Highest run-getter in World Cups
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During
his knock of 52 against the Netherlands in the 2003 World Cup, Sachin
Tendulkar surpassed Javed Miandad (1083) to become the highest
run-getter in World Cup history. Eventually, Tendulkar finished with
2278 runs in World Cups.
Brothers in arms
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Dayle Hadlee, Richard Halee and Barry Hadlee all played for New Zealand in the inaugural World Cup in England
The Youngest World Cup winner
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Aged
22 years and 3 months, Piyush Chawla was the youngest to taste World
Cup success when MS Dhoni's devils defeated Sri Lanka in Mumbai in 2011.
Father-Son combo
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Donald
Pringle played for East Africa in the inaugural World Cup, while his
son Derek Pringle represented England in the 1987 and 1992 World Cups.
The fury of Botham and Gooch
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Ian
Botham and Graham Gooch caused a stir by walking out of the 1992 World
Cup final official pre-match dinner after being far from impressed at
Australian comedian Gerry Connolly's act. The Queen impersonator joked
that the royal family was to be privatised and sponsored by Fosters.
Martyn ignores broken finger to be part of historyAustralian
batsman Damien Martyn batted with a broken finger and shared a
match-changing 234-run stand with Ricky Ponting in the 2003 World Cup
final. Martyn finished unbeaten on 88.
The best and worst bowling average
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Pakistani
batsman Mohammad Yousuf has the best bowling average (0.00) in World
Cup history. Yousuf took the wicket of Zimbabwe's Christopher Mpofu with
the very first ball he bowled in the 2007 World Cup. Contrastingly, New
Zealand off-spinner John Bracewell has the worst average. Featuring in
two World Cups (1983, 1987), Bracewell played seven matches, conceded
310 runs and picked up just 1 wicket, meaning he had an average of 310.
Zimbabwe's black armband protest
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Before
the start of Zimbabwe's opening match against Namibia in the 2003 World
Cup, the likes of Andy Flower and Henry Olonga wore black armbands
"mourning the death of democracy in Zimbabwe."
McGrath turns into Nostradamus
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When
Indian captain Sourav Ganguly called the right side of the coin during
the toss in the 2003 World Cup final and said that his side would bowl
first, Australian pacer Glenn McGrath made cheeky comment in the
dressing room saying, "Well, that's the first mistake."
Tendulkar's clever strategy
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During
the 2003 World Cup, ever since India changed their opening partnership
after their group game against Australia, Virender Sehwag took strike
for three successive matches. However, when India took on arch-rivals
Pakistan, Sachin Tendulkar thought Wasim Akram would have too many
tricks up his sleeve for young Sehwag and told him that he will take
strike. Eventually, Tendulkar hit a couple of lovely boundaries in the
very first over to set the tone for a convincing Indian victory.
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