BATTING RECORDS IN WORLD CUPSHighest score by a batsman in world cup is 188*, by Gary Kirsten of South Africa vs UAE. Sourav Ganguly 183 & Vivian Richards 181 are next to in this prestigious list.
Fastest century in world cup cricket is made by Mathew Hayden of Australia, off just 66 balls, beating record held by Jim Davison of Canada. Kapil Dev & Adam Gilchrist have made 72 ball hundreds.
Fastest Fifty is made by Brendon McCullum of New Zealand, off just 20 balls against Canada at St Lucia in 2007. Mark Boucher has also made 21 & 22 ball half centuries in cricket world cups.
Most runs in world cup is made by Sachin Tendulkar of India. He has 1796 runs upto 2007 championship. 4 is the maximum number of centuries by one batsman in all world cup career.
BOWLING RECORDS IN WORLD CUPS
Best bowler in all world cups is Glenn McGrath of Australia. he holds record of best figures (7 wkts for 15 runs) as well as the most wickets in all world cups = 71 from 39 matches. McGrath also holds record of most wickets in one WC = 26 in 2007. Our article contains all three lists jointly.
TEAM RECORDS IN WORLD CUPS
Highest total in world cup is 413/5, made by India against Bermuda at Trinidad in 2007 edition. Sri Lanka once reached 398/5 in 1996 world cup against Kenya at Kandy.
Lowest total in world cup is 36 allout, by Canada against Sri Lanka in 2003. Among major teams, Pakistan were once bowled out for 74 against England in 1992 while Sri Lanka made only 86 vs West Indies in 1975.
Win/loss summary of all teams in all world cups overs the years. Australia lead the table with 74+ percent success rate South Africa, West Indies and Enngland follow with 60+ wins.
PLAYER RECORDS IN WORLD CUPS
Most matches in world cup belongs to Ricky Ponting who's featured in 39 ODI so far. Sachin Tendulkar is close to matching Javed Miandad as most world cups but he's well behind in number of matches.
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