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Latest Update : Tuesday, 05 April 2011

India won the 10th World Cup of Cricket  defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets

Group A Matches
& Group B Matches, All World Cup Records , WC Related Articles

The Groups in World Cup 2011 - Group A (Top Row) and Group B (Bottom Row)

Australia

(AUS)

Pakistan

(PAK)

New Zealand

(NZ)

Sri Lanka

(SL)

Zimbabwe

(ZIM)

Canada

(CAN)

Kenya

(KEN)

India

(IND)

South Africa

(SA)

England

(ENG)

West Indies

(WI)

Bangladesh

(BAN)

Ireland

(IRE)

Netherlands

(NED)

Top Performances in World Cup 2011

Record

Player

Record

For

Against

Batting Records in one Innings ( Minimum of 50 runs)

Highest Runs

Virender Sehwag

175 runs (140b, 14X4, 5X6)

IND

BAN

Most Sixes

Ross Taylor

7 sixes (131*)

NZ

PAK

Most Runs (Fours+Sixes)

Kevin O'Brien

88 (13X4, 6X6)

IRE

ENG

Fastest 100

Kevin O'Brien

50 balls (113)

IRE

ENG

Fastest 50

Kieron Pollard

23 balls  (60) 

WI

NED

Best Strike Rates

Kieron Pollard

222.22 (60, 27 b)

WI

NED

Bowling Records in one Innings ( Minimum 3 overs/ 4 wkts )

Most Wickets

Kemar Roach

6 wkts for 27 runs

WI

NED

 

Lasith Malinga

6 wkts for 38 runs

SL

KEN

Best Econ.Rate

TM Dilshan

1.33 runs runs/over (4 wkts)

SL

ZIM

Best average

TM Dilshan

1.0 run / wkt

SL

ZIM

Hat-Trick

Kemar Roach

Seelar, Loots and Westdijk

WI

NED

 

Lasith Malinga

Mishra, Onogondo, Ngoche

SL

KEN

Most Maidens (most wkts)

Shahid Afridi

3 maidens (5 wkts)

PAK

KEN

Most Expensive spell

James Anderson

9.5-0-91-1

ENG

IND

Most Catches

AN Kervezee

3 catches

NED

WI

 

E Chigumbura

3 catches

ZIM

SL

 

Ross Taylor

3 catches

NZ

CAN

 

Zaheer Khan

3 catches

IND

AUS

Most Dismissals

KC Sangkkara

4 (3ct, 1 st)

SL

KEN

 

Brad Haddin

4 (4ct)

AUS

NZ

 

Matt Prior

4 (4ct)

ENG

SA

 

Morne van Wyk

4 (4ct)

SA

IRE

Top Team  Records in the World Cup 2011

Record (Innings) Record Top Contribution(s)

For

Against

Highest Total (1st)

370 for 4

Virender  Sehwag 175

IND

BAN

Highest Total (2nd )

338 for 8

Andrew Strauss 158

ENG

IND

Lowest Total (1st)

58

Suleiman Benn 4 for 18

BAN

WI

Lowest Total ( 2nd)

78

Peterson 4 for 12

SA

BAN

Most Hundreds 

2 hundreds

V Sehwag 175 & V Kohli 100*

IND

BAN

 

2 hundreds

H Amla 113 & AB de Villiers 134

SA

NED

 

2 hundreds

TM Dilshan 144 & Tharanga 133

SL

ZIM

Most Fifties in an Inning

4 fifties

K Akmal 55,  Y Khan 50, Misbah ul Haq 65 & Umar Akmal 71

PAK

KEN

Most Sixes

9 sixes

Kieron Pollard (4) 

WI

NED

Highest Aggregates

676 runs

IND 338 and ENG 338/8  

IND

ENG

Largest and Closest Victories 

Largest Wins (Runs)

231  runs

AB de Villiers 134

SA

NED

Largest Wins (Wickets)

10 wickets

Hamish Bennett 4 for 16

NZ

KEN

 

10 wickets

Martin Guptill 86*

NZ

ZIM

 

10 wickets

Shaid Afridi 4 for 30

PAK

WI

 

10 wickets

Dilshan 108* 

SL

ENG

Balls Remaining (2nd)

252 balls

Martin Guptill 39* 

NZ

KEN

Balls Remaining (1st)

132 balls

Peterson 4 for 12

SA

BAN

Closest win (by runs)

6 runs

Ravi Bopara 60

ENG

SA

Closest win  (by wickets)

2 wickets

Imrul Kayes (60)

BAN

ENG

Lowest Total Defended

171 (165)

Stuart Broad 4 for 15

ENG

SA

Highest Total Defeated

327 (329 for 7)

Kevin O'Brien (113)

IRE

ENG

Most Extras conceded

46

legbye 3 wides 37 no ball 6

KEN

PAK

Least Extras conceded

7

bye 2 legbye 1 wides 3 no ball 1

KEN

NZ

Cumulative Records for Players in World Cup 2011

Record

Player

Record

Team For

Batting Records (minimum 50 runs)

Most Runs

Tilakratne Dilshan

500 runs

SL

Highest Average

Kumar Sangakkara 

93.00

SL

Best Strike Rate  

Kieron Pollard

150

WI

Most Sixes

Ross Taylor

14 sixes

NZ

Most Fours (most runs)

Tilakratne Dilshan

61 fours

SL

Most Runs (Fours+Sixes)

Tilakratne Dilshan

268 runs (61X4, 4X6)

SL

Bowling Records (minimum 50 balls)

Most Wickets

Shahid Afridi

21 Wickets

PAK

Best Averages

Imran Tahir

10.71 runs / wkt

SA

Best Strike Rate

Imran Tahir

16.9 balls / wkt

SA

Best Econ. Rate 

Ajantha Mendis

3.14 runs / over

SL

Most 4 Wickets

Shahid Afridi

4 times

PAK

Most Maiden Overs

Tim Southee

9 maidens

NZ

Fielding, Wicket Keeping and Other Records

Most Catches

DPMD Jayawardene

8 catches

SL

Most Dismissals

Kumar Sangakkara 

14 dismiss. (10 ct 4st )

SL

Most Hundreds

AB de Villiers

2 hundreds (107*,134)

SA

 

Sachin Tendulkar 

2 hundreds (120,111)

IND

 

Ryan Ten Doeschate

2 hundreds (119*,106)

NED

 

Tilakratne Dilshan

2 hundreds (144,108*)

SL

 

Upul Tharanga 

2 hundreds (133,102*)

SA

Most Fifties + Scores 

Jonathan Trott

5 fifties (422 runs)

ENG

 

 Yuvraj Singh

5 fifties (362 runs)

IND

Highest Partnership

Upul Tharanga & TM Dilshan

282 runs (1st wkt)

SL

'Player of the Tournament' - Yuvraj Singh of India for his all round performance when he scored 362 Runs, captured 15 Wickets, took 3 Catches and won 4 Man of the Match awards.