Cricket: World Cup records

TEAMS

HIGHEST TEAM TOTAL


1. Sri Lanka 398-5 v Kenya, Kandy, 1996


2. India 373-6 v Sri Lanka, Taunton, 1999


3. West Indies 360-4 v Sri Lanka, Karachi, 1987


LOWEST TEAM TOTAL:


1. Canada 45 v England, Manchester, 1979


2. Scotland 68 v West Indies, Leicester, 1999


3. Pakistan 74 v England, Adelaide, 1992


BIGGEST WIN (BY RUNS):


1. England 196 v East Africa, Birmingham, 1975


2. Pakistan 192 v Sri Lanka, Nottingham, 1975


3. West Indies 191 v Sri Lanka, Karachi, 1987


BIGGEST WIN (BY WICKETS):


1. West Indies 10 v Zimbabwe, Birmingham, 1983


2. India 10 v East Africa, Leeds, 1975


3. West Indies 10 v Pakistan, Melbourne, 1992


HIGHEST MATCH AGGREGATE:


1. Sri Lanka 398-5 v Kenya 254-7 - 652, Kandy, 1996


2. Pakistan 338-5 v Sri Lanka 288-9 - 626, Swansea, 1983


3. Zimbabwe 312-4 v Sri Lanka 313-7 - 625, New Plymouth, 1992


MOST CONSECUTIVE WINS:


9 - West Indies (June 7 1975 to June 10 1983)*


(* 9 out of 10 completed matches, 1979 match against Sri Lanka abandoned)


MOST CONSECUTIVE DEFEATS:


18 - Zimbabwe (June 11 1983 to March 18 1992)


MOST APPEARANCES:


33 - Javed Miandad (Pakistan), Steve Waugh (Australia)


BOWLING

BEST INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE IN AN INNINGS:


1. Winston Davis (West Indies) 7-51 v Australia, Leeds, 1983


2. Gary Gilmour (Australia) 6-14 v England, Leeds, 1975


3. Ken MacLeay (Australia) 6-39 v India, Nottingham, 1983


MOST ECONOMICAL PERFORMANCE IN AN INNINGS (minimum of 5 overs):


Dermot Reeve (England) (5-3-2-1) v Pakistan, Adelaide, 1992


MOST EXPENSIVE PERFORMANCE IN AN INNINGS:


Rajab Ali (Kenya) (6-0-67-0) v Sri Lanka, Kandy, 1996


MOST ECONOMICAL PERFORMANCE IN A TOURNAMENT:


Bishan Bedi (India) (24-14-34-2) in 1975


MOST CAREER WICKETS:


Wasim Akram (Pakistan) 43 in 32 matches.


MOST WICKETS IN A TOURNAMENT:


20 - Geoff Allott (New Zealand) and Shane Warne (Australia) (both 1999)


BATTING

Fastest 100: Kapil Dev (India) 72 balls (scored 175no) v Zimbabwe, Tunbridge Wells, 1983


Fastest 50: Tom Moody (Australia) 28 balls (scored 56no) v Bangladesh, Chester-le-Street, 1999


HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORE:


1. Gary Kirsten (South Africa) 188 v UAE, Rawalpindi, 1996


2. Sourav Ganguly (India) 183 v Sri Lanka, Taunton, 1999


3. Viv Richards (West Indies) 181 v Sri Lanka, Karachi, 1987


HIGHEST BATTING AVERAGE:


Lance Klusener (South Africa) 140.50 in 9 matches


HIGHEST BATTING AVERAGE IN A TOURNAMENT:


Glenn Turner (New Zealand) 166.50 in 4 matches (1975)


MOST CENTURIES IN A TOURNAMENT:


Mark Waugh (Australia) 3 (1996)


MOST OVERALL RUNS:


Javed Miandad (Pakistan) 1083 runs in 33 matches.


MOST RUNS IN A TOURNAMENT:


Sachin Tendulkar (India) 523 (1996)


BIGGEST PARTNERSHIP IN A MATCH:


Sourav Ganguly/Rahul Dravid (second wicket for India) 318 v Sri Lanka, Taunton, 1999


MEN OF THE MOMENT

WORLD CUP FINAL MAN OF THE MATCH:


1975: Clive Lloyd (West Indies)


1979: Viv Richards (West Indies)


1983: Mohinder Amarnath (India)


1987: David Boon (Australia)


1992: Wasim Akram (Pakistan)


1996: Aravinda de Silva (Sri Lanka)


1999: Shane Warne (Australia)


WORLD CUP MAN OF THE TOURNAMENT:


1992: Martin Crowe (New Zealand)


1996: Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)


1999: Lance Klusener (South Africa)