1996 Cricket World Cup - In Numbers
**Matches:**37
Runs Scored: 15225
Wickets Taken: 475
Highest Run Scorers
Sachin Tendulkar (India) (523 runs in seven matches)
Mark Waugh (Australia) (484 runs in seven matches)
Aravinda de Silva (Sri Lanka) (448 runs in six matches)
Gary Kirsten (South Africa) (391 runs in six matches)
Saeed Anwar (Pakistan) (329 runs in six matches)
Highest Wicket Takers
Anil Kumble (India) (15 wickets in seven matches)
Waqar Younis (Pakistan) (13 wickets in six matches)
Paul Strang (Zimbabwe) (12 wickets in six matches)
Roger Harper (West Indies) (12 wickets in six matches)
Damien Fleming (Australia) (12 wickets in six matches)
Highest Scores
Gary Kirsten (188 not out for South Africa against UAE in Rawalpindi)
Andrew Hudson (161 for South Africa against Netherlands in Rawalpindi)
Aravinda de Silva (145 for Sri Lanka against Kenya in Kandy)
Sachin Tendulkar (137 for India against Sri Lanka in Delhi)
Mark Waugh (130 for Australia against Kenya in Visakhapatnam)
Best Bowling Figures
Paul Strang (5 for 21 for Zimbabwe against Kenya in Patna)
Shaukat Dukanwala (5 for 29 for United Arab Emirates against Netherlands in Lahore)
Damien Fleming (5 for 36 for Australia against India in Mumbai)
Waqar Younis (4 for 26 for Pakistan against Netherlands in Lahore)
Shane Warne (4 for 34 for Australia against Zimbabwe in Nagpur)