Cricket World Cup Batting Records

Best batting records in World Cup

Highest scores, most runs, highest batting average, many sixes, ……. and the list goes on with so many records made under the batting section of cricket World Cup records.

To start with, the list of batting records cannot miss the best batting effort ever made in the history of cricket by Kapil Dev at 1983 World Cup match at Turnbridge, Indian team were 78 for 7 while batting first against newcomers Zimbabwe.

Kapil Dev made 175 not out, with 6 sixes and 16 fours in all and that remains one of the best batting efforts in cricket World Cup batting records.
Following are the three most viewed batting records in all Cricket World Cups to date:
1. Most runs in a/all Cricket World Cup tournaments:
Sachin Tendulkar proved himself in the 1996 and 2003 World Cup by making most runs (673 runs) in all matches of  a single World Cup) . As the career of the best batsman, Sachin Tendulkar, the modern cricket world has seen comes to an end, his records will always speak volumes about kis cricket skill. This remarkable batsman is followed by another great name which is Mark Waugh of Australia, with 448 runs in 1996 World Cup
2. Highest Individual Cricket World Cup scores:
This record was made in the 1996 World Cup when South Africa was playing against UAE.  Usually slow batsman, Gary Kristen decided to go after the ball and hit 13 fours and 4 sixes to make 188 not out against the opposition, followed by Sourav Ganguly who scored 183 runs against Sri Lanka at Taunton in 1999 World Cup.
3. Fastest fifties and centuries in Cricket World Cups:
Now this record is the one which made people go crazy and thrilled.  JM Davison from Canada, not a very well known name in cricket, shocked the audiences by scoring the fastest 100 from 67 balls in World Cup. In the same match Brian Lara from the opposition team made the record of 73 runs from 23 balls, also included the fastest 50 in a World Cup.

And if one wants to look at who scored the most centuries in cricket World Cups, the list has some legendary batsmen names included in it with Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Mark Waugh, and even Saeed Anwar to some extent.