This document contains various statistics and facts from the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, including: - Australia won their 5th World Cup title, the most of any nation. Martin Guptill scored 547 runs for New Zealand, the highest total in a single edition. - Mitchell Starc was named player of the tournament for taking 22 wickets, while James Faulkner was man of the final. A total of 38 centuries were scored, the most in any single World Cup. - New Zealand set a new highest World Cup total of 393/6 against West Indies, with Martin Guptill's 237 the highest individual World Cup score.

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prizemoneybreakdown
awards&majorstatistics
totalteamsparticipatedincricket
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interestingfacts&figures
worldcupwinners
1975:westindies
1979:westindies
1983:india
1987:australia
1992:pakistan
1996:srilanka
1999:australia1999:australia
2003:australia
2007:australia
2011:india
2015:australia
-KumarSangakkarawentpast500runsinaWorldCupeditionforthesecondtime.
HeisonlythesecondplayerafterSachinTendulkartogopast500runstwotimesinWorldCups.
-TharinduKaushalbecameonlythesecondplayerinWorldCuphistorytomakeadebutina
WorldCupknock-outmatch.ThefirstonewasEngland'sWayneLarkinsinthesemi-finalagainst
NewZealandinOldTraffordduringthe1979WorldCup.
-JPDuminybecamethefirstSouthAfricanbowlertotakeahat-trickintheWorldCup.Heis
thesecondSouthAfricabowlerafterCharlLangeveldtin2005totakeahat-trick.Heisthe
secondspinnerafterSaqlainMushtaqin1999totakeahat-trickinWorldCups.
-SriLanka'stotalof133all-outistheirfourth-lowesttotalinWorldCups.Theirlowesttotalis
109againstIndiainJohannesburgin2003.
-SouthAfricawonthematchwith192ballsremaining.Thisisthehighestmarginofvictoryin
termsofballstosparebyanyteamintheknock-outs.ThisisalsotheshortestWorldCup
knock-outmatchever.
-TheSouthAfrica-SriLankaclashlastedonly55.2overs.Itistheshortestgameinaknockout
encounterinthehistoryoftheWorldCup.
-MSDhoniregisteredhis100thODIvictoryascaptainduringIndia'sclashagainstBangladesh
inMelbourne.HeisonlythethirdODIskipperafterRickyPontingandAllanBordertonotchup
100victories.
-India'swinningstreakextendedto11matchesinWorldCupsbutitwashaltedbyAustralia
whentheylostinthesemi-finalinSydney.Thisisthesecond-bestwinningstreakinWorld
Cups,thefirstbeenAustralia's34-matchwinningstreak(1999to2011)
-MartinGuptillbecamethesecondNewZealandplayertoscoreacenturyinaWorldCup
knockoutmatch.ThefirstonewasChrisHarris'130inthequarter-finalagainstAustraliain
Chennaiin1996.HeistheonlyNewZealandplayertoscoreconsecutivecenturiesinWorld
-The2015editionoftheWorldCupwitnessed38centuries,themosteverinasingleeditionof
thetournament.
-GuptillisalsotheonlyNewZealandbatsmantoscoreback-to-backODItonstwiceinODIs.
HehadearlierachievedthisfeatinanODIseriesagainstEnglandin2013.
-MartinGuptillbecamethefirstNewZealandplayerandfifthoveralltoscoreadoublecentury
inODIs.Hisknockof237isthesecond-highestscoreinODIswhileitisthehighestscorein
WorldCups.
-NewZealandhavewonnineconsecutivematchesathome,whichistheirbestwinningstreak
athome.
-Atotalof31sixeswerehitinthegamebetweenNewZealandandWestIndiesinWellington.
ThisisthemostnumberofsixeshitinaWorldCupmatch.Theoverallrecordis38sixes,
scoredduringthematchbetweenIndiaandAustraliainBangalorein2013.
-NewZealand'stotalof393/6istheirhighestinWorldCups.Theirprevioushighestwas363/5
againstCanadainStLuciaduringthe2007WorldCup.
-MartinGuptillhit24boundariesand11sixesinhisknockof237.Thisisthemostnumberof
fourshitbyaNewZealandbatsmaninaninningswhilehistallyof11sixesisthesecond-high-
estinaninnings,themostbeingCoreyAnderson's14sixesagainstWestIndiesinQueenstown
inJanuary2014.
-BattingagainsttheWestIndiesisnowbecomingahavenforbatsmen.Inthepastoneyear,
theyhavehadthefastestandsecondfastesthundredinODIsbeingscoredagainstthem.AB
deVilliersrecentlypummelledthefastest150inSydneywhileGuptillbecamethesecond
batsmantoscoreadoubletonagainstWestIndiesinODIs,thefirstbeingVirenderSehwag
(219).
-NewZealandchaseddown298inthesemi-finalagainstSouthAfricainAuckland.Thisisthe
highestsuccessfulchaseintheknockoutsofaWorldCup.
-TrentBoultpickedup22wicketsinthe2015WorldCup.Thisisthemostnumberofwickets
takenbyaNewZealandbowlerinasingleeditionofthetournament,goingpastGeoffAllott's
markof20wicketsinthe1999WorldCup.
-Australiascored328inthesemi-finalagainstIndiainSydney.Thisisthefirsttimethatateam
scored300-plusinasemi-finaloftheWorldCup.
-StevenSmithscoredacenturyinthematchagainstIndia.HebecamethefirstAustralian
batsmantoscoreacenturyinthesemi-finalsoftheWorldCup.
-AustraliadefeatedIndiaby95runsinthesemi-finalinSydney.Thisisthehighestvictory
marginbyateaminanysemi-finalinWorldCups.
-MartinGuptillscored547runsinthe2015ICCCricketWorldCupandovertookSangakkara
astheleadingrun-scorer.ThisisthehighestnumberofrunsscoredinaneditionbyaNew
ZealandbatsmanandheistheonlyNewZealandbatsmantogopast500runsinanedition.
-StevenSmithscoredafiftyinthequarter-final,ahundredinthesemi-finalandafiftyinthe
final.Heistheonlyplayertoachievethisfeat.
-AustraliahavewontheWorldCupforthefifthtime.Thisisthemostbyanynationincricket.
TheyarealsotheonlycountrytowintheWorldCupinfivedifferentcontinents.IndiaandWest
IndiesaretheotherteamstohavewontheWorldCupmorethanonce.
australia
pakistan
bangladesh zimbabwe ireland uae
srilanka westindies england
newzealand southafrica india
Champions-Australia-Prizemoney-USD$3,975,000
Runner-up-NewZealand-Prizemoney-USD$1,750,000
Playerofthetournament-MitchellStarc(22wicketsin8matches,Average10.18,Best6/28)
Manofthefinal-JamesFaulkner(3/36in9overs)
Highestwickets-StarcandTrentBoult(22each)
Highestrunscorer-MartinGuptill(547runs)
Totalcenturies-38
Totaldoubletons-2
400plusscoresthreetimes
Highestindividualscore-237notoutfromGuptill
Highestteamtotal-Australia417/6
Mostsixes-26-ChrisGayle
Mostfours-59-Guptill
Bestbowling-7/33-TimSouthee
Bestaverage-108.20-KumarSangakkara
Mostcenturiesbyabatsman-4(inarow)-Sangakkara
Mostfifties-4-SteveSmith
Mostmaidens-14-TrentBoult
Bestbowlingaverage-10.18-Starc
WinnerUSD$3,750,000
Runner-upUSD$1,750,000
Losingsemi-finalists(two)USD$600,000
Losingquarter-finalists(four)USD$300,000
WinnerofeachGroupmatchUSD$45,000x42
TeamseliminatedaftergroupstageUSD$35,000x6teams
TTotalUSD$10,000,000Note:AtotalofUSD$10millionwillbeavailable,whichisanincreaseof25percentover
theICCCricketWorldCup2011.ShouldateamattheWorldCup2015winthetournamentwithoutlosinga
match,itwillreceivetotalprizemoneyofUSD$4,020,000,whileateamthatlosesonematchonthewayto
winningthetournamentwillreceiveUSD$3,975,000.
hostnations
australia newzealand
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