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World Cup stats package
February 13, 2007

Defending champions Australia head to the 2007 World Cup as title favourites, having won the last two editions and because of their supreme run in one-dayers in the last few years.

But the shock loss to England in the tri-series final at home has forced the Australians to do some serious soul-searching and not just rest on their laurels.

Statistically speaking, Sachin Tendulkar is the most successful batsman in the history of the World Cup. He had a dream run in the 2003 World Cup, scoring 673 runs to bring his tally in all World Cups to 1732 with four centuries.

Pakistan's legendary all-rounder Wasim Akram is the most successful bowler, having claimed 55 wickets in 38 World Cup games.

Rediff.com presents a detailed statistical analysis of the World Cup records:

Results for each Country:

Team

Mts

Won

Lost

Tied

NR

Win %

Australia

58

40

17

1

0

68.96

West Indies

48

31

16

0

1

65.95

South Africa

30

19

9

2

0

63.33

England

50

31

18

0

1

63.26

India

55

31

23

0

1

57.40

Pakistan

53

29

22

0

2

56.86

New Zealand

52

28

23

0

1

54.90

Sri Lanka

46

17

27

1

1

37.77

Kenya

20

5

14

0

1

26.31

Zimbabwe

42

8

31

0

3

20.51

Bangladesh

11

2

8

0

1

20.00

United Arab Emirates

5

1

4

0

0

20.00

Canada

9

1

8

0

0

11.11

Netherlands

11

1

10

0

0

9.09

East Africa

3

0

3

0

0

0.00

Namibia

6

0

6

0

0

0.00

Scotland

5

0

5

0

0

0.00

Total matches

252

244

244

2

6

-

Highest Margins of Victory:
(By runs)

256 runs

Australia (301-6) bt Namibia (45)

Potchefstroom

2002/03

202 runs

England (334-4) bt India (132-3)

Lord's

1975

196 runs

England (290-5) bt East Africa (94)

Birmingham

1975

192 runs

Pakistan (330-6) bt Sri Lanka (138)

Nottingham

1975

191 runs

West Indies (360-4) bt Sri Lanka (169-4)

Karachi

1987/88

183 runs

India (292-6) bt Sri Lanka (109)

Johannesburg

2002/03

181 runs

New Zealand (309-5) bt East Africa (128-8)

Birmingham

1975

181 runs

India (311-2) bt Namibia (130)

Pietermaritzburg

2002/03

171 runs

Pakistan (255-9) bt Namibia (84)

Kimberley

2002/03

169 runs

South Africa (321-2) bt UAE (152-8)

Rawalpindi

1995/96

162 runs

Australia (320-9) bt India (158)

Nottingham

1983

160 runs

South Africa (328-3) bt Netherlands (168-8)

Rawalpindi

1995/96

157 runs

India (373-6) bt Sri Lanka (216)

Taunton

1999

(By wickets)

10 wickets

India (123-0) bt East Africa (120)

Leeds

1975

10 wickets

West Indies (172-0) bt Zimbabwe (171)

Birmingham

1983

10 wickets

West Indies (221-0) bt Pakistan (220-2)

Melbourne

1991/92

10 wickets

South Africa (142-0) bt Kenya (140)

Potchefstroom

2002/03

10 wickets

Sri Lanka (126-0) bt Bangladesh (124)

Pietermaritzburg

2002/03

10 wickets

South Africa (109-0) bt Bangladesh (108)

Bloemfontein

2002/03

World Cup - Most runs scored:

Batsman

Team

Mat

I

NO

Runs

HS

Avg

SR

100

50

Ct

S Tendulkar

Ind

33

32

3

1732

152

59.72

87.56

4

12

10

J Miandad

Pak

33

30

5

1083

103

43.32

67.89

1

8

10

A de Silva

SL

35

32

3

1064

145

36.68

86.57

2

6

14

V Richards

WI

23

21

5

1013

181

63.31

85.05

3

5

9

M Waugh

Aus

22

22

3

1004

130

52.84

83.04

4

4

11

R Ponting

Aus

28

27

3

998

140*

41.58

74.98

3

2

18

S Waugh

Aus

33

30

10

978

120*

48.9

81.02

1

6

14

A Ranatunga

SL

30

29

8

969

88*

46.14

80.95

-

7

7

B Lara

WI

25

25

3

956

116

43.45

87.7

2

6

11

Saeed Anwar

Pak

21

21

4

915

113*

53.82

79.08

3

3

3

G Gooch

Eng

21

21

1

897

115

44.85

63.21

1

8

3

M Crowe

NZ

21

21

5

880

100*

55

83.49

1

8

8

D Haynes

WI

25

25

2

854

105

37.13

57.5

1

3

12

S Ganguly

Ind

18

18

3

844

183

56.26

81.78

4

1

1

M Azharuddin

Ind

30

25

4

826

93

39.33

77.19

-

8

11

D Boon

Aus

16

16

1

815

100

54.33

73.75

2

5

2

A Flower

Zim

30

29

4

815

115*

32.6

68.25

1

4

12

G Kirsten

SA

21

21

4

806

188*

47.41

75.46

1

5

9

R Dravid

Ind

19

18

6

779

145

64.91

75.26

2

5

17

H Gibbs

SA

15

15

2

725

143

55.76

85.49

2

4

3

Most runs in a tournament:

Batsman

Team

Year

M

I

NO

Runs

HS

Avg

100s

S Tendulkar

Ind

2003

11

11

0

673

152

61.18

1

S Tendulkar

Ind

1996

7

7

1

523

137

87.16

2

M Waugh

Aus

1996

7

7

1

484

130

80.66

3

G Gooch

Eng

1987

8

8

0

471

115

58.87

1

S Ganguly

Ind

2003

11

11

3

465

112*

58.12

3

R Dravid

Ind

1999

8

8

1

461

145

65.85

2

M Crowe

NZ

1992

9

9

5

456

100*

114.00

1

A de Silva

SL

1996

6

6

1

448

145

89.60

2

D Boon

Aus

1987

8

8

0

447

93

55.87

0

J Miandad

Pak

1992

9

9

2

437

89

62.42

0

World Cup - Most wickets

Bowler

For

M

Ovs

Mdn

Runs

Wkts

Avg

Best

4w

5w

SR

Ecn

Wasim AkramPak38324.31713115523.835-282135.44.04
G McGrathAus28245379354520.777-15-232.63.81
J SrinathInd34283.22112244427.814-302-38.64.32
A DonaldSA25218.5149133824.024-172-34.54.17
C VaasSL21184247543620.946-251130.64.09
Imran KhanPak28169.3186553419.264-372-29.93.86
S WarneAus17162.5166243219.504-294-30.53.83
C HarrisNZ28194.2108613226.904-71-36.44.43
M MuralitharanSL21187.5136933023.104-281-37.53.68
I BothamEng22222337623025.404-311-44.43.43
P DeFreitasEng22187.5307422925.583-28--38.83.95
A KumbleInd1716456702823.924-321-35.14.08
Kapil DevInd26237278922831.855-43-150.73.76
Shoaib AkhtarPak16124.586432723.814-461-27.75.15
C McDermottAus1714985992722.185-441133.14.02
C WalshWI17158235472720.254-252-35.13.46
S WaughAus33173.178142730.143-36--38.44.70
D FlemingAus16133.2125832622.425-36-130.74.37
Mushtaq AhmedPak1513555492621.113-16--31.14.06
A RobertsWI16170.1295522621.233-32--39.23.24

Most wickets in a tournament

Bowler

Year

M

Balls

Mdns

Runs

Wkts

Avg

C Vaas (SL)

2003

10

528

14

331

23

14.39

B Lee (Aus)

2003

10

499

9

394

22

17.90

G McGrath (Aus)

2003

11

522

18

310

21

14.76

G Allott (NZ)

1999

9

526

7

325

20

16.25

S Warne (Aus)

1999

10

566

13

361

20

18.05

R Binny (Ind)

1983

8

528

9

336

18

18.66

Z Khan (Ind)

2003

11

530

5

374

18

20.77

C McDermott (Aus)

1987

8

438

3

341

18

18.94

G McGrath (Aus)

1999

10

574

9

367

18

20.38

Wasim Akram (Pak)

1992

10

538

3

338

18

18.77

Most Man of the Match awards

Name

Matches

Awards

Team

S Tendulkar

33

8

India

L Klusener

14

5

South Africa

G Gooch

21

5

England

V Richards

23

5

West Indies

D Boon

16

4

Australia

S Warne

17

4

Australia

S Ganguly

18

4

India

M Waugh

22

4

Australia

B Lara

25

4

West Indies

A de Silva

35

4

Sri Lanka


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