Cricket World Cup Records: Best Bowling Averages

Player	Span	Mat	Wkts	BBF	Avg	Econ
G McGrath (Aus)	1996-2007	39	71	7/15	18.19	3.96
Imran Khan (Pak)	1975-1992	28	34	4/37	19.26	3.86
M Muralitharan(SL)	1996-2011	40	68	4/19	19.63	3.88
Z Khan (India)	2003-2011	23	44	4/42	20.22	4.47
C Vaas (SL)	1996-2007	31	49	6/25	21.22	3.97
AME Roberts (WI)	1975-1983	16	26	3/32	21.23	3.24
J Oram (NZ)	2003-2011	23	36	4/39	21.33	4.21
A Kumble (India)	1996-2007	18	31	4/32	22.83	4.08
W Akram (Pak)	1987-2003	38	55	5/28	23.83	4.04
A Donald (SA)	1992-2003	25	38	4/17	24.02	4.17

Cricket World Cup Records: Best Bowling Figures in an Innings

Player	Over	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opp.	Place
G McGrath	7.0	15	7	2.14	Aus	v Nam	Potchefstroom
A Bichel	10.0	20	7	2.00	Aus	v Eng	Port Elizabeth
W Davis	10.3	51	7	4.85	WI	v Aus	Leeds
G Gilmour	12.0	14	6	1.16	Aus	v Eng	Leeds
A Nehra	10.0	23	6	2.30	India	v Eng	Durban
S Bond	10.0	23	6	2.30	NZ	v Aus	Port Elizabeth
C Vaas	9.1	25	6	2.72	SL	v Ban	Pietermaritzburg
K Roach	8.3	27	6	3.17	WI	v Net	Delhi
L Malinga	7.4	38	6	4.95	SL	v Kenya	Colombo(RPS)
K MacLeay	11.5	39	6	3.29	Aus	v India	Nottingham

Cricket World Cup Records: Match Result summary

Team	Span	M	W	L	T	NR	Win %
Australia	1975-2011	76	55	19	1	1	74.00
South Africa	1992-2011	47	30	15	2	0	65.95
England	1975-2011	66	39	25	1	1	60.76
West Indies	1975-2011	64	38	25	0	1	60.31
India	1975-2011	67	39	26	1	1	59.84
Pakistan	1975-2011	64	36	26	0	2	58.06
New Zealand	1975-2011	70	40	29	0	1	57.97
Sri Lanka	1975-2011	66	31	32	1	2	49.21
Bangladesh	1999-2011	26	8	17	0	1	32.00
Ireland	2007-2011	15	4	10	1	0	30.00
Zimbabwe	1983-2011	51	10	37	1	3	21.87
Kenya	1996-2011	29	6	22	0	1	21.42
UAE	1996-1996	5	1	4	0	0	20.00
Canada	1979-2011	18	2	16	0	0	11.11
Netherlands	1996-2011	20	2	18	0	0	10.00
Bermuda	2007-2007	3	0	3	0	0	0.00
East Africa	1975-1975	3	0	3	0	0	0.00
Namibia	2003-2003	6	0	6	0	0	0.00
Scotland	1999-2007	8	0	8	0	0	0.00

Cricket World Cup Records: Highest Strike Rates in an Innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Opp.	Place	Year
JEC Franklin (NZ)	31*	8	2	3	387.50	v Can	Mumbai	2011
JDP Oram (NZ)	25	9	1	3	277.77	v Pak	Pallekele	2011
Shoaib Akhtar (Pak)	43	16	5	3	268.75	v Eng	Cape Town	2003
GB Hogg (Aus)	40*	15	3	3	266.66	v Scot	Basseterre	2007
JP Duminy (SA)	40	15	2	4	266.66	v Net	Mohali	2011
Moin Khan (Pak)	31*	12	2	3	258.33	v Aus	Leeds	1999
BB McCullum (NZ)	52*	21	1	5	247.61	v Can	Gros Islet	2007
E Chigumbura (Zim)	27	11	0	4	245.45	v Pak	Kingston	2007
MV Boucher (SA)	75*	31	9	4	241.93	v Net	Basseterre	2007
MV Boucher (SA)	52	23	2	5	226.08	v WI	St George's	2007

Cricket World Cup Records: Most Runs in a Series

Player	Year	M	Runs	HS	Avg	100s	50s
S Tendulkar (Ind)	2003	11	673	152	61.18	1	6
M Hayden (Aus)	2007	11	659	158	73.22	3	1
M Jayawardene (SL)	2007	11	548	115*	60.88	1	4
R Ponting (Aus)	2007	11	539	113	67.37	1	4
S Tendulkar (Ind)	1996	7	523	137	87.16	2	3
T Dilshan (SL)	2011	9	500	144	62.50	2	2
S Styris (NZ)	2007	10	499	111*	83.16	1	4
J Kallis (SA)	2007	10	485	128*	80.83	1	3
M Waugh (Aus)	1996	7	484	130	80.66	3	1
S Tendulkar (Ind)	2011	9	482	120	53.55	2	2

Cricket World Cup Records: Most Ducks

Player	Span	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	0
NJ Astle (NZ)	1996-2003	22	22	403	102*	20.15	5
Ijaz Ahmed (Pak)	1987-1999	29	26	516	70	23.45	5
WK McCallan (Ire)	2007-2007	9	8	33	20*	4.71	4
KLT Arthurton (WI)	1992-1999	14	13	241	58*	20.08	4
AB de Villiers (SA)	2007-2011	15	15	725	146	51.78	4
K Srikkanth (India)	1983-1992	23	23	521	75	23.68	4
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)	1992-2007	35	33	717	81	23.90	4
SO Ngoche (Kenya)	2011-2011	3	3	0	0	0.00	3
G Snyman (Nam)	2003-2003	5	4	5	5	1.25	3
Shafiul Islam (Ban)	2011-2011	6	5	26	24*	6.50	3

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