The complete compilation of Cricket World Cup records till 2007:-
Youngest Player – Talha Jubair(Bangladesh) 17 years, 70 days in 2003 world cup
Oldest Player - Nolan Clarke(Netherlands) 47 years, 257 days in 1996 world cup
Kepler Wessels and Anderson Cummins are the only 2 players to represent 2 countries in world cup. Kepler Wessels represented Australia in 1983 world cup and South Africa in 1992 world cup. Anderson Cummins represented West Indies in 1992 world cup and Canada in 20007 world cup
Most Runs – Sachin Tendulkar(India) 1796 runs
Highest Average (with minimum 20 innings played) – Sir Vivian Richards(West Indies) 63.31
Highest strike rate (with minimum 20 innings played) - Kapil Dev(India) 115.14
Fastest Century – Mathew Hayden(Australia) in 66 balls v South Africa in 2007 world cup
Fastest Fifty – Brendon McCullum(New Zealand) in 20 balls v Canada in 2007 world cup
Most Century – Sourav Ganguly(India), Mark Waugh(Australia), Sachin Tendulkar(India), Ricky Ponting(Australia) – 4 centuries
Most half Centuries – Sachin Tendulkar(India) – 17 Half Centuries
Most ducks – Nathan Astle(New Zealand) – 5 ducks
Highest Score – Gary Kirsten(South Africa) – 188 v UAE in 1996 world cup
Most Sixes – Ricky Ponting(Australia) – 30 sixes
Highest partnership – Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly(India) of 318 runs v Sri Lanka in 1999 world cup
Most appearances in world cup – Glenn Mcgrath(Australia) & Ricky Ponting(Australia) – 39 appearances
Most matches as captain – Stephen Fleming(New Zealand) – 26 matches
Best success as captain – Ricky Ponting(Australia) – 100%
Most Matches as Umpire – David Shepherd(England) – 46 matches
Most matches hosted by ground - Headingley, Leeds(England)
Most dismissals as wicket-keeper – Adam Gilchrist – 52 dismissals
Most catches as fielder – Ricky Ponting – 25 dismissals
Highest Score – India 413-5 against Bermuda in 2007 world cup
Lowest Score – Canada 36 v Sri Lanka in 2003 world cup
Highest successful run chase – Sri Lanka 313 v Zimbabwe in 1992 world cup
Highest winning margin – India 257 v Bermuda in 2007 world cup
Lowest winning margin – Australia v India – run in 1987 world cup
Highest win % - Australia 74.63%
Most wins – Australia 51 wins
Most losses – Zimbabwe – 33 losses
Most consecutive wins – Australia 23 wins
Most consecutive defeats – Zimbabwe 18 defeats
Most Wickets – Glenn Mcgrath(Australia) – 71 wickets
Best Bowling figures – Glenn Mcgrath(Australia) – 7-15 against Namibia in 2003 world cup
Most wickets in consecutive balls – Lasith Malinga(Sri Lanka) v South Africa in 2007 world cup
First Hat-trick - Cetan Sharma (India) in 1987 World Cup against New Zealand. He clean bowled Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith and Ewen Chatfield
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