The Cricket World Cup is contested by men’s national teams of the members of the International Cricket Council. ICC is a globally cricket sports governing body. Records in Cricket World Cup – The Cricket World Cup takes place every four years, the most recent and 11th World Cup edition 2015 Cricket World Cup, jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand. Australia won the Cricket World Cup for the 5th time and are most WC wins by any country.
The very first ICC Cricket World Cup was hosted by England and 1975 WC final won by West Indies against Australia on June 21, 1975. West Indies won the title for the 2nd time during ICC Cricket World Cup. In the 2nd edition, 1979 WC and again Lord’s hosted the final contest between England and West Indies. The list of ICC Cricket World Cup from 1975 to 2015 is given below.
From the 1975 World Cup to 2019 – twelve editions completed so far. A number of great records in the history of cricket smashed by teams, players, batsman and blowers in their era. From highest to lowest total like Australia smashed 417/6 against Afghanistan during WC 2015. In the lowest totals, Canada got all-out for just 36 against Sri Lanka during WC 2003.
Australia has the highest winning percentage in the World Cup with 75% and South Africa ranked in the second position for 65%. Australia has most wins with 62 followed by New Zealand with 48. Zimbabwe has most losses in WC with 42 followed by Sri Lanka with 35. Australia remained unbeaten during WC 2003-2007 by winning group stage and championship.
Australia and India have a record of 27 consecutive wins during WC (1999-2011) and WC (2011-2015) respectively. Zimbabwe has most consecutive defeats with 18 during (1983-1992) followed by Scotland WC (1999-2015). Chris Gayle smashed the fastest double century 215 for 138 balls against Zimbabwe in 2015 followed by Martin Guptill 237* for152 balls.
List of World Cup Records
| World Cup Records | World Cup Records Since 1975-2019 |
|---|---|
| Highest Totals | 417/6- Australia v Afghanistan (2015) 413/5-India v Bermuda (2007) |
| Lowest Totals | 36/10-Canada v Sri Lanka (2003) 45/10-Canada v England (1979) |
| Highest Match aggregates | 688/18-Australia v Sri Lanka (2015) 676/18-India v England (2011) |
| Lowest Match aggregates | 73/11-Canada v Sri Lanka (2003) 91/12-Canada v England (1979) |
| The highest successful run chase | 329-7 Ireland v England (2011) 322-4 Bangladesh v Scotland (2015) |
| Highest Winning margin | 275-Australia v Afghanistan (2015) 257-India v Bermuda (2007) & SA v WI (2015) |
| With the Highest Winning margin | 1-Australia v India (1987) & (1992) 2-Sri Lanka v England (2007) |
| Highest WC Winning % | 75%-Australia 65%-South Africa |
| Most Wins by Team | 62-Australia 48-New Zealand |
| Most Losses | 42-Zimbabwe 35-Sri Lanka |
| 100% Winning Records | 11-Australia (2003, 2007) 8-Sri Lanka 5/4-West Indies (1975, 1979) |
| Consecutive wins | 27-Australia (1999-2011) 27-India (2011-2015) |
| Matches without defeat | 34-Australia (1999-2011) 11-India (2011, 2015) |
| Most consecutive defeats | 18-Zimbabwe (1983-1992) 14-Scotland (1999-2015) |
| Most runs by a batsman | 2278-Sachin Tendulkar (India) 1743-Ricky Ponting (Aus) |
| Highest Batting Averages | 63.52-AB de Villiers (SA) 63.42-Michael Clarke (Aus) |
| Highest Strike Rate | 120.84-Brendon McCullum (NZ) 117.29-AB de Villiers (SA) |
| Fastest Double Century | 1- 215 (138) balls-Chris Gayle (WI) v Zimbabwe (2015) 2- 237* (152) balls-Martin Guptill (NZ) v West Indies (2015) |
| The Fastest 150 runs | 64 balls-AB de Villiers (SA) |
| Fastest Century | 50 balls-Kevin O’Brien (Ireland) v England (2011) 51 balls-Glenn Maxwell (Aus) v Sri Lanka (2015) |
| Fastest fifty | 18-Brendon McCullum (NZ) v England (2015) 20-Brendon McCullum (NZ) v Canada (2007) 20-Angelo Mathews (SL) v Scotland (2015 |
| Most Centuries | 6-Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) 5-Ricky Ponting (Aus) 5-Kumar Sangakkara (SL) |
| With the Most 50+ Scores | 21-Sachin Tendulkar (India) 12-Kumar Sangakkara (SL) |
| Most ducks | 5 times out of 22 matches-Nathan Astle (Aus) |
| Most Sixes | 37-Chris Gayle (WI) 37-AB de Villiers (SA) 31-Ricky Ponting (Aus) |
| Most Sixes in an Innings | 16-Chris Gayle (WI) v Zimbabwe (2015) 11-Martin Guptill (NZ) v New Zealand (2015) |
| Highest scores in an Innings | 237*-Martin Guptill (NZ) v West Indies (2015) 215-Chris Gayle (WI) v Zimbabwe (2015) |
| Most boundaries run in an Innings | 162-Martin Guptill (NZ) v West Indies (2015) 136-Chris Gayle (WI) v Zimbabwe (2015) |
| Highest Partnerships | 372-Chris Gayle & Marlon Samuels [WI-2nd Wicket v Zimbabwe 2015] 318-Sourav Ganguly & Rahul Dravid [India-2nd Wicket v Sri Lanka 1999] |
| The Most runs in Tournament | 673-Sachin Tendulkar (India) in 11 innings 659-Matthew Hayden (Aus) in 10 innings |
| Most sixes in Tournament | 26-Chris Gayle (WI) in 6 innings 21-AB de Villiers (SA) in 7 innings |
| The Most consecutive centuries | 4-Kumar Sangakkara (SL)-2015 |
| Most consecutive 50+ scores | 5-Steve Smith (Aus)-2015 |
| With Most Consecutive ducks | 3-Nicholas De Groot (Canada)-2003 and 2011 |
| Most Wickets | 71-Glenn McGrath (Aus) 68-Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) |
| Lowest Bowling Averages | 18.19-Glenn McGrath (Aus) 19.26-Imran Khan (Pak) |
| Lowest Bowling Economy | 3.24-Andy Roberts (WI) 3.43-Ian Botham (Eng) |
| Bowling Strike rate | 23.8-Lasith Malinga (WI) 27.1-Zaheer Khan (Pak) |
| Best Bowling Figures | 7/15-Glenn McGrath (Aus) v Namibia (2003) 7/20-Andrew Bichel (Aus) v England (2003) |
| Record Most Wickets | 26-Glenn McGrath (Aus) in 11 matches (2011) 23-Chaminda Vaas (Sl) in 10 matches (2003) 23-Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) in 10 matches (2007) 23-Shaun Tait (Aus) in 11 matches (2007) |
| Most dismissals as wicketkeeper | 54-Kumar Sangakkara (SL) 52-Adam Gilchrist (Aus) |
| With the Most catches as a fielder | 28-Ricky Ponting (Aus) 18-Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) |
| Most dismissals as wicket-keeper | 21-Adam Gilchrist-Aus (2003 & 2007) 17-Kumar Sangakkara-SL (2003 & 2007) |
| Most catch in a tournament | 11-Ricky Ponting (Aus) 9-Rilee Rossouw (SA) |
| Most dismissals as wicketkeeper | 6-Adam Gilchrist-Australia (2003) 6-Sarfraz Ahmed-Pak (2015) |
| With the Most Catches | 4-Mohammad Kaif-India (2003) 4-Soumya Sarkar-Bangladesh (2015) 4-Umar Akmal-Pakistan (2015) |
| Most extras | 59-Scotland v Pakistan (1999) 51-India v Zimbabwe (1999) |
| WC matches hosted | 12-Headingley Leeds 11-Trent Bridge Nottingham 11-Old Trafford Manchester 11-Edgbaston Birmingham |
| Most Matches as Umpire | 46-David Shepherd (Eng) 45-Steve Bucknor (WI) |
| Umpire in World Cup | 5-Steve Bucknor (WI) 3-David Shepherd (Eng) 3-Dickie Bird (Eng) |
| Most by Batsman | 46-Ricky Ponting (Aus) 45-Sachin Tendulkar (India) |
| More than one country | Eoin Morgan Ed Joyce Kepler Wessels Anderson Pat Cummins |
| Most World Cup Titles | Ricky Ponting Glenn McGrath Adam Gilchrist |
| Youngest Player | 1- 16 Years & 283 days Nitish Kumar-Canada (2011) 2- 17 Years & 70 days Talha Jubair-Bangladesh (2003) |
| Oldest Player | 1- 47 Years & 257 days Nolan Clarke-Netherlands (1996) 2- 44 Years & 306 days John Traicos-Zimbabwe (1992) |
| Most Matches as Captain | 29-Ricky Ponting (Aus) 27-Stephen Fleming (NZ) |
| Best Winning % (10 Matches) | 93%-Ricky Ponting (Aus) 88%-Clive Lloyd (WI) |
| Youngest Captain to lift WC Trophy | 24Y, 5M & 19 days-Kapil Dev-India (1983) 28Y, 3M & 4 days-Ricky Ponting-Aus (2003) 29Y, 8M & 26 days-MS Dhoni-India (2011) |
