Jun 7, 2012

Cricket World Cup Records: Highest Totals

Team Score Overs RR Inns Opposition Ground
India 413/5 50.0 8.26 1 v Bermuda Port of Spain
Sri Lanka 398/5 50.0 7.96 1 v Kenya Kandy
Australia 377/6 50.0 7.54 1 v South Africa Basseterre
India 373/6 50.0 7.46 1 v Sri Lanka Taunton
India 370/4 50.0 7.40 1 v Bangladesh Dhaka
New Zealand 363/5 50.0 7.26 1 v Canada Gros Islet
West Indies 360/4 50.0 7.20 1 v Sri Lanka Karachi
Australia 359/2 50.0 7.18 1 v India Johannesburg
Australia 358/5 50.0 7.16 1 v Netherlands Basseterre
New Zealand 358/6 50.0 7.16 1 v Canada Mumbai

Jun 6, 2012

Cricket World Cup Records:Highest partnerships by runs

Partners Runs Wkt
Team Opposition Ground
SC Ganguly, R Dravid 318 2nd
India v Sri Lanka Taunton
WU Tharanga, T Dilshan 282 1st
Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Pallekele
SR Tendulkar, SC Ganguly 244 2nd
India v Namibia Pietermaritzburg
R Dravid, SR Tendulkar 237* 3rd
India v Kenya Bristol
RT Ponting, DR Martyn 234* 3rd
Australia v India Johannesburg
WU Tharanga, TM Dilshan 231* 1st
Sri Lanka v England Colombo (RPS)
JF Kloppenburg, Noortwijk 228 2nd
Netherlands v Namibia Bloemfontein
HM Amla, AB de Villiers 221 3rd
SAfrica v Netherlands Mohali
ME Waugh, SR Waugh 207 3rd
Australia v Kenya Visakhapatnam
MJ Clarke, BJ Hodge 204 4th
Australia v Netherlands Basseterre

Cricket World Cup Records:Highest partnerships by wicket

Wkt Runs Partners Team Opposition Ground
1st 282 WU Tharanga, TM Dilshan Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Pallekele
2nd 318 SC Ganguly, R Dravid India v Sri Lanka Taunton
3rd 237* R Dravid, SR Tendulkar India v Kenya Bristol
4th 204 MJ Clarke, BJ Hodge Australia v Netherlands Basseterre
5th 148 RG Twose, CL Cairns NZealand v Australia Cardiff
6th 162 KJ O'Brien, AR Cusack Ireland v England Bangalore
7th 98 RR Sarwan, RD Jacobs West Indies v NZealand Port Elizabeth
8th 117 DL Houghton, IP Butchart Zimbabwe v NZealand Hyderabad
9th 126* N Kapil Dev, SMH Kirmani India v Zimbabwe Tunbridge Wells
10th 71 AME Roberts, J Garner West Indies v India Manchester

Cricket World Cup Records:Most 5 Wickets

PlayerSpanMOversWktsBBIAveEvonSR5W
GJ Gilmour (Aus)1975-19751724.0116/145.632.5813.02
VC Drakes (WI)2003-2003651.5165/3313.004.0119.42
GD McGrath (Aus)1996-200739325.5717/1518.193.9627.52
Shahid Afridi (Pak)1999-201120127.0285/1619.604.3227.22
ALF de Mel (SL)1983-1987990.2185/3224.944.9730.12
AJ Bichel (Aus)2003-2003857.0167/2012.313.4521.31
R Rampaul (WI)2011-2011215.055/5115.805.2618.01
KAJ Roach (WI)2011-2011646.0136/2715.004.2321.21
DW Steyn (SA)2011-2011646.1125/5016.004.1523.01
AG Hurst (Aus)1979-1979332.075/2117.003.7127.41

Cricket World Cup Records: Most 4 Wickets

PlayerSpanMOversWktsBBIAveEvonSR4W
SK Warne (Aus)1996-199917162.5324/2919.50 3.83 30.5 4
M Muralitharan (SL)1996-201140343.3684/1919.63 3.88 30.3 4
Imran Tahir (SA)2011-2011539.3144/3810.71 3.79 16.9 2
GI Allott (NZ)1999-1999987.4204/3716.25 3.70 26.3 2
RGD Willis (Eng)1979-198311118.1184/1117.50 2.66 39.32
BD Julien (WI)1975-1975560.0104/2017.70 2.95 36.0 2
B Lee (Aus)2003-201117137.3355/4217.97 4.57 23.5 2
Imran Khan (Pak)1975-199228169.3344/3719.26 3.86 29.9 2
Shahid Afridi (Pak)1999-201120127.0285/1619.60 4.32 27.2 2
GB Hogg (Aus)2003-200721158.3344/2719.234.1227.92

May 7, 2012

West Indies tour of England, 2012 Schedule

DateMatch DetailsTime
(IST)
Place
May 17 - 21 England v West Indies, 1st Test15:30Lord's
May 25 - 29 England v West Indies, 2nd Teat 15:30Trent Bridge
Jun 07 - 11 England v West Indies, 3rd Test 15:30Edgbaston
Jun 16 - Sat England v West Indies, 1st ODI15:15The Rose Bowl
Jun 19 - Tue England v West Indies, 2nd ODI 15:15Kennington
Jun 22 - Fri England v West Indies, 3rd ODI 15:15Headingley
Jun 24 - Sun England v West Indies, Only t20 19:00
Trent Bridge

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