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| Cricket World Cup records | |
| The ninth World Cup begins in the Caribbean on 13 March. But who holds the current records surrounding the tournament? BBC Sport reveals all... TOP RUNSCORERS Sachin Tendulkar (India) ...1,732Javed Miandad (Pakistan)... 1,083 Aravinda de Silva (Sri Lanka)... 1,064 Viv Richards (West Indies)... 1,013 Mark Waugh (Australia)... 1,004 MOST CENTURIES Sourav Ganguly (India) ...4Mark Waugh (Australia)... 4 Sachin Tendulkar (India)... 4 Ramiz Raja (Pakistan)... 3 Saeed Anwar (Pakistan)... 3 Viv Richards (West Indies)... 3 Ricky Ponting (Australia)... 3 HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORES Gary Kirsten (South Africa)...188 not out v United Arab Emirates, 1996Sourav Ganguly (India)...183 v Sri Lanka, 1999 Viv Richards (West Indies)... 181 v Sri Lanka, 1987 Kapil Dev (India)... 175 not out v Zimbabwe, 1983 Craig Wishart (Zimbabwe)...172 not out v Namibia, 2003 MOST WICKETS Wasim Akram (Pakistan)... 55Glenn McGrath (Australia)... 45 Javagal Srinath (India)... 44 Allan Donald (South Africa)... 38 Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka)... 36 BEST BOWLING FIGURES
Andy Bichel (Australia)... 7-20 v England, 2003 Winston Davis (West Indies)...7-51 v Australia, 1983 Gary Gilmour (Australia)... 6-14 v England, 1975 Shane Bond (New Zealand)... 6-23 v Australia, 2003 Ashish Nehra (India) 6-23 v England, 2003 MOST CATCHES (outfielders) Ricky Ponting (Australia)... 18Chris Cairns (New Zealand)... 16 Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)... 15 Aravinda de Silva (Sri Lanka)... 14 Anil Kumble (India)... 14 Steve Waugh (Australia)... 14 MOST DISMISSALS (wicket-keepers) Adam Gilchrist (Australia)... 35 (33 catches, 2 stumpings)Moin Khan (Pakistan)...30 (23, 7) Alec Stewart (England)... 23 (21, 2) Ridley Jacobs (West Indies)... 22 (21, 1) Wasim Bari (Pakistan)... 22 (18, 4) Mark Boucher (South Africa)... 22 HIGHEST TEAM SCORES Sri Lanka...398-5 v Kenya, 1996India... 373-6 v Sri Lanka, 1999 West Indies... 360-4 v Sri Lanka, 1987 Australia... 359-2 v India, 2003 Zimbabwe... 340-2 v Namibia, 2003 LOWEST TEAM SCORES Canada... 35 v Sri Lanka, 2003 |
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