2007 Cricket World Cup Statistics
Records
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Basseterre | 16-03-2007 |
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Port of Spain | 18-03-2007 |
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Port of Spain | 19-03-2007 |
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Kingston | 21-03-2007 |
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Gros Islet | 22-03-2007 |
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Basseterre | 24-03-2007 |
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Georgetown | 28-03-2007 |
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North Sounds | 31-03-2007 |
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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.
Score (Overs) |
Country | Opponent | Venue | Date |
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413–5 (50) | ![]() |
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Port of Spain | 19-03-2007 |
377–6 (50) | ![]() |
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Basseterre | 24-03-2007 |
363–5 (50) | ![]() |
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Gros Islet | 22-03-2007 |
358–5 (50) | ![]() |
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Basseterre | 18-03-2007 |
356–4 (50) | ![]() |
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St. George's | 10-04-2007 |
353–3 (40) | ![]() |
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Basseterre | 16-03-2007 |
Source: Cricinfo |
Lowest team total
Score (Overs) |
Country | Opponent | Venue | Date |
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77 (27.4) | ![]() |
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Grenada | 18-04-2007 |
78 (24.4) | ![]() |
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Port of Spain | 15-03-2007 |
91 (30) | ![]() |
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Bridgetown | 13-04-2007 |
94–9 (21) | ![]() |
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Port of Spain | 25-03-2007 |
99 (19.1) | ![]() |
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Kingston | 21-03-2007 |
Source: Cricinfo |
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).
- Note : Only top 10 players shown.
Player | Team | M | I | NO | Total | Avg | 50s | 100s | HS | S/R | 4s | 6s |
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Matthew Hayden | ![]() |
11 | 10 | 1 | 659 | 73.22 | 1 | 3 | 158 | 101.07 | 69 | 18 |
Mahela Jayawardene | ![]() |
11 | 11 | 2 | 548 | 60.88 | 4 | 1 | 115* | 85.09 | 40 | 10 |
Ricky Ponting | ![]() |
11 | 9 | 1 | 539 | 67.37 | 4 | 1 | 113 | 95.39 | 53 | 11 |
Scott Styris | ![]() |
10 | 9 | 3 | 499 | 83.16 | 4 | 1 | 111* | 83.44 | 45 | 6 |
Jacques Kallis | ![]() |
10 | 9 | 3 | 485 | 80.83 | 3 | 1 | 128* | 83.91 | 43 | 7 |
Sanath Jayasuriya | ![]() |
11 | 11 | 1 | 467 | 46.70 | 2 | 2 | 115 | 98.31 | 47 | 14 |
Adam Gilchrist | ![]() |
11 | 11 | 1 | 453 | 45.30 | 2 | 1 | 149 | 103.89 | 58 | 10 |
Kevin Pietersen | ![]() |
9 | 9 | 1 | 444 | 55.50 | 3 | 2 | 104 | 81.02 | 36 | 5 |
Graeme Smith | ![]() |
10 | 10 | 1 | 443 | 49.22 | 5 | 0 | 91 | 104.48 | 55 | 6 |
Michael Clarke | ![]() |
11 | 9 | 4 | 436 | 87.20 | 4 | 0 | 93* | 94.98 | 40 | 7 |
Source: Cricinfo.com |
Highest individual scores
Imran Nazir's 160 is the highest score by any individual in West Indies in ODI and List A matches. Matthew Hayden scored the 100th century in World cup history during his innings of 103 against New Zealand.
Note: Only top ten scores listed.
Runs | Balls | Batsman | Country | Opponent | Venue | Date | Strike rate |
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160 | 121 | Imran Nazir | ![]() |
Zimbabwe | Kingston | 21-03-2007 | 132.23 |
158 | 143 | Matthew Hayden | ![]() |
West Indies | North Sound | 27-03-2007 | 110.48 |
149 | 104 | Adam Gilchrist | ![]() |
Sri Lanka | Bridgetown | 29-04-2007 | 143.26 |
146 | 130 | AB de Villiers | ![]() |
West Indies | St George's | 10-04-2007 | 112.31 |
128* | 109 | Jacques Kallis | ![]() |
Netherlands | Basseterre | 16-03-2007 | 117.43 |
123 | 89 | Brad Hodge | ![]() |
Netherlands | Basseterre | 18-03-2007 | 138.20 |
115* | 137 | Jeremy Bray | ![]() |
Zimbabwe | Kingston | 15-03-2007 | 83.94 |
115* | 109 | Mahela Jayawardene | ![]() |
New Zealand | Kingston | 24-04-2007 | 105.50 |
115 | 101 | Sanath Jayasuriya | ![]() |
West Indies | Providence | 01-04-2007 | 113.86 |
114 | 87 | Virender Sehwag | ![]() |
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.
Note: Top ten would be listed – eleventh place listed due to equal scores.
Runs (Balls) | Wicket | Partnerships | Country | Opponent | Venue | Date |
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204 (171) | 4th | Brad Hodge/Michael Clarke | ![]() |
Netherlands | Basseterre | 18-03-2007 |
202 (172) | 2nd | Sourav Ganguly/Virender Sehwag | ![]() |
Bermuda | Port of Spain | 19-03-2007 |
183 (180) | 3rd | Sanath Jayasuriya/Mahela Jayawardene | ![]() |
West Indies | Georgetown | 01-04-2007 |
172 (137) | 1st | Adam Gilchrist/Matthew Hayden | ![]() |
Sri Lanka | Bridgetown | 29-04-2007 |
170 (170) | 2nd | AB de Villiers/Jacques Kallis | ![]() |
West Indies | St George's | 10-04-2007 |
161 (130) | 3rd | Ricky Ponting/Michael Clarke | ![]() |
South Africa | Basseterre | 24-03-2007 |
160 (126) | 1st | AB de Villiers/Graeme Smith | ![]() |
Australia | Basseterre | 24-03-2007 |
150 (153) | 3rd | Mahela Jayawardene/Kumar Sangakkara | ![]() |
Bermuda | Port of Spain | 15-03-2007 |
142 (129) | 1st | Stephen Fleming/Lou Vincent | ![]() |
Canada | Gros Islet | 22-03-2007 |
140 (141) | 3rd | Ian Bell/Kevin Pietersen | ![]() |
Australia | North Sound | 08-04-2007 |
140 (184) | 4th | Mahela Jayawardene/Chamara Silva | ![]() |
Australia | St George's | 16-04-2007 |
Source: Cricinfo.com Archived 17 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine |
Highest partnerships for each wicket
Wicket | Runs | Partnerships | Country | Opponent | Venue | Date |
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1st | 172 | Adam Gilchrist/Matthew Hayden | ![]() |
Sri Lanka | Bridgetown | 29-04-2007 |
2nd | 202 | Sourav Ganguly/Virender Sehwag | ![]() |
Bermuda | Port of Spain | 19-03-2007 |
3rd | 183 | Sanath Jayasuriya/Mahela Jayawardene | ![]() |
West Indies | Georgetown | 01-04-2007 |
4th | 204 | Michael Clarke/Brad Hodge | ![]() |
Netherlands | Basseterre | 18-03-2007 |
5th | 138* | Jacob Oram/Scott Styris | ![]() |
England | Gros Islet | 16-03-2007 |
6th | 97 | Russel Arnold/Tillakaratne Dilshan | ![]() |
South Africa | Georgetown | 28-03-2007 |
7th | 87 | Ravi Bopara/Paul Nixon | ![]() |
Sri Lanka | North Sound | 04-04-2007 |
8th | 71* | Paul Nixon/Liam Plunkett | ![]() |
New Zealand | Gros Islet | 16-03-2007 |
71 | James Franklin/Brendon McCullum | ![]() |
Ireland | Providence | 09-04-2007 | |
9th | 44 | David Hemp/Dwayne Leverock | ![]() |
India | Port of Spain | 19-03-2007 |
10th | 59 | James Franklin/Jeetan Patel | ![]() |
Sri Lanka | Kingston | 24-04-2007 |
Source: Cricinfo.com |
Note: * denotes unfinished partnerships.
Most sixes
In an innings
Note: Only listing innings of 5 or more sixes.
Sixes | Player | Country | Opponent | Venue | Date |
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8 | Imran Nazir | ![]() |
Zimbabwe | Kingston | 21-03-2007 |
Adam Gilchrist | ![]() |
Sri Lanka | Bridgetown | 29-04-2007 | |
7 | Herschelle Gibbs | ![]() |
Netherlands | Basseterre | 16-03-2007 |
Brad Hodge | ![]() |
Netherlands | Basseterre | 18-03-2007 | |
Sanath Jayasuriya | ![]() |
Bangladesh | Port of Spain | 21-03-2007 | |
Yuvraj Singh | ![]() |
Bermuda | Port of Spain | 19-03-2007 | |
5 | Jacques Kallis | ![]() |
Netherlands | Basseterre | 16-03-2007 |
AB de Villiers | ![]() |
West Indies | St. George's | 10-04-2007 | |
Mark Boucher | ![]() |
West Indies | St. George's | 10-04-2007 | |
Brendon McCullum | ![]() |
Canada | Gros Islet | 22-03-2007 | |
Craig McMillan | ![]() |
Kenya | Gros Islet | 20-03-2007 | |
Ricky Ponting | ![]() |
Scotland | Basseterre | 14-03-2007 | |
Shivnarine Chanderpaul | ![]() |
Sri Lanka | Georgetown | 01-04-2007 | |
Source: Cricinfo.com Archived 17 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine |
In the tournament
Note: Only player with 10 or more. Listed in order of number of sixes, then innings, then surname.
Sixes | Player | Team | Innings |
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18 | Matthew Hayden | ![]() |
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14 | Herschelle Gibbs | ![]() |
10 |
Sanath Jayasuriya | ![]() |
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11 | Mark Boucher | ![]() |
10 |
Ricky Ponting | ![]() |
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10 | Adam Gilchrist | ![]() |
11 |
Mahela Jayawardene | ![]() |
11 | |
Source: Cricinfo.com Archived 16 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine |
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. His total of 26 wickets was the highest in any single World Cup tournament, and he finished the tournament with 71 wickets in all World Cup matches.
- Note: Only top 10 players shown. Sorted by wickets then bowling average.
Player | Team | Matches | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Mdns | Avg | 4wi | 5wi | BBI | Econ | S/R |
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Glenn McGrath | ![]() |
11 | 80.5 | 357 | 26 | 5 | 13.73 | 0 | 0 | 3/14 | 4.41 | 18.6 |
Muttiah Muralitharan | ![]() |
10 | 84.4 | 351 | 23 | 1 | 15.26 | 2 | 0 | 4/19 | 4.14 | 22.0 |
Shaun Tait | ![]() |
11 | 84.3 | 467 | 23 | 1 | 20.30 | 1 | 0 | 4/39 | 5.52 | 22.0 |
Brad Hogg | ![]() |
11 | 82.5 | 332 | 21 | 6 | 15.80 | 2 | 0 | 4/27 | 4.00 | 23.6 |
Lasith Malinga | ![]() |
8 | 58.2 | 284 | 18 | 6 | 15.77 | 1 | 0 | 4/54 | 4.86 | 19.4 |
Nathan Bracken | ![]() |
10 | 71.4 | 258 | 16 | 10 | 16.12 | 1 | 0 | 4/19 | 3.60 | 26.8 |
Daniel Vettori | ![]() |
10 | 97.4 | 447 | 16 | 2 | 27.93 | 1 | 0 | 4/23 | 4.57 | 36.6 |
Andrew Flintoff | ![]() |
8 | 69 | 298 | 14 | 3 | 21.28 | 1 | 0 | 4/43 | 4.31 | 29.5 |
Andrew Hall | ![]() |
9 | 76 | 335 | 14 | 5 | 23.92 | 0 | 1 | 5/18 | 4.40 | 32.5 |
Charl Langeveldt | ![]() |
8 | 66 | 361 | 14 | 3 | 25.78 | 0 | 1 | 5/39 | 5.46 | 28.2 |
Source: Cricinfo.com |
Best bowling
Note: Only top ten performances listed.
Bowling figures: Wickets-Runs (Overs) |
Bowler | Country | Opponent | Venue | Date |
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5-18 (10) | Andrew Hall | ![]() |
England | Bridgetown | 17-04-2007 |
5–39 (10) | Charl Langeveldt | ![]() |
Sri Lanka | Providence | 28-03-2007 |
5–45 (10) | André Nel | ![]() |
Bangladesh | Providence | 07-04-2007 |
4–19 (9.4) | Nathan Bracken | ![]() |
Sri Lanka | St George's | 16-04-2007 |
4–19 (5) | Muttiah Muralitharan | ![]() |
Ireland | St George's | 18-04-2007 |
4–23 (7) | Farveez Maharoof | ![]() |
Bermuda | Port of Spain | 15-03-2007 |
4–23 (8.4) | Daniel Vettori | ![]() |
Ireland | Providence | 09-04-2007 |
4–25 (10) | Farveez Maharoof | ![]() |
Ireland | St George's | 18-04-2007 |
4–27 (4.5) | Brad Hogg | ![]() |
Netherlands | Basseterre | 18-03-2007 |
4–29 (6.5) | Brad Hogg | ![]() |
New Zealand | St George's | 20-04-2007 |
Source: Cricinfo.com |
Fielding
Most catches in a match
Catches | Player | Country | Opponent | Venue | Date |
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3 | Steve Tikolo | ![]() |
New Zealand | Gros Islet | 20-03-2007 |
3 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | ![]() |
Zimbabwe | Kingston | 21-03-2007 |
3 | Eoin Morgan | ![]() |
New Zealand | Providence | 09-04-2007 |
3 | Chamara Silva | ![]() |
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).
- Note: Only lists players with 6 catches or more
Catches | Player | Team | Matches |
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8 | Paul Collingwood | ![]() |
9 |
Graeme Smith | ![]() |
10 | |
7 | Eoin Morgan | ![]() |
9 |
Herschelle Gibbs | ![]() |
10 | |
Matthew Hayden | ![]() |
11 | |
Ricky Ponting | ![]() |
11 | |
6 | Aftab Ahmed | ![]() |
9 |
Tamim Iqbal | ![]() |
9 | |
Chamara Silva | ![]() |
11 | |
Source: Cricinfo.com |
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 | ![]() |
West Indies | Kingston | 13-03-2007 |
4 (1) | Brendan Taylor | ![]() |
Ireland | Kingston | 15-03-2007 |
4 | Brendon McCullum | ![]() |
England | Gros Islet | 16-03-2007 |
4 | Denesh Ramdin | ![]() |
Ireland | Kingston | 23-03-2007 |
4 | Brendon McCullum | ![]() |
West Indies | North Sound | 29-03-2007 |
4 | Adam Gilchrist | ![]() |
South Africa | Gros Islet | 25-04-2007 |
Source: Cricinfo.com Archived 17 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine |
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.
Note: Only top 10 players shown.
Dismissals (stumpings) |
Player | Team | Matches |
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17 (5) | Adam Gilchrist | ![]() |
11 |
15 (4) | Kumar Sangakkara | ![]() |
11 |
14 (1) | Brendon McCullum | ![]() |
10 |
13 | Denesh Ramdin | ![]() |
9 |
9 | Mark Boucher | ![]() |
10 |
9 (2) | Paul Nixon | ![]() |
9 |
9 | Niall O'Brien | ![]() |
9 |
7 (2) | MS Dhoni | ![]() |
3 |
5 (2) | Kamran Akmal | ![]() |
3 |
5 (1) | Brendan Taylor | ![]() |
3 |
Source: Cricinfo.com Archived 20 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine |
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)
Match | Scores | Venue | Date |
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Ireland 221–9 (50 overs), Zimbabwe 221(50 overs) | Kingston | 15-03-2007 |