Jun 11, 2012

Cricket World Cup Records:Largest victories

Winner Margin Target Opposition Ground
India 257 runs 414 v Bermuda Port of Spain
Australia 256 runs 302 v Namibia Potchefstroom
Sri Lanka 243 runs 322 v Bermuda Port of Spain
SAfrica 231 runs 352 v Netherlands Mohali
Australia 229 runs 359 v Netherlands Basseterre
SAfrica 221 runs 354 v Netherlands Basseterre
Australia 215 runs 349 v New Zealand St George's
WIndies 215 runs 331 v Netherlands Delhi
Sri Lanka 210 runs 333 v Canada Hambantota
SAfrica 206 runs 285 v Bangladesh Dhaka

Cricket World Cup Records: Highest match aggregates

Team 1 Team 2 Runs Wkts Overs RR
Ground
India England 676 18 99.5 6.77
Bangalore
Australia SAfrica 671 16 98.0 6.84
Basseterre
England Ireland 656 15 99.1 6.61
Bangalore
B'desh India 653 13 100.0 6.53
Dhaka
Sri Lanka Kenya 652 12 100.0 6.52
Kandy
WIndies SAfrica 645 13 100.0 6.45
St George's
Pakistan Sri Lanka 626 14 120.0 5.21
Swansea
Sri Lanka Zimbabwe 625 11 99.2 6.29
New Plymouth
Canada NZealand 619 15 100.0 6.19
Mumbai
England Sri Lanka 619 19 118.0 5.24
Taunton

Jun 7, 2012

Cricket World Cup Records: Highest Totals

Team Score Overs RR Inns Opposition Ground
India 413/5 50.0 8.26 1 v Bermuda Port of Spain
Sri Lanka 398/5 50.0 7.96 1 v Kenya Kandy
Australia 377/6 50.0 7.54 1 v South Africa Basseterre
India 373/6 50.0 7.46 1 v Sri Lanka Taunton
India 370/4 50.0 7.40 1 v Bangladesh Dhaka
New Zealand 363/5 50.0 7.26 1 v Canada Gros Islet
West Indies 360/4 50.0 7.20 1 v Sri Lanka Karachi
Australia 359/2 50.0 7.18 1 v India Johannesburg
Australia 358/5 50.0 7.16 1 v Netherlands Basseterre
New Zealand 358/6 50.0 7.16 1 v Canada Mumbai

Jun 6, 2012

Cricket World Cup Records:Highest partnerships by runs

Partners Runs Wkt
Team Opposition Ground
SC Ganguly, R Dravid 318 2nd
India v Sri Lanka Taunton
WU Tharanga, T Dilshan 282 1st
Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Pallekele
SR Tendulkar, SC Ganguly 244 2nd
India v Namibia Pietermaritzburg
R Dravid, SR Tendulkar 237* 3rd
India v Kenya Bristol
RT Ponting, DR Martyn 234* 3rd
Australia v India Johannesburg
WU Tharanga, TM Dilshan 231* 1st
Sri Lanka v England Colombo (RPS)
JF Kloppenburg, Noortwijk 228 2nd
Netherlands v Namibia Bloemfontein
HM Amla, AB de Villiers 221 3rd
SAfrica v Netherlands Mohali
ME Waugh, SR Waugh 207 3rd
Australia v Kenya Visakhapatnam
MJ Clarke, BJ Hodge 204 4th
Australia v Netherlands Basseterre

Cricket World Cup Records:Highest partnerships by wicket

Wkt Runs Partners Team Opposition Ground
1st 282 WU Tharanga, TM Dilshan Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Pallekele
2nd 318 SC Ganguly, R Dravid India v Sri Lanka Taunton
3rd 237* R Dravid, SR Tendulkar India v Kenya Bristol
4th 204 MJ Clarke, BJ Hodge Australia v Netherlands Basseterre
5th 148 RG Twose, CL Cairns NZealand v Australia Cardiff
6th 162 KJ O'Brien, AR Cusack Ireland v England Bangalore
7th 98 RR Sarwan, RD Jacobs West Indies v NZealand Port Elizabeth
8th 117 DL Houghton, IP Butchart Zimbabwe v NZealand Hyderabad
9th 126* N Kapil Dev, SMH Kirmani India v Zimbabwe Tunbridge Wells
10th 71 AME Roberts, J Garner West Indies v India Manchester

Cricket World Cup Records:Most 5 Wickets

PlayerSpanMOversWktsBBIAveEvonSR5W
GJ Gilmour (Aus)1975-19751724.0116/145.632.5813.02
VC Drakes (WI)2003-2003651.5165/3313.004.0119.42
GD McGrath (Aus)1996-200739325.5717/1518.193.9627.52
Shahid Afridi (Pak)1999-201120127.0285/1619.604.3227.22
ALF de Mel (SL)1983-1987990.2185/3224.944.9730.12
AJ Bichel (Aus)2003-2003857.0167/2012.313.4521.31
R Rampaul (WI)2011-2011215.055/5115.805.2618.01
KAJ Roach (WI)2011-2011646.0136/2715.004.2321.21
DW Steyn (SA)2011-2011646.1125/5016.004.1523.01
AG Hurst (Aus)1979-1979332.075/2117.003.7127.41

Cricket World Cup Records: Most 4 Wickets

PlayerSpanMOversWktsBBIAveEvonSR4W
SK Warne (Aus)1996-199917162.5324/2919.50 3.83 30.5 4
M Muralitharan (SL)1996-201140343.3684/1919.63 3.88 30.3 4
Imran Tahir (SA)2011-2011539.3144/3810.71 3.79 16.9 2
GI Allott (NZ)1999-1999987.4204/3716.25 3.70 26.3 2
RGD Willis (Eng)1979-198311118.1184/1117.50 2.66 39.32
BD Julien (WI)1975-1975560.0104/2017.70 2.95 36.0 2
B Lee (Aus)2003-201117137.3355/4217.97 4.57 23.5 2
Imran Khan (Pak)1975-199228169.3344/3719.26 3.86 29.9 2
Shahid Afridi (Pak)1999-201120127.0285/1619.60 4.32 27.2 2
GB Hogg (Aus)2003-200721158.3344/2719.234.1227.92