Cricket Information

Most consecutive wins

Rank	Wins	Team	Period
1	21	Australia	11 January 2003 to 24 May 2003
2	12	South Africa	13 February 2005 to 30 October 2005
	12	Pakistan	18 November 2007 to 5 June 2008
3	11	West Indies	4 June 1984 to 2 February 1985
	11	Australia	14 March 2007 to 28 April 2007

 Most consecutive defeats

Rank	Defeats
1	23	Bangladesh	8 October 1999 to 9 October 2002
2	22	Bangladesh	31 March 1988 to 14 May 1988
3	18	Zimbabwe	11 June 1983 to 14 March 1992
4	18	Bangladesh	22 February 2003 to 12 November 2003
5	17	Zimbabwe	20 April 2004 to 5 December 2004

 Team scoring records

 Highest innings totals

Rank	Score	Teams	Venue	Season
1	443–9 (50 overs)	Sri Lanka v Netherlands	Amstelveen	2006
2	438–9 (49.5 overs)	South Africa v Australia (match report)	Johannesburg	2005–06
3	434–4 (50 overs)	Australia v South Africa (match report)	Johannesburg	2005–06
4	418–5 (50 overs)	South Africa v Zimbabwe	Potchefstroom	2005
5	414–7 (50 overs)	India v Sri Lanka	Rajkot	2009

 Lowest innings totals

Rank	Score	Teams	Venue	Season
1	35 (18.0 overs)	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka	Harare	2004
2	36 (18.4 overs)	Canada v Sri Lanka	Paarl	2003
3	38 (16.4 overs)	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka	Colombo	2001
4	43 (19.5 overs)	Pakistan v West Indies	Cape Town	1993
5	44 (24.5 overs)	Zimbabwe v Bangladesh	Chittagong	2009

 Highest match aggregate

Rank	Score	Teams	Venue	Season
1	872–13 (99.5 overs)	Australia (434–4) v  South Africa (438–9) (match report)	Johannesburg	2005–06
2	825–15 (100 overs)	India (414–7) v  Sri Lanka (411–8)	Rajkot	2009
3	726–14 (95.5 overs)	India (392–4) v  New Zealand (334)	Christchurch	2008–09
4	697–14 (99.4 overs)	Australia (350–4) v  India (347)	Hyderabad	2009
5	696–14 (99.3 overs)	Australia (346–5) v  New Zealand (350–9)	Hamilton	2006–07

 Largest successful run chases

Rank	Score	Teams	Venue	Season
1	438–9 (49.5 overs)	South Africa v  Australia (match report)	Johannesburg	2005–06
2	350–9 (49.3 overs)	New Zealand v  Australia	Hamilton	2006–07
3	340–5 (48.4 overs)	New Zealand v  Australia	Auckland	2006–07
4	332–8 (49 overs)	New Zealand v  Australia	Christchurch	2005–06
5	330–7 (49.1 overs)	Australia v  South Africa	Port Elizabeth	2001–02

 Largest tied run chases

Rank	Score	Teams	Venue	Season
1	340–7 (50 overs)	New Zealand v  England	Napier	2007–2008
2	286–9 (50 overs)	Pakistan v  South Africa	Abu Dhabi	2010–2011
2	270–8 (50 overs)	South Africa v  England	Bloemfontein	2004–2005
3	268 (229–6, 45 overs)	South Africa v  Sri Lanka	Durban	2002–2003
4	259–9 (50 overs)	Australia v  South Africa	Potchefstroom	2001–2002
5	248 (all out, 50 overs)	Zimbabwe v  India	Indore	1993–1994

 Individual records

 Individual records (batting)

 Highest career runs

Rank	Runs	Player	Period
1	17,598 (431 innings)	Sachin Tendulkar	1989–
2	13,428 (432 innings)	Sanath Jayasuriya	1989–2009
3	13,072 (342 innings)	Ricky Ponting	1995–
4	11,739 (350 innings)	Inzamam-ul-Haq	1991–2007
5	11,363 (300 innings)	Saurav Ganguly	1992–2007

 Highest individual score

Rank	Runs	Player	Match	Venue	Season
1	200*	Sachin Tendulkar	India v South Africa	Gwalior	2010
2	194*	Charles Coventry	Zimbabwe v Bangladesh	Bulawayo	2009
3	194	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan v India	Chennai	1997
4	189*	Viv Richards	West Indies v England	Manchester	1984
5	189	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka v India	Sharjah	2000

 Highest career average

Rank	Average	Runs	Player	Period
1	68.55	1234	Ryan ten Doeschate	2006–
2	57.67	1615	Hashim Amla	2008–
3	53.58	6912	Michael Bevan	1994–2004
4	51.85	4356	Mike Hussey	2004–
5	50.28	5733	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	2004–
Qualification: 25 innings.

 Best strike rates

Rank	Strike rate	Innings	Player	Period
1	117.06	25	Lionel Cann	2006–2009
2	113.29	283	Shahid Afridi	1996–
3	106.28	41	Andy Blignaut	1999–
4	105.80	27	John Davison	2003–2009
5	104.88	65	Lance Cairns	1974–1985
Qualification: 25 inn.

 Most centuries

Rank	Centuries	Innings	Player	Period
1	46	431	Sachin Tendulkar	1989–
2	29	342	Ricky Ponting	1995–
3	28	432	Sanath Jayasuriya	1989–2009
4	22	300	Saurav Ganguly	1992–2007
5	21	240	Herschelle Gibbs	1996–

 Fastest fifty

Rank	Balls faced	Player	Match	Venue	Season
1	17	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka v Pakistan	Singapore	1996
2	18	Simon O'Donnell	Australia v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	1990
3	18	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Nairobi	1996
4	18	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v Netherlands	Colombo	2002
5	19	Mark Boucher	South Africa v Kenya	Cape Town	2001

 Fastest century

Rank	Balls faced	Player	Match	Venue	Season
1	37	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Nairobi	1996
2	44	Mark Boucher	South Africa v Zimbabwe	Potchefstroom	2006
3	45	Brian Lara	West Indies v Bangladesh	Dhaka	1999
4	45	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v India	Kanpur	2005
5	48	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka v Pakistan	Singapore	1996

 Individual records (bowling)

 Most wickets

Rank	Wickets	Matches	Player	Period
1	515	337	Muttiah Muralitharan	1993–2009
2	502	357	Wasim Akram	1984–2003
3	416	262	Waqar Younis	1989–2003
4	400	322	Chaminda Vaas	1994–2008
5	393	303	Shaun Pollock	1996–2008

 Best innings figures

Rank	Bowling Figures	Player	Match	Venue	Season
1	6–3–19–8	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	Colombo	2001
2	7–4–15–7	Glenn McGrath	Australia v Namibia	Potchefstroom	2003
3	10–0–20–7	Andy Bichel	Australia v England	Port Elizabeth	2003
4	10–1–30–7	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka v India	Sharjah	2000
5	10–0–36–7	Waqar Younis	Pakistan v England	Leeds	2001

 Individual records (wicket-keeping)

Most dismissals

Rank	Dismissals	Player	Matches
1	472 (417 c. 55 st.)	Adam Gilchrist	287
2	421 (399 c. 22 st.)	Mark Boucher	292
3	312 (244 c. 68 st.)	Kumar Sangakkara	271
4	287 (214 c. 73 st.)	Moin Khan	219
5	233 (194 c. 39 st.)	Ian Healy	168

 Individual records (other)

 Most matches played

Rank	Matches	Player	Period
1	444	Sanath Jayasuriya	1989–
2	442	Sachin Tendulkar	1989–
3	378	Inzamam-ul-Haq	1991–2007
4	356	Wasim Akram	1984–2003

 Partnership records

 Highest wicket partnerships

Partnership	Runs	Players	Opposition	Venue	Season
1st wicket	286	WU Tharanga & ST Jayasuriya	v England	Leeds	2006
2nd wicket	331	SR Tendulkar & R Dravid	v New Zealand	Hyderabad	1999–00
3rd wicket	237*	Rahul Dravid & Sachin Tendulkar	v Kenya	Bristol	1999
4th wicket	275*	Mohammad Azharuddin & Ajay Jadeja	v Zimbabwe	Cuttack	1997–98
5th wicket	223	Mohammad Azharuddin & Ajay Jadeja	v Sri Lanka	Colombo	1997
6th wicket	218	Mahendra Singh Dhoni & Mahela Jayawardene (Asian XI)	v African XI	Chennai	2006
7th wicket	130	Andy Flower & Heath Streak	v England	Harare	2001
8th wicket	138*	Justin Kemp & Andrew Hall	v India	Cape Town	2006
9th wicket	132	Angelo Mathews & Lasith Malinga	v Australia	Melbourne	2010/11
10th wicket	106*	Viv Richards & Michael Holding	v England	Manchester	1984

 Highest partnerships

Rank	Runs	Players	Opposition	Venue	Season
1	331 (2nd wicket)	Sachin Tendulkar & Rahul Dravid	v New Zealand	Hyderabad	1999–00
2	318 (2nd wicket)	Saurav Ganguly & Rahul Dravid	v Sri Lanka	Taunton	1999
3	286 (1st wicket)	Sanath Jayasuriya & Upul Tharanga	v England	Headingley	2006
4	275* (4th wicket)	Mohammad Azharuddin & Ajay Jadeja	v Zimbabwe	Cuttack	1997–98
5	274 (1st wicket)	James Marshall & Brendon McCullum	v Ireland	Aberdeen	2008