Cricket fans the world over swap
their hearts for a ball this World Cup season...
Cricket fans the world over swap their hearts for a ball this World Cup season...
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England and Wales are hosts to the carnival of cricket - the ICC World Cup 2019. The 51-day tournament, which commenced on May 30, will have India among the 10 best teams fighting it out for cricket's highest honour. As fire sparks from the 11 venues, we go down memory lane to have another look at 20 records from past World Cups...
Highest score by a team
(Australia beat Afghanistan
by 275 runs at Perth on March 4, 2015.
It is also the biggest margin of loss in a World Cup.)
Most number of runs
Most centuries
Most half-centuries
Most boundaries
Most Man of the Match awards
Most number of wickets
Best bowling figures
Against Namibia on February 27, 2003
Highest Individual score
Against West Indies (2015)
Most catches
Most matches played
Most dismissals by a wicketkeeper
Most sixes in an innings
(Against Zimbabwe on February 24, 2015)
Fastest double century
(Against Zimbabwe on February 24, 2015. Scored a total of 215 runs from 147 balls)
Most sixes in World Cup
Most wins by a team
Team to win most number of World Cups
Fastest century
Highest run chase by a team
(Chased down England's 328 with five balls to spare in Bengaluru on March 2, 2011)
World Cup winners (1975-2015)
