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Monday, February 23, 2015

ICC Cricket World Cup - Records

1)Gary Kirsten's unbeaten knock of 188 against UAE in the 1986 World Cup is the highest individual score

2)Sachin Tendulkar is the leading run scorer with 2278 runs in 45 World Cup matches.

3)Glenn McGrath is topping the charts of best bowling figures in a match - 7/15 Vs Namibia

4)Glenn McGrath is the leading wicket-taker with 71 wickets in 39 matches

5)India’s 413 (for five) is the highest total scored by a team in a match. India achieved the feat against minnows Bermuda in 2007

6)In 2003, Canada only managed to score 36 runs against Sri Lanka, which is the lowest World Cup total

7)In 2007, India beat Bermuda by 257 runs, which is the highest winning margin, in terms of runs, registered by a team.

8)Ireland batsman Kevin O'Brien holds the record of the fastest ton. The big hitter achieved the feat by smashing a 50-ball hundred against England in 2011 WC

9)Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for most number of centuries and half-centuries. The Little Master has six World Cup tons and 15 half-centuries

10)318-run partnership for the second wicket between Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid in the 1999 World Cup against Sri Lanka is the highest ever partnership for any wicket in the history of WC

11)Scotland leaked 59 (5 b, 6 lb, 33 w, 15 nb) extras in 1999 World Cup against Pakistan, most extras conceded

12)HIGHEST EVER WORLD CUP TOTALS 
413-5 - INDIA vs. Bermuda                         Port-of-Spain, 2007
408-5 - SOUTH AFRICA vs. West Indies Sydney, 2015
398-5 - SRI LANKA vs. Kenya               Kandy, 1996
377-6 - AUSTRALIA vs. South Africa Basseterre, 2007
373-6 - INDIA vs. Sri Lanka                 Taunton, 1999
372-2 - WEST INDIES vs. Zimbabwe Canberra, 2015
370-4 - INDIA vs. Bangladesh                 Dhaka, 2011

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