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Number of players who have played three World Cups and won all three - Adam Gilchrist
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Number of batsmen who have scored 200+ runs in finals - Gilchrist and Ponting. They average 87 and 82 respectively
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Number of runs scored by Glenn McGrath in World Cups. He has only batted four times in 39 games - 0*, 0, 0*, 3*
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Number of teams that have played World Cup matches but have never won a game - Scotland, Namibia, East Africa and Bermuda
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Number of times Kenya have beaten a Test nation (WI, NZ, SL, Bang and Zim) - more than by any other Associate/Affiliate
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The fewest runs conceded by a bowler (min ten overs) - Bishan Bedi's figures v East Africa were 12-8-6-1
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Most wickets taken by a bowler in an innings. Achieved by Glenn McGrath, Andy Bichel and Winston Davis
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The most ducks scored in a World Cup match, in the 1979 final
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Number of Man-of-the-Match awards won by Sachin Tendulkar in the World Cup - more than any other player
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Number of England captains in World Cups, the most for any country - NZ and Pakistan have had nine each
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The number of World Cup matches where the most extras were conceded, all happened in 1999
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Number of times batsmen have scored 150+ runs - no batsman has done it twice. None of these innings came in losses
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Number of teams bowled out for less than 100 at least once. Ireland, Canada, Namibia and Bangladesh have suffered twice
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The fewest matches played in a single World Cup - 1979, in England
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Most catches in a match, in the West Indies v Pakistan match in 2007
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The most players to have got to double figures in a single World Cup game - the 1975 final
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The most players to represent one team in a single World Cup - England in (2011) and Zimbabwe (in 2003)
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Most sixes hit by a team in a World Cup match - by SA (v Netherlands) and India (v Bermuda)
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Number of teams that have played World Cup cricket. Afghanistan will become the 20th this World Cup
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Lowest strike rate for an innings of 100+ balls - Sunil Gavaskar's famous 36 off 174 balls at Lord's versus England in 1975
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The most 50+ scores in World Cups - by Sachin Tendulkar. Ponting is next with 11. Tendulkar also has the most hundreds - six
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Runs by which England lost the 1992 World Cup final, their third loss in a final, the most for any team
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The most wickets (jointly) taken by an Asian bowler in a World Cup - Chaminda Vaas (2003) and Muttiah Muralitharan (2007)
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The most hundreds scored in a single World Cup - during the 2011 edition. Sri Lanka batsmen scored seven - the most
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Number of consecutive World Cup matches Australia won between 1999 and 2011, the longest winning streak in World Cups
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Number of hundreds scored by players in home World Cup games - Indian batsmen have scored seven and Sri Lankan batsmen six
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Zaheer Khan's strike rate in World Cups, the best for any bowler who has bowled 1000+ deliveries in World Cups
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Number of World Cup centuries scored in chases. There have been 99 centuries scored while batting first
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Most maiden overs bowled in a single World Cup match - between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Derby in 1983
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Most World Cup centuries scored in a single country - India; 27 in England and 20 each in South Africa and West Indies
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Number of sixes hit by Ricky Ponting in World Cups - the most by any batsman
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Number losses for Sri Lanka in World Cups - the most for a team that has a won a World Cup
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Runs scored by Wasim Akram in the 1992 final, to go with his figures of 3 for 49. He was also the Man of the Match
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The lowest strike rate for an innings of 50 or more - Ishwar Maraj of Canada v South Africa in 2003. He scored 53* off 155 balls (SR 34.19).
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Most century partnerships by a team in WCs - Australia. India is next with 25, followed by England and West Indies with 24 each
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The lowest team score in the World Cup, by Canada v Sri Lanka. The second-lowest score is also by Canada - 45 v England, 1979
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Number of World Cup matches lost by Zimbabwe - the most by any team
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Number of WC matches played by Wasim Akram. The 426 runs he scored is the most in WCs by a batsman without a single fifty
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Number of World Cup matches won by both India and England; while India have won two World Cups, England have won none
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Balls faced by Herschelle Gibbs faced to score 72 against Netherlands in 2007 - he hit six sixes in an over, off Daan van Bunge, during this innings
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Runs scored by Canada's John Davison and Hiral Patel, off 23 balls, against Australia in 2011. The SR of 178 for this opening stand is the best for an Associate against a Full Member
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The over of New Zealand's innings, in 1987 against India, when Chetan Sharma took the first ever WC hat-trick
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India's victory margin, in terms of runs, in the 1983 final - the first time that a WC was won by a team other than West Indies
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Number of WC matches in which Steve Bucknor has been the on-field umpire. Including those as a TV umpire, he has officiated in 51 games, more than any other umpire
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Most catches by a keeper in WC games, by Adam Gilchrist, but Sangakkara has the most stumpings (10)
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Number of World Cup matches played by Ricky Ponting - more than by any other player
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Nolan Clarke's age when he played the 1996 World Cup for Netherlands, making him the oldest man to play in a World Cup
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Number of ducks scored by Indian batsmen in WC games - more than by batsmen from any other team
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Number of matches scheduled in the 2015 World Cup. The editions to have more matches are 2003 (52) and 2007 (51)
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Number of balls in which Kevin O'Brien got to hundred against England in the 2011 edition - the fastest in a World Cup
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Runs conceded in the most expensive five-fors in WC history - by Winston Davis (1983) and Ravi Rampaul (2011)
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Number of dismissals effected by Adam Gilchrist in WC games, more than by any other player
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Australia's average runs per in World Cup matches against Sri Lanka - the highest for any team against a top-eight side
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The unbeaten partnership between MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh, which took India to victory in the final of 2011 World Cup
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Number of matches won by Australia in World Cups - the most by any team. New Zealand are next with 40
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Number of 100-plus opening partnerships in World Cups -Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden lead with five
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Runs scored by Ryan ten Doeschate against South Africa in the 2007 WC - his first of five 50+ scores, including two hundreds
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The lowest score for which a Full Member has been bowled out in a World Cup game - Bangladesh, against West Indies in 2011
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Extras conceded by Scotland against Pakistan in the 1999 World Cup - the most by a team in a World Cup match
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Runs scored by Inzamam-ul-Haq, off 37 balls, against NZ in the 1992 World Cup semi-final after coming in at 140 for 4
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Number of 300-plus scores in 352 World Cup matches. The team making 300+ has won 54 games and lost six, with one tied
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Batsmen's strike rate in World Cups played in England. In the 1999 World Cup it was 66. Outside England it is 73
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Australia's win % against top-eight Test nations in World Cups, the best for any team. Sri Lanka's 33% is the worst
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The most catches taken by a team in a World Cup. Australia took so many in the 2003 tournament
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Number of day-night games in World Cups - 23% of all World Cup matches. In 2015, 75% of all matches will be day-night
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Number of World Cup fifties scored by batsmen from countries that are not currently Full Members of the ICC
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The most run-outs in a World Cup. There were 67 in the 1992 and 2007 tournaments
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Muttiah Muralitharan's wicket tally in World Cups - the highest for a spinner and also for an Asian bowler
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Matthew Hayden's fours in the 2007 World Cup. Including sixes (18), his 87 boundaries are the most by a batsman in a single tournament
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Mohsin Khan's runs off 176 balls, v WI in 1983 - the most balls faced in a World Cup innings without getting a hundred
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Glenn McGrath's wickets in World Cup matches - more than any other bowler
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Number of overs bowled by S Venkataraghavan in World Cups without taking a wicket - the most by a wicketless bowler
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The most extras in a World Cup match between two top-eight teams - Pakistan v West Indies in 1999
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The largest margin of victory, in terms of runs, for an Associate team in a World Cup - Ireland against Bangladesh in 2007
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The first men's World Cup was played in 1975, but the first women's tournament was played two years earlier, in 1973
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Number of World Cup matches Australia have played, six more than second-placed New Zealand
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Highest score by a No. 7 batsman in World Cup matches - Shahid Mahboob for Pakistan, against Sri Lanka in 1983
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Number of players with more than one Man-of-the-Match awards in World Cups. Tendulkar tops the list with nine
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The 1979 World Cup was the first in which minor teams emerged through a qualifying competition - the ICC Trophy, won by SL
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Balls Mohinder Amarnath took to hit 26 in the 1983 World Cup final - the lowest strike rate for a 75+ ball innings in finals
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The highest score made twice against a team. Sachin Tendulkar scored 81 against Zimbabwe in the 1992 and 2003 World Cups
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Number of wicketkeepers who have played World Cups. The most for a team is 8 - for WI, England, SL, India and Australia
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The 1983 World Cup was the first played with a 30-yard inner circle, inside which there had to be four fielders at all times
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Runs given by Chaminda Vaas v India in the 1999 World Cup. Upashantha gave 80 - first time two bowlers went for 80+ in an ODI
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Number of balls Clive Lloyd took to make 102 in the 1975 World Cup final - the first century in a World Cup final
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Collis King's score off 66 balls in West Indies' victory in the 1979 World Cup final. King had come in at 99 for 4
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The 1987 World Cup was the first held outside England, and the first hosted by more than one country - India and Pakistan
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Number of bowlers with more than 15 World Cup wickets. Eighty of them have between 15 and 35 wickets
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Most boundaries in a World Cup match - between Australia (40 fours, 11 sixes) and South Africa (32 fours, 6 sixes) in 2007
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Number of batsmen with 100+ strike rates in World Cup matches. However, only 22 have it even after facing 100+ balls
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The top score by a wicketkeeper-captain in a World Cup final - MS Dhoni in 2011
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The 1992 tournament was the only World Cup in which no bowler took a five-wicket haul
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England's first finals victory was the 1993 Women's World Cup. The 1973 Women's World Cup was a league and had no final
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Number of World Cup captains. Ricky Ponting has led in the most games - 29
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Byes conceded by New Zealand wicketkeepers in World Cups - the most by any team. Pakistan have conceded 92
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Most ducks in a single World Cup - the 2003 tournament in South Africa. Namibia made the most - 14
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Top score in a World Cup final without making a 100 - Gambhir v SL 2011. The second highest was in the same game - Dhoni's 91
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Number of players who have played for England in World Cups. No other team has more
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The 1999 World Cup was the first in which white Duke balls were used. They were more conducive to swing bowling
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Number of World Cup venues that would have been used when the first match of 2015 is played at Hagley Oval in Christchurch
