In cricket, a player is said to have completed a century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. [1] The Cricket World Cup is the international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organized by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), [2] and is held once every four years. [2] [3] As of the latest 2023 tournament, a total of 236 centuries have been scored by 135 players from 16 different teams. [4] Players from all the teams that have permanent ODI status have made centuries. [lower-alpha 1] In addition, players from four teams that have temporary ODI status have scored centuries. [lower-alpha 2] India have scored the most centuries (39), and have the most centurions (17). [4]
The first century in the championship was scored by Dennis Amiss of England when he made 137 against India in the 1975 World Cup. [6] The same day New Zealand's Glenn Turner scored 171* against East Africa. It remained the highest individual total over the next two editions until Indian cricketer Kapil Dev scored 175* against Zimbabwe in 1983. Following that, the record was broken successively by Viv Richards (181) in 1987, Gary Kirsten (188*) in 1996, Chris Gayle (215) and Martin Guptill (237*) both in 2015.
India's Rohit Sharma holds the record for the highest number of centuries with seven, [7] followed by India's Sachin Tendulkar and Australia's David Warner with six, followed by Australia's Ricky Ponting, Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara and India's Virat Kohli with five. Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sourav Ganguly, Mahela Jayawardene, AB de Villiers, Mark Waugh, and Quinton de Kock have four centuries each. [7]
Rohit Sharma's five centuries in the 2019 tournament are the most by a player in a single tournament. Sangakkara scored four centuries in consecutive matches in the 2015 tournament. [8] Quinton de Kock also scored four centuries in a single tournament (2023). Six players – Waugh (1996), Ganguly (2003), Matthew Hayden (2007), Warner (2019), Rachin Ravindra and Virat Kohli (both 2023) – have scored three centuries in a single tournament. In 1992, Andy Flower of Zimbabwe – making his ODI debut in a World Cup – scored a century. [lower-alpha 3] [11] In the 2023 tournament, 40 centuries were scored, while the 1979 competition had just two centuries.
Seven centuries have been scored in the finals; [12] out of which six resulted in victories. [13] Adam Gilchrist's 149 against Sri Lanka at the 2007 World Cup Final remains the highest individual score in a final; [14] his 72-ball century is also the fastest in a final. [14]
The fastest 100 in any World Cup was scored by Glenn Maxwell in 40 balls against the Netherlands on 25 October 2023. He also scored the World Cup fastest 200 in the same World Cup against Afghanistan on 7 November.
Symbol | Meaning |
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Runs | Number of runs scored |
* | Batsman remained not out |
† | Score was a World Cup record at that time |
‡ | Scored in a final |
Balls | Number of balls faced |
4s | Number of fours hit |
6s | Number of sixes hit |
S/R | Strike rate (Runs scored per 100 balls) |
Tied | The match was a tie |
The Cricket World Cup is the international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), every four years, with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament. The tournament is one of the world's most viewed sporting events and considered as the "flagship event of the international cricket calendar" by the ICC. It is widely considered the pinnacle championship of the sport of cricket.
Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan, commonly known as TM Dilshan is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is often regarded as the best rated Sri Lankan player in run-chases in ODI history and one of the most innovative players of all time. He had a unique moustache style which gives him a remarkable personality.He is the top run scorer in 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup with 500 runs, and scored century against England in semi final of ICC 2011 world cup. Dilshan is considered to be a rare example of a cricketer with notable skills in all aspects of the game, who can bat, bowl, field and keep wicket. He is an aggressive right-hand batsman who invented the scoop, which has come to be known as the Dilscoop, a shot that hits the ball over the keeper. Apart from being an opening batsman, he is also a capable off-break bowler. Energetic in the field, he usually fielded at the point region. He was part of the Sri Lankan team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20.
Deshabandu Handunnettige Deepthi Priyantha Kumar Dharmasena is a Sri Lankan cricket umpire and former international cricketer. He is a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and the first person to participate in an ICC Cricket World Cup final both as a player and an umpire. A right-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler, Dharmasena was a member of the Sri Lankan side that won the 1996 Cricket World Cup.
Hashmatullah Shahidi is an Afghan cricketer and currently the captain of Afghanistan national cricket team in One Day International (ODI) and Test cricket. He made his ODI debut for Afghanistan against Kenya in October 2013. Shahidi was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Afghanistan's first ever Test match, against India, in June 2018. He became the first Afghan player to score a test double hundred when he scored 200 not out against Zimbabwe on 11 March 2021.
Kariyawasam Indipalage Charith Asalanka is a Sri Lankan professional cricketer who plays all three formats of the game for the national team and also serves as the vice-captain of the national team in T20I and ODI. Aleft-handed batsman, Asalanka made his international debut for Sri Lanka in June 2021.
Opener Adam Gilchrist hit a brilliant 149 off 104 balls as Australia won the World Cup for the third time in a row.