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Batting

Most runs in a career

Position	Player	Team	Runs
1	Tendulkar, SR	India	18163
2	Ponting, RT	Australia	13695
3	Jayasuriya, ST	Sri Lanka	13638
4	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	11835
5	Kallis, JH	South Africa	11481
6	Ganguly, SC	India	11316
7	Dravid, RS	India	10889
8	Lara, BC	West Indies	10405
9	Jayawardene, DPMD	Sri Lanka	10130
10	Sangakkara, KC	Sri Lanka	9958

Best averages

Position	Player	Team	Average
1	ten Doeschate, RN	The Netherlands	64.57
2	Amla, HM	South Africa	57.02
3	Congdon, BE	New Zealand	56.33
4	Cooper, TLW	The Netherlands	54.00
5	De Silva, SKL	Sri Lanka	53.67
6	Bevan, MG	Australia	53.59

Most runs in an innings

Position	Player	Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
1	Sehwag, V	India	West Indies	2011	219
2	Tendulkar, SR	India	South Africa	2010	200
3	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	India	1997	194
4	Coventry, CK	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	2009	194
5	Richards, IVA	West Indies	England	1984	189
6	Jayasuriya, ST	Sri Lanka	India	2000	189
7	Kirsten, G	South Africa	United Arab Emirates	1996	188
8	Tendulkar, SR	India	New Zealand	1999	186
9	Watson, SR	Australia	Bangladesh	2011	185
10	Masakadza, H	Zimbabwe	Kenya	2009	184

Most centuries

Position	Player	Team	No. of centuries
1	Tendulkar, SR	India	48
2	Ponting, RT	Australia	30
3	Jayasuriya, ST	Sri Lanka	29
4	Ganguly, SC	India	22
5	Gibbs, HH	South Africa	21
6	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	20
7	Lara, BC	West Indies	19
8	Gayle, CH	West Indies	19
9	Waugh, ME	Australia	18
10	Haynes, DL	West Indies	17
11	Kallis, JH	South Africa	17

Best strike rate

Position	Player	Team	Strike rate
1	Rizwan Cheema	Canada	116.14
2	Perera, NLTC	Sri Lanka	115.58

Highest partnerships

Position	Batsman 1	Batsman 2	Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
1	Tharanga, WU	Jayasuriya, ST	Sri Lanka	England	2006	286
2	Dravid, RS	Tendulkar, SR	India	New Zealand	1999	331
3	Dravid, RS	Tendulkar, SR	India	Kenya	1999	237
4	Azharuddin, MA	Jadeja, AD	India	Zimbabwe	1998	275
5	Jadeja, AD	Azharuddin, MA	India	Sri Lanka	1997	223
6	Jayawardene, DPMD	Dhoni, MS	Asian XI	African XI	2007	218
7	Streak, HH	Flower, A	Zimbabwe	England	2001	130
8	Kemp, JM	Hall, AJ	South Africa	India	2006	138
9	Kapil Dev	Kirmani, SMH	India	Zimbabwe	1983	126
10	Richards, IVA	Holding, MA	West Indies	England	1984	106

Bowling

Most wickets in a career

Position	Player	Team	Wickets
1	Muralitharan, M	Sri Lanka	580
2	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	502
3	Vaas, WPUJC	Sri Lanka	450
4	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	422
5	Pollock, SM	South Africa	393
6	McGrath, GD	Australia	381
7	Lee, B	Australia	357
8	Jayasuriya, ST	Sri Lanka	356
9	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	337
10	Kumble, AR	India	336

Best averages

Position	Player	Team	Average
1	Fernando, WRP	Sri Lanka	14.42

Best figures in an innings

Position	Player	Team	Opponent	Year	Figures
1	Malinga, SL	Sri Lanka	England	2007	50/2
2	Muralitharan, M	Sri Lanka	England	2007	48/1
3	Vaas, WPUJC	Sri Lanka	England	2007	45/1
4	Fernando, CRD	Sri Lanka	England	2007	41/3
5	Jayasuriya, ST	Sri Lanka	England	2007	31/0
6	Dilshan, TM	Sri Lanka	England	2007	16/0
7	Vaas, WPUJC	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	2001	8/19
8	McGrath, GD	Australia	Namibia	2003	7/15
9	Bichel, AJ	Australia	England	2003	7/20
10	Muralitharan, M	Sri Lanka	India	2000	7/30

Most five wicket hauls

Position	Player	Team	Five wicket hauls
1	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	13
2	Muralitharan, M	Sri Lanka	11
3	Lee, B	Australia	9
4	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	8
5	McGrath, GD	Australia	7
6	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	6
7	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	6
8	Klusener, L	South Africa	6
9	Malinga, SL	Sri Lanka	6
10	Jayasuriya, ST	Sri Lanka	5
11	Vaas, WPUJC	Sri Lanka	5
12	Pollock, SM	South Africa	5
13	Hadlee, RJ	New Zealand	5

Fielding

Most catches in a career

Position	Player	Team	Catches
1	Dravid, RS	India	190
2	Jayawardene, DPMD	Sri Lanka	184
3	Ponting, RT	Australia	160
4	Azharuddin, MA	India	151
5	Tendulkar, SR	India	137
6	Fleming, SP	New Zealand	135
7	Border, AR	Australia	126
8	Kallis, JH	South Africa	122
9	Hooper, CL	West Indies	121
10	Lara, BC	West Indies	120
11	Jayasuriya, ST	Sri Lanka	120

Most wicketkeeper dismissals

Position	Player	Team	Catches	Stumpings	Dismissals
1	Gilchrist, AC	Australia	417	55	472
2	Boucher, MV	South Africa	385	21	406
3	Sangakkara, KC	Sri Lanka	299	78	377
4	Moin Khan	Pakistan	206	72	278
5	Dhoni, MS	India	189	62	251
6	Healy, IA	Australia	188	37	225
7	McCullum, BB	New Zealand	207	13	220
8	Kaluwitharana, RS	Sri Lanka	135	74	209
9	Rashid Latif	Pakistan	170	33	203

Players

Most matches

Position	Player	Team	Matches
1	Tendulkar, SR	India	455
2	Jayasuriya, ST	Sri Lanka	444
3	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	376
4	Ponting, RT	Australia	373
5	Jayawardene, DPMD	Sri Lanka	362
6	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	355
7	Dravid, RS	India	344
8	Muralitharan, M	Sri Lanka	343
9	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	334
10	Azharuddin, MA	India	334

Teams

Highest innings totals

Position	Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
1	Sri Lanka	The Netherlands	2006	443
2	South Africa	Australia	2006	438
3	Australia	South Africa	2006	434
4	India	West Indies	2011	418
5	South Africa	Zimbabwe	2006	418
6	India	Sri Lanka	2009	414
7	India	Bermuda	2007	413
8	Sri Lanka	India	2009	411
9	New Zealand	Ireland	2008	402
10	India	South Africa	2010	401

Lowest innings totals

Position	Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
1	Zimbabwe	Sri Lanka	2004	35
2	Canada	Sri Lanka	2003	36
3	Zimbabwe	Sri Lanka	2001	38
4	Pakistan	West Indies	1993	43
5	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2012	43
6	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	2009	44
7	Canada	England	1979	45
8	Namibia	Australia	2003	45
9	South Africa	New Zealand	2009	51
10	India	Sri Lanka	2000	54
11	West Indies	South Africa	2004	54

Longest winning streaks

Position	Team	Streak	Start date	End date
1	Australia	21	11 Jan 2003	24 May 2003
2	Pakistan	12	18 Nov 2007	08 Jun 2008
3	South Africa	12	13 Feb 2005	30 Oct 2005
4	West Indies	11	04 Jun 1984	02 Feb 1985
5	Sri Lanka	10	29 Feb 2004	23 Jul 2004
6	New Zealand	9	16 Feb 2007	09 Apr 2007
7	Bangladesh	9	13 Oct 2006	04 Feb 2007
8	England	8	23 May 1991	27 Feb 1992
9	England	8	22 May 1997	29 Mar 1998
10	England	8	24 Jun 2008	06 Sep 2008
11	India	8	20 Feb 1985	25 Aug 1985
12	India	8	19 Feb 2003	20 Mar 2003
13	India	8	11 Feb 2006	06 Apr 2006

Each team's highest innings total

Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
Afghanistan	Canada	2010	289
African XI	Asian XI	2007	318
Asian XI	African XI	2007	337
Australia	South Africa	2006	434
Australia	South Africa	2009	258
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	2009	320
Bermuda	Ireland	2007	275
Canada	Ireland	2007	312
East Africa	New Zealand	1975	128
England	Bangladesh	2005	391
England	Sri Lanka	2009	277
Hong Kong	Pakistan	2004	165
India	Australia	2009	234
India	West Indies	2011	418
Ireland	England	2011	329
Kenya	Bangladesh	1997	347
Namibia	The Netherlands	2003	250
New Zealand	Pakistan	2009	373
New Zealand	Ireland	2008	402
Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2009	161
Pakistan	Bangladesh	2010	385
Rest of the World XI	Asian XI	2005	344
Scotland	Ireland	2011	323
South Africa	Australia	2009	197
South Africa	Australia	2006	438
Sri Lanka	The Netherlands	2006	443
Sri Lanka	England	2009	177
The Netherlands	Bermuda	2007	315
United Arab Emirates	The Netherlands	1996	220
United States	New Zealand	2004	137
West Indies	Sri Lanka	1987	360
West Indies	Australia	2009	164
Zimbabwe	Kenya	2009	351

Each team's lowest innings total

Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
Afghanistan	Kenya	2010	88
African XI	Asian XI	2005	106
Asian XI	African XI	2005	196
Australia	India	2009	142
Australia	England	1977	70
Australia	New Zealand	1986	70
Bangladesh	West Indies	2011	58
Bermuda	Sri Lanka	2007	78
Canada	Sri Lanka	2003	36
East Africa	England	1975	94
England	Pakistan	1974	81
England	Australia	2009	161
Hong Kong	Bangladesh	2004	105
India	England	2009	169
India	Sri Lanka	2000	54
Ireland	Sri Lanka	2007	77
Kenya	New Zealand	2011	69
Namibia	Australia	2003	45
New Zealand	Pakistan	1986	64
New Zealand	England	2009	166
Pakistan	India	2009	57
Pakistan	West Indies	1993	43
Rest of the World XI	Australia	2005	137
Scotland	West Indies	1999	68
South Africa	Australia	1993	69
South Africa	New Zealand	2009	51
Sri Lanka	South Africa	2009	75
Sri Lanka	South Africa	2012	43
The Netherlands	West Indies	2007	80
United Arab Emirates	Pakistan	1996	109
United States	Australia	2004	65
West Indies	South Africa	2004	54
West Indies	India	2009	84
Zimbabwe	Sri Lanka	2004	35

Each team's longest winning streak

Team	Streak	Start date	End date
Australia	21	11 Jan 2003	24 May 2003
Australia	6	20 Oct 2006	21 Jul 2007
India	8	20 Feb 1985	25 Aug 1985
India	8	19 Feb 2003	20 Mar 2003
India	8	11 Feb 2006	06 Apr 2006
New Zealand	9	16 Feb 2007	09 Apr 2007
New Zealand	6	11 Feb 2008	09 Nov 2008
Pakistan	12	18 Nov 2007	08 Jun 2008
South Africa	12	13 Feb 2005	30 Oct 2005
West Indies	11	04 Jun 1984	02 Feb 1985

Each team's longest losing streak

Team	Streak	Start date	End date
Bangladesh	22	17 May 1998	17 May 1998
Bermuda	10	28 Jun 2008	28 Jun 2008
Canada	10	27 Nov 2006	27 Nov 2006
England	11	03 Oct 2001	03 Oct 2001
India	8	20 Dec 1981	20 Dec 1981
Ireland	18	31 Jan 2007	31 Jan 2007
Kenya	16	17 Oct 2001	17 Oct 2001
New Zealand	6	22 Jul 2007	22 Jul 2007
Scotland	14	18 Jan 2007	18 Jan 2007
Sri Lanka	14	12 Jan 1988	12 Jan 1988
The Netherlands	14	03 Mar 2003	03 Mar 2003
United Arab Emirates	6	01 Mar 1996	01 Mar 1996
West Indies	11	06 Aug 2005	06 Aug 2005
Zimbabwe	18	18 Mar 1992	18 Mar 1992