2007 Cricket World Cup statistics explained

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. 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. 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. By the end of the tournament, new World Cup records for the fastest fifty (20 balls – Brendon McCullum of New Zealand) and fastest hundred (66 balls – Matthew Hayden of Australia) 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). The number of sixes in the overall tournament (373) was 40% higher than the previous record holder, the 2003 Cricket World Cup (266).^[1] The tournament also saw 32 century partnerships (previous record of 28 during the 1996 Cricket World Cup)^[2] and 10 batsmen over 400 runs (previous record of 4 during the 2003 Cricket World Cup).^[3]

Records

Country	Opponent	Venue	Date
^[4]		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
^[5]		Port of Spain	18-03-2007
Fourth wicket partnership record for any World Cup – 204, by Michael Clarke and Brad Hodge (Australia)^[6]
^[7]		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^[8] 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)
		Kingston	21-03-2007
Highest individual ODI score in West Indies – 160, by Imran Nazir (Pakistan)^[9] Highest individual List A score in West Indies – 160, by Imran Nazir (Pakistan) Most sixes in a single World Cup innings – 8, by Imran Nazir (Pakistan), tied with Ricky Ponting in 2003 (since tied by Gilchrist)^[10]
^[11]		Gros Islet	22-03-2007
Fastest 50 in any World Cup – 20 balls, by Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)
^[12]		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
^[13]		Georgetown	28-03-2007
Four wickets in four consecutive balls, first occasion in ODI – by Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)
^[14]		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^[15]
		Bridgetown	29-04-2007
Most wickets in a single World Cup – 26 wickets, by Glenn McGrath (Australia) Most total wickets in all World Cups – 71 wickets, by Glenn McGrath (Australia) 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)

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.^[7]

Highest team total (350 plus)! Score
(Overs)! Country! Opponent! Venue! Date

413–5 (50)			Port of Spain	19-03-2007
377–6 (50)			Basseterre	24-03-2007
363–5 (50)			Gros Islet	22-03-2007
358–5 (50)			Basseterre	18-03-2007
356–4 (50)			St. George's	10-04-2007
353–3 (40)			Basseterre	16-03-2007
Source: Cricinfo

Lowest team total

Lowest team total (Less than 100)! Score
(Overs)! Country! Opponent! Venue! Date

77 (27.4)			Grenada	18-04-2007
78 (24.4)			Port of Spain	15-03-2007
91 (30)			Bridgetown	13-04-2007
94–9 (21)			Port of Spain	25-03-2007
99 (19.1)			Kingston	21-03-2007
Source: Cricinfo

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).^[3]

• Note : Only top 10 players shown.

Player	Team	M	I	NO	Total	Avg	50s	100s	HS	S/R	4s	6s
		11	10	1	659	73.22	1	3	158	101.07	69	18
		11	11	2	548	60.88	4	1	115*	85.09	40	10
		11	9	1	539	67.37	4	1	113	95.39	53	11
		10	9	3	499	83.16	4	1	111*	83.44	45	6
		10	9	3	485	80.83	3	1	128*	83.91	43	7
		11	11	1	467	46.70	2	2	115	98.31	47	14
		11	11	1	453	45.30	2	1	149	103.89	58	10
		9	9	1	444	55.50	3	2	104	81.02	36	5
		10	10	1	443	49.22	5	0	91	104.48	55	6
		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. Matthew Hayden scored the 100th century in World cup history during his innings of 103 against New Zealand.^[17]

Note: Only top ten scores listed.

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

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		Netherlands	Basseterre	18-03-2007
202 (172)	2nd	Sourav Ganguly/Virender Sehwag		Bermuda	Port of Spain	19-03-2007
183 (180)	3rd	Sanath Jayasuriya/Mahela Jayawardene		West Indies	Georgetown	01-04-2007
172 (137)	1st	Adam Gilchrist/Matthew Hayden		Sri Lanka	Bridgetown	29-04-2007
170 (170)	2nd	AB de Villiers/Jacques Kallis		West Indies	St George's	10-04-2007
161 (130)	3rd	Ricky Ponting/Michael Clarke		South Africa	Basseterre	24-03-2007
160 (126)	1st	AB de Villiers/Graeme Smith		Australia	Basseterre	24-03-2007
150 (153)	3rd	Mahela Jayawardene/Kumar Sangakkara		Bermuda	Port of Spain	15-03-2007
142 (129)	1st	Stephen Fleming/Lou Vincent		Canada	Gros Islet	22-03-2007
140 (141)	3rd	Ian Bell/Kevin Pietersen		Australia	North Sound	08-04-2007
140 (184)	4th	Mahela Jayawardene/Chamara Silva		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		Sri Lanka	Bridgetown	29-04-2007
2nd	202	Sourav Ganguly/Virender Sehwag		Bermuda	Port of Spain	19-03-2007
3rd	183	Sanath Jayasuriya/Mahela Jayawardene		West Indies	Georgetown	01-04-2007
4th	204	Michael Clarke/Brad Hodge		Netherlands	Basseterre	18-03-2007
5th	138*	Jacob Oram/Scott Styris		England	Gros Islet	16-03-2007
6th	97	Russel Arnold/Tillakaratne Dilshan		South Africa	Georgetown	28-03-2007
7th	87	Ravi Bopara/Paul Nixon		Sri Lanka	North Sound	04-04-2007
8th	71*	Paul Nixon/Liam Plunkett		New Zealand	Gros Islet	16-03-2007
	71	James Franklin/Brendon McCullum		Ireland	Providence	09-04-2007
9th	44	David Hemp/Dwayne Leverock		India	Port of Spain	19-03-2007
10th	59	James Franklin/Jeetan Patel		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			Zimbabwe	Kingston	21-03-2007
		Sri Lanka	Bridgetown	29-04-2007
7			Netherlands	Basseterre	16-03-2007
		Netherlands	Basseterre	18-03-2007
		Bangladesh	Port of Spain	21-03-2007
		Bermuda	Port of Spain	19-03-2007
5			Netherlands	Basseterre	16-03-2007
		West Indies	St. George's	10-04-2007
		West Indies	St. George's	10-04-2007
		Canada	Gros Islet	22-03-2007
		Kenya	Gros Islet	20-03-2007
		Scotland	Basseterre	14-03-2007
		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			11
14			10
		11
11			10
		11
10			11
		11
Source: Cricinfo.com

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. His total of 26 wickets was the highest in any single World Cup tournament,^[18] and he finished the tournament with 71 wickets in all World Cup matches.

• 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
		11	80.5	357	26	5	13.73	0	0	3/14	4.41	18.6
		10	84.4	351	23	1	15.26	2	0	4/19	4.14	22.0
		11	84.3	467	23	1	20.30	1	0	4/39	5.52	22.0
		11	82.5	332	21	6	15.80	2	0	4/27	4.00	23.6
		8	58.2	284	18	6	15.77	1	0	4/54	4.86	19.4
		10	71.4	258	16	10	16.12	1	0	4/19	3.60	26.8
		10	97.4	447	16	2	27.93	1	0	4/23	4.57	36.6
		8	69	298	14	3	21.28	1	0	4/43	4.31	29.5
		9	76	335	14	5	23.92	0	1	5/18	4.40	32.5
		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)			England	Bridgetown	17-04-2007
5–39 (10)			Sri Lanka	Providence	28-03-2007
5–45 (10)			Bangladesh	Providence	07-04-2007
4–19 (9.4)			Sri Lanka	St George's	16-04-2007
4–19 (5)			Ireland	St George's	18-04-2007
4–23 (7)			Bermuda	Port of Spain	15-03-2007
4–23 (8.4)			Ireland	Providence	09-04-2007
4–25 (10)			Ireland	St George's	18-04-2007
4–27 (4.5)			Netherlands	Basseterre	18-03-2007
4–29 (6.5)			New Zealand	St George's	20-04-2007
Source: Cricinfo.com

Fielding

Most catches in a match

Catches	Player	Country	Opponent	Venue	Date
3			New Zealand	Gros Islet	20-03-2007
3			Zimbabwe	Kingston	21-03-2007
3			New Zealand	Providence	09-04-2007
3			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).^[17]

Note: Only lists players with 6 catches or more

Catches	Player	Team	Matches
8			9
		10
7			9
		10
		11
		11
6			9
		9
		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)			West Indies	Kingston	13-03-2007
4 (1)			Ireland	Kingston	15-03-2007
4			England	Gros Islet	16-03-2007
4			Ireland	Kingston	23-03-2007
4			West Indies	North Sound	29-03-2007
4			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.^[17]

Note: Only top 10 players shown.

Dismissals (stumpings)	Player	Team	Matches
17 (5)			11
15 (4)			11
14 (1)			10
13			9
9			10
9 (2)			9
9			9
7 (2)			3
5 (2)			3
5 (1)			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]

See also

• Cricket statistics
• Cricket terminology
• Cricket World Cup records
• 2003 Cricket World Cup statistics

Notes and References

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4. Web site: Gibbs sets records galore. ESPNcricinfo. 16 March 2007. 2007-06-10. 29 March 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070329094205/http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/285626.html. live.
5. Web site: McGrath joins the 50-wicket club in World Cups. ESPNcricinfo. 18 March 2007. 2007-06-09. 19 January 2013. https://archive.today/20130119224731/http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/286031.html. live.
6. Web site: Highest partnerships by wicket – World Cup. ESPNcricinfo. 2007-06-09. 12 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170912014535/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/records/engine/records/fow/highest_partnerships_by_wicket.html?id=12;type=trophy. live.
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11. Web site: Vincent ends World Cup drought. ESPNcricinfo. 22 March 2007. 2007-06-10. 7 July 2012. https://archive.today/20120707055858/http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/286791.html. live.
12. Web site: Hurricane Hayden, and Kallis on the crawl. ESPNcricinfo. 24 March 2007. 2007-06-10. 19 January 2013. https://archive.today/20130119232623/http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/287137.html. live.
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16. Web site: Brighter than the bright lights. ESPNcricinfo. 2 May 2007. 2007-06-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20070608162826/http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/292998.html. 8 June 2007 . live.
17. Web site: Australia's hot streak and Hayden's run-glut. ESPNcricinfo. 2 May 2007. 2007-06-13. 7 July 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080707040919/http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/293019.html. live.
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