Mar 13, 2012

Cricket World Cup Records: Most Catches in an Innings

PlayerCatchOppPlaceYear
M Kaif (Ind)4v Sri LankaJohannesburg2003
C Lloyd (WI)3v Sri LankaManchester1975
DA Reeve {Eng)3v PakistanAdelaide1992
Ijaz Ahmed (Pak)3v AustraliaPerth1992
AR Border (Aus)3v ZimbabweHobart1992
CL Cairns (NZ)3V UAEFaisalabad1996
G Thorpe (Eng)3v Sri LankaLord's1999
NJ Astle (NZ)3v AustraliaCardiff1999
IL Philip (Sco)3v BangladeshEdinburgh1999
R Ponting (Aus)3v BangladeshChester-le-Street1999
SC Williams (WI)3v ScotlandLeicester1999
A Whittall (Zim)3v South AfricaChelmsford1999
V Sehwag (Ind)3v NetherlandsPaarl2003
LJ Burger (Nam)3v EnglandPort Elizabeth2003
H Dippenaar (SA)3v BangladeshBloemfontein2003
D Mongia (Ind)3v NamibiaPietermaritzburg2003
V Sehwag (Ind)3v EnglandDurban2003
A Giles (Eng)3v AustraliaPort Elizabeth2003
S Tikolo (Ken)3v New ZealandGros Islet2007
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)3v ZimbabweKingston2007
E Morgan (Eng)3v New ZealandProvidence2007
LPC Silva (SL)3v New ZealandSt George's2007
AN Kervezee (Net)3v West IndiesDelhi2011
E Chigumbura (Zim)3v Sri LankaPallekele2011
R Taylor (NZ)3v CanadaMumbai2011
Z Khan (Ind)3v AustraliaAhmedabad2011

Feb 22, 2012

Cricket World Cup Records: Most Catches

PlayerSpanMatchCatch
RT Ponting (Aus)1996-20114628
ST Jayasuriya (SL)1992-20073818
CL Cairns (NZ)1992-20032816
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)1992-20073516
BC Lara (WI)1992-20073416
GC Smith (SA)2003-20112015
M Jayawardene (SL)1999-20113315
A Kumble (India)1996-20071814
SR Waugh (Aus)1987-19993314
PA de Silva (SL)1987-20033514
P Collingwood (Eng)2003-20111813
CL Hooper (WI)1987-20032013
JDP Oram (NZ)2003-20112313
SB Styris (NZ)2003-20112613
JH Kallis (SA)1996-20113613
M Muralitharan (SL)1996-20114013
B Lee (Aus)2003-20111712
CH Lloyd (WI)1975-19831712
GA Hick (Eng)1992-19992012
DL Haynes (WI)1979-19922512

Feb 17, 2012

South Africa in New Zealand 2012 Schedule

DateMatch DetailsTime
(IST)
Place
Feb 17 - FriSouth Africa v New Zealand, 1st T20I11:30Wellington
Feb 19 - SunSouth Africa v New Zealand, 2nd T20I11:30Auckland
Feb 22 - WedSouth Africa v New Zealand, 3rd T20I11:30Hamilton
Feb 25 - SatSouth Africa v New Zealand, 1st ODI06:30Wellington
Feb 29 - WedSouth Africa v New Zealand, 2nd ODI06:30Napier
Mar 03 - SatSouth Africa v New Zealand, 3rd ODI06:30Auckland
Mar 07 - 11South Africa v New Zealand, 1st Test03:00
(Mar 7)
Dunedin
Mar 15 - 19South Africa v New Zealand, 2nd Test03:00
(Mar 15)
Hamilton
Mar 23 - 27South Africa v New Zealand, 3rd Test03:00
(Mar 23)
Wellington

Feb 7, 2012

Cricket World Cup Records: Most Wickets in a Series

PlayerYearMWktsBBF45
GD McGrath (Aus)200711263/1400
WPUJC Vaas (SL)200310236/2511
M Muralitharan (SL)200710234/1920
SW Tait (Aus)200711234/3910
B Lee (Aus)200310225/4201
Shahid Afridi (Pak)20118215/1622
GD McGrath (Aus)200311217/1501
GB Hogg (Aus)200711214/2720
Z Khan (India)20119213/2000
GI Allott (NZ)19999204/3720

Jan 27, 2012

Cricket World Cup Records: Best Strike Rates

PlayerSpanMatOverRunsWktsBBFAveSR
Z Khan (India)2003-201123198.5890444/4220.2227.1
GD McGrath (Aus)1996-200739325.51292717/1518.1927.5
Imran Khan (Pak)1975-199228169.3655344/3719.2629.9
M Muralitharan (SL)1996-201140343.31335684/1919.6330.3
J Oram (NZ)2003-201123182.2768364/3921.3330.3
C Vaas (SL)1996-200731261.41040496/2521.2232.0
A Kumble (India)1996-200718173.1708314/3222.8333.5
AA Donald (SA)1992-200325218.5913384/1724.0234.5
W Akram (Pak)1987-200338324.31311555/2823.8335.4
CZ Harris (NZ)1992-200328194.2861324/726.9036.4

Cricket World Cup Records: Best Strike Rates

PlayerSpanMatOverRunsWktsBBFAveSR
Z Khan (India)2003-201123198.5890444/4220.2227.1
GD McGrath (Aus)1996-200739325.51292717/1518.1927.5
Imran Khan (Pak)1975-199228169.3655344/3719.2629.9
M Muralitharan (SL)1996-201140343.31335684/1919.6330.3
J Oram (NZ)2003-201123182.2768364/3921.3330.3
C Vaas (SL)1996-200731261.41040496/2521.2232.0
A Kumble (India)1996-200718173.1708314/3222.8333.5
AA Donald (SA)1992-200325218.5913384/1724.0234.5
W Akram (Pak)1987-200338324.31311555/2823.8335.4
CZ Harris (NZ)1992-200328194.2861324/726.9036.4

Nov 2, 2011

Cricket World Cup Records: Top 10 Best economy rates

PlayerSpanMORWBBFEcon
Roberts (WI)1975-198316170.1552263/323.24
IT Botham (Eng)1979-199222222.0762304/313.43
GR Larsen (NZ)1992-199919170.0599183/163.52
AJ Traicos (Zim)1983-199220188.0673163/353.57
SM Pollock (SA)1996-200731269.0970315/363.60
Kapil Dev (Ind)1979-199226237.0892285/433.76
Imran Khan (Pak)1975-199228169.3655344/373.86
Muralitharan (SL)1996-201140343.31335684/193.88
DeFreitas (Eng)1987-199622187.5742293/283.95
McGrath (Aus)1996-200739325.51292717/153.96