10 Highest Individual Scores in ICC Cricket World Cup History

Since the first ICC Cricket World Cup was held in England in 1975, nine more have pitted a total of 19 nations against each other in the exciting ODI format, the tenth being the ongoing 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. With the World Cup hype touching the skies, we decided to do a roundup of World Cup records. Following is a list of the ten highest individual runs scored in an ICC Cricket World Cup match.

Gary Kirsten – 188* (159)

Gary Kirsten

Sourav Ganguly – 183 (158)

SC Ganguly

Viv Richards – 181 (125)

IVA Richards

Kapil Dev – 175* (138)

N Kapil Dev

Virender Sehwag – 175 (140)

Craig Wishart – 172* (151)

CB Wishart

Glenn Turner – 171* (201)

GM Turner

Andrew Hudson – 161

AC Hudson

Imran Nazir – 160 (121)

Imran Nazir

Matthew Hayden – 158 (143)

ML Hayden

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