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Batting

Most runs in a career

Position	Player	Team	Runs
1	McCullum, BB	New Zealand	1245
2	Pietersen, KP	England	1064
3	Smith, GC	South Africa	982
4	Jayawardene, DPMD	Sri Lanka	953
5	Dilshan, TM	Sri Lanka	941
6	Sangakkara, KC	Sri Lanka	883
7	Warner, DA	Australia	808
8	Hussey, DJ	Australia	733

Best averages

Position	Player	Team	Average
1	Symonds, A	Australia	48.14
2	Morgan, EJG	England	47.42
3	Parnell, WD	South Africa	43.00
4	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	38.22
5	Pietersen, KP	England	36.69
6	McCullum, BB	New Zealand	35.57
7	Hussey, MEK	Australia	35.15

Most runs in an innings

Position	Player	Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
1	Gayle, CH	West Indies	South Africa	2007	117
2	McCullum, BB	New Zealand	Australia	2010	116
3	Dilshan, TM	Sri Lanka	Australia	2011	104
4	Raina, SK	India	South Africa	2010	101
5	Jayawardene, DPMD	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	2010	100
6	Jayawardene, DPMD	Sri Lanka	West Indies	2010	98
7	Gayle, CH	West Indies	India	2010	98
8	Ponting, RT	Australia	New Zealand	2005	98
9	Martyn, DR	Australia	South Africa	2006	96
10	Dilshan, TM	Sri Lanka	West Indies	2009	96
11	Duminy, JP	South Africa	Zimbabwe	2010	96

Most centuries

Position	Player	Team	No. of centuries
1	Jayawardene, DPMD	Sri Lanka	1
2	Dilshan, TM	Sri Lanka	1
3	Gayle, CH	West Indies	1
4	McCullum, BB	New Zealand	1
5	Raina, SK	India	1

Best strike rate

Position	Player	Team	Strike rate
1	Symonds, A	Australia	169.35
2	Parnell, WD	South Africa	159.26
3	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan	153.85
4	Sehwag, V	India	152.47
5	Watson, SR	Australia	151.85
6	Yuvraj Singh	India	151.60
7	Hussey, MEK	Australia	150.33
8	Chigumbura, E	Zimbabwe	148.51
9	Pathan, YK	India	146.58
10	Gayle, CH	West Indies	144.50

Highest partnerships

Position	Batsman 1	Batsman 2	Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
1	Smith, DS	Gayle, CH	West Indies	South Africa	2007	145
2	Gibbs, HH	Smith, GC	South Africa	Australia	2006	111
3	Gibbs, HH	Kemp, JM	South Africa	West Indies	2007	120
4	Younis Khan	Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2007	101
5	Shoaib Malik	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	Australia	2007	119
6	Ponting, RT	Hussey, MEK	Australia	New Zealand	2005	77
7	Collingwood, PD	Yardy, MH	England	West Indies	2007	91
8	Shoaib Malik	Fawad Alam	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2008	50
9	Fernando, CRD	Malinga, SL	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	2006	44
10	Patel, JS	Oram, JDP	New Zealand	Australia	2007	28

Bowling

Most wickets in a career

Position	Player	Team	Wickets
1	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	53
2	Umar Gul	Pakistan	50
3	Malinga, SL	Sri Lanka	49
4	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	46
5	Fernando, CRD	Sri Lanka	41
6	Mendis, BAW	Sri Lanka	39
7	Broad, SCJ	England	37
8	Johnson, MG	Australia	36

Best averages

Position	Player	Team	Average
1	Fernando, CRD	Sri Lanka	10.59
2	Mendis, BAW	Sri Lanka	10.90
3	McCullum, NL	New Zealand	14.91
4	Umar Gul	Pakistan	15.36
5	Malinga, SL	Sri Lanka	15.61
6	Vettori, DL	New Zealand	16.57
7	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	16.70

Best figures in an innings

Position	Player	Team	Opponent	Year	Figures
1	Fernando, CRD	Sri Lanka	Kenya	2007	23/0
2	Vaas, WPUJC	Sri Lanka	Kenya	2007	15/2
3	Malinga, SL	Sri Lanka	Kenya	2007	13/2
4	Wijekoon, WMG	Sri Lanka	Kenya	2007	12/1
5	Silva, LPC	Sri Lanka	Kenya	2007	11/0
6	Jayasuriya, ST	Sri Lanka	Kenya	2007	9/1
7	Mendis, BAW	Sri Lanka	Australia	2011	6/16
8	Umar Gul	Pakistan	New Zealand	2009	5/6
9	Southee, TG	New Zealand	Pakistan	2010	5/18
10	McLaren, R	South Africa	West Indies	2010	5/19

Most five wicket hauls

Position	Player	Team	Five wicket hauls
1	Jayasuriya, ST	Sri Lanka	1
2	Silva, LPC	Sri Lanka	1
3	Fernando, CRD	Sri Lanka	1
4	Umar Gul	Pakistan	1
5	Malinga, SL	Sri Lanka	1
6	Sammy, DJG	West Indies	1
7	Southee, TG	New Zealand	1
8	Mendis, BAW	Sri Lanka	1

Fielding

Most catches in a career

Position	Player	Team	Catches
1	de Villiers, AB	South Africa	32
2	Taylor, LRPL	New Zealand	24
3	Umar Akmal	Pakistan	22
4	Hussey, DJ	Australia	19
5	Smith, GC	South Africa	18
6	Warner, DA	Australia	18
7	Hussey, MEK	Australia	16
8	White, CL	Australia	16
9	Smith, SPD	Australia	16
10	Duminy, JP	South Africa	16

Most wicketkeeper dismissals

Position	Player	Team	Catches	Stumpings	Dismissals
1	Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	17	23	40
2	McCullum, BB	New Zealand	29	5	34
3	Sangakkara, KC	Sri Lanka	15	11	26
4	Ramdin, D	West Indies	21	2	23
5	Boucher, MV	South Africa	18	1	19

Players

Most matches

Position	Player	Team	Matches
1	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	45
2	McCullum, BB	New Zealand	43
3	Taylor, LRPL	New Zealand	39
4	Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	37
5	Dilshan, TM	Sri Lanka	36
6	Jayawardene, DPMD	Sri Lanka	35
7	Umar Gul	Pakistan	35
8	Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	35
9	Collingwood, PD	England	35

Teams

Highest innings totals

Position	Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
1	Sri Lanka	Kenya	2007	260
2	South Africa	England	2009	241
3	Australia	England	2007	221
4	India	England	2007	218
5	Sri Lanka	India	2009	215
6	New Zealand	Australia	2010	214
7	Australia	New Zealand	2010	214
8	Australia	New Zealand	2005	214
9	South Africa	Scotland	2009	211
10	India	Sri Lanka	2009	211

Lowest innings totals

Position	Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
1	Kenya	Ireland	2008	67
2	Ireland	West Indies	2010	68
3	Bermuda	Canada	2008	70
4	Kenya	New Zealand	2007	73
5	India	Australia	2008	74
6	Canada	Zimbabwe	2008	75
7	Bangladesh	New Zealand	2010	78
8	Australia	England	2005	79
9	Afghanistan	South Africa	2010	80
10	New Zealand	Pakistan	2010	80

Longest winning streaks

Position	Team	Streak	Start date	End date
1	India	5	19 Sep 2007	20 Oct 2007
2	South Africa	5	02 Feb 2007	19 Sep 2007
3	Pakistan	4	17 Sep 2007	22 Sep 2007
4	Pakistan	4	20 Apr 2008	12 Oct 2008
5	New Zealand	4	18 Oct 2006	28 Oct 2008
6	England	3	05 Feb 2008	13 Jun 2008
7	Ireland	3	02 Aug 2008	04 Aug 2008
8	Australia	2	14 Sep 2007	16 Sep 2007
9	Australia	2	11 Dec 2007	01 Feb 2008
10	New Zealand	2	26 Dec 2006	12 Sep 2007
11	New Zealand	2	16 Sep 2007	18 Sep 2007
12	West Indies	2	12 Oct 2008	13 Oct 2008

Each team's highest innings total

Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
Afghanistan	Ireland	2010	147
African XI	Asian XI	2007	109
Asian XI	African XI	2007	110
Australia	England	2007	221
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	2006	166
Bermuda	Scotland	2008	99
Canada	Ireland	2010	176
England	South Africa	2009	202
India	England	2007	218
Ireland	Canada	2010	172
Kenya	Canada	2010	141
New Zealand	Australia	2010	214
Pakistan	Bangladesh	2008	203
Scotland	Kenya	2010	123
South Africa	England	2009	241
Sri Lanka	Kenya	2007	260
The Netherlands	England	2009	163
West Indies	England	2007	208
Zimbabwe	South Africa	2010	186

Each team's lowest innings total

Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
Afghanistan	South Africa	2010	80
Australia	England	2005	79
Bangladesh	New Zealand	2010	78
Bermuda	Canada	2008	70
Canada	Zimbabwe	2008	75
England	West Indies	2011	88
India	Australia	2008	74
Ireland	West Indies	2010	68
Kenya	Ireland	2008	67
New Zealand	Pakistan	2010	80
Pakistan	England	2010	89
Scotland	South Africa	2009	81
South Africa	Australia	2006	114
Sri Lanka	Australia	2010	87
The Netherlands	Ireland	2010	86
West Indies	Sri Lanka	2009	101
Zimbabwe	New Zealand	2010	84