India tour of Australia First Test MCG

The first test match of India tour of Australia 2007 will start from the Boxing Day (26th December 2007) at MCG. At Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) nine test matches played between Australia and India so far. Australia win 6 times, India 2 times and one was drawn. This is the test match number 10 between these two countries and the 100th test match at this ground overall. Australia won 56 times out of the 99 matches played so far on this ground with 28 won by other teams and 15 were drawn. Looking at this record this is going to be tough for Indians to fight against them on MCG. Moreover India not prepared for the first test match as they only play one tour match which was almost washed out. But in the last few tours India played nicely in test matches. A test win in South Africa and then series wins in West Indies and England. But this time against very strong line up, a big challenge. Here is the short history between India and Australia on MCG.

• 1947 Australia won by 233 runs.
• 1947 Australia won by an innings and 177 runs.
• 1967 Australia won by an innings and 4 runs.
• 1977 India won by 222 runs.
• 1980 India won by 59 runs.
• 1985 Drawn.
• 1991 Australia won by 8 wickets.
• 1999 Australia won by 180 runs.
• 2003 Australia won by 9 wickets.

Cricket Tours 2007- Cricket Schedule 2007

Coming up is the busiest cricket schedule consisting lots of one day cricket matches and Tests. Almost all the cricket playing countries are occupied with their cricket tours. Just one week ago we had entertaining twenty20 world championship tournament and now lots of cricket matches coming up. Australia is on tour of India where they will play 7 one day internationals. This is among the heaviest India cricket schedule because Pakistan coming to tour India just after this ODI series. Pakistan on the other hand now a days playing with guest South Africa. Moreover England currently visiting Sri Lanka.

Twenty20 World Cup

Its now time for Twenty20 World Cup

Few hours to go and we have an other most entertaining cricketing tournament the Twenty20 world cup. This is the first time ICC hold this super fast cricket tournament hosted by South Africa. It is started from 11th of September 2007, the first match will be played between West Indies and the host South Africa. You can find here the Twenty20 World Cup Schedule and match results.

Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 113 runs

• Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 113 runs
• Man of the match Jayasuriya
• Sri Lanka -303/5, West Indies 190(44.3)

This was the super eight series match of cricket world cup 2007 played between West Indies and Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka easily win the match by 113 runs. After winning the toss West Indies chose to field first and manage Sri Lanka to restrict initially. At one stage Sri Lanka were 53/2 in 16 overs. But then there was no answer to the Jayasuriya's crackling batting. He started batting in own style from 18th over took 27 of 9 balls and then he continue in style and made 115 in 101 balls. The battle continues after Jayasuriya fall and they end with 303/5. West Indies bowling and fielding was not to the mark and they fails to take an advantage of initial slow batting from SL.

West Indies loose Gayle, Bravo, and Lara in just about 10 overs on the score of 42 when Sangakkara took off the bails with Lara's toe a fraction in the air. Sarwan and Chanderpaul tried to come back in the game as they started building partnership but the required rate was about 10 when there is 20 over left and 200 required. And the hope comes to an end when Sarwan becomes an other victin of Sangakkara. In the end there was nothing could help West Indies and their innings come to end on 190 in 45th over.

Scores

Sri Lanka Innings (303/5): Tharanga 8, Jayasuriya 115, Sangakkara 7, Jayawardene 82, Silva 23, Dilshan 39*, Arnold 4*

West Indies Bowling: Taylor 32/0, Powell 38/2, Bradshaw 67/1, Smith 23/0, Gayle 60/0, Bravo 59/1, Sarwan 17/1

West Indies Innings (190)(44.3): Gayle 10, Bravo 21, Chanderpaul 76, Lara 2, Sarwan 44, Samuels 3, Smith 0, Ramdin 2, Bradshaw 6*, Taylor 13 ,Powell 2

Sri Lanka Bowling: Vaas 19/2, Malinga 34/2, Fernando 19/0, Dilshan 11/0, Arnold 9/0, Muralitharan 59/2, Jayasuriya 38/3

Malinga's magic could not help Sri Lanka

This was 2nd match of the Cricket World Cup 2007 Super Eight stage played between Sri Lanka and South Africa. Sri Lanka after winning the toss chose to bat first put a target of 210 for South Africa.

From the begaining the match was moving towards South Africa's way. They were at the stage only 4 runs required to win with lots of balls and 5 wickets remaining. Shaun Pollock and Jacques Kallis were on the creaze playing easily. Then there was magic spell from Lasith Malinga of 4 wickets in a row. First Shaun Pollock could not understand the change of speed and the leg stump was down. The swinging one to Andrew Hall just touched the bat and pops up to the cover. Jacques Kallis beat by the speed and the edge easily taken by wicket keeper. And the real beauty yorker went between Makhaya Ntini's legs and bat and to the stumps. This has risen everone heart beating before a thick edge and a four from Peterson bat lead South Africa to the victory.

Before Sri Lanka started their innings with an early wicket of Tharanga in just 3rd over of their innings. Sangakkara and Jayasuriya was looking good but failed to stay on creaze for longer from super bowling and fielding from South Africa. Sri Lanka were in big trouble when they were 98/5 in 24 overs. Then Dilshan and Arnold shown some resistance and jointly added an important 97 before Dilshan fall in 46th over. Then super spell from Langeveldt (39/5) restrict Sri Lanka to 209 when there was 3 balls left. This was the first time in this world cup from Langeveldt a 5 wickets haul.

South Africa also lost de Villiers very early at the score of just 1. Then the super knocks from Smith and the typical Jacques Kallis added 94 on the total and put South Africa on solid position. Then 2 in 2 from Murli created some hope but it was very late looking at the batting depth of South Africa and only 50 more runs needed with lots of overs remaining. Then they loose Kemp on total of 182. With Kallis still on the creaze and Pollock playing quiet sensibly move thier innings to 206/5 before the drama begain.

Scores

• Sri Lanka Innings (209/10):Tharanga 12, Jayasuriya 26, Jayawardene 12, Sangakkara 28, Silva 9, Dilshan 58, Arnold 50, Maharoof 5, Vaas 0, Malinga 0*, Muralitharan 1
• South Africa Bowling:Pollock 46/0, Ntini 26/2, Langeveldt 39/5, Hall 33/1, Kallis 24/0, Peterson 22/0, Smith 16/0
• South Africa Innings (212/9):Smith 59, de Villiers 0, Kallis 86, Gibbs 31, Boucher 0, Kemp 5, Pollock 13, Hall 0, Peterson 4*, Ntini 0, Langeveldt 1*
• Sri Lanka Bowling:Vaas 31/1, Malinga 54/4, Maharoof 41/0 , Muralitharan 34/3, Jayasuriya 34/1, Dilshan 9/0

Biggest upset day in cricket world cup history

17th March 2007 was the day of upsets in cricket world cup history. Bangladesh won over India by 5 wickets and the biggest upset produce by Ireland beating Pakistan by 3 wickets and Pakistan is now out of the tournament. India still have chance to make come back if they win rest of the 2 games by big margins.

India lost to Bangladesh

This was the 8th Match of ICC World Cup 2007 Bangladesh v India played at Port of Spain, Trinidad , on 17 March 2007. An all rounder performance from Bangladesh and very very poor batting by India lead to a comprehensive win to Bangladesh. Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to bat first. The damage continue from the begaining of an indian innings till Yuvraj Singh and Ganguly rescue the innings. Mashrafe Mortaza produced initial break through and Syed Rasel on the other end was giving superb support. Poor batting preformace from Sehwag continue and he back on just 2 runs and then india lost Uthappa, Tendulkar, Dravid and collapsed to 72/4 in 24 overs. Then slow but solid batting from Ganguly and some handsome knock from Yuvraj Singh added valuable 85. Then there was dramtic collapse, India lost 5 wickets in just 3 runs gap from 157/4 to 159/9. Then the useful inning from Munaf and Zaheer take india to some defendable total of 191. Mashrafe Mortaza played main role by 38/4 and Mohammad Rafique and Abdur Razzak took 3 wickets each.

India Batting: SC Ganguly 66, V Sehwag 2, AR Uthappa 9, SR Tendulkar 7, R Dravid 14, Yuvraj Singh 47, MS Dhoni 0, Harbhajan 0, AB Agarkar 0, Z Khan 15*, MM Patel 15

Bangladesh Bolwing: Mashrafe Mortaza 38/4,Syed Rasel 31/0,Abdur Razzak 38/3,Saqibul Hasan 44/0,Mohammad Rafique 35/3

In reply Bangladesh start was not good when they lose Shahriar Nafees early. But Tamim Iqbal started rocking Indian bowling and was the big pain for India in the start. Then 2 wickets in small interval creates some hope for India when Bangladesh were at 3-79. But Indian are failed to take advantage as they drop some important catches and then cool half centuries from Mushfiqur Rahim and Saqibul Hasan prduce an upset in this tournament. And Bangladesh claim their 2nd win cricket world cup history.

Bangladesh Batting: Tamim Iqbal 51, Shahriar Nafees 2, Mushfiqur Rahim 56*, Aftab Ahmed 8, Saqibul Hasan 53, Habibul Bashar 1, Mohammad Ashraful 8*

India Bowling: Z Khan 41/1,AB Agarkar 41/0,MM Patel 39/2,Harbhajan Singh 30/0,SR Tendulkar 8/0, Yuvraj Singh 15/0,V Sehwag 17/2

Ireland produced the biggest wrold cup upset

9th Match of ICC World Cup 2007 Ireland v Pakistan played at Jamaica , on 17 March. Ireland produced the biggest upset in World Cup cricket history. Ireland won the toss and elected to field first. Pitch was showing some early movemets. Pakistan losses Mohammad Hafeez and Younis Khan's wickets early on just 15 on the borad. Then after Mohammad Yousuf out on total of 56 they never come back in their innings as their wickets falling regulary. Most of the damage done by WB Rankin and AC Botha with wonderful support from all other bowlers and their fielding was remarkably superior as they are playing in the world cup for the first time. In the end Pakistan all out on just 132 runs the worst batting ever for Pakistan. In reply to 132 wonderful one man show form N'iall O'Brien took them to 3 wickets win. Pakistan could not magic when Ireland was 113/7 as KJ O'Brien and DT Johnston took Ireland safely to the 3 wickets win and the biggest wrold cup upset. Pakistan not only loose the match but they are now out of the tournament and this has changed the equations of the rest of the tournament.

England v New Zealand world cup 2007 Group Match

England v New Zealand 6th Match at St Lucia, on 16 March 2007

New Zealand won by 6 Wickets
Man of the Match: SB Styris, New Zealand

Score summary England innings

England 209/7	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	New Zealand Bowling
MP Vaughan	26	52	3	0	JEC Franklin	9-0-43-2
KP Pietersen	60	92	4	1	SE Bond	10-1-19-2
PD Collingwood	31	54	2	0	JDP Oram	6-0-25-1
PA Nixon	42*	41	5	0	SB Styris	7-0-25-2

Score summary New Zealand innings

New Zealand 210/4 (41 Overs)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	England Bowling
SP Fleming	7	11	1	0	JM Anderson	8-0-39-2
SB Styris	87*	113	9	0	LE Plunkett	7-0-43-1
CD McMillan	27	34	3	0	A Flintoff	8-1-17-0
JDP Oram	63*	83	4	1	MS Panesar	10-0-47-1

West Indies v Pakistan world cup 2007 Group Match

West Indies v Pakistan at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica, on 13 March 2007

West Indies won by 54 runs
Man of the Match: DR Smith,West Indies

With the help of an alrounder performance from DR Smith, 32 in 15 balls and an important 3 wickets, and 63 of MN Samuels, West indies won the first ODI of world cup 2007 tournament by 54 runs. After Pakistan won the toss and chose to field first they failed to take advantage of early wicket of Gayle. Then Sarwan took the charge and played some superb strokes with Chanderpaul seems very quite. Again there was chance for Pakistan to comeback when West indies are 77/3 in 25 overs. But then Lara and Samuels playing quite comfortably keep the score moving. In the end with the help of rocketing batting from tail enders West Indies put target of 242.

Pakistan loose their first 3 wickets just on 39 runs on the board. Imran Nazir back after hitting six on very first ball then Younis Khan and Mohammad Hafeez could not stay longer and Pakistan were 39/3. Though Mohammad Yousuf and Inzamam-ul-Haq playing quite sensibly and added 60 more but they failed to reach to the destination as Mohammad Yousuf, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Kamran Akmal fall in just 17 runs gap at 116/6. Then they never come back in the game as there was no support from other end when Shoaib Malik was playing really superb innings. In the end Pakistan were allout on 187 and lose the match by 54 runs.

Score summary West Indies innings

West Indies 241/9	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Pakistan
RR Sarwan	49	65	9	0	Umar Gul	9-1-38-2
MN Samuels	63	70	5	3	Iftikhar Anjum	10-3-44-3
BC Lara	37	56	3	1	Danish Kaneria	9-2-45-1
DR Smith	32	15	3	2	Mohammad Hafeez	9-0-39-2

Score summary Pakistan innings

Pakistan 187/10	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	West Indies
Younis Khan	9	13	2	0	DB Powell	10-1-42-2
Mohammad Yousuf	37	72	1	0	CD Collymore	8.2-3-27-1
Inzamam-ul-Haq	36	65	4	0	DR Smith	10-0-36-3
Shoaib Malik	62	54	6	1	DJ Bravo	9-0-42-3

Warm up Matches 06 march 2007

India v Netherlands India won by 182 runs. With the help of 50s from Dravid and Tendulkar India put hard target of 300 after putting to bat by Netherlands. Netherlands just manage to pass 100 and collapsed at 118. Score: India 300/9(50) (Dravid 74,Tendulkar 61,RN ten Doeschate 57/5) Netherlands 118/10(38) (B Zuiderent 32, RN ten Doeschate 31, Yuvraj Singh 12/4 )

Australia v Zimbabwe Result Australia won by 106 runs. After winning the toss and selecting to bat first Australia put 290 in 50 overs. In reply Zimbabwe made only 184 and lose the game by 106 runs. Score: Australia 290/8(50) (MJ Clarke 82, SR Watson 81, SC Williams 48/2) Zimbabwe 184/7(50) (SC Williams 44, S Matsikenyeri 35,SR Clark 33/2)

Canada v Pakistan Pakistan won by 77 runs. After winning the toss Canada put Pakistan to bat first they restrict Pakistan to 273 in 48 overs. In reply Canada all out on 196 in 47th over. Score: Pakistan 273/8(48) (Inzamam-ul-Haq 59, Mohammad Hafeez 61,S Dhaniram 26/2) Canada 196/10(47) (Qaiser Ali 37,AA Mulla 31,Mohammad Hafeez 10/3)

Bangladesh v New Zealand Bangladesh won by 2 wickets. World cup 2007 Warm up upset here. New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat first. But today was day for Bangladesh, New Zealand started their innings and they loose both the opening batsman on just 13 on the board. Then the damage continue further with Mortaza leading the role and they collapsed to 75/6. Then the drama turn bit towards New Zealand way when injured Oram 88 and McCullum 46 rescue their innings with comprehensive stand of 105. In the end New Zealand all out on 226 in 48th over. Bangladesh started their innings quite sensibly with openers gave them solid start. Wickets are falling on the way to get the target of 227. But Mohammad Ashraful playing nicely before was out lbw by Franklin and the game turns to an exited stage. But Mortaza now with the bat having something different in mind hit consecutive sixes to Franklin. World cup 2007 first upset end with Bangladesh winning the game by 2 wickets with 6 balls left. Score: New Zealand 226/10(48) (Oram 88, McCullum 46, Razzak 26/4, Mortaza 44/4) Bangladesh 230/8(49) (Tamim Iqbal 46, Javed Omar 45, DL Vettori 38/3)

Warm up Matches 05 march 2007

ICC cricket world cup 2007 Warm up Matches 05 march 2007. These are not counted as an official icc ODI but are held prior to forthcoming world cup 2007. Rules are also slightly changed in this series of Warm up Matches. 13 players can play in a match but only 11 can bat and 11 field at any time and any of 13 playes can bowl. Following are the statistics of Warm up Matches played on 05 march 2007.

Sri Lanka v Scotland Sri Lanka won the match by 159 runs. After winning the toss and electing to bat first Sri Lanka put total of 294/7. As usual Sanath Jayasuriya started his own style batting and put them on commanding position from the start. Later Sangakkara took on the charge and in the end they put 294 on the board. No one from Scotland can manage to stay on the crease. And they all out for 135 In 42 overs.
Score:
Sri Lanka 294/7(50) ( Jayasuriya 77/62, Sangakkara 81/87, JAR Blain 51/2)
Scotland 135/10(42) (GM Hamilton 25/51, Dilshan 8/2)

West Indies v Kenya, Jamaica West Indies won by 21 runs. West Indies win the toss and batting first put 268/6 with the help of Samuels 100 and Gayle 75. Kenya replied well but no one can put some extra efforts to take them to the West Indies total. In the end they fall short of 21 runs.
Score:
West Indies 268/6(50) (Samuels 100, Gayle 75, TM Odoyo 26/2)
Kenya 247/7(50) (CO Obuya 54*, RD Shah 41,DB Powell 23/2)

South Africa v Ireland South Africa won by 35 runs. It was drama here, after selecting to bat first top ODI rankers were struggling at 91/8 when Boucher departs at 14. Wonderful effort from AJ Hall and superb support from RJ Peterson put them on 192. Ireland loose their last 6 wickets in just 18 runs when CK Langeveldt crush their innings with 31/4. In the end South Africa mange to win the match by 35 runs.
Score:
South Africa 192/10(50) (AJ Hall 67*, RJ Peterson 29,DT Johnston 40/4)
Ireland 247/7(50) (AC Botha 40, WTS Porterfield 37, CK Langeveldt 31/4)

England v Bermuda England won by 241 runs.
Score:
England 286/8(50) (Dalrymple 76, Bell 46,DC Borden 71/3)
Bermuda 45/10(23) (J Lewis 7/3, A Flintoff 0 3/2,JM Anderson 8/2)

Cricket World Cup 2007 Teams

Forthcoming Cricket World Cup will start from March 2007. West Indies is hosting this world cup championship tournament. World Cup is the biggest tournament consisting of ODI cricket. The other form of cricket are five day test match and limited 20 overs match Twenty20 cricket. Following are the teams and the players taking part in this world cup 2007.

Australia World Cup Team

1. RT Ponting (captain)
2. NW Bracken
3. MJ Clarke
4. AC Gilchrist (wicketkeeper)
5. BJ Haddin (wicketkeeper)
6. ML Hayden
7. BJ Hodge
8. GB Hogg
9. MEK Hussey
10. MG Johnson
11. B Lee
12. GD McGrath
13. A Symonds
14. SW Tait
15. SR Watson

Bangladesh World Cup Team

1. Habibul Bashar (captain)
2. Shahriar Nafees (vice-captain)
3. Abdur Razzak
4. Aftab Ahmed
5. Javed Omar
6. Mashrafe Mortaza
7. Mohammad Ashraful
8. Mohammad Rafique
9. Mushfiqur Rahim (wicketkeeper)
10. Rajin Saleh
11. Saqibul Hasan
12. Shahadat Hossain
13. Syed Rasel
14. Tamim Iqbal
15. Tapash Baisya

Bermuda World Cup Team

1. IH Romaine (captain)
2. DA Minors (vice-captain)
3. DC Borden
4. LO Cann
5. DL Hemp
6. K Hurdle
7. M Jones
8. S Kelly
9. DM Leverock
10. S Mukuddem
11. SD Outerbridge
12. OL Pitcher
13. CJ Smith
14. JJ Tucker
15. Kwame Tucker (wicketkeeper)

Canada World Cup Team

1. JM Davison (captain)
2. KT Sandher
3. A Bagai (wicketkeeper) - vice-captain
4. GEF Barnett
5. U Bhatti
6. IS Billcliff
7. DR Chumney
8. A Codrington
9. GR Codrington
10. AC Cummins
11. S Dhaniram
12. AA Mulla (wicketkeeper)
13. H Osinde
14. Qaiser Ali
15. AM Samad

England World Cup Team

1. MP Vaughan (captain)
2. JM Anderson
3. IR Bell
4. RS Bopara
5. PD Collingwood
6. JWM Dalrymple
7. A Flintoff
8. EC Joyce
9. J Lewis
10. SI Mahmood
11. PA Nixon (wicketkeeper)
12. MS Panesar
13. KP Pietersen
14. LE Plunkett
15. AJ Strauss

India World Cup Team

1. R Dravid (captain)
2. SR Tendulkar (vice-captain)
3. AB Agarkar
4. MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper)
5. SC Ganguly
6. Harbhajan Singh
7. KD Karthik (wicketkeeper)
8. Z Khan
9. A Kumble
10. MM Patel
11. IK Pathan
12. V Sehwag
13. S Sreesanth
14. AR Uthappa
15. Yuvraj Singh

Ireland World Cup Team

1. DT Johnston (captain)
2. WK McCallan (vice-captain)
3. AC Botha
4. JP Bray
5. KED Carroll
6. PG Gillespie
7. D Langford-Smith
8. JF Mooney
9. PJK Mooney
10. EJG Morgan
11. KJ O'Brien
12. NJ O'Brien (wicketkeeper)
13. WTS Porterfield
14. WB Rankin
15. AR White

Kenya World Cup Team

1. SO Tikolo (captain)
2. TM Odoyo (vice-captain)
3. R Bhudia
4. JK Kamande
5. T Mishra
6. CO Obuya
7. DO Obuya
8. N Odhiambo
9. PJ Ongondo
10. LN Onyango
11. MA Ouma (wicketkeeper)
12. ML Patel
13. RD Shah
14. AO Suji
15. HA Varaiya

Netherlands World Cup Team

1. LP van Troost (captain)
2. B Zuiderent
3. Adeel Raja
4. PW Borren
5. TBM de Leede
6. MBS Jonkman
7. AN Kervezee
8. Mohammad Kashif
9. DJ Reekers
10. E Schiferli
11. J Smits (wicketkeeper)
12. WF Stelling
13. ES Szwarczynski
14. RN ten Doeschate
15. DLS van Bunge

New Zealand World Cup Team

1. SP Fleming (captain)
2. SE Bond
3. JEC Franklin
4. PG Fulton
5. MR Gillespie
6. BB McCullum (wicketkeeper)
7. CD McMillan
8. MJ Mason
9. JDP Oram
10. JS Patel
11. SB Styris
12. RL Taylor
13. DR Tuffey
14. DL Vettori
15. L Vincent

Pakistan World Cup Team

1. Inzamam-ul-Haq (captain)
2. Younis Khan (vice-captain)
3. Abdul Razzaq
4. Danish Kaneria
5. Iftikhar Anjum
6. Imran Nazir
7. Kamran Akmal (wicketkeeper)
8. Mohammad Asif
9. Mohammad Hafeez
10. Mohammad Yousuf
11. Naved-ul-Hasan
12. Shahid Afridi
13. Shoaib Akhtar
14. Shoaib Malik
15. Umar Gul

Scotland World Cup Team

1. CM Wright (captain)
2. RR Watson (vice-captain)
3. JAR Blain
4. DR Brown
5. GM Hamilton
6. RM Haq
7. PJC Hoffmann
8. DR Lockhart
9. RT Lyons
10. NFI McCallum
11. JD Nel
12. NS Poonia
13. GA Rogers
14. CJO Smith (wicketkeeper)
15. DF Watts

South Africa World Cup Squad

Sri Lanka World Cup Team

1. DPMD Jayawardene (captain)
2. RP Arnold
3. MS Atapattu
4. CM Bandara
5. TM Dilshan
6. CRD Fernando
7. ST Jayasuriya
8. KMDN Kulasekara
9. MF Maharoof
10. SL Malinga
11. M Muralitharan
12. KC Sangakkara (wicketkeeper)
13. LPC Silva
14. WU Tharanga
15. WPUJC Vaas

West Indies World Cup Team

Zimbabwe World Cup Team

1. P Utseya (captain)
2. GB Brent
3. CJ Chibhabha
4. E Chigumbura
5. KM Dabengwa
6. T Duffin
7. AJ Ireland
8. F Kasteni
9. S Matsikenyeri
10. CB Mpofu
11. T Mupariwa
12. EC Rainsford
13. V Sibanda
14. BRM Taylor (wicketkeeper)
15. SC Williams

Cricket World Cup Bowling Records

One day internationals(OID) are the most exciting contests since its begaining in the Cricket history. Cricket World Cup is the biggest tournament of one day cricket. It is contensted between all test cricket playing nations and qualifiers. Since its begaining in 1975, 8 such tournaments are organised. Following summarizes the Bolwing world records in Cricket World Cup tournaments.

World Cup Bowling Records

Top 5 Best Bowling in an Innings

• 7/15 GD McGrath Australia v Namibia , 2003
• 7/20 AJ Bichel Australia v England , 2003
• 7/51 WW Davis West Indies v Australia , 1983
• 6/14 GJ Gilmour Australia v England , 1975
• 6/23 SE Bond New Zealand v Australia, 2003
• 6/23 A Nehra India v England , 2003

Top 5 Most Wickets takers in a Tournament

• 23/331 C. Vaas(Sri Lanka), 2003
• 22/394 B. Lee(Australia), 2003
• 21/310 G. McGrath(Australia), 2003
• 20/325 G. Allott(New Zealand), 1999
• 20/361 S. Warne(Australia), 1999

Top 5 Most Wicket takers in all Tournaments

• 55/1311 Wasim Akram(Pakistan) Average 23.83
• 45/935 Glen McGrath(Australia) Average 20.77
• 44/1224 Javagal Srinath(India) Average 27.81
• 38/913 Alen Donald(South Africa) Average 24.02
• 36/754 Chaminda Vaas(Sri Lanka) Average 20.94

Hat Tricks in World Cups

• By C. Sharma For India Against New Zealand, 1987
• By S. Mushtaq For Pakistan Against Zimbabwe, 1999
• By C. Vaas For Sri Lanka Against Bangladesh, 2003
• By B. Lee For Australia Against Kenya, 2003

Cricket World Cup Batting Records

One day internationals(OID) are the most entertaining matches since its begaining in the Cricket history. Cricket World Cup is the biggest championship tournament of one day cricket. It is contensted between all test cricket playing nations and qualifiers. Since its begaining in 1975, 8 such tournaments are organised. Following summarizes the Batting world records in Cricket World Cup tournaments.

World Cup Batting Records

Highest Top 5 Team Scores

• 398-5 By Sri Lanka against Kenya, Kandy, 1996
• 373-6 By India against Sri Lanka, Taunton 1999
• 360-4 By West Indies against Sri Lanka, Karachi 1987
• 359-2 By Australia against India, Johannesburg 2003
• 340-2 By Zimbabwe against Namibia, Harare 2003

Lowest Top 5 Team Scores

• 36 By Canada against Sri Lanka, Paarl 2003
• 45 By Canada against England, Manchester 1979
• 45 By Namibia against Australia, Potchefstroom 2003
• 68 By Scotland against West Indies, Leicester 1999
• 74 By Pakistan against England, Adelaide 1992

Highest Top 5 Individual Scores

• 188* Gary Kirsten against United Arab Emirates, Rawalpindi 1996
• 183 Saurav Ganguly against Sri Lanka, Taunton 1999
• 181 Viv. Richards against Sri Lanka, Karachi 1987
• 175* Kapil Dev against Zimbabwe, Tunbridge Wells 1983
• 172* Wishart against Namibia, Harare 2003

Highest Top 5 Individual Total Runs in a Tournament

• 673 Sachin Tendulkar(India) in 2003 Average 61.18
• 523 Sachin Tendulkar(India) in 1996 Average 87.16
• 484 Mark Waugh(Australia) in 1996 Average 80.66
• 471 Greham Gooch(Englang) in 1987 Average 58.87
• 465 Saurav Ganguly(India) in 2003 Average 58.12

Highest Top 5 Individual Total Scores in All Tournaments

• 1732 Sachin Tendulkar(India) Average 59.72
• 1083 Javed Miandad(Pakistan) Average 43.32
• 1064 Arvinda de Silva(Sri Lanka) Average 36.68
• 1013 Viv. Richards(West Indies) Average 63.31
• 1004 Mark Waugh(Australia) Average 52.84

Highest Top 5 Partnerships

• 318 R Dravid & SC Ganguly, 2nd wicket, India v Sri Lanka - 1999
• 244 SR Tendulkar & SC Ganguly, 2nd wicket, India v Namibia - 2003
• 237* R Dravid & SR Tendulkar, 2nd wicket, India v Kenya - 1999
• 234* RT Ponting & DR Martyn, 2nd wicket, Australia v India - 2003
• 228 JF Kloppenburg & KJJ van Noortwijk, 2nd wicket, Netherlands v Namibia - 2003