5 Cricketers Who Have Participated In The Most Number Of Cricket World Cups

Aug 24, 2020 at 11:08 AM

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5 Cricketers Who Have Participated In The Most Number Of Cricket World Cups

Every cricketer dreams to represent his national team in the ICC Cricket World Cup and play a vital role to bring the cup in the country. However, only a few players have achieved this kind of high success in their international career.

The cricketers need to become a very consistent performer for his team to feature in multiple Cricket World Cups. There are only a few players who have experienced five or more CWC tournaments, and most of these players are known as the legend in the game.

Here we are talking about the top five cricketers who have participated in the most number of Cricket World Cups. (More cricketers have appeared in the five CWC tournaments, so we have taken the names of according to the higher number of matches)

Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) – 5 World Cups (1996-2011)

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Muttiah Muralitharan (Image Credit: Twitter)

Sri Lankan legendary off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan was a member during Sri Lanka’s victory in the ICC Cricket World Cup 1996. While it was his first Cricket World Cup experience, where he picked up seven wickets in six matches, the off-spinner featured in four more CWCs, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011. Sri Lanka finished as the runners-up in the 2007 and 2011 editions.

In the Cricket World Cup history, Muralitharan played 40 matches where the off-spinner got 68 wickets with an average of 19.63 and economy rate of 3.88. His best bowling figures in the CWC history were 5-0-19-4 against Ireland during the Super 8 stage in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007. During his CWC career, Muralitharan claimed four-wicket hauls for four times.

Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) – 5 World Cups (1999-2015)

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Mahela Jayawardene (Image Credit: AFP)

Another Sri Lankan cricketer Mahela Jayawardene also featured in the five ICC Cricket World Cups from 1999 to 2015. While he was in the team during Sri Lanka’s finishing as the runners-up in the 2007 and 2011 editions, he was also the captain during the 2007 edition.

The right-handed batsman Jayawardene scored 1100 runs in 40 matches (34 innings) of the ICC Cricket World Cup history with an average of 35.48. In CWC history, Jayawardene hit four centuries and five half-centuries. His best CWC knock was 115 not out against New Zealand in the semi-final of the 2007 edition. He also hit a century in the 2011 final (103 not out against India at Mumbai on 2nd April 2011).

Ricky Ponting (Australia) – 5 World Cups (1996-2011)

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Former successful Australian captain Ricky Ponting also featured in five ICC Cricket World Cups between 1996 and 2011. While he was the member of the runners-up side in 1996 edition, he was also the member of the champions sides in the 1999, 2003 and 2007 editions. Under his captaincy, Australia won the 2003 and 2007 CWC trophies which made him the second captain to win two CWC trophies.

During the CWC tournaments, Ponting scored 1743 runs in 46 matches (42 innings) with an average of 45.86. He hit five centuries and six half-centuries in the tournament history. His best CWC knock was during the final in 2003 edition (against India at Johannesburg on 23rd March 2003), where the right-handed batsman scored 140 not out off 121 balls and also won the Player of the Match award.

Javed Miandad (Pakistan) – 6 World Cups (1975-1996)

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Legendary Pakistan cricketer Javed Miandad was the first cricketer to appear in the six different editions of the ICC Cricket World Cup history. He featured in 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992 and 1996 editions. Miandad played an important role for his team during their most successful journey in the 1992 edition as Pakistan won their first CWC trophy. The second most run-scorer of that tournament, Miandad also led his team in two matches during that tournament.

After playing 33 Cricket World Cup matches, Miandad scored 1083 runs with an average 43.32. During his CWC career, Miandad hit one century and eight half-centuries. His best CWC knock was 103 against Sri Lanka during the opening game of the 1987 edition (at Hyderabad, Sind on 8th October 1987).

Sachin Tendulkar (India) – 6 World Cups (1992-2011)

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The legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar also featured in six different Cricket World Cups – in 1992, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011. He was a crucial member of the Indian team during their finishing as the runners-up in the 2003 edition and champions in the 2011 edition.

As his international career, Tendulkar was also highly successful in the Cricket World Cup history. The right-handed batsman is the only cricketer to score 2000+ runs in CWC history as he scored 2278 runs in 45 matches with an average of 56.95.

In the CWC, Tendulkar smashed six centuries and 15 half-centuries. His best CWC performance was against Namibia in the Group Stage of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003, where Tendulkar scored 152 runs off 151 balls.

Tendulkar finished as the most run-scorer in the 1996 and 2003 editions, and he was also the second most run-scorer during India’s successful journey in the 2011 edition. He also won the Player of the Tournament award in the 2003 edition.

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