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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 1796 runs in total, from 36 ODIs.

Second batsmen to make most runs is Ricky Ponting who has 1537 runs from 39 games. 2011 world cup will be a direct tussle between these two to decide who finishes with most WC runs. Brian Lara retired with 1225 world cup runs.

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 (Aus) 659 2007 11 10 158 101.07 3 1 69 18
Mahela Jayawardene (SL) 548 2007 11 11 115* 85.09 1 4 40 10
Ricky Ponting (Aus) 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


Highest Individual scores by a batsman in one day World cups.
Batsman (Country) Runs Balls 4s 6s Versus Venue Mon/Yr
Gary Kirsten (SA) 188* 159 13 4 UAE Rawalpindi 16 Feb 1996
Sourav Ganguly (Ind) 183 158 17 7 Sri Lanka Taunton 26 May 1999
Vivian Richards (WI) 181 125 16 7 Sri Lanka Karachi 13 Oct 1987
Kapil Dev (Ind) 175* 138 16 6 Zimbabwe Tunbridge 18 Jun 1983
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
Mathew Hayden (Aus) 158 143 14 4 West Indies North Sound 27 Mar 2007
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) 152 151 18 0 Namibia P'zburg 23 Feb 2003


Most centuries in Cricket world cups
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.


Fastest century by a batsman in one day world cups.
Batsman (Country) Score Balls 4s 6s Versus Venue Mon/Yr
Mathew Hayden (Aus) 101 66 14 4 South Africa St Kitts 24 Mar 2007
Jim Davison (Can) 111 67 7 6 West Indies Centurion 23 Feb 2003
Kapil Dev (Ind) 175* 72 16 6 Zimbabwe Tunbridge 18 Jun 1983
Adam Gilchrist (Aus) 149 72 13 8 Sri Lanka Barbados 28 Mar 2007
Virendra Sehwag (Ind) 114 81 17 3 Bermuda Trinidad 19 Mar 2007
Clive Lloyd (WI) 102 82 12 2 Australia Lord's 21 Jun 1975
Brian Lara (WI) 111 83 16 0 South Africa Karachi 11 Mar 1996
Brad Hodge (Aus) 123 83 8 7 Netherlands St Kitts 18 Mar 2007
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) 140 84 16 2 Kenya Bristol 23 May 1999
Sunil Gavaskar (Ind) 108* 85 10 3 New Zealand Nagpur 31 Oct 1987
Ricky Ponting (Aus) 113 85 9 5 Scotland St Kitts 13 Mar 2007
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) 109 85 7 7 Bangladesh Trinidad 21 Mar 2007
Fastest fifty by a batsman in one day world cups.
Batsman (Country) Score Balls 4s 6s Versus Venue Mon/Yr
Brendon McCullum (NZ) 52 20 1 5 Canada St Lucia 22 Mar 2007
Mark Boucher (SA) 75 21 9 4 Netherlands st Kitts 16 Mar 2007
Mark Boucher (SA) 52 22 2 5 West Indies St Kitts 10 Apr 2007
Brian Lara (WI) 73 23 6 4 Canada Centurion 23 Feb 2003
Jim Davison (Can) 52 23 9 1 New Zealand St Lucia 22 Mar 2007
Wevell Hinds (WI) 64 24 7 3 Canada Centurion 23 Feb 2003
Jim Davison (Can) 75 25 9 4 New Zealand Benoni 3 Mar 2003
Andy Blignaut (Zim) 54 25 8 2 Australia Bulawayo 24 Feb 2003

Highest totals (team scores) in all one day cricket world cups.
Team Total Overs Inns Versus Venue Date
India 413/5 50.0 1st Bermuda Port of Spain 19 Mar 2007
Sri Lanka 398/5 50.0 1st Kenya Kandy 6 Mar 1996
Australia 377/6 50.0 1st South Africa Basseterre 24 Mar 2007
India 373/6 50.0 1st Sri Lanka Taunton 26 May 1999
New Zealand 363/5 50.0 1st Canada Gros Islet 22 Mar 2007
West Indies 360/4 50.0 1st Sri Lanka Karachi 13 Oct 1987
Australia 359/2 50.0 1st India Johannesburg 23 MAr 2003
Australia 358/5 50.0 1st Netherlands Basseterre 18 Mar 2007
South Africa 356/4 50.0 1st West Indies St George's 10 Apr 2007
South Africa 353/3 50.0 1st Netherlands Basseterre 16 Mar 2007
Pakistan 349/10 49.5 1st Zimbabwe Jamaica 21 Mar 2007

England highest world cup total = 334/4, 60 overs vs India at Lord's on 7 June 1975.

The lowest total in cricket world cup is made by Canada, who were allout for just 36 at Boland Bank park in Paarl against Sri Lanka in 2003. Prabath Nissanka took 4 wickets, Chaminda Vaas 3 wkts, Dilhara Fernando 2 wkts and Muralitharan one wkt. None of Canadian batsman reached double figure (highest was 9, by captain Joe Harris). Lankans chased down their target in 4.4 overs.

Lowest totals (team scores) in all one day cricket world cups.
Team Total Overs Inns Versus Venue Date
Canada 36 18.4 1st Sri Lanka Paarl 19 Feb 2003
Namibia 45 14.0 2nd Australia P'stroom 27 Feb 2003
Canada 45 40.3 1st England Old Trafford 13 Jun 1979
Scotland 68 31.3 1st West Indies Leicester 27 May 1999
Pakistan 74 40.2 1st England Adelaide 1 Mar 1992
Ireland 77 27.4 1st Sri Lanka St George's 18 Apr 2007
Bermuda 78 24.4 2nd Sri Lanka Port of spain 15 Mar 2007
Namibia 84 17.4 2nd Pakistan Kimberley 16 Feb 2003
Sri Lanka 86 37.2 1st West Indies Old Trafford 7 Jun 1975
Ireland 91 30.0 1st Australia Barbados 13 Apr 2007
West Indies 93 35.2 2nd Kenya Pune 29 Feb 1996
England 93 36.2 1st Australia Headingley 18 Jun 1975
East Africa 94 52.3 2nd England Edgbaston 14 Jun 1975
Zimbabwe 99 19.1 2nd Pakistan Jamaica 21 Mar 2007

India's lowest world cup total = 125 vs Australia at Centurion on 15 Feb 2003.
Australia's lowest world cup total = 129 vs India at Chelmsford on 20 June 1983.
New Zealand's lowest world cup total = 112 vs Australia at Port Elizabeth on 11 Mar 2003.
South Africa's lowest world cup total = 149 vs Australia at Gros Islet on 25 Apr 2007.


Highest totals (team scores) in all one day cricket world cups.
Team Total Overs Inns Versus Venue Date
India 413/5 50.0 1st Bermuda Port of Spain 19 Mar 2007
Sri Lanka 398/5 50.0 1st Kenya Kandy 6 Mar 1996
Australia 377/6 50.0 1st South Africa Basseterre 24 Mar 2007
India 373/6 50.0 1st Sri Lanka Taunton 26 May 1999
New Zealand 363/5 50.0 1st Canada Gros Islet 22 Mar 2007
West Indies 360/4 50.0 1st Sri Lanka Karachi 13 Oct 1987
Australia 359/2 50.0 1st India Johannesburg 23 MAr 2003
Australia 358/5 50.0 1st Netherlands Basseterre 18 Mar 2007
South Africa 356/4 50.0 1st West Indies St George's 10 Apr 2007
South Africa 353/3 50.0 1st Netherlands Basseterre 16 Mar 2007
Pakistan 349/10 49.5 1st Zimbabwe Jamaica 21 Mar 2007

England highest world cup total = 334/4, 60 overs vs India at Lord's on 7 June 1975.

The lowest total in cricket world cup is made by Canada, who were allout for just 36 at Boland Bank park in Paarl against Sri Lanka in 2003. Prabath Nissanka took 4 wickets, Chaminda Vaas 3 wkts, Dilhara Fernando 2 wkts and Muralitharan one wkt. None of Canadian batsman reached double figure (highest was 9, by captain Joe Harris). Lankans chased down their target in 4.4 overs.

Lowest totals (team scores) in all one day cricket world cups.
Team Total Overs Inns Versus Venue Date
Canada 36 18.4 1st Sri Lanka Paarl 19 Feb 2003
Namibia 45 14.0 2nd Australia P'stroom 27 Feb 2003
Canada 45 40.3 1st England Old Trafford 13 Jun 1979
Scotland 68 31.3 1st West Indies Leicester 27 May 1999
Pakistan 74 40.2 1st England Adelaide 1 Mar 1992
Ireland 77 27.4 1st Sri Lanka St George's 18 Apr 2007
Bermuda 78 24.4 2nd Sri Lanka Port of spain 15 Mar 2007
Namibia 84 17.4 2nd Pakistan Kimberley 16 Feb 2003
Sri Lanka 86 37.2 1st West Indies Old Trafford 7 Jun 1975
Ireland 91 30.0 1st Australia Barbados 13 Apr 2007
West Indies 93 35.2 2nd Kenya Pune 29 Feb 1996
England 93 36.2 1st Australia Headingley 18 Jun 1975
East Africa 94 52.3 2nd England Edgbaston 14 Jun 1975
Zimbabwe 99 19.1 2nd Pakistan Jamaica 21 Mar 2007

India's lowest world cup total = 125 vs Australia at Centurion on 15 Feb 2003.
Australia's lowest world cup total = 129 vs India at Chelmsford on 20 June 1983.
New Zealand's lowest world cup total = 112 vs Australia at Port Elizabeth on 11 Mar 2003.
South Africa's lowest world cup total = 149 vs Australia at Gros Islet on 25 Apr 2007.


***Which batsman has hit most sixes & fours in cricket world cup?
Ans:- Ricky Ponting of Australia has hit most number of sixes in world cups while Sachin Tendulkar of India holds the record of most fours in cricket's biggest tournament. These two legends will be playing in world cup 2011 which means they both can add onto their tally. here's the list upto the begining of 2011 edition..

Most 6s in world cup
30 sixes = Ricky Ponting (Australia) = 4 centuries, 6 fifties.
28 sixes = Herschelle Gibbs (SA) = 2 centuries, 8 fifties.
27 sixes = Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) = 3 centuries, 6 fifties.
25 sixes = Sourav Ganguly (India) = 4 centuries, 3 fifties.
23 sixes = Mathew Hayden (Australia) = 3 centuries, 2 fifties.
22 sixes = Vivian Richards (WI) = 3 centuries, 5 fifties.
19 sixes = Adam Gilchrist (Aus) = 1 century, 8 fifties.
19 sixes = Sachin Tendulkar (India) = 4 centuries, 13 fifties.

Most 4s in world cup
189 fours = Sachin Tendulkar (India) = 4 centuries, 13 fifties.
141 fours = Adam Gilchrist (Australia) = 1 century, 8 fifties.
134 fours = Stephen Fleming (NZ) = 2 centuries, 5 fifties.
130 fours = Ricky Ponting (Australia) = 4 centuries, 6 fifties.
124 fours = Brian Lara (West Indies) = 2 centuries, 7 fifties.
120 fours = Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) = 3 centuries, 6 fifties.
107 fours = Arvinda de Silva (SL) = 2 centuries, 6 fifties.
106 fours = Herschelle Gibbs (SA) = 2 centuries, 8 fifties.
106 fours = Mathew Hayden (Australia) = 2 centuries, 2 fifties.


Most wickets in one day world cup career.
Bowler (country) Mts Wkts Ovs Runs Best Eco
Glenn McGrath (Australia) 39 71 325.5 1292 7/15 3.96
Wasim Akram (Pakistan) 38 55 324.3 1311 5/28 4.04
Muthiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) 31 53 272.3 1044 4/19 3.83
Javagal Srinath (India) 34 44 283.2 1224 4/30 4.32
Allan Donald (South Africa) 25 38 218.5 913 4/17 4.17
Brad Hogg (Australia) 21 34 158.3 654 4/27 4.12
Imran Khan (Pakistan) 28 34 169.3 655 4/37 3.86
Shane Warne (Australia) 17 32 162.5 624 4/29 3.83
Chris Harris (New Zealand) 28 32 194.2 861 4/7 4.43
Anil Kumble (India) 18 31 173.1 708 4/32 4.08
Shaun Pollock (South Africa) 31 31 269.0 970 5/36 3.60
Shane Bond (New Zealand) 16 30 147.4 518 6/23 3.50
Ian Botham (England) 22 30 222.0 762 4/31 3.43
Best bowling figures in one day (ODI) world cups.
Bowler (country) Ovs Wkts Runs Versus Venue Date
Glenn McGrath (Australia) 7.0 7 15 Namibia P'stroom 27 Feb 2003
Andy Bichel (Austrlaia) 10.0 7 20 England Port Elizabeth 2 Mar 2003
Winston Davis (West Indies) 10.3 7 51 Australia Leeds 11 Jun 1983
Gary Gilmour (Australia) 12.0 6 14 England Leeds 18 Jun 1975
Ashish Nehra (India) 10.0 6 23 England Durban 26 Feb 2003
Shane Bond (New Zealand) 10.0 6 23 Australia Port Elizabeth 11 Mar 2003
Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka) 9.1 6 25 Bangladesh Pitrmasburg 14 Feb 2003
Ken MacLeay (Australia) 11.5 6 39 India Trent Bridge 13 Jun 1983
Glenn McGrath (Australia) 8.4 5 14 West Indies Old Trafford 30 May 1999
Andrew Hall (South Africa) 10.0 5 18 England Barbados 17 Apr 2007
Allan Hurst (Australia) 10.0 5 21 Canada Edgbaston 16 Jun 1979
Paul Strang (Zimbabwe) 9.4 5 21 Kenya Patna 27 Feb 1996
Lance Klusner (South Africa) 8.3 5 21 Kenya Amstelveen 26 May 1999
Collins Obuya (Kenya) 10.0 5 24 Sri Lanka Nairobi 24 Feb 2003
Richard Hadlee (New Zealand) 10.1 5 25 Sri Lanka Bristol 13 Jun 1983
Venkatesh Prasad (India) 9.3 5 27 Pakistan Old Trafford 8 Jun 1999
Austin Codrington (Canada) 9.0 5 27 Bangladesh Durban 11 Feb 2003
Wasim Akram (Pakistan) 9.0 5 28 Namibia Kimberley 16 Feb 2003
Shaukat Dunkanwala (UAE) 10.0 5 29 Netherlands Lahore 1 Mar 1996
Robin Singh (India) 9.3 5 31 Sri Lanka Taunton 26 May 1999


To finish off a complete world cup bowling article, here's a list of bowlers with most wickets in one tournament. Yet again, Glenn McGrath leads the way..

Most wickets by a bowler in one world cup tournament or series.
Bowler (country) Wkts Mts Ovs Runs Eco. Best World cup
Glenn McGrath (Australia) 26 11 80.5 357 4.41 3/14 2007
Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka) 23 10 88.0 331 3.76 6/25 2003
Muthaih Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) 23 10 84.4 351 4.14 4/19 2007
Shaun Tait (Australia) 23 11 84.3 467 5.52 4/39 2007
Brett Lee (Australia) 22 10 83.1 394 4.73 5/42 2003
Glenn McGrath (Australia) 21 11 87.0 310 3.56 7/15 2003
Brad Hogg (Australia) 21 11 82.5 332 4.00 4.27 2007
Geoff Allott (New Zealand) 20 9 87.4 325 3.70 4/37 1999
Shane Warne (Australia) 20 10 94.2 361 3.82 4/29 1999



***** How many tied matches in world cups? and smallest wins?
Ans:-There has been only 3 tied matches in cricket world cups and the most famous one is the one between Australia and South Africa at Edgbaston back on 17 June 1999. It was the semi-final match when Allan Donald didn't run and Lance Klusner was runout with just one more run to be made. A tied made sure Aussies progressed to final as they had beaten Proteas in league round. Both teams made 213 allout.

South Africa and Sri Lanka played a tied match on 3 March 2003 at Kingsmead in Durban which was rain effected match and Proteas needed a victory to progress forward in that tournament. Mark Boucher didn't take no run off last ball before the rain break and home team were thrown out of that tournament, miscalculating the duckworth lewis chart. Sri Lanka made 268 while South Africa failed to make the winning run, finishing at 229 for 6 wkts in 45 overs.

Ireland and zimbabwe also played a tied match at Sabina Park in Jamaica in 2007. Ireland made 221 for 9 wkts while Zimbabwe were 221 allout off the last ball.

The Smallest victory in world cup matches has been 1 run, achieved by Australia, twice and both times against India, at Chennai on 9 October 1987 and at Brisbane on 1 March 1992. There has been four 1 wicket victories and one last ball win also in world cups.

**********when the first six was hit in the history of cricket and by which batsman?
Ans:- Charls Bannerman of Australia, who also made the first ever test century, was the batsman to hit the first six. he did it in second innings of second ever test match, played at Melbourne in March & April 1877. We're not sure of who was the bowler as no ball by ball details are available from those days but I can tell you that George Ulyet also hit a six in the same game as England chased down their target of 121 in 4th innings.








Top 5 lowest team score in world cup
Score & Ov.
Team
Against
Venue
Year
36(18.4)
Canada
Srilanka
Parl
2003
45(40.3)
Canada
England
Manchester
1979
45(14.0)
Namibia
Australia
Pochefstrom
2003
68(31.3)
Scotland
W.Indies
Lister
1999
74(40.2)
Pakistan
England
Adelad
1992



Top 5 Highest Team Innings
Score
Team
Against
Venue
Year
413/5
India
Bermuda
Port Of Spain
2007
398/5
Srilanka
Kenya
Kandy
1996
377/6
Australia
S.Africa
Centkits
2007
373/6
India
Srilanka
Totenham
1999
363/5
Newzealand
Canada
Grosilet
2007


Top 5 most runner in world cup
Player name
Match
Innings
Not out
Run
Highest
Avg.
100/50
Sachin Tendulkar
36
35
4
1796
152
57.93
4/13
Ricky Ponting
39
36
4
1537
140*
48.03
4/6
Brian Lara
34
33
4
1225
116
42.24
2/7
Sanath Jayasuriya
38
37
3
1165
120
34.26
3/6



 








Adam Gilcrist
31
31
1
1085
149
36.16
1/8




Top 5 most wicket taker in world cup
Player
Match
Over
Maiden
Run
Wicket
Avg.
Best
4/5 wicket
Glen Macgrath
39
325.5
42
1292
71
7/15
18.19
0/2
Wasim Akram
38
324.3
17
1311
55
5/28
23.83
2/1
Mutiah Muralidharan
31
272.3
14
1044
53
4/19
1969
3/0
Chaminda Vas
31
261.4
39
1040
49
6/25
21.22
1/1
Javagal Srinath
34
283.2
21
1224
44
4/30
27.81
2/0



Best 5 Bowling
Wicket
Player & Team
Against
Year
7/15
Glen Macgrath(Aus)
Namibia
2003
7/20
Andy Bickel(Aus)
England
2003
7/51
Weisten Devis (W.Indies)
Australia
1983
6/14
Gary Gilmor(Aus)
England
1975
6/23
Ashish Nehra(India)
England
2003



Best 5 Innings
Run
Player & Team
Against
Year
188*
Gary Karsten(S.Africa)
U.A.E
1996
183
Sourav Ganguli(India)
Srilanka
1999
181
Viv Richards(w.Indies)
Srilanka
1987
175*
Kapil Dev(India)
Zimbabwe
1983
172*
Craig wishert(Zimbabwe)
Namibia
2003






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