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The squads for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in India have been locked in ahead of the tournament opener between England and New Zealand on 5 October 2023

Afghanistan squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Reyaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah Zurmati, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi Eisakhil, Ikram Ali Khil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan Arman, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad Lakanwal, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman Rahmani, Naveen ul Haq Murid.

Australia squad: Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc.

Bangladesh squad: Shakib Al Hasan (c), Litton Kumer Das, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Najmul Hossain Shanto (vc), Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nasum Ahmed, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib.

England squad: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes.

India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ishan Kishan, Surya Kumar Yadav.

Netherlands squad: Scott Edwards (c), Max O’Dowd, Bas de Leede, Vikram Singh, Teja Nidamanuru, Paul van Meekeren, Colin Ackermann, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Ryan Klein, Wesley Barresi, Saqib Zulfiqar, Shariz Ahmad, Sybrand Engelbrecht.

New Zealand squad: Kane Williamson (c), Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitch Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Will Young.

Pakistan squad: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Rizwan, Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim.

South Africa squad: Temba Bavuma (c), Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Lizaad Williams.

Sri Lanka squad: Dasun Shanaka (c), Kusal Mendis (vc), Kusal Perera, Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dushan Hemantha, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Kasun Rajitha, Matheesha Pathirana, Lahiru Kumara, Dilshan Madushanka.

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS OF ICC MEN’S WORLD CUP

There are twelve edition of ICC Men’s ODI World Cup that have taken place. The ensuing World Cup to be held in India will be the thirteenth edition. England is the defending Champions having won the trophy in 2019.

Australia has won the trophy on most occasions – Five

No	SERIES/TOURNAMENT	SEASON	WINNER
1	Reliance World Cup (in India/Pakistan)	1987/88	Australia
2	ICC World Cup (in England/Ireland/Netherlands/Scotland)	1999	Australia
3	ICC World Cup (in Kenya/South Africa/Zimbabwe)	2002/03	Australia
4	ICC World Cup (in West Indies)	2006/07	Australia
5	ICC Cricket World Cup (in Australia/New Zealand)	2014/15	Australia

There are nine teams which have played 50 plus matches. Australia has played most matches – 94. There are six teams which have won 40 plus matches. Australia has won most matches – 69. There are six teams which have lost 30 plus matches. Zimbabwe has lost most matches – 42

World Cup has witnessed 24 occasions of a team posting a team total of 350 plus runs of which there are four occasions of a team posting a team total 400 plus runs

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Australia	417/6	50.0	1	Afghanistan	Perth	04 Mar 2015
2	India	413/5	50.0	1	Bermuda	Port of Spain	19 Mar 2007
3	South Africa	411/4	50.0	1	Ireland	Canberra	03 Mar 2015
4	South Africa	408/5	50.0	1	West Indies	Sydney	27 Feb 2015

Australia’s 417 for 6 against Afghanistan at Perth on 04 Mar 2015 is the highest team total posted in any World Cup. South Africa is the only team to post 400 plus runs in an innings on two occasions.

There are 17 occasions of a team dismissed all out for a total of less than 100 runs. Canada’s 36 all out against Sri Lanka at Paarl on 19 Feb 2003 is the lowest team total recorded in any Word Cup.

There are 16 occasions of a team winning a game by 200 plus runs margin. Of the twelve editions played so far, nine editions have witnessed a batsman scoring a century in the first game of an edition. A century was not scored in the first match of 1999 edition, 2007 edition and 2019 edition.

There are 79 occasions of a team winning a game by 100 plus runs margin which includes 16 occasions of a team winning a game by 200 plus runs margin. Australia {10}, England {11} and South Africa {11} are the three teams to win a world cup game by 100 plus runs margin on ten or more occasions. England and South Africa share the record for winning a game by 100 plus runs margin on most occasions – Eleven.

There are two occasions of a team winning a world cup game by one run margin and on both the occasions, Australia has won the game and India was the loser.

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Australia	won	1 run	India	Chennai	09 Oct 1987
2	Australia	won	1 run	India	Brisbane	01 Mar 1992

World cups have witnessed twelve occasions of a team winning the game without losing a wicket or by ten wickets. New Zealand has won most games – three.

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Tar	Overs	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	NZl	10 wkts	252	070	08.0	Ken	Chennai	20 Feb 2011
2	NZl	10 wkts	099	163	33.3	Zim	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 2011
3	NZl	10 wkts	203	137	16.1	Srl	Cardiff	01 Jun 2019

There are 14 occasions of a team winning a world cup game with 200 plus deliveries remaining. Only one match was won on the last ball and four games are won with a delivery to spare. World cups have witnessed five tied matches

No	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score	Ground	Match Date
1	Australia	213-10	South Africa	213-10	Birmingham	17 Jun 1999
2	South Africa	229-06	Sri Lanka	268-09 {DL}	Durban	03 Mar 2003
3	Ireland	221-10	Zimbabwe	221-09	Kingston	15 Mar 2007
4	India	338-10	England	338-08	Bengaluru	27 Feb 2011
5	New Zealand	241-08	England	241-10	Lord’s,	14 Jul 2019

Twenty one batsmen have scored 1000 plus runs in the tournament. India’s SR Tendulkar is the only batsman to aggregate 2000 plus runs {2278}. As many as eleven batsmen have an aggregate of runs between 900 to 999 in the tournament. MJ Guptll {995}, DA Warner {992}, RG Sharma {978} and KS Williamson {911} have the chance of scoring 1000 plus runs if they get the required runs for 1000 runs

No	Player	Team	M	I	No	Runs	HS	Ave	For 1000
1	MJ Guptill	NZl	27	27	4	995	237*	43.26	005 runs
2	DA Warner	Aus	18	18	2	992	178	62.00	008 runs
3	RG Sharma	Ind	17	17	2	978	140	65.20	022 runs
4	KS Williamson	NZl	23	22	6	911	148	56.93	089 runs

Fifteen batsmen have scored 500 plus runs in an edition of the world cup of which five batsmen have aggregated 600 plus runs. SR Tendulkar’s 673 in 2003 edition is a record for the most run scored in an edition

No	Player	Team	Edition	Mat	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	SR Tendulkar	Ind	2003	11	11	0	673	152	61.18	1	6	0
2	ML Hayden	Aus	2007	11	10	1	659	158	73.22	3	1	0
3	RG Sharma	Ind	2019	9	9	1	648	140	81.00	5	1	0
4	DA Warner	Aus	2019	10	10	1	647	166	71.88	3	3	0
5	Shakib Al Hasan	Ban	2019	8	8	1	606	124*	86.57	2	5	0

As many as 196 centuries have been scored in the tournament. 22 batsmen have scored 150 plus runs. There are only two double centurions in the tournament.

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MJ Guptill	237*	NZl	Win	Wellington	21 Mar 2015
2	CH Gayle	215	Win	Zim	Canberra	24 Feb 2015

There are two occasions of batsmen scoring 111 not out and seven occasions of a batsman scoring a Nelson {111]

NELSON NOT OUTS IN WORLD CUP
No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SC Ganguly	111*	Ind	Ken	Durban	20 Mar 2003
2	SB Styris	111*	NZl	Srl	St George’s	12 Apr 2007
NELSONS  IN WORLD CUP
No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Aamer Sohail	111	Pak	RSA	Karachi	29 Feb 1996
2	BC Lara	111	Win	RSA	Karachi	11 Mar 1996
3	JM Davison	111	Can	Win	Centurion	23 Feb 2003
4	SR Tendulkar	111	Ind	RSA	Nagpur	12 Mar 2011
5	KC Sangakkara	111	Srl	NZl	Mumbai	18 Mar 2011
6	JM Bairstow	111	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	30 Jun 2019
7	KL Rahul	111	Ind	Srl	Leeds	06 Jul 2019

The break uo of 196 centuries team wise read thus – Australia {32}, Bangladesh {05}, Canada {01}, England {17}, India {32}, Ireland {05}, Netherlands {04}, New Zealand {18}, Pakistan {17}, South Africa {14}, Scotland {01}, Sri Lanka {25}, UAE {01}, West Indies {19} and Zimbabwe {04}

The highest individual scores for each team is furnished in the following table

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	DA Warner	178	Aus	Afg	Perth	04 Mar 2015
2	Mahmudullah	128*	Ban	NZl	Hamilton	13 Mar 2015
3	JM Davison	111	Can	Win	Centurion	23 Feb 2003
4	AJ Strauss	158	Eng	Ind	Bangalore	27 Feb 2011
5	SC Ganguly	183	Ind	Srl	Taunton	26 May 1999
6	JP Bray	115*	Ire	Zim	Kingston	15 Mar 2007
7	KJJ van Noortwijk	134*	Net	Nam	Bloemfontein	03 Mar 2003
8	MJ Guptill	237*	NZl	Win	Wellington	21 Mar 2015
9	Imran Nazir	160	Pak	Zim	Kingston	21 Mar 2007
10	G Kirsten	188*	RSA	UAE	Rawalpindi	16 Feb 1996
11	KJ Coetzer	156	Sco	Ban	Nelson	05 Mar 2015
12	TM Dilshan	161*	Srl	Ban	Melbourne	26 Feb 2015
13	Shaiman Anwar	106	UAE	Ire	Brisbane	25 Feb 2015
14	CH Gayle	215	Win	Zim	Canberra	24 Feb 2015
15	CB Wishart	172*	Zim	Nam	Harare	10 Feb 2003

RG Sharma and SR Tendulkar of India share the record for most centuries in the tournament. Both have scored six centuries each.

RG Sharma with five centuries to his credit in 2019 edition owns the record for most centuries scored by a batsman in a single edition of a World Cup

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RG Sharma	140	Ind	Pak	Manchester	16 Jun 2019
2	RG Sharma	122*	Ind	RSA	Southampton	05 Jun 2019
3	RG Sharma	104	Ind	Ban	Birmingham	02 Jul 2019
4	RG Sharma	104	Ind	Srl	Leeds	06 Jul 2019
5	RG Sharma	102	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	30 Jun 2019

SR Tendulkar of India and TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka are the only two batsmen to register two centuries in an edition on two occasions

No	No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	1	SR Tendulkar	127*	Ind	Ken	Cuttack	18 Feb 1996
	2	SR Tendulkar	137	Ind	Srl	Delhi	02 Mar 1996
2	1	SR Tendulkar	120	Ind	Eng	Bangalore	27 Feb 2011
	2	SR Tendulkar	111	Ind	RSA	Nagpur	12 Mar 2011
1	1	TM Dilshan	144	Srl	Zim	Pallekele	10 Mar 2011
	2	TM Dilshan	108*	Srl	Eng	Col-RPS	26 Mar 2011
2	3	TM Dilshan	161*	Srl	Ban	Melbourne	26 Feb 2015
	4	TM Dilshan	104	Srl	Sco	Hobart	11 Mar 2015

The break up of centuries edition wise read thus – 1975 {05}, 1979 {02} 1983 {08}, 1987 {11], 1992 {09},

1996 {16}, 1999 {11}, 2003 {21}, 2007 {20}, 2011 {24}, 2015 {38} and 2019 {31}. 2019 edition witnessed most centuries – 38 and 1979 edition witnessed least centuries – 02

The World Cup has witnessed 31 occasions of captains scoring centuries, IVA Richards’ 181 in the match between West Indies and Sri Lanka at Karachi on 13 Oct 1987 is the highest individual score by a captain in the tournament.

RT Ponting of Australia with four centuries to his credit owns the record for most centuries by a captain in the tournament

No	Player	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	RT Ponting	114	Aus	Srl	Centurion	07 Mar 2003
2	RT Ponting	140*	Aus	Ind	Johannesburg	23 Mar 2003
3	RT Ponting	113	Aus	Sco	Basseterre	14 Mar 2007
4	RT Ponting	104	Aus	Ind	Ahmedabad	24 Mar 2011

The World Cup has witnessed 17 occasions of wicket keeper batsmen scoring centuries, AC Gilchrist’s  149 in the match between Australia and Sri Lanka at Bridgetown on 28 Apr 2007 is the highest individual score by a wicket keeper batsman in the tournament.

KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka with five centuries to his credit owns the record for most centuries by a wicket keeper batsman in the tournament

No	Player	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	KC Sangakkara	111	Srl	NZl	Mumbai	18 Mar 2011
2	KC Sangakkara	105*	Srl	Ban	Melbourne	26 Feb 2015
3	KC Sangakkara	117*	Srl	Eng	Wellington	01 Mar 2015
4	KC Sangakkara	104	Srl	Aus	Sydney	08 Mar 2015
5	KC Sangakkara	124	Srl	Sco	Hobart	11 Mar 2015

There are 40 occasions of a batsman’s century in a losing cause in the tournament. These include four occasions of captain’s centuries in losing cause and seven occasions of wicket keeper batsmen’s centuries going in vain.

There are 51 occasion of captain’s fifties going in vain and 43 occasions of wicket keeper batsman’s fifties going in vain.

World Cup has witnessed 65 occasions of batsmen scoring nineties. These include ten occasions of captain’s nineties and five occasions of wicket keeper batsman’s nineties.

MJ Clarke of Australia and SR Tendulkar of India share the record for most nineties in the tournament. Both have scored nineties on three occasions.

World Cup has witnessed three occasions of two batsmen scoring nineties in the same innings

No	Player	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	RT Ponting	91	Aus	RSA	Basseterre	24 Mar 2007
2	MJ Clarke	92	Aus	RSA	Basseterre	24 Mar 2007
1	G Gambhir	97	Ind	Srl	Mumbai	02 Apr 2011
2	MS Dhoni	91*	Ind	Srl	Mumbai	02 Apr 2011
1	CG Greenidge	90	Win	Aus	Lord’s	18 Jun 1983
2	IVA Richards	95*	Win	Aus	Lord’s	18 Jun 1983

Three batsmen have been dismissed for 99 in the World Cup. AC Gilchrist of Australia, W JP Duminy and AB de Villiers of South Africa are the three batsmen

No	Player	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AC Gilchrist	99	Aus	Srl	Centurion	07 Mar 2003
2	JP Duminy	99	RSA	Ire	Kolkata	15 Mar 2011
3	AB de Villiers	99	RSA	UAE	Wellington	12 Mar 2015

Word Cup has witnessed 179 occasions of captains scoring fifties. It has also witnessed 16 occasions of rival captains scoring fifties. RT Ponting of Australia with nine fifties to his credit owns the record for most fifties by a captain in the tournament.

Word Cup has witnessed 115 occasions of wicket keeper batsmen scoring fifties. It has also witnessed nine occasions of rival wicket keeper batsmen scoring fifties. KC Sangakkara with twelve fifties to his credit owns the record for most fifties by a wicket keeper batsmanin the tournament.

SR Tendulkar with 21 fifties to his credit owns the record for most fifties in the  tournament, He is the only batsman in the tournament to score 20 plus fifties.

There are 57 occasions of both the openers scoring fifties. These include 23 occasions of one opening batsman scoring a fifty and another century and three occasions of both the openers scoring centuries.

There are 68 occasions of rival opening batsmen scoring centuries in the tournament. These include 32 occasions of one of the rival batsmen scoring a half century and another a century.

There are five occasions of rival opening batsman scoring centuries. There are six occasions of one of the rival opening batsman scoring a ninety and another a century. There is only one occasion of the rival opening batsman scoring an unbeaten ninety and another an unbeaten century. There is only one occasion of the rival opening batsmen scoring unbeaten fifties

World Cup has witnessed 15 batsmen scoring a century on debut in World Cup. It has also witnessed four occasions of captains scoring century in his first match.

Australia-Sri Lanka match at Sydney on 08 Mar 2015 witnessed seven fifties in a match which is a record for most fifties in a match. This game is the only world cup game to witness seven fitties. Four Australian batsmen and three Sri Lankan batsmen scored fifties in this match.

No	Player	Score	4s	6s	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SPD Smith	72	7	1	1	Aus	Srl	Sydney	08 Mar 2015
2	MJ Clarke	68	6	0	1	Aus	Srl	Sydney	08 Mar 2015
3	GJ Maxwell	102	10	4	1	Aus	Srl	Sydney	08 Mar 2015
4	SR Watson	67	7	2	1	Aus	Srl	Sydney	08 Mar 2015
5	TM Dilshan	62	8	0	2	Srl	Aus	Sydney	08 Mar 2015
6	KC Sangakkara	104	11	0	2	Srl	Aus	Sydney	08 Mar 2015
7	LD Chandimal	52	8	1	2	Srl	Aus	Sydney	08 Mar 2015

There are six occasions of two batsmen scoring ninety and a century in the same innings in the tournament. There are thirteen occasion of rival captains scoring fifty and zero in a match which includes two occasions of rival captains scoring a century and zero in a match.

There are four occasions of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of the match.

There are 15 occasions of opening batsmen scoring zero and a century. These include  five occasions of opening batsmen scoring zero and century

AB de Villiers of South Africa and CH Gayle of West Indies with 37 boundary sixes to their credit share the record for most boundary sixes in the tournament. RT Ponting of Australia with 25 boundary sixes to his credit owns the record for most boundary sixes by a captain in the tournament. AC Gilchrist of Australia with 19 boundary sixes to his credit owns the record for most boundary sixes by a wicket keeper batsman in the tournament. CH Gayle of West Indies with 37 boundary sixes to his credit owns the record for most boundary sixes by an opening batsman in the tournament

SR Tendulkar of India with 241 boundary fours to his credit owns the record for most boundary fours in the tournament. SP Fleming of Australia with 114 boundary fours to his credit owns the record for most boundary fours by a captain in the tournament. KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka with 147 boundary fours to his credit owns the record for most boundary fours by a wicket keeper batsman in the tournament. SR Tendulkar of India with 196 boundary fours to his credit owns the record for most boundary fours by an opening batsman in the tournament.

World Cups has witnessed nine batsmen scoring four or more zeroes. Out of these nine batsmen two batsmen NJ Astle of New Zealand and Ijaz Ahmed of Pakistan have scored five zeroes and share the record for most zeroes by a batsman in the tournament. AB de Villiers of South Africa and K Srikkanth of India with four zeroes to their credit share the record for most zeroes by an opening batsman in the tournament,

There are 47 occasions of captains scoring zeroes in the tournament. World Cup has witnessed only one occasion of rival captains scoring zeroes.

No	Captains	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	BM Mauricette	0	1	Can	Eng	Manchester	13 Jun 1979
2	JM Brearley	0	2	Eng	Can	Manchester	13 Jun 1979

There are 17 occasions of a wicket keeper batsmen dismissed stumped in a world cup game. It has witnessed the first occasion of rival wicket keepers dismissed stumped in an one day internationals which is a world record being the only such occasion in the history of one day internationals

No	Wicket keepers	Runs	Ins	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	MS Dhoni	22	1	Ind	Win	Chennai	20 Mar 2011
2	DC Thomas	2	2	Win	Ind	Chennai	20 Mar 2011

There are eleven occasion of a batsmen dismissed hit wicket. Imam-ul-Huq of Pakistan was dismissed hit wicket for 100 against Bangladesh at Lord’s on 05 Jul 2019 – the only instance of batsman dismissed hit wicket with a century in the world cup. It also provides the only such instance in one day internationals at Lord’s – the Mecca of cricket

There are 77 occasion of batsmen dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in the tournament. These include the ten occasions of batsmen dismissed run out after scoring a century.

There are exact 50 occasions of batsmen dismissed run out without scoring in the tournament which includes the six occasions of opening batsmen dismissed run out without scoring.

There are 103 occasions of opening batsmen dismissed run out in the tournament of which there are four occasion of batsmen dismissed run out after scoring a century.

World Cup has witnessed three occasion of both the opening batsmen dismissed run out.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	K Srikkanth	9	1	Ind	NZl	Bangalore	14 Oct 1987
	SM Gavaskar	2	1	Ind	NZl	Bangalore	14 Oct 1987
2	A Flower	8	1	Zim	Srl	Col-SSC	21 Feb 1996
	GW Flower	15	1	Zim	Srl	Col-SSC	21 Feb 1996
3	KO Otieno	1	1	Ken	RSA	Potchefstroom	12 Feb 2003
	RD Shah	60	1	Ken	RSA	Potchefstroom	12 Feb 2003

There are 147 occasions of a batsman dismissed stumped in the world cup which includes 20 occasions of batsmen dismissed stumped after scoring a fifty and five occasions of batsmen dismissed stumped without scoring. SR  Tendulkar of India is the only batsman in the world cup to be dismissed stumped for a ninety. He was dismissed stumped for 90 against Australia at Mumbai on 27 Feb 1996.

ME Waugh of Australia owns the record for dismissed stumped on most occasions. He was dismissed stumped on three occasions.

No	Player	Runs	4s	6s	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	ME Waugh	21	0	0	1	Aus	Win	Melbourne	18 Mar 1992
2	ME Waugh	30	1	0	1	Aus	Win	Jaipur	04 Mar 1996
3	ME Waugh	33	3	0	2	Aus	Ban	Ch-le-St	27 May 1999

There are 218 occasions of batsmen collecting the first ball duck in all the World Cups. World cups have witnessed 17 occasions of captains collecting the first ball ducks and  23 occasions of wicketkeeper batsmen collecting the first ball ducks. It has also witnessed the ten occasions of batsmen dismissed for a duck without facing a delivery. All these ten occasions are run out dismissals.

37 bowlers have captured 25 plus wickets in World Cup which includes the four bowlers who have captured 50 plus wickets. G McGrath of Australia with 71 wickets to his credit owns the record for most wickets in the tournament. He is the only bowler in the tournament to capture 70 plus wickets in the tournament.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Overs	M	Runs	W	BBI	Ave	4	5
1	GD McGrath	Aus	39	39	325.5	42	1292	71	7/15	18.19	0	2
2	M Muralidaran	Srl	40	39	343.3	15	1335	68	4/19	19.63	4	0
3	SL Malinga	Srl	29	28	232.2	11	1281	56	6/38	22.87	2	1
4	Wasim Akram	Pak	38	36	324.3	16	1311	55	5/28	23.83	2	1

There are 218 occasions of bowlers capturing four or more wickets in the tournament. There are 64 occasions of bowlers who have captured five or more wickets in an innings of which four bowlers who have captured seven wickets in an innings, nine bowlers who have captured six wickets in an innings and 51 occasions of bowlers who have captured five wickets in an innings.

World Cup has witnessed eleven occasions of two bowlers capturing four or more wickets in an innings. As many as 21 bowlers have captured four or more wickets in an innings on World Cup debut.

There are four occasions of bowlers capturing four wickets conceding single digit runs. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	CM Old	10.0	5	8	4	Eng	Can	Manchester	13 Jun 1979
2	CZ Harris	3.1	0	7	4	NZl	Sco	Edinburgh	31 May 1999
3	Yuvraj Singh	4.3	2	6	4	Ind	Nam	PM Burg	23 Feb 2003
4	TM Dilshan	3.0	1	4	4	Srl	Zim	Pallekele	10 Mar 2011

World Cup has witnessed 35 occasions of bowlers capturing four or more wickets conceding fifty plus runs. M Rahman of Bangladesh is the only bowler to capture five wickets conceding 75 runs. It was against Pakistan at Lord’s on 05 Jul 2019. He is the only bowler in the world cup to return with figures of five for 75 – a record for world cup – capturing most wickets conceding most runs.

GD McGrath of Australia captured 7 for 15 against Namibia at Potchefstroom on 27.02.2003. He owns the best bowling figures in the World Cup.

MA Starc of Australia with 27 wickets conceding 502 runs in 2019 edition owns the record for most wickets in an edition. He also holds the record for most four wicket hauls – six – in the World Cup.

No	Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	MA Starc	9.0	0	28	6	Aus	NZl	Auckland	28 Feb 2015
2	MA Starc	4.4	1	14	4	Aus	Sco	Hobart	14 Mar 2015
3	MA Starc	10.0	1	46	5	Aus	Win	Nottingham	06 Jun 2019
4	MA Starc	10.0	0	55	4	Aus	Srl	The Oval	15 Jun 2019
5	MA Starc	8.4	1	43	4	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	25 Jun 2019
6	MA Starc	9.4	1	26	5	Aus	NZl	Lord’s	29 Jun 2019

MA Starc of Australia and Shahid Afridi of Pakistan have captured four or more wickets on four occasions in an edition of the world cup. MA Starc achieved the feat in 2019 edition, while Shahid Afridi achieved the feat in 2011 edition

World Cup has witnessed eleven occasions of bowlers performing hat tricks. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Bowler	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Sharma, C	Ind	NZl	Nagpur	31.10.1987
2	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pak	Zim	The Oval	11.06.1999
3	Vaas, WPUJC	Srl	Ban	City Oval	14.02.2003
4	Lee, B	Aus	Ken	Durban	15.03.2003
5	Malinga, SL	Srl	RSA	Providence	28.03.2007
6	KAJ Roach	Win	Net	Delhi	28.02.2011
7	Malinga SL	Srl	Ken	Col-RPS	01.01.2011
8	Finn ST	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	14.02.2015
9	Duminy JP	RSA	Srl	Sydney	18.03.2015
10	Mohd Shami	Ind	Afg	Southampton	22.06.2019
11	TA Boult	NZl	Aus	Lord’s	29.06.2019

SL Malinga of Sri Lanka is the only bowler to perform the hattrick on two occasions. Both the occasions are detailed below

No	Bowler	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Malinga, SL	Srl	RSA	Providence	28.03.2007
2	Malinga, SL	Srl	Ken	Col-RPS	01.01.2011

India and Sri Lanka are the two teams to have two or more bowlers performing the hattrick. Sri Lanka has bowlers performing hattricks on three occasions

No	Bowler	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Sharma, C	Ind	NZl	Nagpur	31.10.1987
2	Mohd Shami	Ind	Afg	Southampton	22.06.2019
1	Vaas, WPUJC	Srl	Ban	City Oval	14.02.2003
2	Malinga, SL	Srl	RSA	Providence	28.03.2007
3	Malinga, SL	Srl	Ken	Col-RPS	01.01.2011

World cup has witnessed 13 occasions of captains taking four or more wickets in an innings. The following table lists the captains who have captured five wickets in the World Cup. Shahid Afridi of Pakistan took 5 for 16 against Kenya at Hambantota on 23.02.11, His effort remains the best innings bowling effort by a captain in the World Cup.

No	Captains	O	M	R	W	Ins	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	N Kapil Dev	12.0	2	43	5	1	Ind	Aus	Nottingham	13 Jun 1983
2	Shahid Afridi	8.0	3	16	5	2	Pak	Ken	Hambantota	23 Feb 2011
3	Shahid Afridi	10.0	0	23	5	2	Pak	Can	Col-RPS	03 Mar 2011

Shahid Afridi is the only captain to capture four wicket hauls on four occasions in a world cup.  His effort came in 2011 edition and tabulated below

No	Captains	O	M	R	W	Ins	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Shahid Afridi	8.0	3	16	5	2	Pak	Ken	Hambantota	23 Feb 2011
2	Shahid Afridi	10.0	0	34	4	2	Pak	Srl	Col-RPS	26 Feb 2011
3	Shahid Afridi	10.0	0	23	5	2	Pak	Can	Col-RPS	03 Mar 2011
3	Shahid Afridi	9.3	1	30	4	1	Pak	Win	Dhaka	23 Mar 2011

There are 40 occasions of bowler’s four plus wickets going in vain in the World Cup.These include two occasions of six wicket hauls and 14 occasions of five wicket hauls. There are 28 occasions of exact four wicket hauls in a losing cause.

SIX WICKETS IN A LOSING CAUSE
No	Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Ins	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	SE Bond	10.0	2	23	6	1	NZl	Aus	P Elizabeth	11 Mar 2003
2	MA Starc	9.0	0	28	6	2	Aus	NZl	Auckland	28 Feb 2015
FIVE WICKETS IN A LOSING CAUSE
No	Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Ins	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Saqlain Mushtaq	10.0	1	35	5	1	Pak	Ban	Northampton	31 May 1999
2	ALF de Mel	12.0	1	39	5	1	Srl	Pak	Leeds	16 Jun 1983
3	N Kapil De	12.0	2	43	5	1	Ind	Aus	Nottingham	13 Jun 1983
4	RJ van Vuuren	10.0	2	43	5	1	Nam	Eng	P Elizabeth	19 Feb 2003
5	A Nel	10.0	1	45	5	1	RSA	Ban	Providence	07 Apr 2007
6	Wahab Riaz	10.0	0	46	5	1	Pak	Ind	Mohali	30 Mar 2011
7	GJ Gilmour	12.0	2	48	5	1	Aus	Win	Lord’s	21 Jun 1975
8	R Rampaul	10.0	0	51	5	1	Win	Ind	Chennai	20 Mar 2011
9	Sohail Khan	10.0	0	55	5	1	Pak	Ind	Adelaide	15 Feb 2015
10	ST Finn	10.0	0	71	5	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	14 Feb 2015
11	Mohd Amir	10.0	2	30	5	1	Pak	Aus	Taunton	12 Jun 2019
12	M Rahman	10.0	1	59	5	1	Ban	Ind	Birmingham	02 Jul 2019
13	Mohd Shami	10.0	1	69	5	1	Ind	Eng	Birmingham	30 Jun 2019
14	M Rahman	10.0	0	75	5	1	Ban	Pak	Lord’s	05 Jul 2019

Four bowlers have conceded 100 plus runs in an innings in the World Cup. Rashid Khan of Afghanistan conceded 110 runs against England at Manchester on 18.06.19 which is the most expensive bowling in the world cup

No	Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Rashid Khan	9.0	0	110	0	Afg	Eng	Manchester	18 Jun 2019
2	MC Snedden	12.0	1	105	2	NZl	Eng	The Oval	09 Jun 1983
3	JO Holder	10.0	2	104	1	Win	RSA	Sydney	27 Feb 2015
4	Dawlat Zadran	10.0	1	101	2	Afg	Aus	Perth	04 Mar 2015

Rashid Khan of Afghanistan returned with figures of none for 110 against England at Manchester on 18.06.19 to provide the only occasion of a bowler conceding 100 plus runs without capturing a wicket in an innings in the world cup

World cup has witnessed 18 occasions of 200 plus runs partnerships which include two occasions of 300 plus runs partnerships.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	CH Gayle, MN Samuels	372	2nd	Win	Zim	Canberra	24 Feb 2015
2	SC Ganguly, R Dravid	318	2nd	Ind	Srl	Taunton	26 May 1999

372 runs partnership between CH Gayle and MN Samuels for the second wicket in the match between West Indies and Zimbabwe at Canberra on 24.02.15 is the highest partnership for any wicket in the world cup.

World cup has witnessed 310 three figure partnerships. Break up wicket wise read thus

No	Wicket	TFPs
1	First	77
2	Second	71
3	Third	73
4	Fourth	47
5	Fifth	22
6	Sixth	08
7	Seventh	04
7	Eighth	01
8	Ninth	01
9	Tenth	00

Break up Team wise read thus

No`	Team	TFPs
1	Afg	01
2	Aus	50
3	Ban	07
4	Can	02
5	Eng	39
6	Ind	38
7	Ire	05
8	Ken	06
9	Net	04
10	NZl	31
11	Pak	24
12	RSA	29
13	Sco	02
14	Srl	30
15	UAE	03
16	Win	29
17	Zim	13

The highest wicket partnership for each wicket in the tournament is tabulated below

Wkt	Runs	Partners	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1st	282	WU Tharanga, TM Dilshan	Srl	Zim	Pallekele	10 Mar 2011
2nd	372	CH Gayle, MN Samuels	Win	Zim	Canberra	24 Feb 2015
3rd	237*	R Dravid, SR Tendulkar	Ind	Ken	Bristol	23 May 1999
4th	204	MJ Clarke, BJ Hodge	Aus	Net	Basseterre	18 Mar 2007
5th	256*	DA Miller, JP Duminy	RSA	Zim	Hamilton	15 Feb 2015
6th	162	KJ O’Brien, AR Cusack	Ire	Eng	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2011
7th	116	MS Dhoni, RA Jadeja	Ind	NZl	Manchester	09 Jul 2019
8th	117	DL Houghton, IP Butchart	Zim	NZl	Hyd-RGS	10 Oct 1987
9th	126*	N Kapil Dev, SMH Kirmani	Ind	Zim	Tunbridge Wells	18 Jun 1983
10th	071	AME Roberts, J Garner	Win	Ind	Manchester	09 Jun 1983

The highest wicket partnership for each team in the tournament is tabulated below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Rahmat Shah, Ikram Alikhil	2	133	Afg	Win	Leeds	04 Jul 2019
2	DR Martyn, RT Ponting	3	234*	Aus	Ind	Johannesburg	23 Mar 2003
3	Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das	4	189*	Ban	Win	Taunton	17 Jun 2019
4	A Bagai, AS Hansra	4	132	Can	Ken	Delhi	07 Mar 2011
5	JE Root, EJG Morgan	3	189	Eng	Afg	Manchester	18 Jun 2019
6	R Dravid, SC Ganguly	2	318	Ind	Srl	Taunton	26 May 1999
7	WTS Porterfield, PR Stirling	1	177	Ire	Net	Kolkata	18 Mar 2011
8	MO Odumbe, AV Vadher	6	161	Ken	Srl	Southampton	30 May 1999
9	JF Kloppenburg, KJJ van Noortwijk	2	228	Net	Nam	Bloemfontein	03 Mar 2003
10	LK Germon, CZ Harris	4	168	NZl	Aus	Chennai	11 Mar 1996
11	Saeed Anwar, Wajahatullah Wasti	1	194	Pak	NZl	Manchester	16 Jun 1999
12	JP Duminy, DA Miller	5	256*	RSA	Zim	Hamilton	15 Feb 2015
13	KJ Coetzer, PL Mommsen	4	141	Sco	Ban	Nelson	05 Mar 2015
14	TM Dilshan, WU Tharanga	1	282	Srl	Zim	Pallekele	10 Mar 2011
15	Azhar Saeed, Saleem Raza	1	117	UAE	Net	Lahore	01 Mar 1996
16	CH Gayle, MN Samuels	2	372	Win	Zim	Canberra	24 Feb 2015
17	CR Ervine, T Taibu	3	181	Zim	Can	Nagpur	28 Feb 2011

There is one occasion of batsmen posting three three figure partnerships and the same is furnished below. It is interesting to note that these three three figure partnerships are posted for consecutive wickets – second, third and fourth.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	JH Kallis, GC Smith	2	114	RSA	Net	Basseterre	16 Mar 2007
	HH Gibbs, JH Kallis	3	105	RSA	Net	Basseterre	16 Mar 2007
	MV Boucher, JH Kallis	4	134*	RSA	Net	Basseterre	16 Mar 2007

World Cup has witnessed 21 occasions of batsmen posting two three figure partnerships in an innings. It has also witnessed 44 occasions of rival batsmen posting three figure partnerships in a match.

There are 112 occasions of a team posting 300 plus runs in an innings. This excludes four occasions of a team positng 400 plus runs in an innings.

There are 20 occasions of a team losing a match after posting 300 plus runs in an innings. There are 18 occasions of both the teams posting 300 plus runs in a match.

There are nine occasions of a team dismissed all out after posting 300 plus runs in an innings. There are six occasions of a team losing a game after dismissed all out after posting 300 plus runs in an innings.

There are 19 occasions of wicket keepers effecting 20 or more dismissals. There are ten occasions of wicket keepers effecting five or more dismissals in an innings. AC Gilchrist of Australia and Sarfaraz Ahmed of Pakistan with six dismissals in an innings to their credit own the record for most dismissals in an innings. There are three wicket keepers who have effected 20 or more dismissals in an edition of the world cup. AC Gilchrist of Australia and TWM Latham of New Zealand own the record for most dismissals in an edition. AC Gilchrist effected 21 dismissals in 2002 and TWM Latham effected 21 disimissals in 2019

No	Player	Team	Edition	Mat	I	Dis	Ct	St
1	AC Gilchrist	Aus	2002	10	10	21	21	0
2	TWM Latham	NZl	2019	10	10	21	21	0
3	AT Carey	Aus	2019	10	10	20	18	2

There are eleven occasions of fieldsmen taking 20 or more catches. RT Ponting of Australia with 28 catches to his credit owns the record for more catches by a fieldsman.There are five occasions of fieldsmen taking four catches in an innings.

No	Player	Ct	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	M Kaif	4	2	Ind	Srl	Johannesburg	10 Mar 2003
2	Soumya Sarkar	4	1	Ban	Sco	Nelson	05 Mar 2015
3	Umar Akmal	4	1	Pak	Ire	Adelaide	15 Mar 2015
4	CR Woakes	4	1	Eng	PAK	Nottingham	03 Jun 2019
5	JM Bairstow	4	2	Eng	Ban	Cardiff	08 Jun 2019

There are 14 fieldsmen who have pouched eight or more catches in an edition. RT Ponting with eleven catches in 2003 edition owns the record for most catches in an edition of the world cup.

RT Ponting {46}, SR Tendulkar {45}, M Muralitharan {40} and M Jayawardene {40} are the four cricketers in the who have played 40 plus games in the world cup. RT Ponting {46} and SR Tendulkar {45} are the two cricketers in who have played 45 plus games in the world cup.

RT Ponting of Australia, SP Fleming of New Zealand, M Azharuddin of India and Imran Khan of Pakistan are the four captains who have led their teams in 20 or more World Cup matches. RT Ponting of Australia with 29 captaincy assignments lead the table. He is also the most successful captain with 26 wins to his credit. He is also the only captain to win 25 plus matches in the world cup.

No	Player	Team	Span	M	W	L	T	D	NR
1	RT Ponting	Aus	2003-2011	29	26	02	0	0	1
2	SP Fleming	NZl	1999-2007	27	16	10	0	0	1
3	M Azharuddin	Ind	1992-1999	23	10	12	0	0	1
4	Imran Khan	Pak	1983-1992	22	14	08	0	0	0

There are three batsmen who have scored ten or more boundary sixes in the world cup. EJG Morgan of England with 17 boundary sixes owns the record for most boundary sixes in an innings in the world cup

No	Batsmen	Runs	6s	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	EJG Morgan	148	17	Eng	Afg	Manchester	18 Jun 2019
2	CH Gayle	215	16	Win	Zim	Canberra	24 Feb 2015
3	MJ Guptill	237*	11	NZl	Win	Wellington	21 Mar 2015

MJ Guptill and SP Fleming of New Zealand are the two batsmen who have scored 20 plus boundary fours in an innings. MJ Guptill with 24 boundary fours owns the record for most boundary fours in an innings in the world cup

No	Player	Runs	4s	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	MJ Guptill	237*	24	NZl	Win	Wellington	21 Mar 2015
2	SP Fleming	134*	21	NZl	RSA	Johannesburg	16 Feb 2003

SR Tendulkar of India with nine Man of the Match awards owns the record for most Man of the Match Awards.

There are eleven occasions of a batsman’s individual score greater than the team’s total in a completed innings or otherwise. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Batsman	Score	Team	Opp	Ground	Date	Opp	Total
1	DL Amiss	137	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	07.06.75	Ind	132-03
2	GM Turner	171*	NZl	EAF	Birmingham	07.06.75	EAF	128-08
3	IVA Richards	181	Win	Srl	Karachi	13.10.87	Srl	169-04
4	G Kirsten	188*	RSA	UAE	Rawalpindi	16.02.96	UAE	152-08
5	SR Tendulkar	152	Ind	Nam	Pietermaritzburg	23.02.03	Nam	130-10
6	ML Hayden	088	Aus	Nam	Potchefstroom	27.02.03	Nam	045-10
7	CH Gayle	119	Win	Ken	Kimberley	04.03.03	Ken	104-10
8	M Jayawardene	084	Srl	Ber	Trindad	15.03.07	Ber	078-10
9	AB de Villers	134	RSA	Net	Mohali	03.03.11	Net	120-10
10	AB de Villers	162*	RSA	Win	Sydney	27.02.15	Win	151-10
11	DA Warner	178	Aus	Afg	Perth	04.03.15	Afg	142-10

World Cup has witnessed eleven occasions of a cricketer scoring a fifty and capturing four or more wickets in game. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	Opp	Runs	W-R	Ground	Date
1	Fletcher DAG	Zim	Eng	69*	4-42	Trent Bridge	09.06.83
2	Botham IT	Eng	Aus	53	4-31	Sydney	05.03.92
3	Johnson NC	Zim	Ken	59	4-42	Taunton	15.05.99
4	Odumbe MO	Ken	Ban	52*	4-38	Johannesburg	01.03.03
5	Kloppenburg JF	Net	Nam	121	4-42	Bloemfontein	03.03.03
6	Yuvraj Singh	Ind	Ire	50*	5-31	Bengaluru	06.03.11
7	Dilshan TM	Srl	Zim	144	4-04	Pallekele	10.03.11
8	Wahab Riaz	Pak	Zim	54	4-45	Brisbane	01.03.15
9	Shakib Al Hasan	Ban	Afg	51	5-29	Southampton	24.06.19

There are 14 occasion of a rival batsmen scoring a ninety and a century in a World Cup match. World Cup has witnessed 17 occasions of two batsmen from the same team scoring centuries in the same innings

There are 20 occasions of bowlers bowling five or more maiden overs in their spell in an innings in the World Cup.

BS Bedi, AY Karim, CM Old and DR Pringle are the four  bowlers who have conceded single digit runs while bowling  five or more maiden overs in their spell in an innings in the World Cup games.. All the four occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	O	M	R	W	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	BS Bedi	12.0	8	06	1	1	Ind	EAF	Leeds	11 Jun 1975
2	AY Karim	08.2	6	07	3	2	Ken	Aus	Durban	15 Mar 2003
3	CM Old	10.0	5	08	4	1	Eng	Can	Manchester	13 Jun 1979
4	DR Pringle	08.2	5	08	3	1	Eng	Pak	Adelaide	01 Mar 1992

BS Bedi of India remains the only bowler to bowl five or more maiden overs in his spell on two occasions – eight against East Africa at Leeds on 11.06.75 and six against New Zealand at Manchester on 14.06.75

No	Player	O	M	R	W	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	BS Bedi	12.0	8	06	1	1	Ind	EAF	Leeds	11 Jun 1975
2	BS Bedi	12.0	6	28	1	2	Ind	NZl	Manchester	14 Jun 1975

JA Snow, M Hendrick, BD Julien, CM Old and GJ Gilmour are the  five bowlers who have captured four or more wickets while bowling  five or more maiden overs in their spell in an innings in the World Cup games.. All the five occasions are tabulated below.  GJ Gilmour of Australia is the only bowler in this category of statistics to capture six wickets. He returned with figures of 12.0-6-14-6 against England at Leeds on 18.06.75

No	Player	O	M	R	W	I	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	JA Snow	12.0	6	11	4	2	Eng	Win	Birmingham	14 Jun 1975
2	M Hendrick	12.0	6	15	4	2	Eng	Pak	Leeds	16 Jun 1979
3	BD Julien	12.0	5	27	4	1	Win	NZl	The Oval	18 Jun 1975
4	CM Old	10.0	5	08	4	1	Eng	Can	Manchester	13 Jun 1979
5	GJ Gilmour	12.0	6	14	6	1	Aus	Eng	Leeds	18 Jun 1975

The following table lists the various parameters of the World Cup.

No	Parameters	Team
1	Most runs by a team	Australia	20994
2	Most matches by a team	Australia	94
3	Most innings by a team	Australia	753
4	Most centuries scored by a team	India	31
5	Most half centuries scored by a team	Australia	120
6	Most fifties scored by a team	Australia	151
7	Most Zeroes scored by a team	England	61
8	Most Zeroes scored by a team	Pakistan	61
9	Most boundary sixes scored by a team	West Indies	303
10	Most boundary fours scored by a team	Australia	1875
11	Most four wickets hauls by a team	Australia	21
12	Most five wickets hauls by a team	Australia	16
13	Most four plus wicket hauls by a team	Australia	37
14	Most three figure partnerships by a team	Australia	50

WORLD RECORDS IN THE WORLD CUP

For the first time in the annals of one day internationals, the first three batsmen in an innings were dismissed for one run. In the first semi final of the World Cup 2019, in the  first semi finals between India and New Zealand at Manchester on  09.07.19, the first three batsmen in Indian innings – KL Rahul, RG Sharma and V Kohli – were dismissed for one run

2011 World Cup has witnessed the first occasion of rival wicket keepers dismissed stumped in an one day internationals which is a world record being the only such occasion in the history of one day internationals

No	Wicket keepers	Runs	Ins	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	MS Dhoni	22	1	Ind	Win	Chennai	20 Mar 2011
2	DC Thomas	2	2	Win	Ind	Chennai	20 Mar 2011

MATCH NUMBER 44 – SECOND QUARTER FINALS

INDIA VS AUSTRALIA AT AHMEDABAD ON 24.03.11

MS Dhoni earned a unique distinction in this game. He became the first captain-cum-wicket keeper to appear in 100 one day games. This game was his 100th appearance in the dual role

MATCH NUMBER 46 – FOURTH QUARTER FINALS

SRI LANKA VS ENGLAND AT COL-RPS ON 26.03.11

WU Tharanga and TM Dilshan added 231 runs in an unfinished partnership for the first wicket in this game with which he wrote himself into record books with six two hundred runs plus partnerships for the first wicket to his credit in the annals of one day games which constitutes a world record.

WU Tharanga’s six two hundred runs partnerships read thus – 282 runs with TM Dilshan for the first wicket Vs Zimbabwe at Pallekele on 10.03.11  –  231* runs with TM Dilshan for the first wicket Vs England at Col-RPS on 26.03.11  –  286 runs with ST Jayasuriya for the first wicket Vs England at Leeds on 01.07.06  –  201 runs with ST Jayasuriya for the first wicket Vs New Zealand at Napier on 28.12.06  –  202 runs with DPMD Jayewardene for the first wicket Vs Pakistan at Dambulla on 03.08.09 and 215 with DPMD Jayawardene for the first wicket Vs Bangladesh at Dhaka on 08.01.10. It is interesting to note that WU Tharanga’s six partnerships of 200 plus runs are for the first wicket – a unique record unparalleled in the annals of one day games

MATCH NUMBER 16

NETHERLANDS VS SOUTH AFRICA AT MOHALI ON 03.03.11

Shahid Afridi became the first captain to capture four or more wickets in three consecutive games in the annals of one day games. His performance read thus – 5-16 Vs Kenya at Hambantota on 23.02.11: 4 for 34 Vs Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 26.02.11 and 5-23 Vs Canada at Col-RPS on 03.03.11

MATCH NUMBER 46 – FOURTH QUARTER FINALS

SRI LANKA VS ENGLAND AT COL-RPS ON 26.03.11

Sri Lanka’s victory without losing a wicket in this game chasing 229 runs provides the third such occasion of a team chasing 200 plus runs in the annals of one day games. The other two occasions are – West Indies won by ten wickets against India at chasing a target of 200 runs {India – 199 for 7 : West Indies – 200 for no loss} and West Indies won by ten wickets against Pakistan at Melbourne on 23.02.92 chasing a target of 220 runs {Pakistan – 220 for 2 : West Indies – 221 for no loss}

Thus Sri Lanka’s win without losing a wicket in this game chasing 229 runs represented the highest run chase by a team in the annals of one day games.  It was the then world record

MATCH NUMBER 11  

INDIA VS ENGLAND AT BANGALORE ON 27.02.11 :

JM Anderson returned with figures of 1 for 91 in this game providing the tenth occasion o of his conceding seventy plus runs in an innings. He now holds the record for a bowler who has conceded seventy plus runs in an innings on most occasions in the annals of one day games. He went past A Nehra of India who has conceded seventy plus runs on nine occasions.

SACHIN TENDULKAR’S RECORDS IN WORLD CUP

Any record in cricket will be incomplete without reference to SR Tendulkar and World Cup is no exception. Let us have a look at the achievements of SR Tendulkar in World Cup

He has amassed 2258 runs in the world cup. His aggregate is not the most runs scored by a batsman but also makes him the only batsman to score 2000 plus runs in the World Cup.

He has scored 241 boundary fours in the World Cup. His 241 boundary fours not only represent the most boundary fours in the tournament but also makes him the only batsman to score 200 plus boundary fours in the tournament.

He has scored 196 boundary fours as an opening batsman which is a record for most boundary fours by an opening batsman in the tournament.

He also holds the record for most runs in a single edition of the World Cup. He has scored 673 runs in 2003 edition.

He is the only batsman to score 500 plus runs in two editions. He has aggregated 523 runs in 1996 edition and 673 runs in 2003 edition.

He shares the record for most centuries in World Cup with another Indian batsman RG Sharma. Both the batsmen have scored six centuries.

He shares the record for scoring two centuries in two editions with TM Dilshan of Sri Lanka.

No	No	Player	Runs	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	1	SR Tendulkar	127*	Ind	Ken	Cuttack	18 Feb 1996
	2	SR Tendulkar	137	Ind	Srl	Delhi	02 Mar 1996
2	1	SR Tendulkar	120	Ind	Eng	Bangalore	27 Feb 2011
	2	SR Tendulkar	111	Ind	RSA	Nagpur	12 Mar 2011
1	1	TM Dilshan	144	Srl	Zim	Pallekele	10 Mar 2011
	2	TM Dilshan	108*	Srl	Eng	Col-RPS	26 Mar 2011
2	1	TM Dilshan	161*	Srl	Ban	Melbourne	26 Feb 2015
	2	TM Dilshan	104	Srl	Sco	Hobart	11 Mar 2015

He shares the record for most nineties on most occasions with ME Waugh of Australia. Both the batsmen have scored nineties on three occasions.

He holds the record of most fifties by a batsman in the World Cup. He has scored 21 fifties to his credit. He is the only batsman to score 20 plus fifties in the World Cup.

He holds the record of partnering most runs for the third wicket in the World Cup with Rahul Dravid. SR Tendulkar-R Dravid posted 237 runs unfinished partnership in the game between India and Kenya at Bristol on 23.05.1999

SR Tendulkar of India with nine Man of the Match awards owns the record for most Man of the Match Awards.

His 603 run aggregate in 2003 contained seven fifties which represent the most fifties by a batsman in any World Cup. His seven fifties in this edition comprised of one century and six half centuries. His six half centuries in 2003 edition represent the most fifties scored by a batsman in any edition of the World Cup.

He is the only batsman to aggregate 500 plus runs in two editions. He totaled 526 runs in 1996 edition and 603 runs in 2003 edition.