Rare records achieved during the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup

Kumar Sangakkara

• South Africa equalled India’s record of most 400+ scores in ODIs when they scored 411 against Ireland at Canberra. They have 5 scores over 400 now along with India. Their last 3 came in a span of just 44 days.
• Ahmed Shehzad became the 2nd Pakistani to get out in the 90s in a World Cup match when he got out for 93 against UAE at Napier in the 25th match. Zaheer Abbas is the other Pakistani who has gotten out for 97 (1975) and 93 (1979).
• Australia’s 417 against Afghanistan is the highest score in the World Cup which eclipses India’s 413 against Bermuda in the 2007 World Cup.
• Australia’s 275 run win against Afghanistan at WACA, Perth in the 26th match of the World Cup is the biggest in World Cups in terms of runs and second biggest in ODIs. The biggest win in ODIs is by 290 runs. New Zealand won by that difference against Ireland in 2008 at Aberdeen.
• Kyle Coetzer’s 156 is the highest score by an Associate team player when he scored it against Bangladesh for Scotland. This is also the highest score in a losing cause in the World Cup. The previous highest was 143 by Herschelle Gibbs of South Africa against New Zealand at Johannesburg in 2003.
• Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka became the first player to register 3+ consecutive hundreds in the World Cup. He achieved this when he scored 104 against Australia at Sydney. He is the 4th batsman to register 3 or more centuries in the same World Cup.
• Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah scored the highest partnership for Bangladesh in the World Cup when they scored 141 for the 5th wicket against England at Adelaide on 9th March.
• Mahmudullah became the first Bangaldeshi to score a century in the World Cup when he scored 103 against England.
• Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma recorded the highest opening partnership for India in the World Cups when they scored 174 runs against Ireland at Hamilton eclipsing the previous best of 163 between Ajay Jadeja and Sachin Tendulkar against Kenya at Cuttack in the 1996 edition. This is the highest opening partnership in this edition of the World Cup too.
• Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka became the first to score 4 consecutive ODI hundreds when he scored 124 against Scotland at Hobart in the 35th match of the World Cup. Herschelle Gibbs of South Africa missed this feat by a whisker in 2002 (116, 116*, 153, 97*). Sangakkara also became the first batsman to reach 3 World Cup 100s in less than 90 balls. His centuries came in 70, 73 and 86 balls.
• AB de Villiers of South Africa became the 3rd batsman to be dismissed for a score of 99 in the World Cup when he was dismissed thus against the UAE at Wellington. Adam Gilchrist and JP Duminy are the other two who share this feat.
• South Africa’s 341/6 against UAE at Wellington became the highest total in World Cups without a century. The previous best was against the UAE 8 days back by Pakistan at Napier (339/6).
• 288/4 became India’s highest 2nd Innings total in the World Cup when they successfully chased it against Zimbabwe at Auckland. The previous best was 277/4 against Sri Lanka in the finals of the 2011 World Cup.
• There have been only 2 100+ stands for the 7th wicket in the World Cup. Both have been 107 runs by UAE pairs.
• JP Duminy of South Africa became the 2nd spinner after Saqlain Mushtaq of Pakistan to claim a hat-trick in the World Cup on 18th March at Sydney against Sri Lanka in the 1st quarter-final match.
• Tharindu Kaushal of Sri Lanka became the 2nd Cricketer after Wayne Larkins of England (1979 semi-finals) to make an ODI debut in a World Cup knockout match.
• Rohit Sharma became the 2nd Indian to score a 100 in a knockout game in the World Cup after former India captain Sourav Ganguly.
• India is the first side to dismiss opponents on 7 or more occasions in World Cup matches. The previous best record was held by South Africa (6 times in 2011).
• Martin Guptill of New Zealand became the second batsman to score a double hundred in a World Cup match when he scored 237* against West Indies in the quarter-final game at Wellington. His score is the highest in the World Cup and in a knockout game. He also became the second batsman after Sachin Tendulkar of India to remain not out after scoring 200.
• West Indies became the first ODI team to concede two double hundreds when Martin Guptill scored his 237* against them. The previous one was Virender Sehwag’s 219.
• West Indies' run rate of 8.19 is the highest by a team dismissed in ODI history during their loss against New Zealand in the quarter-final game at Wellington.
• New Zealand’s chase of 299 against South Africa in the first semi-finals of the World Cup is the highest successful chase in a World Cup knockout match. By winning the game, New Zealand entered their first ever Finals of the World Cup after 39 years 9 months and 18 days and 6 Semi – final losses.
• Steve Smith of Australia became the first batsman to score 5 consecutive 50+ scores in the history of World Cup when he scored a final winning 56 against New Zealand at the MCG on 29th March 2015 in the Finals of the World Cup.