WORLD CUP RECORDS

WORLD CUP RECORDS

PERFORMANCES OF TEAMS IN WORLD CUPS

Team	Appearances			Best result	Statistics
	Total	First	Latest		Played	Won	Lost	Tie	NR
Australia	9	1975	2007	Champions (1987,99,2003, 2007)	69	51	17	1	0
West Indies	9	1975	2007	Champions (1975,79)	57	35	21	0	1
India	9	1975	2007	Champions (1983)	58	32	25	0	1
Pakistan	9	1975	2007	Champions (1992)	56	30	24	0	2
Sri Lanka	9	1975	2007	Champions (1996)	57	25	30	1	1
England	9	1975	2007	Runners-up (1979,87,92)	59	36	22	0	1
New Zealand	9	1975	2007	Semifinals (1975,79,92,99,2007)	62	35	26	0	1
South Africa	5	1992	2007	Semifinals (1992,99,2007)	40	26	12	2	0
Kenya	4	1996	2007	Semifinals (2003)	23	6	16	0	1
Zimbabwe	7	1983	2007	Super Six (1999,2003)	45	8	33	1	3
Bangladesh	3	1999	2007	Super 8 (2007)	20	5	14	0	1
Ireland	1	2007	2007	Super 8 (2007)	9	2	6	1	0
Canada	3	1979	2007	Round 1	12	1	11	0	0
Netherlands	3	1996	2007	Round 1	14	2	12	0	0
Scotland	2	1999	2007	Round 1	8	0	8	0	0
Bermuda	1	2007	2007	Round 1	3	0	3	0	0
Namibia	1	2003	2003	Round 1	6	0	6	0	0
United Arab Emirates	1	1996	1996	Round 1	5	1	4	0	0
East Africa	1	1975	1975	Round 1	3	0	3	0	0

MAN OF THE SERIES

Year	Player	Performance details
1992	Martin Crowe(NZ)	456 runs
1996	Sanath Jayasuriya(SL)	221 runs and 7 wickets
1999	Lance Klusener(SA)	281 runs and 17 wickets
2003	Sachin Tendulkar(IND)	673 runs and 2 wickets
2007	Glenn McGrath(AUS)	26 wickets

MAN OF THE MATCH (FINAL MATCH)

Year	Player	Performance details
1975	Clive Lloyd(WI)	102 runs
1979	Viv Richards(WI)	138*
1983	Mohinder Amarnath(IND)	3/12 and 26
1987	David Boon(AUS)	75 runs
1992	Wasim Akram(PAK)	33 and 3/49
1996	Aravinda de Silva(SL)	107* and 3/42
1999	Shane Warne(AUS)	4/33
2003	Ricky Ponting(AUS)	140*
2007	Adam Gilchrist(AUS)	149

IMPORTANT MAIN & INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

World Cup records
Batting
Most runs	Sachin Tendulkar(IND)		1796 (1992–2007)
Highest average (min. 20 inns.)	Viv Richards(WI)		63.31 (1975–1987)
Highest score	Gary Kirsten(SA) v UAE		188* (1996)
Highest partnership	Rahul Dravid& Sourav Ganguly(IND) (2nd wicket) v SL		318 (1999)
Most runs in a tournament	Sachin Tendulkar(IND)		673 (2003)
Bowling
Most wickets		Glenn McGrath(AUS)		71 (1996–2007)
Lowest average (min. 1000 balls bowled)		Glenn McGrath(AUS)		19.21 (1996–2007)
Best bowling figures		Glenn McGrath(AUS) v NAM		7/15 (2003)
Most wickets in a tournament		Glenn McGrath(AUS)		26 (2007)
Fielding
Most dismissals (wicket-keeper)		Adam Gilchrist(AUS)		39 (1999–2007)
Most catches (fielder)		Ricky Ponting(AUS)		24 (1996–2007)
Team
Highest score		IND v BER		413/5 (2007)
Lowest score		CAN v SL		36 (2003)
Highest win %		Australia		75% (Played 69, Won 51)
Most consecutive wins		Australia		23 (1999–2007)
Most consecutive tournament wins		Australia		3 (1999–2007)

TEAM RECORDS

Record	First		Second
Highest score	India v Bermuda (2007)	413-5	Sri Lanka v Kenya (1996)	398-5
Lowest score	Canada v Sri Lanka (2003)	36	Namibia v Australia (2003)	45
Highest successful run chase	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe (1992)	313-7	England v West Indies (2007)	301-9
Highest winning margin (runs)	India v Bermuda (2007)	257	Australia v Namibia(2003)	256
Lowest winning margin (runs)	Australia v India (1987)	1	Australia v India (1992)	1
Highest win %	Australia	74.63%	South Africa	65.00%
Most wins	Australia	51	England	36
Most losses	Zimbabwe	33	Sri Lanka	30

Both of the closest margins of victory occurred in matches featuring Australia and India. However, there have also been three tied matches in World Cup history.

·        The first was in the 1999 Cricket World Cup semi-final, in which a run out in the final over with only one run required prevented South Africa advancing to the final instead of Australia, who progressed on head-to-head record against South Africa.

·        The second tied match, in the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa, was a case in which the Duckworth-Lewis method caused a South African loss against Sri Lanka. With the onset of rain, the South African batsmen achieved the score they believed was required to win the match and then blocked out the last ball of the over to avoid losing wickets, however, the score they believed indicated a win actually indicated the score required to tie the match. This tie meant South Africa could not advance to the Super Sixes stage.

·        The third tie happened in a group match between Ireland and Zimbabwe at Kingston in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

·        In 2007, South Africa scored 353/3 in a rain-shortened match against the Netherlands. Their effort came from a shortened game of 40 overs, a run rate of 8.83 runs per over.

·        The highest team total in a World Cup took place in the 19th match of the 2007 World Cup, when India scored 413 runs against Bermuda (a run rate of 8.26). Having lost to Bangladesh in their first match, India needed to win and their batsmen responded, also equaling the record for most sixes (18) in a match.

IN A ONE TOURNAMENT

Record	First		Second		Third
Highest win %	Australia (2007)	100%	Australia (2003)	100%	Sri Lanka (1996)	100%

VICTORY ON A LONG ROW (STREAKS)

Record	First		Second
Most consecutive wins	Australia (1999–2007)	23#	West Indies (1975–1979)	9
Most consecutive defeats	Zimbabwe (1983–1992)	18	Netherlands (1996–2007)	10
Most consecutive games without defeat	Australia (1999–2007)	29#	West Indies (1975–1979)	9

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BATTING RECORDS

Record	First		Second
Most runs	Sachin Tendulkar(IND)	1796#	Ricky Ponting(AUS)	1537#
Highest average (min. 20 inns.)	Viv Richards(WI)	63.31	Rahul Dravid(IND)	61.42#
Strike rate (min. 20 inns.)	Kapil Dev(IND)	115.14	Adam Gilchrist(AUS)	98.01
Fastest century	Matthew Hayden(AUS) vs SA (2007)	66 balls	John Davison(CAN) vs WI(2003)	67 balls
Fastest fifty	Brendon McCullum(NZ) vs CAN (2007)	20 balls	Mark Boucher(SA) vs NED (2007)	21 balls
Most centuries	Sourav Ganguly(IND) Mark Waugh(AUS) Sachin Tendulkar#(IND) Ricky Ponting#(AUS)	4	Rameez Raja(PAK) Saeed Anwar(PAK) Sanath Jayasuriya#(SL) Viv Richards(WI) Matthew Hayden(AUS)	3
Most 50+ scores	Sachin Tendulkar(IND)	17#	Herschelle Gibbs(SA) Ricky Ponting(AUS)	10#
Most ducks	Nathan Astle(NZ)	5 out of 22	Ijaz Ahmed(PAK)	5 out of 26
Most sixes	Ricky Ponting#(AUS)	30	Herschelle Gibbs#(SA)	28
Highest score	Gary Kirsten(SA) v UAE (1996)	188*	Sourav Ganguly (IND)(1999)	183
Most runs through boundaries in an innings	Sourav Ganguly (1999)(IND)	110	Viv Richards (1987)	106
Highest partnership	Rahul Dravid & Sourav Ganguly(IND) (2nd wicket) v SL (1999)	318	Sachin Tendulkar & Sourav Ganguly(IND) (2nd wicket) v NAM (2003)	244

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IN ONE TOURNAMENT

Record	First			Second
Most centuries	Mark Waugh(AUS) Sourav Ganguly(IND) Matthew Hayden(AUS)	3	1996 2003 2007	Glenn Turner(NZ) Geoff Marsh(AUS) David Boon(AUS) Rameez Raja(PAK) Sachin Tendulkar(IND) Saeed Anwar(PAK) Rahul Dravid(IND) Ricky Ponting(AUS) Marvan Atapattu(SL) Sanath Jayasuriya(SL) Kevin Pietersen(ENG)	2	1975 1987 1992 1992 1996 1999 1999 2003 2003 2007 2007
Most 50+ scores	Sachin Tendulkar(IND)	7	2003	David Boon(AUS) Ricky Ponting(AUS) Mahela Jayawardene(SL) Scott Styris(NZ) Kevin Pietersen(ENG) Graeme Smith(SA)	5	1987 2007
Most runs in a tournament	Sachin Tendulkar(IND)	673 (11 innings)	2003	Matthew Hayden(AUS)	659 (10 innings)	2007

RECORD ON A LONG ROW

Record	Player
Most consecutive centuries	Rahul Dravid(IND) Saeed Anwar(PAK) Mark Waugh(AUS) Ricky Ponting(AUS) Matthew Hayden(AUS)	2	1999 1999 1996 2003–2007 2007
Most consecutive fifties	Graeme Fowler(ENG) Navjot Sidhu(IND) David Boon(AUS) Sachin Tendulkar(IND) Sachin Tendulkar(IND) Graeme Smith(SA)	4	1983 1987 1987–1992 1996 2003 2007
Most consecutive ducks	Nicholas De Groot(NED)	3	2003

BOWLING RECORDS

Record	First		Second
Most wickets	Glenn McGrath(AUS)	71	Wasim Akram(PAK)	55
Lowest average (min. 1000 balls bowled)	Glenn McGrath(AUS)	18.19	Imran Khan(PAK)	19.26
Economy rate (min. 1000 balls bowled)	Andy Roberts	3.24	Ian Botham(ENG)	3.43
Strike rate (min. 1000 balls bowled)	Glenn McGrath(AUS)	27.5	Imran Khan(PAK)	29.9
Best bowling figures	Glenn McGrath(AUS) v NAM (2003)	7-15	Andrew Bichel(AUS) v ENG (2003)	7-20
Most wickets in consecutive balls	Lasith Malinga(SL)	4 v SA (2007)	Chetan Sharma(IND) Saqlain Mushtaq(PAK) Chaminda Vaas(SL) Brett Lee(AUS)	3 v NZ(1987) 3 v ZIM (1999) 3 v BNG (2003) 3 v KEN (2003)

·        Glenn McGrath dominates the bowling records, and holds all but two of the records. Lasith Malinga became the first player to take four wickets in four balls at an international level in the 2007 World Cup, against South Africa.

·        Chaminda Vaas took four wickets in five balls against Bangladesh in 2003, including wickets with the first three balls of the match. There have also been hat tricks in Cricket World Cups by Chetan Sharma, Saqlain Mushtaq and Brett Lee.

·        Chetan Sharma (India) is the first bowler to take hat-trick in Cricket World Cup.

IN ONE TOURNAMENT

Record	First		Second
Most wickets in a tournament	Glenn McGrath(AUS) (26)	2007	Muttiah Muralitharan(SL) (23) Chaminda Vaas (SL) (23)	2007 2003

·        Chaminda Vaas, Brett Lee and Glenn McGrath all took more than 20 wickets in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

FIELDING RECORDS

Record	First		Second
Most dismissals (wicketkeeper)	Adam Gilchrist(AUS)	52	Kumar Sangakkara(SL)	32#
Most catches (fielder)	Ricky Ponting(AUS)	25#	Sanath Jayasuriya(SL)	18#

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IN ONE TOURNAMENT

Record	First			Second
Most dismissals (wicketkeeper)	Adam Gilchrist(AUS)	21	2003	Kumar Sangakkara(SL) Adam Gilchrist(AUS)	17	2003 2007
Most catches (fielder)	Ricky Ponting(AUS)	11	2003	Anil Kumble(IND) Daryll Cullinan(SA) Dinesh Mongia(IND) Brett Lee(AUS) Virender Sehwag(IND) Paul Collingwood(ENG)	8	1996 1999 2003 2003 2003 2007

IN ONE MATCH

Record	Player
Most dismissals (wicketkeeper)	Adam Gilchrist(AUS)	6	2003
Most catches (fielder)	Mohammed Kaif(IND)	4	2003

OTHER RECORDS

EXTRA RUNS (EXTRAS)

·        An extra is a run scored by a means other than a batsman hitting the ball.

·        Other than runs scored off the bat from a no ball, a batsman is not given credit for extras and the extras are tallied separately on the scorecard and count only towards the team's score.

Record	First		Second
Most extras conceded in one innings	SCO vs PAK (1999)	59 (5 b, 6 lb, 33 w, 15 nb)	IND vs ZIM (1999)	51 (0 b, 14 lb, 21 w, 16 nb)

b-BYES, lb-LEG BYES, w-WIDES, nb-NO BALL

GROUNDS

MOST MATCHES HELD

Record	First		Second
Most matches hosted by a ground	Headingley, Leeds	12	Trent Bridge, Nottingham Old Trafford, Manchester Edgbaston, Birmingham	11

UMPIRES

MOST MATCHES

Record	First		Second
Most matches as umpire in World Cup	David Shepherd(ENG)	46	Steve Bucknor(WI)	44

PLAYER’S RECORDS

MOST APPEARANCES 

Record	First		Second
Most appearances in World Cup	Glenn McGrath, Ricky Ponting(AUS)	39	Sanath Jayasuriya(SL) Wasim Akram(PAK)	38

AGE FACTOR

Record	First			Second
Youngest player	Talha Jubair(BAN)	17 years, 70 days	2003	Alexei Kervezee(NED)	17 years, 186 days	2007
Oldest player	Nolan Clarke(NED)	47 years, 257 days	1996	John Traicos(ZIM)	44 years, 306 days	1992

CAPTAINCY

Record	First		Second
Most matches as captain	Stephen Fleming(NZ)	26	Mohammed Azharuddin(IND)	23
Best win % as captain	Ricky Ponting^(AUS)	100% (22 matches)	Clive Lloyd(WI)	88% (17 matches)

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Tit-Bits:

·        Anderson Cummins and Kepler Wessels are the only two players to have represented two different countries in Cricket World Cup.