Indians were 17 for 5 wkts and then 78 for 7 while batting first against debutants Zimbabwe in that
1983 world cup match at
Tunbridge.
Kapil
Dev made 175 not out, with 6 sixes and 16 fours in all and that still remains as
one of the best batting efforts in this once in a four year biggest cricket
tournament..
Following are some batting records in all cricket world cups so far,
and all of them will be updated if anyone of them get broken during the
2011 world cup to be played in India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh.
Most runs cricket world cup tournaments :
The answer is obviously
Sachin Tendulkar.
Easily the best batsmen modern cricket World has seen, and as this
remarkable career comes to its climax - Tendulkar's records will always
speak loudly how genius this little master was. Tendulkar has made over 2k runs in total.
Second batsmen to make most runs is Ricky Ponting who has 1700+ runs from 46 games. 2011 edition proved to be more fruitful for Tendulkar than Ponting. Brian Lara retired with 1225 world cup runs.
| Most runs by a batsman in world cup career. |
| Batsman (Country) |
Runs |
Mts |
Inns |
Best |
Srate |
100s |
50s |
| Sachin Tendulkar (India) |
2278 |
45 |
44 |
152 |
55.94 |
6 |
15 |
| Ricky Ponting (Australia) |
1743 |
46 |
42 |
140* |
45.86 |
5 |
6 |
| Brian Lara (West Indies) |
1225 |
34 |
33 |
116 |
86.26 |
2 |
7 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) |
1165 |
38 |
37 |
120 |
34.26 |
3 |
6 |
| Jacques Kallis (South Africa) |
1148 |
36 |
32 |
128* |
45.92 |
1 |
9 |
| Adam Gilchrist (Australia) |
1085 |
31 |
31 |
149 |
36.16 |
1 |
8 |
| Javed Miandad (Pakistan) |
1083 |
33 |
30 |
103 |
43.32 |
1 |
8 |
| Stephen Fleming (New Zealand) |
1075 |
33 |
33 |
134* |
35.83 |
2 |
5 |
| Herschelle Gibbs (SA) |
1067 |
25 |
23 |
143 |
56.15 |
2 |
8 |
| Arvinda de Silva (Sri Lanka) |
1064 |
35 |
32 |
145 |
36.68 |
2 |
6 |
| Vivian Richards (West Indies) |
1013 |
23 |
21 |
181 |
55.88 |
4 |
3 |
| Saurav Ganguly (India) |
1006 |
21 |
21 |
183 |
52.84 |
4 |
3 |
| Mark Waugh (Australia) |
1004 |
22 |
22 |
130 |
52.84 |
4 |
4 |
| Mathew Hayden (Australia) |
987 |
22 |
21 |
158 |
51.94 |
3 |
2 |
| Most runs by a batsman in one world cup tournament. |
| Batsman (Country) |
Runs |
WC |
Mts |
Inns |
Best |
Srate |
100s |
50s |
4s |
6s |
| Sachin Tendulkar (India) |
673 |
2003 |
11 |
11 |
152 |
89.25 |
1 |
6 |
75 |
4 |
| Mathew Hayden (Australia) |
659 |
2007 |
11 |
10 |
158 |
101.07 |
3 |
1 |
69 |
18 |
| M Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) |
548 |
2007 |
11 |
11 |
115* |
85.09 |
1 |
4 |
40 |
10 |
| Ricky Ponting (Australia) |
539 |
2007 |
11 |
9 |
113 |
95.39 |
1 |
4 |
53 |
11 |
| Sachin Tendulkar (India) |
523 |
1996 |
7 |
7 |
137 |
87.16 |
2 |
3 |
57 |
7 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) |
500 |
2011 |
9 |
9 |
144 |
62.50 |
2 |
2 |
61 |
4 |
| Scott Styris (New Zealand) |
499 |
2007 |
10 |
9 |
111* |
83.16 |
1 |
4 |
45 |
6 |
| Jacques Kallis (South Africa) |
485 |
2007 |
10 |
9 |
128* |
80.83 |
1 |
3 |
40 |
6 |
| Mark Waugh (Australia) |
484 |
1996 |
7 |
7 |
130 |
80.66 |
1 |
3 |
40 |
6 |
| Sachin Tendulkar (India) |
482 |
2011 |
9 |
9 |
120 |
53.55 |
2 |
2 |
52 |
8 |
| Graham Gooch (England) |
471 |
1987 |
8 |
8 |
115 |
58.87 |
1 |
3 |
45 |
0 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) |
467 |
2007 |
11 |
11 |
115 |
46.70 |
2 |
2 |
47 |
14 |
| Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) |
465 |
2011 |
9 |
8 |
111 |
93.00 |
1 |
3 |
44 |
5 |
| Sourav Ganguly (India) |
465 |
2003 |
11 |
11 |
112* |
58.12 |
3 |
0 |
30 |
15 |
| Rahul Dravid (India) |
461 |
1999 |
8 |
8 |
145 |
65.85 |
2 |
3 |
49 |
1 |
| Martin Crowe (New Zealand) |
456 |
1992 |
9 |
9 |
100* |
114.00 |
1 |
4 |
45 |
6 |
| Adam Gilchrist (Australia) |
453 |
2007 |
11 |
11 |
149 |
45.30 |
1 |
2 |
58 |
10 |
Highest Individual scores in cricket world cup : UAE were at the receiving
end when generally slow batsman - Gary Kristen decided to break free.
At Rawalpindi in that 1996 World Cup - Gary Kristen hit 13 fours and 4
sixes to make 188 not out against the minnow team. This broke Kapil Dev's age old record of highest cricket WC score.
Sourav Ganguly also features in this record with his 183 runs against Sri Lanka at Taunton in 1999 World Cup. Rahul Dravid made 145 at the other end that day.
Highest score by a batsman in one day internationals overall.
| Highest Individual scores by a batsman in one day World cups. |
| Batsman (Country) |
Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
Versus |
Venue |
Dt/Mon/Yr |
| Gary Kirsten (SA) |
188* |
159 |
13 |
4 |
UAE |
Rawalpindi |
16 Feb 1996 |
| Sourav Ganguly (India) |
183 |
158 |
17 |
7 |
Sri Lanka |
Taunton |
26 May 99 |
| Vivian Richards (WI) |
181 |
125 |
16 |
7 |
Sri Lanka |
Karachi |
13 Oct 1987 |
| Kapil Dev (India) |
175* |
138 |
16 |
6 |
Zimbabwe |
Tunbridge |
18 Jun 1983 |
| Virendra Sehwag (India) |
175 |
140 |
14 |
5 |
Bangladesh |
Mirpur |
19 Feb 2011 |
| Craig Wishart (Zim) |
172* |
151 |
18 |
3 |
Namibia |
Harare |
10 Feb 2003 |
| Glenn Turner (NZ) |
171* |
201 |
16 |
2 |
East Africa |
Edgbaston |
7 Jun 1975 |
| Andrew Hudson (SA) |
161 |
132 |
13 |
4 |
Holland |
Rawalpindi |
5 Mar 1996 |
| Imran Nazir (Pak) |
160 |
121 |
14 |
8 |
Zimbabwe |
Kingston |
21 Mar 2007 |
| Andrew Strauss (Eng) |
158 |
145 |
18 |
1 |
India |
Bengaluru |
27 Feb 2011 |
| Mathew Hayden (Aus) |
158 |
143 |
14 |
4 |
West Indies |
North Sound |
27 Mar 2007 |
| Sachin Tendulkar (India) |
152 |
151 |
18 |
0 |
Namibia |
Pieterzburg |
23 Feb 2003 |
| Adam Gilchrist (Aus) |
149 |
104 |
13 |
8 |
Sri Lanka |
Barbados |
28 Apr 2007 |
| AB de Villiers (SA) |
146 |
130 |
12 |
5 |
West Indies |
St George's |
10 Apr 2007 |
| Arvinda de Silva (SL) |
145 |
115 |
14 |
5 |
Kenya |
Kandy |
6 Mar 1996 |
| Rahul Dravid (India) |
145 |
129 |
17 |
1 |
Sri Lanka |
Taunton |
26 May 99 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) |
144 |
131 |
16 |
1 |
Zimbabwe |
Pallekele |
10 Mar 2011 |
| Andrew Symonds (Aus) |
143* |
125 |
18 |
2 |
Pakistan |
Johannesburg |
11 Feb 2003 |
| Herschelle Gibbs (SA) |
143 |
141 |
19 |
3 |
New Zealand |
Johannesburg |
16 Feb 2003 |
| David Haughton (Zim) |
142 |
137 |
13 |
6 |
New Zealand |
Hyderabad |
10 Oct 1987 |
| Scott Styris (NZ) |
141 |
125 |
3 |
6 |
Sri Lanka |
Bloemfontein |
10 Feb 2003 |
| Sachin Tendulkar (India) |
140* |
101 |
16 |
3 |
Kenya |
Bristol |
23 May 99 |
| Ricky Ponting (Aus) |
140* |
121 |
4 |
8 |
India |
Johannesburg |
23 Mar 2003 |
| Vivian Richards (WI) |
138* |
157 |
11 |
3 |
England |
Lord's |
23 Jun 1979 |
Most centuries in Cricket world cups
6 is the most number of centuries made by a batsman in world cup career and Sachin Tendulkar is yet again the leader. Ricky Ponting has 5 century in world cup while Sourav Ganguly and Mark Waugh have 4 each but the name most surprizing is Rameez Raja who has 3 centuries.
Former Pakistani opener and now a well known cricket commentator - Rameez Raja finished 1987 World Cup with a century against England and then started 1992 World Cup with two centuries against West Indies and New Zealand... no wonder why Pakistan won that World Cup in Australia/New Zealand in 1992. Mathew Hayden, Vivian Richards, Saeed Anwar and Sanath Jayasuriya also have 3 centuries in world cup.
Most century in one world cup tournament by a batsman
Sourav Ganguly in 2003 = 4, vs Namibia, Sri Lanka, Kenya (2).
Mark Waugh in 1996 = 4, vs New Zealand, India, Kenya & Zimbabwe.
Sachin Tendulkar in 2003 = 3, vs Kenya, Sri Lanka, Kenya and Namibia.
Rmeez Raja in 1987 = 3, vs England, West Indies and New Zealand.
Saeed Anwar in 2003 = 3, vs India, New Zealand and Zimbabwe.
