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 number of wickets (26) and also finished his ODI career with the most number of 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
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
- 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)
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| Australia[5] | South Africa | Basseterre | 24-03-2007 |
- Fastest 100 in any World Cup – 66 balls, by Matthew Hayden (Australia)
- 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)
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| 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]
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| 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]
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