the Match
1975 Clive Lioyd (West Indies)
1979 Viv Richards (West Indies)
1983 Mohinder Amarnath (India)
1987 David Boon (Australia)
1992 Wasim Akram (Pakistan)
1996 Aravinda Desilva (Srilanka)
1999 Shane Warne (Australia)
2003 Ricky Ponting (Australia)
2007 Adam Gilcrist (Australia)
Highest Partnership - Ganguly and Dravid 318 Runs against Srilanka (1999 World Cup)
Best Bowling - Glenn McGrath (Australia) 7/15 (2003 World cup)
Most Wickets in a Tournament - Glenn McGrath (Australia) 21 Wickets (2007 World Cup)
Most Catches - Ricky Ponting (Australia) 24 Catches
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