2007 Cricket World Cup statistics

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]

Records

Country	Opponent	Venue	Date
South Africa^[2]	Netherlands	Basseterre	16-03-2007
Most sixes in a single ODI over – 6, by Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa) Most sixes in any ODI innings – 18, by South Africa (tied three days later by India) Fastest 50 in any World Cup – 21 balls, by Mark Boucher (South Africa), since bettered by McCullum Three 100-partnerships in ODI innings – South African 2nd, 3rd and 4th wicket partnerships
Australia^[10]	Netherlands	Port of Spain	18-03-2007
Fourth wicket partnership record for any World Cup – 204, by Michael Clarke and Brad Hodge (Australia)^[11]
India^[1]	Bermuda	Port of Spain	19-03-2007
Largest margin of victory in any ODI – 257 runs Highest team total in any World Cup Innings – 413 runs, since bettered by Australia in 2015 Highest team total in any List A match in the West Indies – 413 runs^[12] Most sixes in any ODI innings – 18, by India (ties South African record set 3 days earlier) Most number of ducks in any World Cup Innings – 5, by Bermuda, equaling the record of England (vs West Indies in 1979), Canada (vs Sri Lanka in 2003) and Sri Lanka (vs India in 2003)
Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Kingston	21-03-2007
Highest individual ODI score in West Indies – 160, by Imran Nazir (Pakistan)^[13] Highest individual List A score in West Indies – 160, by Imran Nazir (Pakistan)^[13] Most sixes in a single World Cup innings – 8, by Imran Nazir (Pakistan), tied with Ricky Ponting in 2003 (since tied by Gilchrist)^[14]
New Zealand^[4]	Canada	Gros Islet	22-03-2007
Fastest 50 in any World Cup – 20 balls, by Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)
Australia^[5]	South Africa	Basseterre	24-03-2007
Fastest 100 in any World Cup – 66 balls, by Matthew Hayden (Australia), since bettered by Kevin O'Brien in 2011 Highest aggregate score in any World Cup match – 671 runs
Sri Lanka^[3]	South Africa	Georgetown	28-03-2007
Four wickets in four consecutive balls, first occasion in ODI – by Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)
Australia^[15]	Bangladesh	North Sounds	31-03-2007
Most total wickets in all World Cups – 57 wickets, by Glenn McGrath (Australia) at the end of match. McGrath finished the tournament with 71 wickets^[6]
Australia	Sri Lanka	Bridgetown	29-04-2007
Most wickets in a single World Cup – 26 wickets, by Glenn McGrath (Australia)^[6] Most total wickets in all World Cups – 71 wickets, by Glenn McGrath (Australia)^[6] Most sixes in a single World Cup innings – 8, by Adam Gilchrist (Australia), tied with Imran Nazir & Ricky Ponting^[16] Highest score in World Cup final – 149 by Adam Gilchrist (Australia)^[16]

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]

Highest team total *(350 plus)*
Score (Overs)	Country	Opponent	Venue	Date
413–5 (50)	India	Bermuda	Port of Spain	19-03-2007
377–6 (50)	Australia	South Africa	Basseterre	24-03-2007
363–5 (50)	New Zealand	Canada	Gros Islet	22-03-2007
358–5 (50)	Australia	Netherlands	Basseterre	18-03-2007
356–4 (50)	South Africa	West Indies	St. George's	10-04-2007
353–3 (40)	South Africa	Netherlands	Basseterre	16-03-2007
Source: Cricinfo

Lowest team total

Lowest team total *(Less than 100)*
Score (Overs)	Country	Opponent	Venue	Date
77 (27.4)	Ireland	Sri Lanka	Grenada	18-04-2007
78 (24.4)	Bermuda	Sri Lanka	Port of Spain	15-03-2007
91 (30)	Ireland	Australia	Bridgetown	13-04-2007
94–9 (21)	Bermuda	Bangladesh	Port of Spain	25-03-2007
99 (19.1)	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	Kingston	21-03-2007
Source: Cricinfo^{[permanent dead link]}

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,^[17] 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.

Player	Team	Matches	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Mdns	Avg	4wi	5wi	BBI	Econ	S/R
Glenn McGrath	Australia	11	80.5	357	26	5	13.73	0	0	3/14	4.41	18.6
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	10	84.4	351	23	1	15.26	2	0	4/19	4.14	22.0
Shaun Tait	Australia	11	84.3	467	23	1	20.30	1	0	4/39	5.52	22.0
Brad Hogg	Australia	11	82.5	332	21	6	15.80	2	0	4/27	4.00	23.6
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	8	58.2	284	18	6	15.77	1	0	4/54	4.86	19.4
Nathan Bracken	Australia	10	71.4	258	16	10	16.12	1	0	4/19	3.60	26.8
Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	10	97.4	447	16	2	27.93	1	0	4/23	4.57	36.6
Andrew Flintoff	England	8	69	298	14	3	21.28	1	0	4/43	4.31	29.5
Andrew Hall	South Africa	9	76	335	14	5	23.92	0	1	5/18	4.40	32.5
Charl Langeveldt	South Africa	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
5-18 (10)	Andrew Hall	South Africa	England	Bridgetown	17-04-2007
5–39 (10)	Charl Langeveldt	South Africa	Sri Lanka	Providence	28-03-2007
5–45 (10)	André Nel	South Africa	Bangladesh	Providence	07-04-2007
4–19 (9.4)	Nathan Bracken	Australia	Sri Lanka	St George's	16-04-2007
4–19 (5)	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	Ireland	St George's	18-04-2007
4–23 (7)	Farveez Maharoof	Sri Lanka	Bermuda	Port of Spain	15-03-2007
4–23 (8.4)	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	Ireland	Providence	09-04-2007
4–25 (10)	Farveez Maharoof	Sri Lanka	Ireland	St George's	18-04-2007
4–27 (4.5)	Brad Hogg	Australia	Netherlands	Basseterre	18-03-2007
4–29 (6.5)	Brad Hogg	Australia	New Zealand	St George's	20-04-2007
Source: Cricinfo.com

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.

Player	Team	M	I	NO	Total	Avg	50s	100s	HS	S/R	4s	6s
Matthew Hayden	Australia	11	10	1	659	73.22	1	3	158	101.07	69	18
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	11	11	2	548	60.88	4	1	115*	85.09	40	10
Ricky Ponting	Australia	11	9	1	539	67.37	4	1	113	95.39	53	11
Scott Styris	New Zealand	10	9	3	499	83.16	4	1	111*	83.44	45	6
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	10	9	3	485	80.83	3	1	128*	83.91	43	7
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	11	11	1	467	46.70	2	2	115	98.31	47	14
Adam Gilchrist	Australia	11	11	1	453	45.30	2	1	149	103.89	58	10
Kevin Pietersen	England	9	9	1	444	55.50	3	2	104	81.02	36	5
Graeme Smith	South Africa	10	10	1	443	49.22	5	0	91	104.48	55	6
Michael Clarke	Australia	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.^[14] Matthew Hayden scored the 100th century in World cup history during his innings of 103 against New Zealand.^[18]

Note: Only top ten scores listed.

Runs	Balls	Batsman	Country	Opponent	Venue	Date	Strike rate
160	121	Imran Nazir	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Kingston	21-03-2007	132.23
158	143	Matthew Hayden	Australia	West Indies	North Sound	27-03-2007	110.48
149	104	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	Sri Lanka	Bridgetown	29-04-2007	143.26
146	130	AB de Villiers	South Africa	West Indies	St George's	10-04-2007	112.31
128*	109	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	Netherlands	Basseterre	16-03-2007	117.43
123	89	Brad Hodge	Australia	Netherlands	Basseterre	18-03-2007	138.20
115*	137	Jeremy Bray	Ireland	Zimbabwe	Kingston	15-03-2007	83.94
115*	109	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Kingston	24-04-2007	105.50
115	101	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	West Indies	Providence	01-04-2007	113.86
114	87	Virender Sehwag	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.

Runs (Balls)	Wicket	Partnerships	Country	Opponent	Venue	Date
204 (171)	4th	Brad Hodge/Michael Clarke	Australia	Netherlands	Basseterre	18-03-2007
202 (172)	2nd	Sourav Ganguly/Virender Sehwag	India	Bermuda	Port of Spain	19-03-2007
183 (180)	3rd	Sanath Jayasuriya/Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	West Indies	Georgetown	01-04-2007
172 (137)	1st	Adam Gilchrist/Matthew Hayden	Australia	Sri Lanka	Bridgetown	29-04-2007
170 (170)	2nd	AB de Villiers/Jacques Kallis	South Africa	West Indies	St George's	10-04-2007
161 (130)	3rd	Ricky Ponting/Michael Clarke	Australia	South Africa	Basseterre	24-03-2007
160 (126)	1st	AB de Villiers/Graeme Smith	South Africa	Australia	Basseterre	24-03-2007
150 (153)	3rd	Mahela Jayawardene/Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	Bermuda	Port of Spain	15-03-2007
142 (129)	1st	Stephen Fleming/Lou Vincent	New Zealand	Canada	Gros Islet	22-03-2007
140 (141)	3rd	Ian Bell/Kevin Pietersen	England	Australia	North Sound	08-04-2007
140 (184)	4th	Mahela Jayawardene/Chamara Silva	Sri Lanka	Australia	St George's	16-04-2007
Source: Cricinfo.com

Highest partnerships for each wicket

Wicket	Runs	Partnerships	Country	Opponent	Venue	Date
1st	172	Adam Gilchrist/Matthew Hayden	Australia	Sri Lanka	Bridgetown	29-04-2007
2nd	202	Sourav Ganguly/Virender Sehwag	India	Bermuda	Port of Spain	19-03-2007
3rd	183	Sanath Jayasuriya/Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	West Indies	Georgetown	01-04-2007
4th	204	Michael Clarke/Brad Hodge	Australia	Netherlands	Basseterre	18-03-2007
5th	138*	Jacob Oram/Scott Styris	New Zealand	England	Gros Islet	16-03-2007
6th	97	Russel Arnold/Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	South Africa	Georgetown	28-03-2007
7th	87	Ravi Bopara/Paul Nixon	England	Sri Lanka	North Sound	04-04-2007
8th	71*	Paul Nixon/Liam Plunkett	England	New Zealand	Gros Islet	16-03-2007
8th	71	James Franklin/Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	Ireland	Providence	09-04-2007
9th	44	David Hemp/Dwayne Leverock	Bermuda	India	Port of Spain	19-03-2007
10th	59	James Franklin/Jeetan Patel	New Zealand	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
8	Imran Nazir	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Kingston	21-03-2007
8	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	Sri Lanka	Bridgetown	29-04-2007
7	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	Netherlands	Basseterre	16-03-2007
	Brad Hodge	Australia	Netherlands	Basseterre	18-03-2007
	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Port of Spain	21-03-2007
	Yuvraj Singh	India	Bermuda	Port of Spain	19-03-2007
5	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	Netherlands	Basseterre	16-03-2007
	AB de Villiers	South Africa	West Indies	St. George's	10-04-2007
	Mark Boucher	South Africa	West Indies	St. George's	10-04-2007
	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	Canada	Gros Islet	22-03-2007
	Craig McMillan	New Zealand	Kenya	Gros Islet	20-03-2007
	Ricky Ponting	Australia	Scotland	Basseterre	14-03-2007
	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	Sri Lanka	Georgetown	01-04-2007
Source: Cricinfo.com

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
18	Matthew Hayden	Australia	11
14	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	10
14	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	11
11	Mark Boucher	South Africa	10
11	Ricky Ponting	Australia	11
10	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	11
10	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	11
Source: Cricinfo.com

Fielding

Most catches in a match

Catches	Player	Country	Opponent	Venue	Date
3	Steve Tikolo	Kenya	New Zealand	Gros Islet	20-03-2007
3	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Kingston	21-03-2007
3	Eoin Morgan	Ireland	New Zealand	Providence	09-04-2007
3	Chamara Silva	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).^[18]

Note: Only lists players with 6 catches or more

Catches	Player	Team	Matches
8	Paul Collingwood	England	9
8	Graeme Smith	South Africa	10
7	Eoin Morgan	Ireland	9
	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	10
	Matthew Hayden	Australia	11
	Ricky Ponting	Australia	11
6	Aftab Ahmed	Bangladesh	9
	Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh	9
	Chamara Silva	Sri Lanka	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
4 (1)	Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	West Indies	Kingston	13-03-2007
4 (1)	Brendan Taylor	Zimbabwe	Ireland	Kingston	15-03-2007
4	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	England	Gros Islet	16-03-2007
4	Denesh Ramdin	West Indies	Ireland	Kingston	23-03-2007
4	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	West Indies	North Sound	29-03-2007
4	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	South Africa	Gros Islet	25-04-2007
Source: Cricinfo.com

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.^[18]

Note: Only top 10 players shown.

Dismissals (stumpings)	Player	Team	Matches
17 (5)	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	11
15 (4)	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	11
14 (1)	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	10
13	Denesh Ramdin	West Indies	9
9	Mark Boucher	South Africa	10
9 (2)	Paul Nixon	England	9
9	Niall O'Brien	Ireland	9
7 (2)	MS Dhoni	India	3
5 (2)	Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	3
5 (1)	Brendan Taylor	Zimbabwe	3
Source: Cricinfo.com

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
Ireland vs Zimbabwe	Ireland 221–9 (50 overs), Zimbabwe 221(50 overs)	Kingston	15-03-2007

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