Most runs cricket world cup tournaments :
The answer is obviously Sachin Tendulkar. Easily the best batsmen modern cricket World has seen, and as this remarkable career comes to its climax - Tendulkar's records will always speak loudly how genius this little master was. Tendulkar has made 1796 runs in total, from 36 ODIs.
Second batsmen to make most runs is Ricky Ponting who has 1537 runs from 39 games. 2011 world cup will be a direct tussle between these two to decide who finishes with most WC runs. Brian Lara retired with 1225 world cup runs.
Highest Individual Cricket World Cup scores UAe were at the receiving end when generally slow batsman - Gary Kristen decided to break free. At Rawalpindi in that 1996 World Cup - Gary Kristen hit 13 fours and 4 sixes to make 188 not out against the Arab Emirates team. This broke Dev's age old record of highest Cricket WC score.
Sourav Ganguly also features in this record with his 183 runs against Sri Lanka at Taunton in 1999World Cup. Rahul Dravid made 151 a the other end that day.
Most centuries in Cricket world cups
Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Mark Waugh and even Saeed Anwar to an extent are understandable to feature in this list of most centuries by a batsmen in World Cup matches.. but the name must surprise is Rameez Raja.
Former Pakistani opener and now a well known cricket commentator - Rameez Raja finished 1987 World Cup with a century against England and then started 1992 World Cup with two centuries against West Indies and New Zealand... no wonder why Pakistan won that World Cup in Australia/New Zealand in 1992.
Sourav Ganguly in 2003 = 4, vs Namibia, Sri Lanka, Kenya (2).
Mark Waugh in 1996 = 4, vs New Zealand, India, Kenya & Zimbabwe.
Sachin Tendulkar in 2003 = 3, vs Kenya, Sri Lanka, Kenya and Namibia.
Rmeez Raja in 1987 = 3, vs England, West Indies and New Zealand.
Saeed Anwar in 2003 = 3, vs India, New Zealand and Zimbabwe.
The answer is obviously Sachin Tendulkar. Easily the best batsmen modern cricket World has seen, and as this remarkable career comes to its climax - Tendulkar's records will always speak loudly how genius this little master was. Tendulkar has made 1796 runs in total, from 36 ODIs.
Second batsmen to make most runs is Ricky Ponting who has 1537 runs from 39 games. 2011 world cup will be a direct tussle between these two to decide who finishes with most WC runs. Brian Lara retired with 1225 world cup runs.
| Most runs by a batsman in one world cup tournament. | ||||||||||
| Batsman (Country) | Runs | WC | Mts | Inns | Best | Srate | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| Sachin Tendulkar (India) | 673 | 2003 | 11 | 11 | 152 | 89.25 | 1 | 6 | 75 | 4 |
| Mathew Hayden (Aus) | 659 | 2007 | 11 | 10 | 158 | 101.07 | 3 | 1 | 69 | 18 |
| Mahela Jayawardene (SL) | 548 | 2007 | 11 | 11 | 115* | 85.09 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 10 |
| Ricky Ponting (Aus) | 539 | 2007 | 11 | 9 | 113 | 95.39 | 1 | 4 | 53 | 11 |
| Sachin Tendulkar (India) | 523 | 1996 | 7 | 7 | 137 | 87.16 | 2 | 3 | 57 | 7 |
Highest Individual Cricket World Cup scores UAe were at the receiving end when generally slow batsman - Gary Kristen decided to break free. At Rawalpindi in that 1996 World Cup - Gary Kristen hit 13 fours and 4 sixes to make 188 not out against the Arab Emirates team. This broke Dev's age old record of highest Cricket WC score.
Sourav Ganguly also features in this record with his 183 runs against Sri Lanka at Taunton in 1999World Cup. Rahul Dravid made 151 a the other end that day.
| Highest Individual scores by a batsman in one day World cups. | |||||||
| Batsman (Country) | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Versus | Venue | Mon/Yr |
| Gary Kirsten (SA) | 188* | 159 | 13 | 4 | UAE | Rawalpindi | 16 Feb 1996 |
| Sourav Ganguly (Ind) | 183 | 158 | 17 | 7 | Sri Lanka | Taunton | 26 May 1999 |
| Vivian Richards (WI) | 181 | 125 | 16 | 7 | Sri Lanka | Karachi | 13 Oct 1987 |
| Kapil Dev (Ind) | 175* | 138 | 16 | 6 | Zimbabwe | Tunbridge | 18 Jun 1983 |
| Craig Wishart (Zim) | 172* | 151 | 18 | 3 | Namibia | Harare | 10 Feb 2003 |
| Glenn Turner (NZ) | 171* | 201 | 16 | 2 | East Africa | Edgbaston | 7 Jun 1975 |
| Andrew Hudson (SA) | 161 | 132 | 13 | 4 | Holland | Rawalpindi | 5 Mar 1996 |
| Imran Nazir (Pak) | 160 | 121 | 14 | 8 | Zimbabwe | Kingston | 21 Mar 2007 |
| Mathew Hayden (Aus) | 158 | 143 | 14 | 4 | West Indies | North Sound | 27 Mar 2007 |
| Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) | 152 | 151 | 18 | 0 | Namibia | P'zburg | 23 Feb 2003 |
Most centuries in Cricket world cups
Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Mark Waugh and even Saeed Anwar to an extent are understandable to feature in this list of most centuries by a batsmen in World Cup matches.. but the name must surprise is Rameez Raja.
Former Pakistani opener and now a well known cricket commentator - Rameez Raja finished 1987 World Cup with a century against England and then started 1992 World Cup with two centuries against West Indies and New Zealand... no wonder why Pakistan won that World Cup in Australia/New Zealand in 1992.
Sourav Ganguly in 2003 = 4, vs Namibia, Sri Lanka, Kenya (2).
Mark Waugh in 1996 = 4, vs New Zealand, India, Kenya & Zimbabwe.
Sachin Tendulkar in 2003 = 3, vs Kenya, Sri Lanka, Kenya and Namibia.
Rmeez Raja in 1987 = 3, vs England, West Indies and New Zealand.
Saeed Anwar in 2003 = 3, vs India, New Zealand and Zimbabwe.
