sri lanka holds the record of taking four wickets in four consecutive balls in cricket world cup.
sri lanka holds the record of taking four wickets in four consecutive balls in cricket world cup.
who holds the record of taking four wickets in four consecutive balls in cricket world cup?
sri lanka
the following is a list of all the major statistics and records for the 2007 cricket world cup held in the west indies from 13 march to 28 april 2007. though india were eliminated early, they set the odi record for the highest victory margin in their 257 run win over bermuda. in their match against netherlands, herschelle gibbs (south africa) created odi and international cricket record when he hit sixes off all six deliveries in daan van bunge's over. in the super 8 stage games, lasith malinga (sri lanka) created odi record when he took four wickets in four consecutive deliveries in a losing effort against south africa. by the end of the tournament, new world cup records for the fastest fifty (20 balls – brendon mccullum of new zealand) and fastest hundred (66 balls – matthew hayden of australia) were established. glenn mcgrath established a new cricket world cup record for the most number of wickets (26) and also finished his odi career with the most number of wickets in world cup history (71). the number of sixes in the overall tournament (373) was 40% higher than the previous record holder, the 2003 cricket world cup (266). the tournament also saw 32 century partnerships (previous record of 28 during the 1996 cricket world cup) and 10 batsmen over 400 runs (previous record of 4 during the 2003 cricket world cup).
2007 cricket world cup statistics
however, it was at cricket that he achieved his best and by 1894 downes was being described as the best bowler in new zealand. for otago he bowled right-arm with a great variety of pace, a big off-break and a fine length. downes's bowling record was nothing short of remarkable, especially in dunedin. of the 28 matches that he played there for otago he took 10 or more wickets in a match on 13 occasions. his career bests for an innings were 8 for 35 against canterbury in 1891–92 and 14 for 103 in a match against hawke's bay in 1893–94. he also recorded the unique feat in new zealand first-class cricket of taking four wickets in four consecutive balls against auckland in january 1894 on carisbrook ground. he played for grange cricket club and albion cricket club. he missed many of otago's away matches, as he was unable to obtain leave from his work for the travel; of his 51 first-class matches over 26 years, only two were in the north island.
alexander downes