The

Cricket World Cup The Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Men's Cricket World Cup) is the international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), e ...

is a

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(ODI) competition in men's

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. Organised by the

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(ICC), the tournament has taken place every four years since it was first held in Cricket World Cup in England. The number of teams and number of matches have increased since then, although the ICC declared an interest in reducing the format, following criticism of the 2007 World Cup.

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Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (; ; born 24 April 1973) is an Indian former international cricketer who captained the Indian national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the all time highest run-scor ...

holds an array of individual records in the World Cup. One of the

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in 1997, and "the most followed cricketer in the world", Tendulkar has made more scores over fifty and scored more runs than any other cricketer in World Cup history.

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Glenn McGrath dominates the individual

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records, having featured for his country in four World Cups. He has one of the best strike rate and economy rate among any other bowler, having the best individual bowling figures and taken more wickets in the history of the tournament. Australian Ricky Ponting and Sri Lankan

Kumar Sangakkara Kumara Chokshananda Sangakkara ( si, කුමාර් චොක්ශනාද සංගක්කාර; born 27 October 1977) is a Sri Lankan cricket commentator, former professional cricketer, businessman, ICC Hall of Fame inductee and the ...

lead the individual fielding records. Ponting is the leading fielder in terms of catches taken, in both an individual World Cup tournament and in the competition's history, while Sangakkara has the most dismissals by a

wicketkeeper The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding (cricket), fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a Caught, catch, Stumped, stump the batsman out and run out ...

in World Cup history.

Adam Gilchrist Adam Craig Gilchrist (; born 14 November 1971) is an Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer and captain of the Australia national cricket team. He was an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-ke ...

holds joint records for the most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in both a single match (along with

Sarfraz Ahmed Sarfaraz Ahmed ( ur, ; born 22 May 1987) is a Pakistani professional cricketer, a wicketkeeper-batsman, who plays for the Pakistani national cricket team. He was the former captain of the Pakistan side in all formats. He leads Quetta Gladiato ...

) and in an individual tournament (along with Tom Latham). Australia hold several team records, including those for the most wins, the highest win percentage, the most consecutive wins; they were undefeated in the 2003 and 2007 Cricket World Cup campaigns. Records are also kept of unsuccessful performances. These include

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lowest score in the history of the tournament, Zimbabwe's record number of matches lost and Canadian Nicholas De Groot's three consecutive

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Notation

Team notation * (300–3) indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three

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s and the

innings An innings is one of the divisions of a cricket match during which one team takes its turn to bat. Innings also means the period in which an individual player bats (acts as either striker or nonstriker). Innings, in cricket, and rounders, is bot ...

was closed, either due to a successful

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or if no overs remained (or are able) to be bowled. * (300) indicates that a team scored 300 runs and was all out, either by losing all ten wickets or by having one or more

batsmen In cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the ball with a bat to score runs and prevent the loss of one's wicket. Any player who is currently batting is, since September 2021, officially referred to as a batter (historically, the ...

unable to bat and losing the remaining wickets. Batting notation * (100) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was out. * (100*) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was

not out In cricket, a batter is not out if they come out to bat in an innings and have not been dismissed by the end of an innings. The batter is also ''not out'' while their innings is still in progress. Occurrence At least one batter is not out at t ...

. Bowling notation * (5–100) indicates that a bowler has captured five wickets while giving away 100 runs. Currently playing * Record holders who are currently playing ODIs or streaks that are still active and can change have a ^ next to their name.

Team records

Team wins, losses, ties, and no results

Result records

Greatest win margin (by runs)

Lowest win margin (by runs)

As well as these narrow victories, there have been five matches where the scores finished level, including the 2019 Final, which England eventually won on the number of boundaries scored.

Team scoring records

Highest innings totals

Lowest innings totals

Highest match aggregate

Lowest match aggregate

Highest run chase

Note: In the 2011 Cricket World Cup, England scored 338–8 in the second innings to tie their game against India.

King of tournament

Streaks

Batting

Most career runs

Highest individual scores

Highest average

Highest strike rate

Most centuries

Most 50+ scores

Fastest 50

Fastest 100

Overall

Sachin Tendulkar holds numerous batting records, including those for the most centuries, most fifties and most runs. He also has the most Man of the Match awards.

One tournament

Streaks

Bowling

Most career wickets

Best bowling figures

Best average

Best strike-rate

Best economy rate

Overall

Glenn McGrath holds the records for the most wickets and best bowling figures.

Lasith Malinga Separamadu Lasith Malinga ( si, සෙපරමාදු ලසිත් මාලිංග; born 28 August 1983), nicknamed "Slinga Malinga", is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest limited overs bowlers ...

was the first player to take four wickets in four balls at international level, against South Africa at the 2007 World Cup.

Chaminda Vaas Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas (born 27 January 1974) is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer, who played all forms of the game, and a former ODI captain who is often described as the greatest fast medium bowl ...

took four wickets in five balls against Bangladesh in 2003, including wickets with the first three balls of the match. There have also been hat tricks in Cricket World Cups by

Chetan Sharma Chetan Sharma (born 3 January 1966) is a former Indian cricketer and politician who played Tests and ODIs as a fast bowler for Indian cricket team. On 24 December 2020, he was elected as Chairman of the selection committee of Indian cricket tea ...

Saqlain Mushtaq Saqlain Mushtaq BND ( ur, ; born 29 December 1956) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former international cricketer who, as of February 2022, is the head coach of the Pakistani national cricket team. Regarded as one of the best spin bowlers in t ...

Brett Lee Brett Lee (born 8 November 1976) is an Australian former international cricketer, who played all three formats of the game. During his international career, Lee was recognised as one of the fastest bowlers in the world. In each of his first two ...

Kemar Roach Kemar Andre Jamal Roach (born 30 June 1988) is a Barbadian international cricketer who plays for the West Indies. He played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka and has represented the West Indies in Test and One Day International c ...

Steven Finn Steven Thomas Finn (born 4 April 1989) is an English cricketer. He is a right-arm fast bowler, who also bats right-handed. At the age of 16, he became Middlesex County Cricket Club's youngest-ever debutant in first-class cricket. He made his E ...

JP Duminy Jean-Paul Duminy (born 14 April 1984), more commonly known as JP Duminy, is a South African cricket commentator, and former international cricketer. He was vice-captain of the South Africa Twenty20 team. He is a left-handed batsman and a rig ...

and

Mohammed Shami Mohammed Shami Ahmed (born 3 September 1990) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian national cricket team in all formats of the game as a right-arm fast bowler. He plays domestically for Bengal and in the Indian Premier L ...

was the first bowler to take 2 hat-tricks in Cricket World Cup matches.

One tournament

Fielding

While records for best fielders have varied through different World Cups, the records for wicketkeepers have been occupied by

who holds the record for most dismissals overall and

which holds the record for most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in one tournament and in one match. Sangakkara (portrait)

Most dismissals (wicketkeeper)

Most catches (fielder)

One tournament

One match

Other records

There are certain records other than batting, bowling or fielding. These records include participation records, hosting records etc.

Extras

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is a run scored by a means other than a

hitting the

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. Other than runs scored off the bat from a

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, a batsman is not given credit for extras and the extras are tallied separately on the scorecard and count only towards the team's score.

Grounds

The World Cup has been held in England five times. As a result, English grounds have hosted the most World Cup matches.

Umpires

Most Matches

Most finals as umpire

Appearances

Tournaments

Most Matches

The top 10 list is dominated by players who have appeared in five World Cup tournaments.

Representing more than one country

Most World Cup Titles

Age

A total of 40 players aged 19 years old or under have made an appearance in the World Cup and 19 players aged more than 40 have played in the competition.

Captaincy

Most matches as a captain

Best win% as a captain (min. 10 matches)

References

External links

List of Cricket World Cup records from CricketArchive

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World Cup Records

Notation

Team records

Team wins, losses, ties, and no results

Result records

Greatest win margin (by runs)

Lowest win margin (by runs)

Team scoring records

Highest innings totals

Lowest innings totals

Highest match aggregate

Lowest match aggregate

Highest run chase

King of tournament

Streaks

Batting

Most career runs

Highest individual scores

Highest average

Highest strike rate

Most centuries

Most 50+ scores

Fastest 50

Fastest 100

Overall

One tournament

Streaks

Bowling

Most career wickets

Best bowling figures

Best average

Best strike-rate

Best economy rate

Overall

One tournament

Fielding

Most dismissals (wicketkeeper)

Most catches (fielder)

One tournament

One match

Other records

Extras

Grounds

Umpires

Most Matches

Most finals as umpire

Appearances

Tournaments

Most Matches

Representing more than one country

Most World Cup Titles

Age

Captaincy

Most matches as a captain

Best win% as a captain (min. 10 matches)

See also

References

External links