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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 declared an interest in reducing the format,^[1] following criticism of 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; they were undefeated in the 2003 Cricket World Cup and 2007 Cricket World Cup campaigns.
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 1 Notation 2 Team 2.1 Overall 2.2 One tournament 2.3 Streaks 3 Batting 3.1 Overall 3.2 One tournament 3.3 Streaks 4 Bowling 4.1 Overall 4.2 One tournament 5 Fielding 5.1 Overall 5.2 One tournament 5.3 One match 5.4 Extras 5.5 Grounds 5.6 Umpires 5.7 Appearances 5.8 Age 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	Canada v  England (1979)	45	[6]
Highest successful run chase	Ireland v  England (2011)	329–7	Sri Lanka v  Zimbabwe (1992)	313–7	[7]
Highest winning margin (runs)	India v  Bermuda (2007)	257	Australia v  Namibia(2003)	256	[8]
Lowest winning margin (runs)	Australia v  India (1987)	1	Australia v  India (1992)	1	[9]
Highest win %	Australia	74%	South Africa	65.95%	[10]
Most wins	Australia	55	New Zealand	40	[11]
Most losses	Zimbabwe	37	Sri Lanka	32	[12]

The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.^[10]
Both of the closest margins of victory occurred in matches featuring Australia and India. However, there have also been four tied matches in World Cup history.^[13]
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.^[14] 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.^[15] The third tie happened in a group match between Ireland and Zimbabwe at Kingston in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.^[16] The fourth tie happened in a group match between India and England at Bangalore in the 2011 Cricket World Cup.^[17]
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.^[18]
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).^[5] 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.^[19]

One tournament

Record	First		Second		Third		Ref(s)
Highest win %	Australia (2007)	100%	Australia (2003)	100%	Sri Lanka (1996)	100%	[20]

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 and 1979 World Cups, winning a total of five and four matches respectively.^[20]

Streaks

Most consecutive wins	Australia (1999–2011)	25[21]	West Indies (1975–1979)	9
Most consecutive matches without being defeated	Australia (1999–2011)	34+	West Indies (1975–1979)	9
Most consecutive defeats	Zimbabwe (1983–1992)	18	Netherlands (1996–2011)	16

⁺Australia's streak of 32 consecutive wins without defeat took place over 34 total matches, including one tie and one no-result.

Batting

Overall

Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has scored more runs in the World Cup than any other player.

Australian Ricky Ponting has scored the most sixes in the World Cup.

Record	First		Second		Ref(s)
Most runs	Sachin Tendulkar	2278^	Ricky Ponting	1743^	[22]
Highest average (min. 20 inns.)	Viv Richards	63.31	Rahul Dravid	61.42	[23]
Strike rate (min. 20 inns.)	Kapil Dev	115.14	Virender Sehwag	106.43^	[24]
Fastest century	Kevin O'Brien vs England (2011)	50 balls	Matthew Hayden vs South Africa (2007)	66 balls	[25]
Fastest fifty	Brendon McCullum vs Canada (2007)	20 balls	Mark Boucher vs Netherlands (2007)	21 balls	[26]
Most centuries	Sachin Tendulkar	6^	Ricky Ponting	5^	[25][27]
Most 50+ scores	Sachin Tendulkar	21^	Ricky Ponting	11^	[28]
Most ducks	Nathan Astle	5 out of 22	Ijaz Ahmed	5 out of 26	[29]
Most sixes	Ricky Ponting^	31	Herschelle Gibbs^	28	[30]
Highest score	Gary Kirsten v UAE (1996)	188*	Sourav Ganguly v Sri Lanka (1999)	183	[31]
Most runs through boundaries in an innings	Sourav Ganguly (1999)	110	Viv Richards (1987)	106	[31]
Highest partnership	Rahul Dravid & Sourav Ganguly (2nd wicket) v Sri Lanka (1999)	318	WU Tharanga & TM Dilshan (1st wicket) v Zimbabwe (2011)	282	[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]

One tournament

Indian Sourav Ganguly has scored a record three centuries in a single World Cup tournament.

Record	First			Second			Ref(s)
Most centuries	Mark Waugh Sourav Ganguly Matthew Hayden	3	1996 2003 2007	Glenn Turner Geoff Marsh David Boon Rameez Raja Sachin Tendulkar^ Saeed Anwar Rahul Dravid Ricky Ponting^ Marvan Atapattu Sanath Jayasuriya Kevin Pietersen^ AB de Villiers^ Ryan ten Doeschate^ Tillakaratne Dilshan^ Upul Tharanga	2	1975 1987 1992 1992 1996, 2011 1999 1999 2003 2003 2007 2007 2011 2011 2011 2011	[25]
Most 50+ scores	Sachin Tendulkar^	7	2003[34]	David Boon Martin Crowe Javed Miandad Sachin Tendulkar^ Rahul Dravid Ricky Ponting^ Mahela Jayawardene^ Scott Styris Kevin Pietersen^ Graeme Smith^ Yuvraj Singh^ Jonathan Trott^	5	1987 1992 1992 1996 2003 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2011 2011	[28]
Most runs in a tournament	Sachin Tendulkar	673 (11 innings)	2003	Matthew Hayden	659 (10 innings)[35]	2007	[36]
Most sixes	Mathew Hayden	18 (10 innings)	2007	Saurav Ganguly	15 (11 innings)	2003	[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 each.^[34]

Streaks

South African Graeme Smith has scored four consecutive fifties in World Cup cricket.

Record	First			Ref(s)
Most consecutive centuries	Rahul Dravid Saeed Anwar Mark Waugh Ricky Ponting Matthew Hayden AB De Villiers	2	1999 1999 1996 2003–2007 2007 2011	[38]
Most consecutive fifties	Graeme Fowler Navjot Sidhu David Boon Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Tendulkar Graeme Smith Yuvraj Singh	4	1983 1987 1987–1992 1996 2003 2007 2011	[39]
Most consecutive ducks	Nicholas De Groot Shem Ngoche	3	2003 2011	[40]

Ponting scored a century in the 2003 Final against India, and opened the 2007 tournament with a century against Scotland.^[25]

Bowling

Overall

Australian bowler Glenn McGrath has taken more wickets than any other player in the Cricket World Cup.

Record	First		Second		Ref(s)
Most wickets	Glenn McGrath	71	Muttiah Muralitharan	68	[41]
Lowest average (min. 1000 balls bowled)	Glenn McGrath	18.19	Imran Khan	19.26	[42]
Economy rate (min. 1000 balls bowled)	Andy Roberts	3.24	Ian Botham	3.43	[43]
Strike rate (min. 1000 balls bowled)	Zaheer Khan	27.1	Glenn McGrath	27.5	[44]
Best bowling figures	Glenn McGrath v Namibia (2003)	7–15	Andrew Bichel v England (2003)	7–20	[45]
Most wickets in consecutive balls	Lasith Malinga	4 v South Africa (2007)	Chetan Sharma Saqlain Mushtaq Chaminda Vaas Brett Lee Lasith Malinga Kemar Roach	3 v New Zealand (1987) 3 v Zimbabwe (1999) 3 v Bangladesh (2003) 3 v Kenya (2003) 3 v Kenya (2011) 3 v Netherlands (2011)	[46]

Glenn McGrath dominates the bowling records, and holds all but three 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, Brett Lee and Kemar Roach.^[48][49]
Chetan Sharma was the first bowler to take a hat-trick in a Cricket World Cup. Lasith Malinga was the first bowler to take 2 hat-tricks during the Cricket World Cup.

One tournament

Wickets	Player	Year	Matches	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Economy Rate	Best Bowling
26	Glenn McGrath	2007	11	80.5	5	357	4.41	3 / 14
23	Chaminda Vaas	2003	10	88	14	331	3.76	6 / 25
23	Muttiah Muralitharan	2007	10	84.4	1	351	4.14	4 / 19
23	Shaun Tait	2007	11	84.3	1	467	5.52	4 / 39

Full Table on Cricinfo

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

Australian Adam Gilchrist is the most successful wicketkeeper in World Cup history.

Record	First		Second		Ref(s)
Most dismissals (wicketkeeper)	Adam Gilchrist	52	Kumar Sangakkara	46^	[50]
Most catches (fielder)	Ricky Ponting	28^	Sanath Jayasuriya	18	[51]

One tournament

Record	First			Second			Ref(s)
Most dismissals (wicketkeeper)	Adam Gilchrist	21	2003	Kumar Sangakkara Adam Gilchrist	17	2003 2007	[52]
Most catches (fielder)	Ricky Ponting	11	2003	Anil Kumble Daryll Cullinan Dinesh Mongia Brett Lee Virender Sehwag Paul Collingwood Graeme Smith Mahela Jayawardene	8	1996 1999 2003 2003 2003 2007 2007 2011	[53]

One match

Record	First			Ref(s)
Most dismissals (wicketkeeper)	Adam Gilchrist	6	2003	[54]
Most catches (fielder)	Mohammed Kaif	4	2003	[55]

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)	[56]

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	Headingley, Leeds	12	Trent Bridge, Nottingham Old Trafford, Manchester Edgbaston, Birmingham	11	[57]

Umpires

Steve Bucknor has umpired in five finals, from 1992 to 2007, a record in World Cup history.^[58] However, he has officiated in two fewer matches than David Shepherd.^[59]

Record	First		Second		Ref(s)
Most matches as umpire in World Cup	David Shepherd	46	Steve Bucknor	45	[59]
Most finals as umpire in World Cup	Steve Bucknor	5	David Shepherd Dickie Bird	3

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.^[20]

Record	First		Second		Ref(s)
Most appearances in World Cup	Ricky Ponting^	46	Sachin Tendulkar^	45	[20]

Anderson Cummins, Kepler Wessels, Ed Joyce and Eoin Morgan are the only four 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.^[60] To-date, 14 players aged more than 40 have played in the competition.^[61]

Record	First			Second			Ref(s)
Youngest player	Nitish Kumar	16 years, 283 days	2011	Talha Jubair	17 years, 70 days	2003	[60][62]
Oldest player	Nolan Clarke	47 years, 257 days	1996	John Traicos	44 years, 306 days	1992	[63]

Captaincy

Record	First		Second		Ref(s)
Most matches as captain[64]	Ricky Ponting^	29	Stephen Fleming	27	[65]
Best win % as captain[64]	Ricky Ponting^	92% (29 matches)	Clive Lloyd	88% (17 matches)	[65]

See also

Cricket portal

• 2007 Cricket World Cup statistics
• List of Cricket World Cup Centuries

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