ICC Cricket World Cup facts and figures
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Number of World Cup matches played

Total competing nations: 20

Australia 84 
New Zealand 79 
India 75
Sri Lanka 73 
England 72 
Pakistan 71
West Indies 71
Zimbabwe 57 
South Africa 55 
Bangladesh 32 
Others (10) 131
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Age gap
Sri Lanka’s heavily capped squad has oldest average age at 29.9 years at 2019 World Cup – Pakistan has youngest at 27.3
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All-time most World Cup runs scored

S. Tendulkar  IND 2278
R. Ponting AUS 1743
K. Sangakkara  SRI 1532
B. Lara  WIN 1225
AB. de Villiers RSA 1207
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90 India’s 2019 squad have amassed most ODI* centuries – captain Virat Kohli (right) racking up 41 100s alone
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All-time most World Cup wickets taken

G. McGrath AUS 71
M. Muralitharan  SRI 68
W. Akram PAK 55
C. Vaas SRI 49
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322 Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga (1) has taken most ODI wickets among all players
at 2019 tournament – 43 in World Cup matches
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2 Youngest players
Afghanistan bowler Mujeeb Ur Rahman (2), aged 18 – youngest in 2019 tournament
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3 Oldest player
South Africa’s veteran leg-spinner Imran Tahir (3), 40
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