2007 Cricket World Cup statistics
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The following is a list of all the major statistics and records for the 2007 Cricket World Cup held in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007. Though India were eliminated early, they set the ODI record for the highest victory margin in their 257 run win over Bermuda.[1] In their match against Netherlands, Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa) created ODI and International cricket record when he hit sixes off all six deliveries in Daan van Bunge's over.[2] In the Super 8 stage games, Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) created ODI record when he took four wickets in four consecutive deliveries in a losing effort against South Africa.[3] By the end of the tournament, new World Cup records for the fastest fifty (20 balls – Brendon McCullum of New Zealand)[4] and fastest hundred (66 balls – Matthew Hayden of Australia)[5] were established. Glenn McGrath established a new Cricket World Cup record for the most wickets (26) and also finished his ODI career with the most wickets in World Cup history (71).[6] The number of sixes in the overall tournament (373) was 40% higher than the previous record holder, the 2003 Cricket World Cup (266).[7] The tournament also saw 32 century partnerships (previous record of 28 during the 1996 Cricket World Cup)[8] and 10 batsmen over 400 runs (previous record of 4 during the 2003 Cricket World Cup).[9] Template:TOClimit
Records
| Country | Opponent | Venue | Date |
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| File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa[2] | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Basseterre | 16-03-2007 |
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| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia[10] | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Port of Spain | 18-03-2007 |
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| File:Flag of India.svg India[1] | File:Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda | Port of Spain | 19-03-2007 |
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| File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan | File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe | Kingston | 21-03-2007 |
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| File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand[4] | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | Gros Islet | 22-03-2007 |
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| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia[5] | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | Basseterre | 24-03-2007 |
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| File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka[3] | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | Georgetown | 28-03-2007 |
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| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia[15] | File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh | North Sounds | 31-03-2007 |
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| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka | Bridgetown | 29-04-2007 |
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Team totals
Highest team total
India's total of 413 runs against Bermuda was, at the time, the record for the highest score in an innings in a World cup match, since bettered by South Africa's 428 runs against Sri Lanka in the 2023 Cricket World Cup.[1]
| Score (Overs) |
Country | Opponent | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 413–5 (50) | File:Flag of India.svg India | File:Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda | Port of Spain | 19-03-2007 |
| 377–6 (50) | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | Basseterre | 24-03-2007 |
| 363–5 (50) | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | Gros Islet | 22-03-2007 |
| 358–5 (50) | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Basseterre | 18-03-2007 |
| 356–4 (50) | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies | St. George's | 10-04-2007 |
| 353–3 (40) | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Basseterre | 16-03-2007 |
| Source: Cricinfo | ||||
Lowest team total
| Score (Overs) |
Country | Opponent | Venue | Date |
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| 77 (27.4) | File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland | File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka | Grenada | 18-04-2007 |
| 78 (24.4) | File:Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda | File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka | Port of Spain | 15-03-2007 |
| 91 (30) | File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | Bridgetown | 13-04-2007 |
| 94–9 (21) | File:Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda | File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh | Port of Spain | 25-03-2007 |
| 99 (19.1) | File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan | Kingston | 21-03-2007 |
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Batting
Most runs in the tournament
Hayden's 659 runs in the series stands second to only Tendulkar's 673 runs in the 2003 Cricket World Cup. The tournament also saw 10 players exceeding 400 runs for the first time, the previous best being 4 players over 400 runs in world cup tournament (2003 edition).[9]
- Note : Only top 10 players shown.
Highest individual scores
Imran Nazir's 160 is the highest score by any individual in West Indies in ODI and List A matches.[14] Matthew Hayden scored the 100th century in World cup history during his innings of 103 against New Zealand.[17]
Note: Only top ten scores listed.
| Runs | Balls | Batsman | Country | Opponent | Venue | Date | Strike rate |
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| 160 | 121 | Imran Nazir | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan | Zimbabwe | Kingston | 21-03-2007 | 132.23 |
| 158 | 143 | Matthew Hayden | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | West Indies | North Sound | 27-03-2007 | 110.48 |
| 149 | 104 | Adam Gilchrist | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | Sri Lanka | Bridgetown | 29-04-2007 | 143.26 |
| 146 | 130 | AB de Villiers | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | West Indies | St George's | 10-04-2007 | 112.31 |
| 128* | 109 | Jacques Kallis | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | Netherlands | Basseterre | 16-03-2007 | 117.43 |
| 123 | 89 | Brad Hodge | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | Netherlands | Basseterre | 18-03-2007 | 138.20 |
| 115* | 137 | Jeremy Bray | File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland | Zimbabwe | Kingston | 15-03-2007 | 83.94 |
| 115* | 109 | Mahela Jayawardene | File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka | New Zealand | Kingston | 24-04-2007 | 105.50 |
| 115 | 101 | Sanath Jayasuriya | File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka | West Indies | Providence | 01-04-2007 | 113.86 |
| 114 | 87 | Virender Sehwag | File:Flag of India.svg India | Bermuda | Port of Spain | 19-03-2007 | 131.03 |
| Source: Cricinfo.com | |||||||
Highest partnerships of the tournament
The 4th wicket partnership between Brad Hodge and Michael Clarke is the world cup record for that wicket.[11]
Note: Top ten would be listed – eleventh place listed due to equal scores.
Highest partnerships for each wicket
Note: * denotes unfinished partnerships.
Most sixes
In an innings
Note: Only listing innings of 5 or more sixes.
In the tournament
Note: Only player with 10 or more. Listed in order of number of sixes, then innings, then surname.
Bowling
Most wickets in the tournament
McGrath surpassed Akram's record (55 wickets) for the highest number of wickets in World Cup matches, in the game against Bangladesh.[15] His total of 26 wickets was the highest in any single World Cup tournament,[18] and he finished the tournament with 71 wickets in all World Cup matches.[6]
- Note: Only top 10 players shown. Sorted by wickets then bowling average.
Best bowling
Note: Only top ten performances listed.
Fielding
Most catches in a match
| Catches | Player | Country | Opponent | Venue | Date |
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| 3 | Steve Tikolo | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | New Zealand | Gros Islet | 20-03-2007 |
| 3 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan | Zimbabwe | Kingston | 21-03-2007 |
| 3 | Eoin Morgan | File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland | New Zealand | Providence | 09-04-2007 |
| 3 | Chamara Silva | File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka | New Zealand | St George's | 12-04-2007 |
| Source: Cricinfo.com | |||||
Most catches in the tournament
Ricky Ponting increased his record number of catches in World cup matches from 17 to 25. Sanath Jayasuriya has moved to second place (18 catches).[17]
- Note: Only lists players with 6 catches or more
Wicket-keeping
Most dismissals in a match
Note: only top performance listed (sorted by date)
| Dismissals (stumpings) |
Player | Country | Opponent | Venue | Date |
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| 4 (1) | Kamran Akmal | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan | West Indies | Kingston | 13-03-2007 |
| 4 (1) | Brendan Taylor | File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe | Ireland | Kingston | 15-03-2007 |
| 4 | Brendon McCullum | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | England | Gros Islet | 16-03-2007 |
| 4 | Denesh Ramdin | File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies | Ireland | Kingston | 23-03-2007 |
| 4 | Brendon McCullum | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | West Indies | North Sound | 29-03-2007 |
| 4 | Adam Gilchrist | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | South Africa | Gros Islet | 25-04-2007 |
| Source: Cricinfo.com Template:Webarchive | |||||
Most dismissals in the tournament
Adam Gilchrist became the first wicket-keeper to reach the milestone of 50 dismissals in all World Cup matches. His tally of seven World Cup stumpings also equals the record held by Pakistan's Moin Khan.[17]
Note: Only top 10 players shown.
| Dismissals (stumpings) |
Player | Team | Matches |
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| 17 (5) | Adam Gilchrist | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 11 |
| 15 (4) | Kumar Sangakkara | File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka | 11 |
| 14 (1) | Brendon McCullum | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 10 |
| 13 | Denesh Ramdin | File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies | 9 |
| 9 | Mark Boucher | File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa | 10 |
| 9 (2) | Paul Nixon | File:Flag of England.svg England | 9 |
| 9 | Niall O'Brien | File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland | 9 |
| 7 (2) | MS Dhoni | File:Flag of India.svg India | 3 |
| 5 (2) | Kamran Akmal | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan | 3 |
| 5 (1) | Brendan Taylor | File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe | 3 |
| Source: Cricinfo.com Template:Webarchive | |||
Tied match
2007 Cricket World cup saw the third tied match in the tournament history ensuring that this was the third world cup with a tied game (1999 Cricket World Cup – Semifinals between Australia and South Africa and 2003 Cricket World Cup – Group B match between South Africa and Sri Lanka)[19]
| Match | Scores | Venue | Date |
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| File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland vs File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe | Ireland 221–9 (50 overs), Zimbabwe 221(50 overs) | Kingston | 15-03-2007 |
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See also
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