In the World Cup editions among the 127 centuries, 28 centuries have been scored batting second and 99 centuries have been scored batting first. Who will be scoring the 100th century batting first in World Cup!! While 2011 World Cup has seen the maximum centuries in one edition, 6 centuries make Sachin Tendulkar the record holder of maximum centuries in World Cup. 188 run by Kirsten is the highest score of World Cup. Australia and India lead in the list of centuries scored, while Sri Lanka has conceded the maximum centuries.
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Maximum Centuries in World Cup by Players
- 6 Tendulkar in 44 innings
5 Ponting in 42 innings
4 Ganguly in 21 innings
3 Mark Waugh in 22 innings
3 AB de Villiers, Rameez Raja, Hayden, Richards, Saeed ANwar, Mahela, Jayasuriya
Maximum Centuries in World Cup by Countries
- 22 Australia
20 India
15 Sri Lanka
14 West Indies
13 New Zealand, Pakistan
9 England, South Africa
4 Zimbabwe, Netherlands
3 Ireland
1 Canada
Maximum Centuries in World Cup Vs Countries
- 16 Sri Lanka
15 New Zealand
13 India
12 Zimbabwe
10 West Indies
8 England, Australia, South Africa, Kenya
7 Netherlands
5 Namibia
4 Bangladesh
3 Pakistan, Ireland, Canada
1 East Africa, U.A.E., Bermuda, Scotland
Highest Individual Scores in World Cup
- 188* Gary Kirsten (SA) vs UAE in 1996
183 Ganguly (Ind) vs Sri Lanka, 1999
181 Vivian Richards (WI) vs Sri Lanka, 1987
175* Kapil Dev (Ind) vs Zimbabwe, 1983
175 Sehwag (Ind) vs Bangladesh, 2011
172* Craig Wishart (Zim) vs Namibia, 2003
171* Glen Turner (New Zealand) vs East Africa, 1975
Centuries Scored in Every Edition
- 24 2011
21 2003
20 2007
16 1996
11 1987, 1999
8 1983, 1992
6 1975
2 1979
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