World Cup Cricket Records....
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First world cup match was
played at Lord's, London on 7th June 1975 between England v
India. England won the match by 202 runs.
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DL Amiss from England is the
first batsmen to score a hundred in World Cup. He scores 137
against India in the first match of World Cup.
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1975 World Cup is the only
ODI World Cup which didn't feature a sub-continent team in
the semi-finals.
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Mohinder Amaranth is the
first bowler to take wicket in World Cup.
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Chetan Sharma was the first
bowler to take a hat-trick in a Cricket World Cup.
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Sachin Tendulkar of India
holds the records of scoring most runs (2278), highest
number of centuries (6) and highest number of fifties (21).
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Ricky Ponting of Australia
holds the record of most sixes (31), most matches as captain
(29), most catches by a fielder (28) and most appearances
(46).
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Australian Glenn McGrath take
most wickets (71), most wickets in a world cup tournament
(26) and best bowling figures (7-15 against Namibia).
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Adam Gilchrist of Australia
holds the record of most dismissals as wicketkeeper (52),
most dismissals in a series (21) and most dismissals in an
innings (6).
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India holds the record of
highest score in a match. India score 413 for 5 wickets
against Bermuda in 2007.
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Australia hold the records of
most wins (55 matches), 100% win in two world cup series
(2003 and 2007), most consecutive wins (25 match).
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Zimbabwe holds the records of
most losses (37 match) and most consecutive defeats (18
matches).
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Canada score 36 run against
Sri Lanka in 2003 World Cup, which is lowest ever score by a
team.
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Ireland holds the record of
highest successful run chase (329-7) in World Cup. It was
against England, 2011.
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India wins by 257 run against
Bermuda, 2007 which is the highest winning margin by runs in
any world cup match.
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Record for highest
partnership holds by
Rahul Dravid & Sourav Ganguly, India with 318 runs against
Sri Lanka in 1999.
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Fastest century score by
Kevin O'Brien of Ireland against England (2011) in 50 balls.
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MC Snedden, New Zealand
conceded most runs in an innings with 105 runs in 12 over
against England in 1983.
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Lance Klusener, South Africa
holds the record of highest average (124.00) and highest
strike rate (121.17).
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Best economy rate by a bowler
Andy Roberts of West Indies 3.24.
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Zaheer Khan of India with
27.1 holds the record fo best strike rate.
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Fastest fifty records hold by
New Zealand Brendon McCullum against Canada, in 20 balls
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Highest score in an innings
by Gary Kirsten of South Africa against UAE. He scores 188.
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Scotland concedes most extras
in an innings (59) against Pakistan, 1999.
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Headingley Cricket Ground,
Leeds hosted highest number of matches with 12.
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