Interesting Batting Bowling And All Category Records In A Note

Cricket World Cup 2011: Interesting Batting Bowling And All Category Records In A Note

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ICC Cricket World Cup Records, Batting and Bowling Overall Records of ICC World cup Cricket.

ICC cricket world cup overall records, players individual records, when and where the ICC world cup was started, who got highest score in the past world cups, streaks, bowling and batting records of the cricket players and more.

The Cricket World Cup is an international One Day International (ODI) competition in men's cricket. The tournament has taken place every four years since it was first held in 1975 in England. 

ICC Cricket World Cup Overall Records

 

Highest score - India v Bermuda (2007) - 413-5 

                            Sri Lanka v Kenya (1996) - 398-5 

Lowest score - Canada v Sri Lanka (2003) - 36 ALL OUT

                              Namibia v Australia (2003) - 45 ALL OUT

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 RUNS

                                                             Australia v Namibia(2003) - 256 RUNS 

   Lowest winning margin (runs) - Australia v India (1987) - 1 RUN

                                                             Australia v India (1992) - 1 RUN

Highest win % - Australia - 74.63% 

                             South Africa - 65.00% 

Most wins - Australia - 51 

                     England - 36 

 Most losses - Zimbabwe - 33

                          Sri Lanka – 30 

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 

Batting Overall Records

 

Most runs - Sachin Tendulkar – 1796 

                      Ricky Ponting – 1537 

  Highest average (min. 20 inns.) - Viv Richards - 63.31 

                                                              Rahul Dravid - 61.42 

Strike rate (min. 20 inns.) - Kapil Dev - 115.14 

                                                Adam Gilchrist - 98.01 

 Fastest century - Matthew Hayden vs South Africa(2007)

 - 66 balls 

                               John Davison vs West Indies(2003) - 67 balls 

 Fastest fifty - Brendon McCullum vs Canada(2007)

 - 20 balls 

                         Mark Boucher vs Netherlands(2007) - 21 balls 

 Most centuries – Sourav Ganguly,Mark Waugh,Sachin Tendulkar,Ricky Ponting – 4 CENTURIES

                                Rameez Raja,Saeed Anwar,Sanath Jayasuriya,Viv Richards,Matthew Hayden – 3 CENTURIES

  

 Most 50+ scores - Sachin Tendulkar – 17 

                                 Herschelle Gibbs,Ricky Ponting – 10 

 Most ducks - Nathan Astle - 5 out of 22 

                         Ijaz Ahmed - 5 out of 26 

 Most sixes - Ricky Ponting – 30 

                       Herschelle Gibbs – 28 

  Highest score - Gary Kirsten v UAE (1996) - 188*

                                 Sourav Ganguly - (1999) – 183 

Most runs through boundaries in an innings - Sourav Ganguly (1999) – 110 

                                                                                   Viv Richards (1987) – 106 

Highest partnership - Rahul Dravid & Sourav Ganguly (2nd wicket) v Sri Lanka (1999) – 318 

                                       Sachin Tendulkar & Sourav Ganguly (2nd wicket) v Namibia (2003) – 244. 

2nd ODI, 20/2/01

Opening bowler Wasin Akram runs down the wicket with excitment for the catch of Adam Parore (duck) by Imran Farhat.

PIC: Sandra Teddy/Photosport

Bowling Overall Records

 Most wickets - Glenn McGrath- 71 

                           Wasim Akram - 55 

Lowest average (min. 1000 balls bowled) - Glenn McGrath - 18.19

                                                                               Imran Khan - 19.26 

Economy rate (min. 1000 balls bowled) - Andy Roberts - 3.24 

                                                                           Ian Botham - 3.43 

  Strike rate (min. 1000 balls bowled) - Glenn McGrath - 27.5 

                                                                      Imran Khan - 29.9 

 Best bowling figures - Glenn McGrath vNamibia (2003)(7 – 15) 

                                         Andrew Bichel v England(2003) – (7-20) 

   Most wickets in consecutive balls - Lasith Malinga - 4 v South Africa(2007)

                                                                Chetan Sharma- 3 v New Zealand(1987), Saqlain Mushtaq - 3 v Zimbabwe(1999),                        Chaminda Vaas -3 v Bangladesh(2003)- Brett Lee - 3 v Kenya (2003