By Sahil Hussain
Cricket is the second largest game being enjoyed by millions of people globally and the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup is an event which is producing the stars. It’s a stage where records are made and shattered and cricket-lovers keep talking about their favorite players for years.
The cricketing history is very rich and more is coming in the current ICC World Cup 2023. Like other sports the cricket battle of powerhouses ensure thrill and exhilaration to the cricket-fans present in the enclosures, roads, homes and at offices globally.
In the World Cup encounters, the One Day International (ODI) match experienced scores of astonishing accounts. With the help of this article we are going to delve deep into the cricket history files to dig out the brilliant ODI archives scripted in the ICC World Cup. The cricketers’ efforts and skills are highlighting the importance of this game for the fans who are very much enthusiasts globally.
Let’s start to turn the old pages of a cricket book.
Fastest Century in the Cricket World Cup
The Proteas are still very much confident and relishing as the fastest century record of this ICC World Cup is with them and it was Aiden Markram who grabbed the title. Aiden Markram knocked his fastest century facing just 49 balls when his team was fighting against Sri Lanka.
The record breaker, Aiden Markram, ended his innings with 106 off 56 balls assisting South Africa to post an enormous target of 428/5 against a hard-hitting rival who is the 1996 World Cup champion.
Another South African speed, AB de Villiers, knocked the fastest century in the cricket World Cup in 2015 and he achieved this milestone against 31-ball. The cricket-lovers know AB de Villiers as a superhuman batter who is carrying the abilities to showcase his skills on the ground.
With his heated strikes, AB de Villiers engraved this record in cricket history against the West Indies. The spectacular stroke play of AB de Villiers left cricket-fanciers in awe of his astonishing grip on the bat.
Highest team total in the Cricket World Cup
In the ICC World Cup 2023 group match, it was South Africa which amassed the mammoth total of 428 for the loss of five wickets only. The Proteas are the sole team in the world so far having three 400+ runs in the top 5. South Africa listed this humongous total against 1996 World Cup winner Sri Lanka.
Before South Africa, the Australian team was capturing the record of highest team score: 417/6 which the Kangaroos knocked against Afghanistan in 2015 World Cup. The ICC World Cup 2023 host, India is enjoying the third position of highest team total of 413/5 enlisted in the 2007 World Cup against Bermuda.
So far, the Proteas and the Kangaroos are displaying the aggressive brand of cricket with their incredible strokes and the ODI format. The power-hitting coupled with unending runs are extraordinary for the spectators in this mega event who are enjoying T20-like skills in the ODI format.
Most Sixes in an innings in the Cricket World Cup
You will surely like to know the player who tried to touch the sky with his knocks and this was Eoin Morgan of England who adored his innings with 17 sixes in 2019 ICC World Cup while playing aggressively against Afghanistan.
Such a violent style displayed by Morgan was a historic moment for the cricket-lovers in the ODI format. He faced 71 balls and knocked 148 runs touching a strike rate of 208.
Highest Run-Scorer in the Cricket World Cup
The ‘Little Master,’ Sachin Tendulkar, a maestro of India, is capturing the record for the highest run-scorer in the ICC World Cups. He ruled the cricket screen from 1992 to 2011 (six World Cups) and participated in 45 matches and played 44 innings. He had posted a total of 2,278 runs peppered with 241 fours and 27 sixes. His batting career shows that he had displayed astonishing steadiness and provided opportunities to the cricket-fanciers to enjoy the magic of his bat.
The highest score of the Little Master is 152 and his average strike rate remained 56.96. The batter hit 6 centuries and 15 fifties in his World Cup career.
Most Wickets in the Cricket World Cup
Everyone likes the brilliant style of cricket being displayed for decades by the Australian players and Glenn McGrath, fast bowler, exhibited his ball magic in the 2007 World Cup event by clinching 26 wickets in this edition of cricket.
The pacer had achieved the title of the most wicket taker in a single World Cup. During his World Cup career spanning from 1996 to 2007, McGrath’s swing mastery and seam bowling baffled batters and he claimed 71 wickets in 39 matches.
Most Catches in the Cricket World Cup
The former captain of Kangaroos, a name for the Australian players, Ricky Ponting is capturing the title of most catches in cricket World Cup history. During his World Cup stint—1996-2011—his sharp reflexes and outstanding fielding skills made him clinch the title by taking 28 catches in 46 matches.
His sharp reflexes underlined the worth of athleticism on the field.
Fastest Fifty in the Cricket World Cup
Cricket-fans rush to stadiums only to enjoy the live shorts of their favorite players and New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum did not disappoint them in their enclosures. With his aggressive style of cricket, he knocked the fastest half-century only in 18 balls in the World Cup 2015 when his team was wrangling with Sri Lanka.
Exhibiting his batting skills, he claimed the title of fastest half-century in the quadrennial cricket event. His courageous innings and unflinching association with his bat had made the event outstanding. The Kiwi player had enjoyed as many as 27 innings in the World Cup, knocking 6 half-centuries and one century hitting a strike rate of 120.
Best Bowling Figure in the Cricket World Cup
As we have mentioned earlier, Glenn McGrath’s brilliant skills scripted a new history in the cricket World Cup history in 2007 and in its quarter-final the Kangaroos played against Namibia. Glenn McGrath’s fearless, accurate and swinging bowling spell of 7/15 set a record for the best bowling figures.
It is said that records are made to be broken and the ICC Cricket World Cup has been a platform for the players to set records with their astonishing skills and keep enthralling the fans of cricket. Cricket-lovers relish the moments when players with their brilliance smash the records and write their names in the cricket history books.
In the ICC World Cup 2023 tournament people are enjoying as the records are being shattered and unexpected accomplishments are being clinched.
