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Who's the most successful World Cup captain?

May 31, 2019 09:28 IST

In a three part series, Rajneesh Gupta highlights all the important numbers from cricket World Cups held between 1975 to 2015.

Bowling Records

Leading Bowlers in each World Cup

IMAGE: Australia's Glenn McGrath celebrates the fall of a wicket during the 2007 World Cup. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images

Year	Bowler	For	Matches	Wickets	Average	Best	Strike Rate	Runs Per Over
1975	Gary Gilmour	Aus	2	11	5.64	6/14	13.09	2.58
1979	Mike Hendrick	Eng	5	10	14.90	4/15	33.60	2.66
1983	Roger Binny	Ind	8	18	18.67	4/29	29.33	3.82
1987	Craig McDermott	Aus	8	18	18.94	5/44	24.33	4.67
1992	Wasim Akram	Pak	10	18	18.78	4/32	29.89	3.77
1996	Anil Kumble	Ind	7	15	18.73	3/28	27.87	4.03
1999	Shane Warne	Aus	10	20	18.05	4/29	28.30	3.83
1999	Geoff Allott	NZ	9	20	16.25	4/37	26.30	3.71
2003	Chaminda Vaas	SL	10	23	14.39	6/25	22.96	3.76
2007	Glenn McGrath	Aus	11	26	13.73	3/14	18.65	4.41
2011	Shahid Afridi	Pak	8	21	12.85	5/16	21.29	3.62
2011	Zaheer Khan	Ind	9	21	18.76	3/20	23.29	4.83
2015	Mitchell Starc	Aus	8	22	10.18	6/28	17.41	3.50
2015	Trent Boult	NZ	9	22	16.86	5/27	23.18	4.36

Best Bowling in a Match

	Bowler	For/Against	Venue	Year
7/15	Glenn McGrath	Aus v Nam	Potchefstroom	2003
7/20	Andy Bichel	Aus v Eng	Port Elizabeth	2003
7/33	Tim Southee	NZ v Eng	Wellington	2015
7/51	Winston Davis	WI v Aus	Leeds	1983
6/14	Gary Gilmour	Aus v Eng	Leeds	1975
6/23	Ashish Nehra	Ind v Eng	Durban	2003
6/23	Shane Bond	NZ v Aus	Port Elizabeth	2003
6/25	Chaminda Vaas	SL v Ban	Pietermaritzburg	2003
6/27	Kemar Roach	WI v Net	Delhi	2011
6/28	Mitchell Starc	Aus v NZ	Auckland	2015
6/38	Lasith Malinga	SL v Ken	Colombo RPS	2011
6/39	Ken MacLeay	Aus v Ind	Nottingham	1983

Hat-Tricks

Player	Team	Vs	Venue	Year
Chetan Sharma	India	New Zealand	Nagpur	1987
Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	The Oval	1999
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Pietermaritzburg	2003 (first 3 balls of match)
Brett Lee	Australia	Kenya	Durban	2003
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	South Africa	Providence	2007 (4 wickets in 4 balls)
Kemar Roach	West Indies	Netherlands	Delhi	2011
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	Kenya	Colombo RPS	2011
Steve Finn	England	Australia	Melbourne	2015
J-P Duminy	South Africa	Sri Lanka	Sydney	2015

Leading Bowlers

IMAGE: India's Zaheer Khan. Photograph: Pal Pillai/Getty Images

Bowler		Span	Matches	Wickets	Best	Average	Runs Per Over
Glenn McGrath (Aus)	1996-2007	39	71	7/15	18.19	3.96	2
Muthiah Muralitharan (SL)	1996-2011	40	68	4/19	19.63	3.88	4
Wasim Akram (Pak)	1987-2003	38	55	5/28	23.83	4.04	3
Chaminda Vaas (SL)	1996-2007	31	49	6/25	21.22	3.97	2
Zaheer Khan (Ind)	2003-2011	23	44	4/42	20.22	4.47	1
Javagal Srinath (Ind)	1992-2003	34	44	4/30	27.81	4.32	2
Lasith Malinga (SL)	2007-2015	22	43	6/38	21.11	5.32	2
Allan Donald (SA)	1992-2003	25	38	4-17	24.02	4.17	2
J D P Oram (NZ)	2003-2011	23	36	4/39	21.33	4.21	2
Daniel Vettori (NZ)	2003-2015	32	36	4/18	32.44	4.14	2
Brett Lee (Aus)	2003-2011	17	35	5/42	17.97	4.57	3

Match Doubles (50 runs and 4 wickets)

Doubles	Player	For	Against	Venue	Year
69* and 4/42: Dag Fletcher, Zimbabwe v Australia, Nottingham, 1983
53 and 4/31: Ian Botham, England v Australia, Sydney, 1992
59 and 4/42, Neil Johnson, Zimbabwe v Kenya, Taunton, 1999
52* and 4/38 Maurice Odumbe, Kenya v Bangladesh, Johannesburg, 2003
121 and 4/42, Feiko Kloppenburg, Netherlands v Namibia, Bloemfontein, 2003
50* and 5/31, Yuvraj Singh, India v Ireland, Bangalore, 2011
144 and 4/4, Tilakratne Dilshan, Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, Pallekele, 2011
54* and 4/45, Wahab Riaz, Pakistan v Zimbabwe, Brisbane, 2015

Leading Wicket-keepers

IMAGE: Mashrafe Mortaza of Bangladesh stumped by Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara during the 2015 World Cup at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on February 26, 2015. Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

Wicket-keeper	Span	Matches	Dismissal	Caught	Stumped
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)	2003-2015	37	54	41	13
Adam Gilchrist (Aus)	1999-2007	31	52	45	7
M S Dhoni (Ind)	2007-2015	20	32	27	5
Brendon McCullum (NZ)	2003-2015	34	32	30	2
Mark Boucher (SA)	1999-2007	25	31	31	0
Moin Khan (Pak)	1992-1999	20	30	23	7

Leading Fielders

IMAGE: Ricky Ponting dives for a catch. Photograph: Hamish Blair/Getty Images

Fielder	Span	Matches	Caught
Ricky Ponting (Aus)	1996-2011	46	28
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)	1992-2007	38	18
Chris Cairns (NZ)	1992-2003	28	16
Inzamam-ul Haq (Pak)	1992-2007	35	16
Brian Lara (WI)	1992-2007	34	16
Mahela Jayawardene (SL)	1999-2015	40	16
Graeme Smith (SA)	2003-2011	20	15

Most World Cup Appearances

Mts	Player	Country	Span
46	Ricky Ponting	Australia	1996-2011
45	Sachin Tendulkar	India	1992-2011
40	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	1999-2015
40	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	1996-2011
39	Glenn McGrath	Australia	1996-2007
38	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	1987-2003
38	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	1992-2007
37	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	2003-2015
36	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	1996-2011
35	Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka	1987-2003
35	Inzamam-ul Haq	Pakistan	1992-2007

Players appearing in Most World Cups

6: Javed Miandad (1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992, 1996)

6: Sachin Tendulkar (1992, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011)

Most Man of Match Awards in a career

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar raises his bat after scoring a century. Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Awards	Player	Team
9	Sachin Tendulkar	India
6	Glenn McGrath	Australia
5	Vivian Richards	West Indies
5	Graham Gooch	England
5	Lance Klusener	South Africa
5	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
5	A B de Villiers	South Africa

Most Awards in a single edition

Awards	Player	Team	Year
4	Aravinda de Silva	SL	1996
4	Lance Klusener	SA	1999
4	Yuvraj Singh	Ind	2011

Most matches as Captain

Captain	Team	Matches	Won	Loss	Tied	No Result	Win%
Ricky Ponting	Aus	29	26	2	0	1	89.66
Steven Fleming	NZ	27	16	10	0	1	59.26
Mohammed Azharuddin	Ind	23	10	12	0	1	43.48
Imran Khan	Pak	22	14	8	0	0	63.64
Clive Lloyd	WI	17	15	2	0	0	88.24
Graeme Smith	SA	17	11	6	0	0	64.71
M S Dhoni	Ind	17	14	2	1	0	82.35
Allan Border	Aus	16	11	5	0	0	68.75
Wasim Akram	Pak	15	10	5	0	0	66.67
Hansie Cronje	SA	15	11	3	1	0	73.33
Kapil Dev	Ind	15	11	4	0	0	73.33

Most Successful Captains

IMAGE: Ricky Ponting. Photograph: Hamish Blair/Getty Images

(10 or more matches)

	Team	Matches	Wins	Losses	Tied	No Result	Win%
Ricky Ponting	Aus	29	26	2	0	1	89.66
Clive Lloyd	WI	17	15	2	0	0	88.24
M S Dhoni	Ind	17	14	2	1	0	82.35
Sourav Ganguly	Ind	11	9	2	0	0	81.82
Hansie Cronje	SA	15	11	3	1	0	73.33
Kapil Dev	Ind	15	11	4	0	0	73.33
Mahela Jayawardene	SL	11	8	3	0	0	72.72
Arjuna Ranatunga	SL	11	8	3	0	0	72.72
Steve Waugh	Aus	10	7	2	1	0	70.00

ICC World Cup 2019

RAJNEESH GUPTA