TEAMS
HIGHEST TEAM TOTAL
1. Sri Lanka 398-5 v Kenya, Kandy, 1996
2. India 373-6 v Sri Lanka, Taunton, 1999
3. West Indies 360-4 v Sri Lanka, Karachi, 1987
LOWEST TEAM TOTAL:
1. Canada 45 v England, Manchester, 1979
2. Scotland 68 v West Indies, Leicester, 1999
3. Pakistan 74 v England, Adelaide, 1992
BIGGEST WIN (BY RUNS):
1. England 196 v East Africa, Birmingham, 1975
2. Pakistan 192 v Sri Lanka, Nottingham, 1975
3. West Indies 191 v Sri Lanka, Karachi, 1987
BIGGEST WIN (BY WICKETS):
1. West Indies 10 v Zimbabwe, Birmingham, 1983
2. India 10 v East Africa, Leeds, 1975
3. West Indies 10 v Pakistan, Melbourne, 1992
HIGHEST MATCH AGGREGATE:
1. Sri Lanka 398-5 v Kenya 254-7 - 652, Kandy, 1996
2. Pakistan 338-5 v Sri Lanka 288-9 - 626, Swansea, 1983
3. Zimbabwe 312-4 v Sri Lanka 313-7 - 625, New Plymouth, 1992
MOST CONSECUTIVE WINS:
9 - West Indies (June 7 1975 to June 10 1983)*
(* 9 out of 10 completed matches, 1979 match against Sri Lanka abandoned)
MOST CONSECUTIVE DEFEATS:
18 - Zimbabwe (June 11 1983 to March 18 1992)
MOST APPEARANCES:
33 - Javed Miandad (Pakistan), Steve Waugh (Australia)
BOWLING
BEST INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE IN AN INNINGS:
1. Winston Davis (West Indies) 7-51 v Australia, Leeds, 1983
2. Gary Gilmour (Australia) 6-14 v England, Leeds, 1975
3. Ken MacLeay (Australia) 6-39 v India, Nottingham, 1983
MOST ECONOMICAL PERFORMANCE IN AN INNINGS (minimum of 5 overs):
Dermot Reeve (England) (5-3-2-1) v Pakistan, Adelaide, 1992
MOST EXPENSIVE PERFORMANCE IN AN INNINGS:
Rajab Ali (Kenya) (6-0-67-0) v Sri Lanka, Kandy, 1996
MOST ECONOMICAL PERFORMANCE IN A TOURNAMENT:
Bishan Bedi (India) (24-14-34-2) in 1975
MOST CAREER WICKETS:
Wasim Akram (Pakistan) 43 in 32 matches.
MOST WICKETS IN A TOURNAMENT:
20 - Geoff Allott (New Zealand) and Shane Warne (Australia) (both 1999)
BATTING
Fastest 100: Kapil Dev (India) 72 balls (scored 175no) v Zimbabwe, Tunbridge Wells, 1983
Fastest 50: Tom Moody (Australia) 28 balls (scored 56no) v Bangladesh, Chester-le-Street, 1999
HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORE:
1. Gary Kirsten (South Africa) 188 v UAE, Rawalpindi, 1996
2. Sourav Ganguly (India) 183 v Sri Lanka, Taunton, 1999
3. Viv Richards (West Indies) 181 v Sri Lanka, Karachi, 1987
HIGHEST BATTING AVERAGE:
Lance Klusener (South Africa) 140.50 in 9 matches
HIGHEST BATTING AVERAGE IN A TOURNAMENT:
Glenn Turner (New Zealand) 166.50 in 4 matches (1975)
MOST CENTURIES IN A TOURNAMENT:
Mark Waugh (Australia) 3 (1996)
MOST OVERALL RUNS:
Javed Miandad (Pakistan) 1083 runs in 33 matches.
MOST RUNS IN A TOURNAMENT:
Sachin Tendulkar (India) 523 (1996)
BIGGEST PARTNERSHIP IN A MATCH:
Sourav Ganguly/Rahul Dravid (second wicket for India) 318 v Sri Lanka, Taunton, 1999
MEN OF THE MOMENT
WORLD CUP FINAL MAN OF THE MATCH:
1975: Clive Lloyd (West Indies)
1979: Viv Richards (West Indies)
1983: Mohinder Amarnath (India)
1987: David Boon (Australia)
1992: Wasim Akram (Pakistan)
1996: Aravinda de Silva (Sri Lanka)
1999: Shane Warne (Australia)
WORLD CUP MAN OF THE TOURNAMENT:
1992: Martin Crowe (New Zealand)
1996: Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)
1999: Lance Klusener (South Africa)
Cricket: World Cup records
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