Highest individual scores and best analyses in the cricket World Cup 1975-2011

batting

 

Highest Individual Scores

188* (159)  Gary Kirsten, South Africa v UAE, 1996

183 (158)  Sourav Ganguly, India v Sri Lanka, 1999

181 (125)  Vivian Richards, West Indies v Sri Lanka, 1987

175* (138)  Kapil Dev, India v Zimbabwe, 1983

175 (140)  Virender Sehwag, India v Bangladesh, 2011

172* (151)  Craig Wishart, Zimbabwe v Namibia, 2003

171* (201)  Glenn Turner, New Zealand v East Africa, 1975

161 (132)  Andrew Hudson, South Africa v Holland, 1996

160 (121)  Imran Nazir, Pakistan v Zimbabwe, 2007

158 (143)  Matthew Hayden, Australia v West Indies, 2011c

158 (145)  Andrew Strauss, England v India, 2011

152 (151)  Sachin Tendulkar, India v Namibia, 2003

HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORES FOR THE OTHER COUNTRIES

145 (115)  Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lanka v Kenya, 1996

134* (129)  Klaas van Noortwijk, Holland v Namibia, 2003

115* (137)  Jeremy Bray, Ireland v Zimbabwe, 2007

111 (76)  John Davison, Canada v West Indies, 2003

  98* (129)  Collins Obuya, Kenya v Australia, 2011

  87 (83)  Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladesh v South Africa, 2007

  85 (86)  Jan Berrie Burger, Namibia v England, 2003

  84 (68)  Salim Raza, UAE v Holland, 1996

  76* (105)  David Hemp, Bermuda v India, 2007

  76 (111)  Gavin Hamilton, Scotland v Pakistan, 1999

  45 (123)  Frasat Ali, East Africa v New Zealand, 1975 

(In brackets: Balls faced)

Bowling

 

Best Bowling

7 for 15 (2.14) Glenn McGrath, Australia v Namibia, 2003

7 for 20 (2.00)  Andy Bichel, Australia v England, 2003

7 for 51 (4.86) Winston Davis, West Indies v Australia, 1983

6 for 14, (1.17)  Gary Gilmour, Australia v England, 1975

6 for 23 (2.30) Ashish Nehra, India v England, 2003

6 for 23 (2.30) Shane Bond, New Zealand v Australia, 2003   

6 for 25, (2.73)  Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 2003  

6 for 27 (3.17) Kemar Roach, West Indies v Holland, 2011  

6 for 38 (4.95) Lasith Malinga, Sri Lanka v Kenya, 2011  

6 for 39 (3.30) Ken MacLeay, Australia v India, 1983 

BEST BOWLING FOR THE OTHER COUNTRIES

5 for 16 (2.00)  Shahid Afridi, Pakistan v Kenya, 2011   

5 for 18 (1.80)  Andrew Hall, South Africa v England, 2007   

5 for 21 (2.17)  Paul Strang, Zimbabwe v Kenya, 1996

5 for 24 (2.40)  Collins Obuya, Kenya v Sri Lanka, 2003  

5 for 27 (3.00)  Austin Codrington, Canada v Bangladesh, 2003   

5 for 29 (2.90)  Shaukat Dukanwala, UAE v Holland, 1996

5 for 39 (3.25) Vic Marks, England v Sri Lanka, 1983                                           

5 for 43 (4.30)  Rudolph van Vuuren, Namibia v England, 2003    

4 for 21 (2.62)  Shafiul Islam, Bangladesh v Ireland, 2011   

4 for 35 (3.35) Tim de Leede, Holland v India, 2003

4 for 37 (3.70)  John Blain, Scotland v Bangladesh, 1999

4 for 63 (7.00)  John Mooney, Ireland v England, 2011   

3 for 19 (3.80)  Saleem Mukuddem, Bermuda v Bangladesh, 2007

3 for 63 (5.25)  Zulfiqar Ali, East Africa v England, 1975

(In brackets: Runs conceded per over)

(From the Records section of Indra Vikram Singh’s about-to-be-released book ‘Indian Spring’. The author can be contacted on email singh_iv@hotmail.com).