World Cup Cricket Statistics !!! .... (80 Days to Go!)

Captains Knock !

                             Following Captains played Captains knock when situation demanded and sailed respective team to HOME.. !!!

Maximum Centuries as Captain

Player	Team	Centuries	World Cup Edition
Rickey Ponting	Australia	4	2003-2011
Saurabh Ganguly	India	3	2003
Stephan Fleming	New Zealand	2	1999-2007
Glen Turner	New Zealand	2	1975-1975

           

Maximum 4 For's as Captain

  

Player	Team	4-for's wickets	World Cup Edition
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	2	2011
Imran Khan	Pakistan	2	1987
Kapil Dev	India	1	1983
Asif Iqbal	Pakistan	1	1979

         
                             Pakistani Player has the dominance on above list featuring 4 captains. Shahid Afridi's double 4 fors are actually 5 for's. Other than that Kapil Dev is only Captain who holds record for 5 for's in World Cups.

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Lucky.. Unlucky.. Luckiest !!!

                                Following is the list of few lucky Teams who held good record of winning the Toss and winning the Match. Australia has maximum percentage of winning matches after winning toss making them Most lucky Team !

Team	Toss Won	Match Won	Percentage
Australia	42	29	69.04%
SA	19	11	57.89%
New Zealand	37	21	56.75%
England	39	22	56.41%
West Indies	27	15	55.55%
India	32	16	50%

                                On the other hand Kenya is unlucky team who has lowest winning percentage after winning the Toss.

Team	Toss Won	Match Won	Percentage
Kenya	13	2	15.38%
Netherlands	12	2	16.66%
Zimbabwe	29	5	17.24%
Bangladesh	10	3	30%

                     
                                 Apart from above mentioned Teams, Sri Lanka and Pakistan has less then 50% winning percentage after winning Toss.


 Luckiest Teams: Teams who lost the toss but still produced WIN. Australia leading the list with winning 76% of matches after loosing Toss. South Africa, India, England and Pakistan are others who has more than 60% wins after loosing Toss

Team	Toss lost	Match Won	Percentage
Australia	34	26	76.47%
South Africa	28	19	67.85%
India	35	23	65.71%

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World Cup Cricket Statistics !!! .... (82 Days to Go!)

Most Apperances !!!

                           Players with most World cup apperances and most Matches !!! Sachin Tendulkar and Javed Minadad holds JOINT RECORD of  Maximum world cup appreances on trot (6).

                           Javed retired in 1996 world cup on poor note; However Sachin played Last world cup in 2011 with Trophy in hand !

Player	Team	World Cup appreances
Sachin Tendulkar	India	6 (1992-2011)
Javed Miandad	Pakistan	6 (1975-1996)

     
                        There are many players who played 5 World Cups on trot !


                                         Players with most World Cup Matches

Player	Team	Maximum Matches played
Ricky Ponting	Australia	46
Sachin Tendulkar	India	45
M Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	40
Glen McGrath	Australia	39

                    Though Sachin appeared in More World Cups than Ponting, Ponting passed him by single match to become Highest world cup match appreances ! Legends like Jayasurya, Kallis, Akram, deSilva, Lara are also featuring in the list.

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