Cricket World Cup

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The trophy awarded to the winners of the Cricket World Cup

The Cricket World Cup is an international One Day International (ODI) competition in men's cricket. Organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC), the tournament has taken place every four years since it was first held in 1975 in England. The number of teams and number of matches have increased since then, although the ICC has declared an interest in reducing the format,[1] following criticism of the most recent competition, the 2007 World Cup.[2]

Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar holds an array of individual records in the World Cup. One of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1997, and "the most worshipped cricketer in the world",[3] Tendulkar has made more scores over fifty, hit more centuries and scored more runs than any other cricketer in World Cup history. Australian Glenn McGrath dominates the individual bowling records, having featured for his country in four World Cups.[4] He has taken more wickets at a higher strike rate with a better economy rate than any other bowler, and has the best individual bowling figures in the history of the tournament.

Australians Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist lead the individual fielding records. Ponting is the leading fielder in terms of catches made, in both an individual World Cup tournament and in the competition's history. Wicketkeeper Gilchrist has made the most dismissals in a single match, an individual tournament and in World Cup history. Australia hold several team records, including those for the most wins, the highest win percentage, the most consecutive wins and are the current holders; they were undefeated in the 2007 Cricket World Cup campaign.

Records are also kept of unsuccessful performances. These include Canada's lowest score in the history of the tournament, Zimbabwe's record number of matches lost and Canadian Nicholas De Groot's three consecutive ducks.
Contents
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* 1 Notation
* 2 Team
o 2.1 Overall
o 2.2 One tournament
o 2.3 Streaks
* 3 Batting
o 3.1 Overall
o 3.2 One tournament
o 3.3 Streaks
* 4 Bowling
o 4.1 Overall
o 4.2 One tournament
* 5 Fielding
o 5.1 Overall
o 5.2 One tournament
o 5.3 One match
o 5.4 Extras
o 5.5 Grounds
o 5.6 Umpires
o 5.7 Appearances
o 5.8 Age
o 5.9 Captaincy
* 6 See also
* 7 References
* 8 External links

Notation

Team notation

* (300-3) indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three wickets and the innings was closed, either due to a successful run chase or if no overs remained (or are able) to be bowled.
* (300) indicates that a team scored 300 runs and was all out, either by losing all ten wickets or by having one or more batsmen unable to bat and losing the remaining wickets.

Batting notation

* (100) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was out.
* (100*) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was not out.

Bowling notation

* (5-100) indicates that a bowler has captured five wickets while giving away 100 runs.

Currently playing

* Record holders who are currently playing ODIs or streaks that are still active and can change have a ^ next to their name.

Team
Overall
Record First Second Notes
Highest score India v Bermuda (2007) 413-5 Sri Lanka v Kenya (1996) 398-5 [5]
Lowest score Canada v Sri Lanka (2003) 36 Namibia v Australia (2003) 45 [6]
Highest successful run chase Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe (1992) 313-7 England v West Indies (2007) 301-9 [7][8]
Highest winning margin (runs) India v Bermuda (2007) 257 Australia v Namibia(2003) 256 [9]
Lowest winning margin (runs) Australia v India (1987) 1 Australia v India (1992) 1 [10]
Highest win % Australia 74.63% South Africa 65.00% [11]
Most wins Australia 51 England 36 [11]
Most losses Zimbabwe 33 Sri Lanka 30 [11]

The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.[11]

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.[12]

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.[13] 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.[14] The third tie happened in a group match between Ireland and Zimbabwe at Kingston in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.[15]

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.[16]

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 equalling the record for most sixes (18) in a match.[17][18]
One tournament
Record First Second Third Ref(s)
Highest win % Australia (2007) 100% Australia (2003) 100% Sri Lanka (1996) 100% [19]

Ranked according to the number of matches played; 2007 Australia 11 matches, 2003 Australia 11 matches, 1996 Sri Lanka 8 (including 2 on forfeit). The West Indies also won all their matches in the 1975 World Cup, winning a total of five matches.[19]
Streaks
Record First Second Ref(s)
Most consecutive wins Australia (1999–2007) 23^ West Indies (1975–1979) 9 [20]
Most consecutive defeats Zimbabwe (1983–1992) 18 Netherlands (1996–2007) 10 [21]
Most consecutive games without defeat Australia (1999–2007) 29^ West Indies (1975–1979) 9 [22]

^ indicates the sequence is on-going.
Batting
Overall
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Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has scored more runs in the World Cup than any other player.
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Australian Ricky Ponting has scored the most sixes in the World Cup.
Record First Second Ref(s)
Most runs India Sachin Tendulkar 1796^ Australia Ricky Ponting 1537^ [23]
Highest average (min. 20 inns.) West Indies Cricket Board Viv Richards 63.31 India Rahul Dravid 61.42^ [24]
Strike rate (min. 20 inns.) India Kapil Dev 115.14 Australia Adam Gilchrist 98.01 [25]
Fastest century Australia Matthew Hayden vs South Africa (2007) 66 balls Canada John Davison vs West Indies (2003) 67 balls [26]
Fastest fifty New Zealand Brendon McCullum vs Canada (2007) 20 balls South Africa Mark Boucher vs Netherlands (2007) 21 balls [27]
Most centuries India Sourav Ganguly
Australia Mark Waugh
India Sachin Tendulkar^
Australia Ricky Ponting^ 4 Pakistan Rameez Raja
Pakistan Saeed Anwar
Sri Lanka Sanath Jayasuriya^
West Indies Cricket Board Viv Richards
Australia Matthew Hayden 3 [26]
Most 50+ scores India Sachin Tendulkar 17^ South Africa Herschelle Gibbs
Australia Ricky Ponting 10^ [28]
Most ducks New Zealand Nathan Astle 5 out of 22 Pakistan Ijaz Ahmed 5 out of 26 [29]
Most sixes Australia Ricky Ponting^ 30 South Africa Herschelle Gibbs^ 28 [30]
Highest score South Africa Gary Kirsten v UAE (1996) 188* India Sourav Ganguly (1999) 183 [31]
Most runs through boundaries in an innings India Sourav Ganguly (1999) 110 West Indies Cricket Board Viv Richards (1987) 106 [31]
Highest partnership India Rahul Dravid & Sourav Ganguly
(2nd wicket) v Sri Lanka (1999) 318 India Sachin Tendulkar & Sourav Ganguly
(2nd wicket) v Namibia (2003) 244 [32]

Sachin Tendulkar holds numerous batting records, including those for the most centuries, most fifties and most runs. He also has the most Man of the Match awards.[33] Tendulkar's exploits, together with those of Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly, mean that Indians hold the top three highest partnerships in World Cups.[34]
One tournament
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Indian Sourav Ganguly has scored a record three centuries in a single World Cup tournament.
Record First Second Ref(s)
Most centuries Australia Mark Waugh
India Sourav Ganguly
Australia Matthew Hayden 3 1996
2003
2007 New Zealand Glenn Turner
Australia Geoff Marsh
Australia David Boon
Pakistan Rameez Raja
India Sachin Tendulkar
Pakistan Saeed Anwar
India Rahul Dravid
Australia Ricky Ponting
Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu
Sri Lanka Sanath Jayasuriya
England Kevin Pietersen 2 1975
1987
1992
1992
1996
1999
1999
2003
2003
2007
2007 [26]
Most 50+ scores India Sachin Tendulkar 7 2003[35] Australia David Boon
Australia Ricky Ponting
Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene
New Zealand Scott Styris
England Kevin Pietersen
South Africa Graeme Smith 5 1987
2007 [28]
Most runs in a tournament India Sachin Tendulkar 673 (11 innings) 2003 Australia Matthew Hayden 659 (10 innings)[36] 2007 [37]

Sachin Tendulkar has scored a record number of fifties in World Cups. In the 2003 Cricket World Cup, Tendulkar was dismissed twice in the 90s and 80s respectively.[35]
Streaks
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South African Graeme Smith has scored four consecutive fifties in World Cup cricket.
Record First Ref(s)
Most consecutive centuries India Rahul Dravid
Pakistan Saeed Anwar
Australia Mark Waugh
Australia Ricky Ponting
Australia Matthew Hayden 2 1999
1999
1996
2003–2007
2007 [38]
Most consecutive fifties England Graeme Fowler
India Navjot Sidhu
Australia David Boon
India Sachin Tendulkar
India Sachin Tendulkar
South Africa Graeme Smith 4 1983
1987
1987–1992
1996
2003
2007 [39]
Most consecutive ducks Canada Nicholas De Groot 3 2003 [40]

Ponting scored a century in the 2003 Final against India, and opened the 2007 tournament with a century against Scotland.[26]
Bowling
Overall
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Australian bowler Glenn McGrath has taken more wickets than any other player in the Cricket World Cup.
Record First Second Ref(s)
Most wickets Australia Glenn McGrath 71 Pakistan Wasim Akram 55 [41]
Lowest average (min. 1000 balls bowled) Australia Glenn McGrath 18.19 Pakistan Imran Khan 19.26 [42]
Economy rate (min. 1000 balls bowled) West Indies Cricket Board Andy Roberts 3.24 England Ian Botham 3.43 [43]
Strike rate (min. 1000 balls bowled) Australia Glenn McGrath 27.5 Pakistan Imran Khan 29.9 [44]
Best bowling figures Australia Glenn McGrath v Namibia (2003) 7-15 Australia Andrew Bichel v England (2003) 7-20 [45]
Most wickets in consecutive balls Sri Lanka Lasith Malinga 4 v South Africa (2007)

India Chetan Sharma
Pakistan Saqlain Mushtaq
Sri Lanka Chaminda Vaas
Australia Brett Lee


3 v New Zealand (1987)
3 v Zimbabwe (1999)
3 v Bangladesh (2003)
3 v Kenya (2003)
[46]

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.[47] 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.[48][49]

Chetan Sharma (India) is the first bowler to take hat-trick in Cricket World Cup.
One tournament
Record First Second Ref(s)
Most wickets in a tournament Australia Glenn McGrath (26) 2007 Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan (23)
Sri Lanka Chaminda Vaas (23) 2007
2003 [50]

Chaminda Vaas, Brett Lee and Glenn McGrath all took more than 20 wickets in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.[50]
Fielding

While records for best fielders have varied through different World Cups, the records for wicketkeepers have been occupied by Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist. He holds the records for most dismissals overall, in one tournament and in one match.
Overall
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Australian Adam Gilchrist is the most successful wicketkeeper in World Cup history.
Record First Second Ref(s)
Most dismissals (wicketkeeper) Australia Adam Gilchrist 52 Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara 32^ [51]
Most catches (fielder) Australia Ricky Ponting 25^ Sri Lanka Sanath Jayasuriya 18^ [52]
One tournament
Record First Second Ref(s)
Most dismissals (wicketkeeper) Australia Adam Gilchrist 21 2003 Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara
Australia Adam Gilchrist 17 2003
2007 [53]
Most catches (fielder) Australia Ricky Ponting 11 2003 India Anil Kumble
South Africa Daryll Cullinan
India Dinesh Mongia
Australia Brett Lee
India Virender Sehwag
England Paul Collingwood 8 1996
1999
2003
2003
2003
2007 [54]
One match
Record First Ref(s)
Most dismissals (wicketkeeper) Australia Adam Gilchrist 6 2003 [55]
Most catches (fielder) India Mohammed Kaif 4 2003 [56]
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 Ref(s)
Most extras conceded in one innings Scotland vs Pakistan (1999) 59 (5 b, 6 lb, 33 w, 15 nb) India vs Zimbabwe (1999) 51 (0 b, 14 lb, 21 w, 16 nb) [57]
Grounds

The World Cup has been held in England four times. As a result English grounds have hosted the most World Cup matches.
Record First Second Ref(s)
Most matches hosted by a ground England Headingley, Leeds 12 England Trent Bridge, Nottingham
England Old Trafford, Manchester
England Edgbaston, Birmingham 11 [58]
Umpires

Steve Bucknor has umpired in five finals, from 1992 to 2007, a record in World Cup history.[59] However, he has officiated in two less matches than David Shepherd.[60]
Record First Second Ref(s)
Most matches as umpire in World Cup England David Shepherd 46 West Indies Cricket Board Steve Bucknor 44 [60]
Appearances

Australian players occupy the top position in the number of appearances, thanks in large part to four successive final appearances. The top 10 list is dominated by players who have appeared in five World Cup tournaments.[19]
Record First Second Ref(s)
Most appearances in World Cup Australia Glenn McGrath
Australia Ricky Ponting 39 Sri Lanka Sanath Jayasuriya
Pakistan Wasim Akram 38 [19]

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

Thirty-two players aged less than 20 years have made an appearance in the World Cup, 21 of whom were from the Indian subcontinent.[61] To-date, 14 players aged more than 40 have played in the competition.[62]
Record First Second Ref(s)
Youngest player Bangladesh Talha Jubair 17 years, 70 days 2003 Netherlands Alexei Kervezee 17 years, 186 days 2007 [61]
Oldest player Netherlands Nolan Clarke 47 years, 257 days 1996 Zimbabwe John Traicos 44 years, 306 days 1992 [63]
Captaincy
Record First Second Ref(s)
Most matches as captain[64] New Zealand Stephen Fleming 26 India Mohammed Azharuddin 23 [65]
Best win % as captain[64] Australia Ricky Ponting^ 100% (22 matches) West Indies Cricket Board Clive Lloyd 88% (17 matches) [65]