The Most Stupendously Epic World Cup Statistical Overview Ever Produced

I can’t recall exactly how I discovered Deepu Narayana, but I’m glad I did.

I saw his blog and invited him to be our statistical guru. If we had a Ric Finlay Award for cricket numbers excellence, Deepu would have already won it.

Here is his Bay 13 debut.

Need to settle a bar dispute about how anything World Cup stats driven? The answer will be below.

I challenge you to find a more comprehensive array of World Cup stats anywhere.

This piece is brutal. Simply Epic!

Best you don’t read this on a mobile. The tables may not fit on those small screens.

[Dennis]

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Another World Cup is around the corner and the world is getting ready for the extravaganza.

Cricket’s pinnacle tournament is returning to Australia and New Zealand after 23 years with the 14 best teams across the globe.

The New Zealand – Sri Lanka encounter at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on 14^th Feb will mark the start of cricket’s marquee event.

Co-hosts Australia and New Zealand are entering the tournament with rich vein of form behind them as is South Africa. England are still regrouping under their new leader while the Asian teams are little expected to post any trouble. West Indies need nothing short of a miracle to reach the final four. The minnow’s gets another opportunity to lock horns with their big brothers in the grandest stage of them all but is not expected to go beyond an upset or two in the league stages.

This is the first world cup not featuring some of the yesteryear’s greats like Richards and Tendulkar, Imran and Kallis, etc. Let us now go through the stats to see how the teams have fared so far in the World Cups.

World Cups across the years

No.	Year	Teams	Host	Matches	Winner	Runners up
1	1975	8	England	15	WI	Aus
2	1979	8	England	14	WI	Eng
3	1983	8	England	27	Ind	WI
4	1987	8	India & Pakistan	27	Aus	Eng
5	1992	9	Australia & New Zealand	39	Pak	Eng
6	1996	12	India, Pakistan & Sri Lanka	36	SL	Aus
7	1999	12	England, Ireland, Netherlands & Scotland	42	Aus	Pak
8	2003	14	South Africa, Zimbabwe & Kenya	52	Aus	Ind
9	2007	16	West Indies	51	Aus	SL
10	2011	14	India, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka	49	Ind	SL

 

Teams in the World Cup

Team	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	W/L	HS	LS
Australia	1975-2011	76	55	19	1	1	2.894	377	129
Bangladesh	1999-2011	26	8	17	0	1	0.47	283	58
Bermuda	2007-2007	3	0	3	0	0	0	156	78
Canada	1979-2011	18	2	16	0	0	0.125	261	36
East Africa	1975-1975	3	0	3	0	0	0	128	94
England	1975-2011	66	39	25	1	1	1.56	338	93
India	1975-2011	67	39	26	1	1	1.5	413	125
Ireland	2007-2011	15	4	10	1	0	0.4	329	77
Kenya	1996-2011	29	6	22	0	1	0.272	264	69
Namibia	2003-2003	6	0	6	0	0	0	250	45
Netherlands	1996-2011	20	2	18	0	0	0.111	314	115
New Zealand	1975-2011	70	40	29	0	1	1.379	363	112
Pakistan	1975-2011	64	36	26	0	2	1.384	349	74
Scotland	1999-2007	8	0	8	0	0	0	186	68
South Africa	1992-2011	47	30	15	2	0	2	356	149
Sri Lanka	1975-2011	66	31	32	1	2	0.968	398	86
U.A.E.	1996-1996	5	1	4	0	0	0.25	220	136
West Indies	1975-2011	64	38	25	0	1	1.52	360	93
Zimbabwe	1983-2011	51	10	37	1	3	0.27	340	99

 

•  Australia have played the most matches (76) and also won the most (55). Apart from Australia no other team has won more than 50 World Cup games.
• East Africa, Scotland, Namibia & Bermuda are the teams who have not won a single World Cup match till date. Apart from Scotland the other 3 teams have not featured in more than one World Cup.
• South Africa is the only team to feature in more than one tied game in World Cups. However they were eliminated from the respective tournaments on both occasions after the tied games.
• Australia has reached the World Cup final most (6) followed by West Indies England, India and Sri Lanka (3 each). South Africa & New Zealand are yet to reach a World Cup final.
• Australia, Pakistan & New Zealand have played in the most semi-finals – 6. Australia has won the most (5) while New Zealand has lost all 6.
• Australia has had the most consecutive wins – 25 wins, spanning across 4 World Cups (1999-2011). They also have the streak of most consecutive World Cup matches without a loss – 34 matches between their losses to Pakistan in 1999 & 2011 World Cup.
• Zimbabwe has had the worst run in a World Cup with 18 consecutive defeats between the win in their inaugural ODI against Australia at Nottingham in 1983 and their last league game in the 1992 edition against England at Alburry. These were also the first 20 ODI games for Zimbabwe.

 

Highest Team Totals in a World Cup

Team	Score	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
India	413/5	Bermuda	Port of Spain	19-Mar-07
Sri Lanka	398/5	Kenya	Kandy	06-Mar-96
Australia	377/6	South Africa	Basseterre	24-Mar-07
India	373/6	Sri Lanka	Taunton	26-May-99
India	370/4	Bangladesh	Dhaka	19-Feb-11

 

Lowest Team Totals in a World Cup

Team	Score	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
Canada	36	18.4	Sri Lanka	Paarl	19-Feb-03
Canada	45	40.3	England	Manchester	13-Jun-79
Namibia	45	14	Australia	Potchefstroom	27-Feb-03
Bang	58	18.5	West Indies	Dhaka	04-Mar-11
Scotland	68	31.3	West Indies	Leicester	27-May-99

 

BATTING RECORDS

Most Runs

Player	Span	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50
S Tendulkar	1992-2011	44	2278	152	56.95	88.98	6	15
R Ponting	1996-2011	42	1743	140*	45.86	79.95	5	6
B Lara	1992-2007	33	1225	116	42.24	86.26	2	7
S Jayasuriya	1992-2007	37	1165	120	34.26	90.66	3	6
J Kallis	1996-2011	32	1148	128*	45.92	74.4	1	9

 

• Among the players selected for this World Cup, Kumar Sangakkara leads the runs list with 991 runs followed by fellow countryman Mahela Jayawardene (975 runs).

Most Runs in a Single Edition

Player	Edition	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50
S Tendulkar	2003	11	673	152	61.18	89.25	1	6
M Hayden	2007	10	659	158	73.22	101.07	3	1
M Jayawardene	2007	11	548	115*	60.88	85.09	1	4
R Ponting	2007	9	539	113	67.37	95.39	1	4
S Tendulkar	1996	7	523	137	87.16	85.87	2	3

 

Most Centuries

Player	Span	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50
SR Tendulkar	1992-2011	44	2278	152	56.95	88.98	6	15
RT Ponting	1996-2011	42	1743	140*	45.86	79.95	5	6
SC Ganguly	1999-2007	21	1006	183	55.88	77.5	4	3
ME Waugh	1992-1999	22	1004	130	52.84	83.73	4	4

 

• Among the players selected for this World Cup, Mahela Jayawardene and AB de Villiers has most hundreds – 3 each.
• Most hundreds in any single edition by a player is 3 – by Mark Waugh in 1996, S Ganguly in 2003 & M Hayden in 2007.
• Sachin is the only player to score more than one hundred in a single edition twice. He scored 2 centuries each in 1996 & 2011. Incidentally, both editions were co-hosted by India.

Fastest Centuries

Player	Balls	Final	For	vs	Venue	Date
K O’Brien	50	113 (63)	Ire	Eng	Bangalore	02-Mar-11
M Hayden	66	101 (68)	Aus	SA	St Kitts	24-Mar-07
J Davison	67	111 (76)	Can	WI	Centurion	23-Feb-03
P Stirling	70	101 (72)	Ire	Neth	Kolkata	18-Mar-11
A Gilchrist	72	149 (104)	Aus	SL	Bridgetown	28-Apr-07
Kapil Dev	72	175*(138)	Ind	Zim	Turnbridge Wells	18-Jun-83

 

Fastest Fifties

Player	Balls	Final	For	vs	Venue	Date
B McCullum	20	52 (21)	NZ	Can	St Lucia	22-Mar-07
M Boucher	21	75*(31)	SA	Neth	St Kitts	16-Mar-07
M Boucher	22	52 (23)	SA	WI	St George’s	10-Apr-07
B Lara	23	73 (40)	WI	Can	Centurion	23-Feb-03
J Davison	23	52 (31)	Can	NZ	St Lucia	22-Mar-07
K Pollard	23	60 (27)	WI	Neth	Delhi	28-Feb-11

 

Consecutive Hundreds in World Cups

Player	Inngs 1	Inngs 2
Mark Waugh	130 vs Kenya, Vizag, 1996	126 vs Ind, Mumbai, 1996
Rahul Dravid	104* vs Ken, Bristol, 1999	145* vs SL, Taunton, 1999
Saed Anwar	103 vs Zim, Oval, 1999	113* vs NZ, Manchester, 1999
R Ponting	140* vs Ind, Johannesburg, 2003	113 vs Scot, Basseterre, 2007
M Hayden	101vs SA, Basseterre, 2007	158 vs WI, North Sound, 2007
AB de Villiers	107* vs WI, Delhi, 2011	134 vs Neth, Mohali, 2011

 

• Ponting’s hundreds came in 2 separate World Cups – one in 2003 World Cup final and other in Australia’s first game of 2007 World Cup.

Most Consecutive Scores of 50 or More in World Cups

Player	Inngs	Score 1	Score 2	Score 3	Score 4
Graeme Fowler	4	78* vs Pak, Lord’s, 1983	69 vs NZ, Birmingam, 1983	69 vs Pak, Manchester, 1983	81* vs SL, Leeds, 1983
N Sidhu	4	73 vs Aus, Chennai, 1987	75 vs NZ, Bangalore, 1987	51 vs Aus, Delhi, 1987	55 vs Zim, Ahmedabad, 1987
D Boon	4	93 vs Zim, Cuttack, 1987	65 vs Pak, Lahore, 1987	75 vs Eng, Kolkata, 1987	100 vs NZ, Auckland, 1992
S Tendulkar	4	127* vs Ken, Cuttack, 1996	70 vs WI, Gwalior, 1996	90 vs Aus, Mumbai, 1996	137 vs SL, Delhi, 1996
S Tendulkar	4	81 vs Zim, Harare, 2003	152 vs Nam, Pietermatizburg, 2003	50 vs Eng, Durban, 2003	98 vs Pak, Centurion, 2003
G Smith	4	67 vs Neth, ST Kitts, 2007	91 vs Scot, St Kitts, 2007	74 vs Aus, St Kitts, 2007	59 vs SL, Guyana, 2007

 

• Boon’s sequence spanned over 2 World Cups, including the 1987 World Cup final.

 

 

BOWLING RECORDS

Most Wickets

Player	Span	Inngs	Overs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4 wkt	5 wkt
G McGrath	1996-2007	39	325.5	71	7/15	18.19	3.96	27.5	0	2
Muralitharan	1996-2011	39	343.3	68	4/19	19.63	3.88	30.3	4	0
W Akram	1987-2003	36	324.3	55	5/28	23.83	4.04	35.4	2	1
C  Vaas	1996-2007	31	261.4	49	6/25	21.22	3.97	32	1	1
Z Khan	2003-2011	23	198.5	44	4/42	20.22	4.47	27.1	1	0
J Srinath	1992-2003	33	283.2	44	4/30	27.81	4.32	38.6	2	0

 

• Five bowlers have taken 5-fers twice in World Cups – Gary Gilmour, Ashanta de Mel,G McGrath, V Drakes & S Afridi.

Most Wickets in a Single Edition

Player	Edition	Inngs	Overs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4 wkt	5 wkt
G McGrath	2007	11	80.5	26	3/14	13.73	4.41	18.6	0	0
C Vaas	2003	10	88.0	23	6/25	14.39	3.76	22.9	1	1
Muralitharan	2007	10	84.4	23	4/19	15.26	4.14	22.0	2	0
S Tait	2007	11	84.3	23	4/39	20.30	5.52	22.0	1	0
B Lee	2003	10	83.1	22	5/42	17.90	4.73	22.6	0	1

 

Best Bowling Figures in an Innings

Player	Runs	Wkts	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
G McGrath	15	7	Namibia	Potchefstroom	27-Feb-03
A Bichel	20	7	England	Port Elizabeth	02-Mar-03
W Davis	51	7	Australia	Leeds	11-Jun-83
G Gilmour	14	6	England	Leeds	18-Jun-75
A Nehra	23	6	England	Durban	26-Feb-03
S Bond	23	6	Australia	Port Elizabeth	11-Mar-03

 

Hat Tricks

Bowler	Match	Venue	Date	Victims
C Sharma	Ind vs NZ	Nagpur	31-Oct-87	KR Rutherford bowled; IDS Smith bowled; EJ Chatfield bowled
S Mushtaq	Pak vs Zim	Oval	11-Jun-99	HK Olonga st M Khan; AG Huckle st M Khan; M Mbangwa lbw
C Vaas	SL vs Bang	Pietermaritzburg	14-Feb-03	H Sarkar bowled; M Ashraful caught & bowled; E Haque c M Jayawardene
B Lee	Aus vs Ken	Durban	15-Mar-03	KO Otieno bowled; BJ Patel c RT Ponting; DO Obuya bowled
L Malinga	SL vs SA	Guyana	28-Mar-07	SM Pollock bowled; AJ Hall c Tharanga; JH Kallis c Sangakkara,M Ntini bowled
K Roach	WI vs Neth	Delhi	28-Feb-11	PM Seelaar lbw; BP Loots lbw; BA Westdijk bowled
L Malinga	SL vs Ken	Colombo(RPS)	01-Mar-11	T Mishra lbw; PJ Ongondo bowled; SO Ngoche bowled

 

• L Malinga took 4 wickets in 4 balls in Guyana, 2007

Most Consecutive 4-wkt Hauls in World Cups

Player	Inngs	Score 1	Score 2	Score 3
S Afridi	3	5/16 vs Ken,Hambantota,2011	4/34 vs SL,Colombo(RPS),2011	5/23 vs Can,Colombo(RPS),2011

 

 

PARTNERSHIPS

Most Partnership Runs

Partners	Inns	Runs	High	Ave	100	50
A Gilchrist – M Hayden	20	1220	172	64.21	5	7
V Sehwag – S Tendulkar	20	971	153	48.55	2	6
T Dilshan – W Tharanga	9	800	282	100	2	3
H Gibbs – G Kirsten	13	800	176	72.72	4	1
D Jayawardene – K Sangakkara	12	708	179	59	3	2
R Dravid – S Ganguly	9	705	318	88.12	2	1

 

Highest Partnerships for Each Wicket

Wkt	Runs	Partners	Team	Vs	Ground	Match Date
1st	282	U Tharanga – T Dilshan	SL	Zim	Pallekele	10-Mar-11
2nd	318	S Ganguly – R Dravid	Ind	SL	Taunton	26-May-99
3rd	237*	R Dravid – S Tendulkar	Ind	Ken	Bristol	23-May-99
4th	204	M Clarke – B Hodge	Aus	Neth	Basseterre	18-Mar-07
5th	148	R Twose – C Cairns	NZ	Aus	Cardiff	20-May-99
6th	162	K O’Brien – A Cusack	Ire	Eng	Bangalore	02-Mar-11
7th	98	R Sarwan – R Jacobs	WI	NZ	Port Elizabeth	13-Feb-03
8th	117	D Houghton – I Butchart	Zim	NZ	Hyderabad (Deccan)	10-Oct-87
9th	126*	Kapil Dev – S Kirmani	India	Zim	Tunbridge Wells	18-Jun-83
10th	71	A Roberts – J Garner	WI	Ind	Manchester	09-Jun-83

 

Fastest Century Partnerships

Players	Balls	Wkt	Final	For	vs	Venue	Date
W Hinds – B Lara	42	2	102 (47)	WI	Can	Centurion	23-Feb-03
J Kallis – M Boucher	45	4	134* (55)	SA	Neth	St Kitts	16-Mar-07
S Tendulkar – Y Singh	57	5	122* (62)	Ind	Ber	Port of Spain	19-May-07
K O’Brein – A Cusack	61	6	162 (103)	Ire	Eng	Bangalore	02-Mar-11
J Kallis – H Gibbs	66	3	105 (71)	SA	Neth	St Kitts	16-Mar-07

 

Fastest Fifty Partnerships

Players	Balls	Wkt	Final	For	vs	Venue	Date
R Taylor – J Oram	15	7	85 (22)	NZ	Pak	Pallekele	08-Mar-11
R Taylor – N McCullum	21	4	69 (25)	NZ	Can	Mubai	13-Mar-11
F du Plesis – JP Duminy	21	5	66 (25)	SA	Neth	Mohali	03-Mar-11
R Powell – R Sarwan	21	6	63* (28)	WI	SA	Cape Town	09-Feb-03
S Watson – B Hogg	22	7	58* (23)	Aus	Scot	St Kitts	14-Mar-07

 

Consecutive Century Partnerships

Players	Partnership 1	Partnership 2
H Gibbs – G Kirsten	142* vs Ken,Potchefstroom,2003	109* vs Bang,Bloemfontein,2003
A Gurusinha – A de Silva	172 vs Zim,Colombo(SSC),1996	183 vs Ken,Kandy,1996
AB de Villiers – G Smith	134 vs Scot,St Kitts,2007	160 vs SA,St Kitts,2007
J Miandad – R Raja	123* vs WI,MCG,1992	115 vs NZ,Christchurch,1992
M Waugh – S Waugh	113 vs Zim,Hobart,1992	207 vs Ken,Vizag,1996
A Bagai – A Hansara	132 vs Ken,Delhi,2011	125 vs NZ,Mumbai,2011
R Ponting – M Clarke	161 vs SA,St Kitts,2007	112 vs Eng,North Sound,2007
S Ganguly – R Dravid	130 vs SA,Hove,1999	318 vs SL,Taunton,1999

 

Consecutive Fifty Run Partnerships

Player	Inngs	Score 1	Score 2	Score 3	Score 4
M Waugh – R Ponting	7	58 vs Zim,Nagpur,1996	62 vs WI,Jaipur,1996	65 vs NZ,Chennai,1996	84 vs Scot,Worcester,1999
		Score 5	Score 6	Score 7
		91 vs Pak,Leeds,1999	60 vs Ind,Oval,1999	56 vs Zim,Lord’s,1999
A Gilchrist – M Hayden	4	105 vs Ind, Joburg, 2003	91 vs Scot, St Kitts, 2007	73 vs Neth, St Kitts, 2007	106 vs SA, St Kitts, 2007
A Sohail – S Anwar	4	52 vs SA,Karachi,1996	81 vs Eng,Karachi,1996	70 vs NZ,Lahore,1996	84 vs Ind,Bangalore,1996

 

• Mark Waugh & Ricky Ponting never put together a hundred-run partnership in World Cups.

 

 

FIELDING RECORDS

Most Dismissals by Wicket Keepers

Player	Inns	Dis	Ct	St	Max Dis Inns	Dis/Inn
A Gilchrist	31	52	45	7	6 (6ct 0st)	1.677
K Sangakkara	29	46	36	10	4 (3ct 1st)	1.586
B McCullum	25	32	30	2	4 (4ct 0st)	1.28
M Boucher	25	31	31	0	4 (4ct 0st)	1.24
Moin Khan	20	30	23	7	3 (3ct 0st)	1.5

 

• A Gilchrist has taken most catches as a WK in a single match – 6 vs Namibia at Potchefstroom in 2003. It is also the most dismissals by a WK in a World Cup match.
• A Gilchrist has most dismissals as a WK in a single edition – 21 in the 2003 World Cup.

Most Catches by Fielders

Player	Inns	Ct	Max	Ct/Inn
R Ponting	46	28	3	0.608
S Jayasuriya	38	18	2	0.473
C Cairns	28	16	3	0.571
Inzamam-ul-Haq	34	16	3	0.47
Brian Lara	34	16	2	0.47

 

• M Kaif of India has taken most catches in an innings – 4 vs SL at Johannesburg in 2003
• R Ponting has taken most catches as a fielder in a single edition – 10 in 2003 World Cup. No one else has managed to catch more than 8 in a single tournament.

 

OTHER RECORDS

Most Matches in World Cups

Player	Span	Mat
R Ponting	1996-2011	46
S Tendulkar	1992-2011	45
M Muralitharan	1996-2011	40
G McGrath	1996-2007	39
S Jayasuriya	1992-2007	38
Wasim Akram	1987-2003	38

 

Most Matches as Captain in World Cups

Player	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	%
R Ponting	2003-2011	29	26	2	0	1	89.66%
S Fleming	1999-2007	27	16	10	0	1	59.26%
M Azharuddin	1992-1999	23	10	12	0	1	43.48%
Imran Khan	1983-1992	22	14	8	0	0	63.64%
C Lloyd	1975-1983	17	15	2	0	0	88.24%
G Smith	2007-2011	17	11	6	0	0	64.71%

 

• R Ponting’s 2 losses came in his last 2 matches in World Cup. He won all of his first 24 ODIs as captain.
• C Lloyd & R Ponting has won most World Cups as captain – 2 each.

 

Players Representing 2 Countries in World Cups

Player	Team 1 & Span	Team 2 & Span
Kepler Wessels	Aus (1983)	SA (1992)
Anderson Cummins	WI (1992)	Can (2007)
Eoin Morgan	Ire (2007)	Eng (2011)
Ed Joyce	Eng (2007)	Ire (2011)

 

• K Wessels has played for SA against Aus but never the other way around.
• E Morgan & E Joyce has played in both ways – for Eng against Ire and also for Ire against Eng.

  

Most ODIs Never Playing in a World Cup

Player	ODIs
Hamilton Masakadza	144
Rohit Sharma	127
Irfan Pathan	120
Ravindra Jadeja	111
Nuwan Zoysa	95
Dinesh Chandimal / Alistair Cook	92
Lahiru Thirimanne	87
VVS Laxman	86
James Hopes	84

• Masakadza, Rohit, Jadeja, Chandimal & Thirimanne is all a part of their World Cup squads this time.

Largest Victory Margin

Winner	Margin	Target	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
India	257 runs	414	Bermuda	Port of Spain	19-Mar-07
Australia	256 runs	302	Namibia	Potchefstroom	27-Feb-03
Sri Lanka	243 runs	322	Bermuda	Port of Spain	15-Mar-07
South Africa	231 runs	352	Netherlands	Mohali	03-Mar-11
Australia	229 runs	359	Netherlands	Basseterre	18-Mar-07

 

Smallest Victory Margin

Winner	Margin	Target	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
Australia	1 run	271	India	Chennai	09-Oct-87
Australia	1 run	236	India	Brisbane	01-Mar-92
Sri Lanka	2 runs	236	England	North Sound	04-Apr-07
New Zealand	3 runs	243	Zimbabwe	Hyderabad (Deccan)	10-Oct-87
Australia	3 runs	200	New Zealand	Indore	18-Oct-87
Zimbabwe	3 runs	253	India	Leicester	19-May-99
West Indies	3 runs	279	South Africa	Cape Town	09-Feb-03

 

Most Runs Off an Over

Batsmen	For	Runs	Over #	Bowler	Team	Over	Venue	Date
H Gibbs	SA	36	30	D van Bunge	Neth	666666	St Kitts	16-Mar-07
K Williamson, J Franklin	NZ	31	48	R Cheema, H Baidwan	Can	16646nb4w2	Mumbai	13-Mar-11
M Boucher, J Kallis	SA	30	40	L van Troost	Neth	412w5666	St Kitts	16-Mar-07
R Taylor	NZ	30	49	A Razzaq	Pak	46w6w246	Pallekele	08-Mar-11
D Lehmann	Aus	28	50	R van Vuuren	Nam	444646	Potchefstroom	27-Feb-03
R Taylor	NZ	28	47	S Akhtar	Pak	466w04w6	Pallekele	08-Mar-11
R Taylor	NZ	28	39	H Baidwan	Can	660664	Mumbai	13-Mar-11

 

• R Cheema was taken off for bowling 2 beamers in the NZ – Can match at Mumbai on 13-Mar-2011.

 

 #CricketBelieveItOrNot 

• Mark Waugh is the only player to get dismissed in the first over a World Cup semi-final twice – by C Ambrose against WI at Mohali in 1996 & by S Pollock against SA at Edgbaston in 1999.
• Asif Karim of Kenya (1999 & 2003) & Klaas-Jan van Noortwik of Netherlands (1996 & 2003) played 2 World Cups without playing a single ODI in between the two tournaments.
• Dwayne Leverock of Bermuda has conceded the most sixes in an innings in a World Cup match – 8 against India at Port of Spain on 19-Mar-2007.
• James Anderson & Malachi Jones of Bermuda have conceded the most fours in an innings in a World Cup match – 13 each. Both were against India.
• SL didn’t play any ODIs between the 1975 and 1979 World Cups. Somachandra de Silva, Duleep Mendis, Sunil Wettimuny, Tony Opatha, Anura Tennekoon, Bandula Warnapura and Ajit de Silva represented them in both tournaments.
• Zimbabwe didn’t play a single ODI outside the World Cup games between 1983 & 1992. Iain Butchart, Dave Houghton, Ali Omarshah, Andy Pycroft and John Traicos played in all the 3 World Cups.
• There has been only a single ODI which had 3 scores in the nineties – the match between Australia & South Africa at St Kitts. R Ponting (91), M Clarke (92) and AB de Villiers (92) all missed out on scoring hundreds while M Hayden went on to make the then fastest century in World Cups in the same match.
• There are only 2 occasions of three century partnerships in the same ODI innings. One of them came in the World Cup match between South Africa and Netherlands at St Kitts in 2007. G Smith-H Gibbs, H Gibbs-J Kallis and J Kallis-M Boucher all 3 pairs put together century partnerships after losin Ab de Villiers at the score of 0.
• Shane Warne was the first batsmen to get out stumped in a World Cup final.
• Nathan Astle and Ijaz Ahmed has been dismissed without scoring the most in World Cups – 5 times each.

 

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