World Cup Trivia

Spaced outThe England-Sri Lanka match of the 1992 World Cup was scheduled at the not so glamours Belart venue. The English player had a ...

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The England-Sri Lanka match of the 1992 World Cup was scheduled at the not so glamours Belart venue. The English player had a spaced out8217; experience at the hotel where they were put up. The tall and lanky visitors didn8217;t fit the beds provided to them. After the bed8217; experience, the English players moved out and travelled 100 miles to check in at Melbourne8217;s swanky Ritz Hotel. Despite the travel, England won that match.

He has been everywhere

Talk of any World Cup and Tanim Hassan will just say 8211; quot;been therequot;. The die-hard fan from Bangladesh followed the Cup whereever it has travelled. Since 1975 to 1996, Tanim has witnessed more than 50 World Cup games. A retired armyman, who has fought the 1971 war, Hasan is cricket8217;s world war veteran. About his obession he says, quot;whatever money I have saved, I will spend it on cricketquot;.

Century on debut

Sunil Gavaskar, who holds the world record of maximum Test centuries, scored his first World Cup century in his penultimatematch. But there are many who have done it in their first match. Glenn Turner NZ scored 171 against East Africa in 1975; Denis Amis England 137 against India at Lord8217;s in 1975; Andy Flower Zimbabw 115 not out against Sri Lanka in 1992; Trevor Chappell Australia 110 against India in 1983; Geoff Marsh Australia 110 against India 1987; Nathan Astle New Zealand 101 against England in 1996; Gary Kirsten South Africa 188 against UAE in 1996.

England at the top

England may have never won the World Cup, but it happens to be the top team considering the most vital statistics. Surprisingly it happens to be the country which has scored the maximum runs and taken maximum wickets since the mega-event started in 1975. The order of runs scored is as follows 8211; England 8621, Pakistan 8297, Australia 8291, West Indies 8042, New Zealand 7769, India 7369, Sri Lanka 6543. The order of wickets taken is as follows 8211; England 310, West Indies 295, Australia 285, Pakistan 279, India263, New Zealand 247, Sri Lanka 171.

Compiled by Tushar Trivedi, Sandeep Dwivedi