facts of cricket world cup 2011 till now

1. Yuvraj Singh of India has won 4 man of the match prizes in 7 matches he played in this world cup.
2. Eoin Morgan of England completed his 2000 ODI runs in the quaterfinal match between Sri Lanka and England.
3. Sachin Tendulkar completes his 18000 ODI runs during India's quaterfinal match against Australia.
4. Australia are out of the knock out stage for the first time since 1992 World Cup.
5. Ricky Ponting equals the record of Sachin Tendulkar to hit 5 hundreds in World Cup tournaments when he hit a ton against India in their clash in quaterfinal.
6. Jonathan Trott of England is the leading run scorer in this World Cup with 5 half-centuries in 7 matches at an average of 65.
7. Shahid Afridi, the Pakistani captain is the leading wicket taker in this tournament with 21 wickets in 7 matches.
8. The best batting powerplay score is 74-2(NZ vs Canada)
9. Kevin O'Brien of Ireland hit the fastset ever World Cup hundred against England in the group stage match. He smashed the hundred in just 50 balls. He break the record of Australia's Matthew Hayden who hit the hundred in 66 balls against South Africa in 2007 World Cup.
10. India beat Australia for the first time in the World Cup since 1987.
11. Sachin Tendulkar is just one hundred away from making the record to hit hundred of hudreds. He has 99 centuries in International cricket till now.

Great Records of Cricket

1. Sachin Tendulkar of India is the only batsman in cricket history to score a double hundred in ODI's.
2. Brian Lara of West Indies is the only batsman in cricket history to score 400(not out) in a single innings of a test match. He also scored 510(not out) in his first-class career.
3 .Brendon McCullum of New Zealand holds the record for scoring highest runs in a T-20 match. He hit 158(not out) in the first addition of IPL. Playing for KKR he scored against RCB.
4. Michael Bevan of Australia is the only batsman in ODI history having average of 56 in above 270 matches.
5. Brian Lara holds the record of maximum double hundreds in test cricket. He had 9 double hundreds, out of which three are triple hundreds and one is 400 against England.
6. Sachin Tendulkar is the only batsman having double hundreds in both forms of cricket i.e. in ODIs' as well as in tests.
 7. Chris Gayle of West Indies is the first batsman to hit a ton in the opening match of first ever played T-20 Cricket World Cup in 2007. He hit 117 against South Africa in 2007.
8. Sourav Ganguly holds the record for India to have a highest individual score in a World Cup. He hit 183 against Sri Lanka in 1999.
10. Kevin Pietersen holds the record for completing fastest 1000 runs and 2000 runs in ODI's.
11. Sir Don Bradmann of Australia holds the record for the best average in test cricket. He had average of 99.94 in 56 tests.
12. Sachin Tendulkar is the only batsman to have 51 hundreds in test cricket and 48 in ODI's.
13. Sachin Tendulkar is the only batsman to score 30,000 plus runs in cricket history. He also holds the record for playing most no. of test and ODI matches. He had played 450 ODI's and 178 tests.
14. Javed Miandad of Pakistan and Sachin Tendulkar of India are the only two players in cricket history to play 6 consecutive World Cups.
15. Anil Kumble of India is the only bowler in test cricket to take 10 wickets in a single inning of a test match. His figures were 74/10 and he did it against Pakistan.
16. Shahid Afridi holds the record for scoring the fastest hundred in a ODI match. He hit hundred in just 37 balls against Sri Lanka in Sharjah Cup in 1996 at New Delhi.
17. Yuvraj Singh of India holds the record for scoring the fastest 50 in a T-20 match. He hit 50 in just 12 balls against England in 2007 T-20 match against England.
18. Yuvraj Singh is the only player to hit 6 sixes in an over in a T-20 match. He hit 6 sixes to Stuart Broad of England in T-20 Cricket World Cup in 2007.

Interesting Facts Of 1992 Cricket World Cup

Here I have collected some interesting facts of 1992 Cricket World Cup. Hope you enjoy reading it.......
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1. K. Srikkanth scored his lonely run in India's washed out match against Sri Lanka at Mackay in 1992.
2. West Indies didn't lose any wicket in overtaking Pakistan's total of 220 at Melbourne in 1992.
3. Brian Lara scored 88 runs (retired hurt) in his maiden World Cup match in 1992.
4. South Africa won by nine wickets in their debut World Cup match against Australia in Sydney in 1992.
5. David Boon kept wickets for Australia in one game in 1992 World Cup in the absence of regular wicket keeper Ian Healy.
6. Andy Flower of Zimbabwe is the only wicket keeper to score a century with 115 not out in his ODI debut vs Sri Lanka at New Plymouth in 1992.
7. Javed Miandad captained Pakistan for the first and only time in the absence of injured captain Imran Khan in 1992 World Cup.
8. In 1992 World Cup, coloured clothing, the white ball and day/night games were introduced for the first time. This was the uniqueness of this World Cup.
9. Pakistan's Wasim Akram took two wickets in two delieveries in 1992 World Cup final.
10. India and Pakistan meet for the first time in a World Cup encounter at Sydney in 1992. India won by 43 runs.
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Interesting Facts Of 1987 Cricket World Cup

Here i have collected some important facts about 1987 Cricket World Cup. Hope you will enjoy reading it.
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1. Hyderabad (Sind) was the venue for the opening match of 1987 Cricket World Cup.
2. Australia defeated India by the margin of just one run at Madras in 1987 World Cup.
3. Courtney Walsh bowled the last over in West Indies' defeat at the hands of both England at Gujranwala and Pakistan at Lahore in 1987 World Cup.
4. Australian captain Allan Border took the wicket of England captain Mike Gatting in the 1987 World Cup final.
5. Graham Gooch scored a century for England in their semifinal match against India in 1987 World Cup.
6. Javed Miandad was given out lbw at home soil for the first time in 1987 World Cup since his test debut in 1976.
7. Four foreign players represented England in 1987 World Cup. They were Derek Pringle (Kenya), Allan Lamb (South Africa), Gladstone Small (Barbados), Philip DeFreitas (Dominica).
8. Viv Richards captained West Indies for the first time in his fourth World Cup in 1987.
9. Chetan Sharma of India became the first player in World Cup history to take a hat-trick. He did it against New Zealand in 1987 World Cup.
10. Australian fast bowler Craig McDormett was the leading wicket taker in 1987 World Cup with 18 wickets.