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WCOC Press Release11-Mar-2003There were a number of interesting features of this match. Firstly, SachinTendulkar passed his own record for the most runs scored in a World Cup tournament. He had scored 523 runs (avg 87.16) in 1996.Most runs in a World Cup tournament
Name Team M Inns NO Runs HS Avg SR 100 50 YearSR Tendulkar Ind 8 8 0 571 152 71.37 90.34 1 5 2003SR Tendulkar Ind 7 7 1 523 137 87.16 85.59 2 3 1996ME Waugh Aus 7 7 1 484 130 80.66 85.51 3 1 1996GA Gooch Eng 8 8 0 471 115 58.87 70.29 1 3 1987R Dravid Ind 8 8 1 461 145 65.85 85.52 2 3 1999MD Crowe NZ 9 9 5 456 100* 114.00 90.65 1 4 1992PA de Silva SL 6 6 1 448 145 89.60 107.69 2 2 1996DC Boon Aus 8 8 0 447 93 55.87 76.67 0 5 1987Javed Miandad Pak 9 9 2 437 89 62.42 62.33 0 5 1992GR Marsh Aus 8 8 1 428 126* 61.14 68.26 2 1 1987
Tendulkar was dismissed for the 8th time in the nineties in Limited OversInternationals, passing the 7 dismissals in the nineties by Aravinda deSilva. De Silva has also made two not out scores in the nineties, making 9 scores in the nineties in total, one ahead of Tendulkar’s 8.The Sri Lankan innings included 5 ducks. This one short of the most ducks ina Limited Overs International innings. It was, however, the first time inLimited Overs Internationals that the first four batsman dismissed in an innings all made ducks.Most ducks in a Limited Overs International innings
Ducks For Against Venue Season6 Pakistan England Birmingham 19876 Pakistan West Indies Cape Town 1992/936 South Africa Australia Sydney 2001/025 England West Indies Lord's 19795 England Zimbabwe Harare 1996/975 West Indies Pakistan Melbourne 1996/975 South Africa Pakistan Sharjah 1999/005 West Indies Zimbabwe Sydney 2000/015 New Zealand Pakistan Auckland 2000/015 Zimbabwe Sri Lanka Colombo-SSC 2001/025 Canada Sri Lanka Paarl 2002/035 Sri Lanka India Johannesburg 2002/03
Finally, Mohammad Kaif became the first fielder to take 4 catches in aWorld Cup match. For the record the following fielders all held theprevious record of 3:
Name For Against Venue SeasonCH Lloyd West Indies Sri Lanka Manchester 1975DA Reeve England Pakistan Adelaide 1991/92Ijaz Ahmed Pakistan Australia Perth 1991/92AR Border Australia Zimbabwe Hobart 1991/92CL Cairns New Zealand UAE Faisalabad 1995/96GP Thorpe England Sri Lanka Lord's 1999NJ Astle New Zealand Australia Cardiff 1999IL Philip Scotland Bangladesh Edinburgh 1999RT Ponting Australia Bangladesh Chester-le-Street 1999SC Williams West Indies Scotland Leicester 1999AR Whittall Zimbabwe South Africa Chelmsford 1999V Sehwag India Holland Paarl 2002/03LJ Burger Namibia England Port Elizabeth 2002/03HH Dippenaar South Africa Bangladesh Bloemfontein 2002/03D Mongia India Namibia Pietermaritzburg 2002/03V Sehwag India England Durban 2002/03AF Giles England Australia Port Elizabeth 2002/03