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Batting

Most runs in a career

Position	Player	Team	Runs
1	McCullum, BB	New Zealand	1352
2	Pietersen, KP	England	1176
3	Smith, GC	South Africa	982
4	Jayawardene, DPMD	Sri Lanka	953
5	Dilshan, TM	Sri Lanka	941
6	Sangakkara, KC	Sri Lanka	883
7	Warner, DA	Australia	866
8	Duminy, JP	South Africa	794
9	Guptill, MJ	New Zealand	788

Best averages

Position	Player	Team	Average
1	Symonds, A	Australia	48.14
2	Morgan, EJG	England	40.07
3	Pietersen, KP	England	37.94
4	Hussey, MEK	Australia	37.86
5	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	37.75
6	Mohammad Shahzad	Afghanistan	36.14
7	Guptill, MJ	New Zealand	35.82
8	Kallis, JH	South Africa	35.81

Most runs in an innings

Position	Player	Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
1	Gayle, CH	West Indies	South Africa	2007	117
2	Levi, RE	South Africa	New Zealand	2012	117
3	McCullum, BB	New Zealand	Australia	2010	116
4	van der Westhuizen, LP	Namibia	Scotland	2012	106
5	MacLeod, CS	Scotland	Oman	2012	104
6	Dilshan, TM	Sri Lanka	Australia	2011	104
7	Raina, SK	India	South Africa	2010	101
8	Jayawardene, DPMD	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	2010	100
9	Ponting, RT	Australia	New Zealand	2005	98
10	Jayawardene, DPMD	Sri Lanka	West Indies	2010	98
11	Gayle, CH	West Indies	India	2010	98

Most centuries

Position	Player	Team	No. of centuries
1	Jayawardene, DPMD	Sri Lanka	1
2	Dilshan, TM	Sri Lanka	1
3	Gayle, CH	West Indies	1
4	McCullum, BB	New Zealand	1
5	Raina, SK	India	1
6	MacLeod, CS	Scotland	1
7	van der Westhuizen, LP	Namibia	1
8	Levi, RE	South Africa	1

Best strike rate

Position	Player	Team	Strike rate
1	Symonds, A	Australia	169.35
2	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan	153.85
3	Sehwag, V	India	152.47
4	Watson, SR	Australia	152.01
5	Yuvraj Singh	India	151.60
6	Chigumbura, E	Zimbabwe	150.92
7	Hussey, MEK	Australia	147.63
8	Pathan, YK	India	146.58
9	Gayle, CH	West Indies	144.50
10	Smith, DR	West Indies	143.94

Highest partnerships

Position	Batsman 1	Batsman 2	Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
1	Smith, DS	Gayle, CH	West Indies	South Africa	2007	145
2	Gibbs, HH	Smith, GC	South Africa	Australia	2006	111
3	Gibbs, HH	Kemp, JM	South Africa	West Indies	2007	120
4	Younis Khan	Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2007	101
5	Shoaib Malik	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	Australia	2007	119
6	Ponting, RT	Hussey, MEK	Australia	New Zealand	2005	77
7	Collingwood, PD	Yardy, MH	England	West Indies	2007	91
8	Shoaib Malik	Fawad Alam	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	2008	50
9	Fernando, CRD	Malinga, SL	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	2006	44
10	Patel, JS	Oram, JDP	New Zealand	Australia	2007	28

Bowling

Most wickets in a career

Position	Player	Team	Wickets
1	Sthalekar, LC	Australia	56
2	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	55
3	Umar Gul	Pakistan	55
4	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	51
5	Malinga, SL	Sri Lanka	49
6	Fernando, CRD	Sri Lanka	41
7	Swann, GP	England	40
8	Broad, SCJ	England	40
9	Mendis, BAW	Sri Lanka	39

Best averages

Position	Player	Team	Average
1	Fernando, CRD	Sri Lanka	10.59
2	Mendis, BAW	Sri Lanka	10.90
3	Dockrell, GH	Ireland	12.81
4	Umar Gul	Pakistan	15.56
5	Malinga, SL	Sri Lanka	15.61
6	McCullum, NL	New Zealand	16.12
7	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	16.41

Best figures in an innings

Position	Player	Team	Opponent	Year	Figures
1	Fernando, CRD	Sri Lanka	Kenya	2007	23/0
2	Vaas, WPUJC	Sri Lanka	Kenya	2007	15/2
3	Malinga, SL	Sri Lanka	Kenya	2007	13/2
4	Wijekoon, WMG	Sri Lanka	Kenya	2007	12/1
5	Silva, LPC	Sri Lanka	Kenya	2007	11/0
6	Jayasuriya, ST	Sri Lanka	Kenya	2007	9/1
7	Mendis, BAW	Sri Lanka	Australia	2011	6/16
8	Aftab Ahmed	Denmark	Papua New Guinea	2012	6/22
9	Umar Gul	Pakistan	New Zealand	2009	5/6
10	Dawlat Zadran	Afghanistan	Hong Kong	2012	5/14

Most five wicket hauls

Position	Player	Team	Five wicket hauls
1	Jayasuriya, ST	Sri Lanka	1
2	Silva, LPC	Sri Lanka	1
3	Fernando, CRD	Sri Lanka	1
4	Umar Gul	Pakistan	1
5	Malinga, SL	Sri Lanka	1
6	Sammy, DJG	West Indies	1
7	Odhiambo, NN	Kenya	1
8	Southee, TG	New Zealand	1
9	Mendis, BAW	Sri Lanka	1
10	Goswami, J	India	1

Fielding

Most catches in a career

Position	Player	Team	Catches
1	de Villiers, AB	South Africa	35
2	Taylor, LRPL	New Zealand	24
3	Umar Akmal	Pakistan	23
4	Hussey, DJ	Australia	22
5	Cameron, JE	Australia	20
6	Warner, DA	Australia	18
7	Smith, GC	South Africa	18
8	Hussey, MEK	Australia	16
9	White, CL	Australia	16
10	Blackwell, AJ	Australia	16
11	Smith, SPD	Australia	16
12	Duminy, JP	South Africa	16

Most wicketkeeper dismissals

Position	Player	Team	Catches	Stumpings	Dismissals
1	Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	17	23	40
2	McCullum, BB	New Zealand	30	7	37
3	Fields, JM	Australia	18	13	31
4	Sangakkara, KC	Sri Lanka	15	11	26
5	Ramdin, D	West Indies	21	2	23

Players

Most matches

Position	Player	Team	Matches
1	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	48
2	McCullum, BB	New Zealand	47
3	Sthalekar, LC	Australia	46
4	Blackwell, AJ	Australia	43
5	Poulton, LJ	Australia	39
6	Taylor, LRPL	New Zealand	39
7	Umar Gul	Pakistan	38
8	Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	38
9	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	37
10	Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	37
11	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	37

Teams

Highest innings totals

Position	Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
1	Sri Lanka	Kenya	2007	260
2	South Africa	England	2009	241
3	Australia	England	2007	221
4	South Africa	India	2012	219
5	India	England	2007	218
6	Sri Lanka	India	2009	215
7	Australia	New Zealand	2005	214
8	New Zealand	Australia	2010	214
9	Australia	New Zealand	2010	214
10	India	Sri Lanka	2009	211
11	South Africa	Scotland	2009	211

Lowest innings totals

Position	Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
1	Kenya	Ireland	2008	67
2	Ireland	West Indies	2010	68
3	Bermuda	Canada	2008	70
4	Kenya	Ireland	2012	71
5	Kenya	New Zealand	2007	73
6	India	Australia	2008	74
7	Canada	Zimbabwe	2008	75
8	Bangladesh	New Zealand	2010	78
9	Australia	England	2005	79
10	Afghanistan	South Africa	2010	80
11	New Zealand	Pakistan	2010	80

Longest winning streaks

Position	Team	Streak	Start date	End date
1	India	5	19 Sep 2007	20 Oct 2007
2	South Africa	5	02 Feb 2007	19 Sep 2007
3	Pakistan	4	17 Sep 2007	22 Sep 2007
4	Pakistan	4	20 Apr 2008	12 Oct 2008
5	New Zealand	4	18 Oct 2006	28 Oct 2008
6	England	3	05 Feb 2008	13 Jun 2008
7	Ireland	3	02 Aug 2008	04 Aug 2008
8	Australia	2	14 Sep 2007	16 Sep 2007
9	Australia	2	11 Dec 2007	01 Feb 2008
10	New Zealand	2	26 Dec 2006	12 Sep 2007
11	New Zealand	2	16 Sep 2007	18 Sep 2007
12	West Indies	2	12 Oct 2008	13 Oct 2008

Each team's highest innings total

Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
Afghanistan	Bermuda	2012	177
African XI	Asian XI	2007	109
Asian XI	African XI	2007	110
Australia	England	2007	221
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	2006	166
Bermuda	Uganda	2012	179
Canada	Denmark	2012	178
Denmark	Oman	2012	138
England	South Africa	2009	202
Hong Kong	United States	2012	177
India	England	2007	218
Ireland	Uganda	2012	179
Italy	Namibia	2012	167
Kenya	Oman	2012	176
Namibia	Italy	2012	194
Nepal	Bermuda	2012	151
New Zealand	Australia	2010	214
Oman	Denmark	2012	155
Pakistan	Bangladesh	2008	203
Papua New Guinea	Canada	2012	161
Scotland	Kenya	2012	178
South Africa	England	2009	241
Sri Lanka	Kenya	2007	260
The Netherlands	Hong Kong	2012	201
Uganda	Bermuda	2012	138
United States	Bermuda	2012	193
West Indies	England	2007	208
Zimbabwe	New Zealand	2012	200

Each team's lowest innings total

Team	Opponent	Year	Runs
Afghanistan	South Africa	2010	80
Australia	England	2005	79
Bangladesh	New Zealand	2010	78
Bermuda	Canada	2008	70
Canada	Zimbabwe	2008	75
Denmark	Nepal	2012	82
England	West Indies	2011	88
Hong Kong	Nepal	2012	102
India	Australia	2008	74
Ireland	West Indies	2010	68
Italy	Kenya	2012	132
Kenya	Ireland	2008	67
Namibia	Afghanistan	2012	99
Nepal	Canada	2012	83
New Zealand	Pakistan	2010	80
Oman	Namibia	2012	84
Pakistan	England	2010	89
Papua New Guinea	Italy	2012	118
Scotland	South Africa	2009	81
South Africa	Australia	2006	114
Sri Lanka	Australia	2010	87
The Netherlands	Ireland	2010	86
Uganda	Ireland	2012	97
United States	Kenya	2012	90
West Indies	Sri Lanka	2009	101
Zimbabwe	New Zealand	2010	84