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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