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Batting

Most runs in a career

Position	Player	Team	Runs
1	McCullum, BB	New Zealand	747
2	Dilshan, TM	Sri Lanka	572
3	Jayasuriya, ST	Sri Lanka	549
4	Pietersen, KP	England	529
5	Smith, GC	South Africa	513
6	Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	489
7	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	476
8	Gambhir, G	India	476
9	Gayle, CH	West Indies	454
10	Taylor, LRPL	New Zealand	450

Best averages

Position	Player	Team	Average
1	Symonds, A	Australia	48.14
2	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	47.60
3	Rolton, KL	Australia	42.57
4	Gayle, CH	West Indies	41.27
5	Yuvraj Singh	India	34.58
6	Sharma, RG	India	34.00
7	Dilshan, TM	Sri Lanka	33.65
8	Smith, GC	South Africa	32.06
9	Nitschke, S	Australia	31.70
10	McCullum, BB	New Zealand	31.13

Most runs in an innings

Position	Player	Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
1	Gayle, CH	West Indies	South Africa	2007	117
2	Ponting, RT	Australia	New Zealand	2005	98
3	Martyn, DR	Australia	South Africa	2006	96
4	Dilshan, TM	Sri Lanka	West Indies	2009	96
5	Gibbs, HH	South Africa	West Indies	2007	90
6	Smith, GC	South Africa	Australia	2006	89
7	Kemp, JM	South Africa	New Zealand	2007	89
8	Warner, DA	Australia	South Africa	2009	89
9	Hussey, DJ	Australia	South Africa	2009	88
10	Gayle, CH	West Indies	Australia	2009	88
11	Jayasuriya, ST	Sri Lanka	Kenya	2007	88

Most centuries

Position	Player	Team	No. of centuries
1	Gayle, CH	West Indies	1

Best strike rate

Position	Player	Team	Strike rate
1	Mendis, BAW	Sri Lanka	200.00
2	Fawad Alam	Pakistan	174.29
3	Symonds, A	Australia	169.35
4	Johnson, MG	Australia	164.86
5	Yuvraj Singh	India	160.85
6	Mohammad Ashraful	Bangladesh	154.74
7	Gayle, CH	West Indies	148.37
8	Pietersen, KP	England	146.54
9	Umar Gul	Pakistan	146.15
10	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	145.69

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	Younus 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	Umar Gul	Pakistan	37
2	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	32
3	Vettori, DL	New Zealand	27
4	Mendis, BAW	Sri Lanka	25
5	Malinga, SL	Sri Lanka	23
6	Broad, SCJ	England	22
7	Steyn, DW	South Africa	20
8	Bracken, NW	Australia	19
9	Lee, B	Australia	17
10	Taylor, JE	West Indies	17
11	Anderson, JM	England	17

Best averages

Position	Player	Team	Average
1	Umar Gul	Pakistan	10.89
2	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	15.91

Best figures in an innings

Position	Player	Team	Opponent	Year	Figures
1	Umar Gul	Pakistan	New Zealand	2009	5/6
2	Gillespie, MR	New Zealand	Kenya	2007	4/7
3	Umar Gul	Pakistan	Australia	2009	4/8
4	Steyn, DW	South Africa	West Indies	2007	4/9
5	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	The Netherlands	2009	4/11
6	Umar Gul	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2008	4/13
7	Singh, RP	India	South Africa	2007	4/13
8	Parnell, WD	South Africa	West Indies	2009	4/13
9	Mendis, BAW	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	2008	4/15
10	Abdur Razzak	Bangladesh	South Africa	2008	4/16

Most five wicket hauls

Position	Player	Team	Five wicket hauls
1	Umar Gul	Pakistan	1

Fielding

Most catches in a career

Position	Player	Team	Catches
1	Taylor, LRPL	New Zealand	16
2	Younus Khan	Pakistan	11
3	Duminy, JP	South Africa	11
4	Morkel, JA	South Africa	9
5	Smith, GC	South Africa	9
6	Mubarak, J	Sri Lanka	9
7	Botha, J	South Africa	8
8	Hussey, MEK	Australia	8
9	Ponting, RT	Australia	8
10	Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	8
11	Oram, JDP	New Zealand	8

Most wicketkeeper dismissals

Position	Player	Team	Catches	Stumpings	Dismissals
1	de Villiers, AB	South Africa	22	2	24
2	McCullum, BB	New Zealand	19	3	22
3	Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	6	12	18
4	Gilchrist, AC	Australia	17	0	17
5	Taylor, LRPL	New Zealand	16	0	16
6	Fields, JM	Australia	8	8	16
7	Sangakkara, KC	Sri Lanka	10	6	16
8	Boucher, MV	South Africa	13	1	14
9	Dilshan, TM	Sri Lanka	10	2	12
10	Younus Khan	Pakistan	11	0	11
11	Duminy, JP	South Africa	11	0	11
12	Ramdin, D	West Indies	10	1	11

Players

Most matches

Position	Player	Team	Matches
1	McCullum, BB	New Zealand	28
2	Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	23
3	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	23
4	Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	23
5	Morkel, JA	South Africa	22
6	Taylor, LRPL	New Zealand	22
7	de Villiers, AB	South Africa	21
8	Dilshan, TM	Sri Lanka	21
9	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	21
10	Collingwood, PD	England	21
11	Jayawardene, DPMD	Sri Lanka	21
12	Jayasuriya, ST	Sri Lanka	21

Teams

Highest innings totals

Position	Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
1	Sri Lanka	Kenya	2007	260
2	Australia	England	2007	221
3	India	England	2007	218
4	Australia	New Zealand	2005	214
5	South Africa	Scotland	2009	211
6	Australia	South Africa	2006	209
7	West Indies	England	2007	208
8	South Africa	West Indies	2007	208
9	West Indies	South Africa	2007	205
10	Pakistan	Bangladesh	2008	203

Lowest innings totals

Position	Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
1	Kenya	Ireland	2008	67
2	Bermuda	Canada	2008	70
3	Kenya	New Zealand	2007	73
4	India	Australia	2008	74
5	Canada	Zimbabwe	2008	75
6	Australia	England	2005	79
7	Scotland	South Africa	2009	81
8	Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	2007	83
9	Kenya	Sri Lanka	2007	88
10	Canada	Kenya	2008	91

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	West Indies	2	12 Oct 2008	13 Oct 2008
9	New Zealand	2	26 Dec 2006	12 Sep 2007
10	New Zealand	2	16 Sep 2007	18 Sep 2007
11	Australia	2	14 Sep 2007	16 Sep 2007
12	Australia	2	11 Dec 2007	01 Feb 2008

Each team's highest innings total

Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
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	Sri Lanka	2008	138
England	India	2007	200
India	England	2007	218
Ireland	Bangladesh	2009	138
Kenya	The Netherlands	2008	134
New Zealand	Ireland	2009	198
Pakistan	Bangladesh	2008	203
Scotland	Pakistan	2007	120
South Africa	Scotland	2009	211
Sri Lanka	Kenya	2007	260
The Netherlands	England	2009	163
West Indies	England	2007	208
Zimbabwe	Canada	2008	184

Each team's lowest innings total

Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
Australia	England	2005	79
Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	2007	83
Bermuda	Canada	2008	70
Canada	Zimbabwe	2008	75
England	South Africa	2009	111
India	Australia	2008	74
Ireland	New Zealand	2009	115
Kenya	Ireland	2008	67
New Zealand	Pakistan	2009	99
Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2009	131
Scotland	South Africa	2009	81
South Africa	Australia	2006	114
Sri Lanka	Australia	2007	101
The Netherlands	Pakistan	2009	93
West Indies	Sri Lanka	2009	101
Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	2006	123