The opening round of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup Feb 14- March 15,2015 consisting of 42 matches witnessed 35 centuries compared to just six in the entire 1975 tournament
England's Dennis Amiss was the first batsman to score a World Cup hundred in the inaugural event held in England in 1975
Bowlers dominated the second edition of the World Cup 1979 - also held in England - when only two hundreds were scored, both by eventual winners the West Indies. Gordon Greenidge hit a century against India in the group phase before master blaster Viv Richards sealed the title for the West Indies with 138 not out in the final against England at Lord's
The 1983 event - also held in England - saw eight hundreds while the next edition, in 1987 in the sub-continent, had 11.
The number went down to eight in 1992 when Australia and New Zealand co-hosted the event for the first time.
In 2003 in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya, 21 hundreds were scored while four years later in the Caribbean, the figure dropped slightly to 20.
The 2011 World Cup saw 24 hundreds in all on the flat pitches of India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Of the 35 hundreds in the 42 matches in the group stage, Sri Lanka had eight while South Africa had five, India saw four and the West Indies and Australia, three each.
Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara heads the list of century makers, smashing four consecutive hundreds to become the first batsman in all one-day internationals to score four in a row
Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan, India's Shikhar Dhawan, Zimbabwe's Brendan Taylor and Bangladesh batsman Mohammad Mahmudullah have all notched two hundreds in the current tournament
England's Dennis Amiss was the first batsman to score a World Cup hundred in the inaugural event held in England in 1975
Bowlers dominated the second edition of the World Cup 1979 - also held in England - when only two hundreds were scored, both by eventual winners the West Indies. Gordon Greenidge hit a century against India in the group phase before master blaster Viv Richards sealed the title for the West Indies with 138 not out in the final against England at Lord's
The 1983 event - also held in England - saw eight hundreds while the next edition, in 1987 in the sub-continent, had 11.
The number went down to eight in 1992 when Australia and New Zealand co-hosted the event for the first time.
In 2003 in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya, 21 hundreds were scored while four years later in the Caribbean, the figure dropped slightly to 20.
The 2011 World Cup saw 24 hundreds in all on the flat pitches of India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Of the 35 hundreds in the 42 matches in the group stage, Sri Lanka had eight while South Africa had five, India saw four and the West Indies and Australia, three each.
Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara heads the list of century makers, smashing four consecutive hundreds to become the first batsman in all one-day internationals to score four in a row
Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan, India's Shikhar Dhawan, Zimbabwe's Brendan Taylor and Bangladesh batsman Mohammad Mahmudullah have all notched two hundreds in the current tournament
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