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livescore.warofcricket.com brings you the list of players who have played the maximum number of matches till date in the World Cup, One-Day and in the Test matches.
World Cup Records: - Most Matches
Sr No |
Player |
Team |
Mat |
Runs |
Ave |
Wicket |
Ave |
Ct |
St |
Dis |
1 |
W.Akram |
Pakistan |
38 |
426 |
19.36 |
55 |
23.83 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
A.De Silva |
Sri Lanka |
35 |
1064 |
36.68 |
16 |
41.93 |
14 |
0 |
14 |
3 |
J.Srinath |
India |
34 |
85 |
9.44 |
44 |
27.81 |
14 |
0 |
14 |
4 |
S.Tendulkar* |
India |
33 |
1732 |
59.72 |
6 |
78.16 |
4 |
0 |
14 |
5 |
J.Miandad |
Pakiatan |
33 |
1083 |
43.32 |
4 |
18.25 |
10 |
1 |
11 |
6 |
S.Waugh |
Australia |
33 |
978 |
48.90 |
27 |
30.14 |
14 |
0 |
14 |
7 |
Inzamam-Ul-Haq* |
Pakiatan |
33 |
679 |
24.25 |
- |
- |
13 |
0 |
13 |
8 |
A.Ranatunga |
Sri Lanka |
30 |
969 |
46.14 |
6 |
76.66 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
9 |
M.Azharuddin |
India |
30 |
826 |
39.33 |
5 |
21.80 |
11 |
0 |
11 |
10 |
A.Flower |
Zimbabwe |
30 |
815 |
32.60 |
- |
- |
12 |
3 |
15 |
11 |
R.Ponting* |
Australia |
29 |
1111 |
44.44 |
- |
- |
18 |
0 |
18 |
12 |
G.McGrath* |
Australia |
29 |
3 |
3.00 |
48 |
19.77 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
13 |
Ijaz Ahmed |
Pakiatan |
29 |
516 |
23.45 |
1 |
170.00 |
11 |
0 |
11 |
14 |
Imran Khan |
Pakistan |
28 |
565 |
33.23 |
18 |
41.94 |
16 |
0 |
16 |
15 |
C.Cairns |
New Zealand |
28 |
565 |
33.23 |
18 |
41.94 |
16 |
0 |
16 |
16 |
C.Harris |
New Zealand |
28 |
431 |
28.73 |
32 |
26.90 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
17 |
S.Jayasuriya* |
Sri Lanka |
28* |
666 |
28.80 |
20 |
37.90 |
15 |
0 |
15 |
18 |
Saleem Malik |
Pakistan |
27 |
591 |
32.93 |
4 |
70.50 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
19 |
Kapil dev |
India |
26 |
669 |
37.16 |
28 |
31.85 |
12 |
0 |
12 |
20 |
M.Bevan |
Pakistan |
26 |
537 |
44.75 |
4 |
59.25 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
Last Updated 15 /03 /2007 |
ODI Records: - Most Matches
# |
Player |
Team |
Mat |
Runs |
Ave |
Wicket |
Ave |
Ct |
St |
Dis |
1 |
S.Tendulkar* |
India |
381 |
14783 |
44.12 |
147 |
44.02 |
115 |
0 |
115 |
2 |
S.Jayasuriya* |
Sri Lanka/+ |
379 |
11538 |
32.87 |
285 |
36.92 |
111 |
0 |
111 |
3 |
Inzamam-Ul-Haq* |
Pakistan/+ |
376 |
11701 |
39.66 |
3 |
21.33 |
110 |
0 |
110 |
4 |
W.Akram |
Pakistan |
356 |
3717 |
16.52 |
502 |
23.52 |
88 |
0 |
88 |
5 |
M.Azharuddin |
India |
334 |
9378 |
36.92 |
12 |
39.91 |
156 |
0 |
156 |
6 |
S.Waugh |
Australia |
325 |
7569 |
32.90 |
195 |
34.67 |
111 |
0 |
111 |
7 |
R.Dravid* |
India/+ |
310 |
10044 |
40.01 |
4 |
42.50 |
183 |
14 |
197 |
8 |
A.De Silva |
Sri Lanka |
308 |
9284 |
34.90 |
106 |
39.40 |
95 |
0 |
95 |
9 |
B.Lara* |
West Indies/++ |
291 |
10173 |
40.52 |
4 |
15.25 |
117 |
0 |
117 |
10 |
C.Vaas* |
Sri Lanka/+ |
290 |
1876 |
14.00 |
370 |
26.95 |
56 |
0 |
56 |
11 |
M.Muralitharan* |
Sri Lanka/+ |
287 |
488 |
5.80 |
432 |
23.07 |
112 |
0 |
112 |
12 |
S.Ganguly* |
India/+ |
286 |
10470 |
41.22 |
94 |
37.37 |
98 |
0 |
98 |
13 |
S.Malik |
Pakistan |
283 |
7170 |
32.88 |
89 |
33.24 |
81 |
0 |
81 |
14 |
S.M.Pollock* |
South Africa/> |
274 |
2969 |
24.94 |
373 |
23.74 |
102 |
- |
102 |
15 |
A.Border |
Australia |
273 |
6524 |
30.62 |
73 |
28.36 |
127 |
0 |
127 |
16 |
S.Fleming* |
New Zealand/++ |
270 |
7684 |
32.15 |
1 |
28.00 |
131 |
0 |
131 |
17 |
A.Kumble* |
India/+ |
270 |
938 |
10.53 |
334 |
31.05 |
85 |
0 |
85 |
18 |
R.Ponting * |
Australia/++ |
270* |
9960 |
42.93 |
3 |
34.66 |
117 |
0 |
117 |
19 |
A.Ranatunga |
Sri Lanka |
269 |
7456 |
35.84 |
79 |
47.55 |
63 |
0 |
63 |
20 |
M.Atapattu* |
Sri Lanka |
268 |
8529 |
37.57 |
0 |
0.00 |
70 |
- |
70 |
21 |
W.Younis |
Pakistan |
262 |
969 |
10.30 |
416 |
23.84 |
35 |
0 |
35 |
22 |
AC Gilchrist* |
Australia |
258* |
8631 |
35.66 |
0 |
0 |
376 |
46 |
422 |
23 |
I.Ahmed |
Pakistan |
250 |
6564 |
32.33 |
5 |
95.20 |
90 |
0 |
90 |
24 |
C.Harris |
New Zealand |
250 |
4379 |
29.00 |
203 |
37.50 |
96 |
0 |
96 |
25 |
S.Anwar |
Pakistan |
247 |
8823 |
39.21 |
6 |
31.83 |
42 |
0 |
42 |
26 |
J H Kallis* |
South Africa/> |
247 |
8520 |
44.37 |
223 |
31.01 |
95 |
0 |
95 |
27 |
J.Rhodes |
South Africa |
245 |
5935 |
35.11 |
0 |
- |
105 |
0 |
105 |
28 |
M.Waugh |
Australia |
244 |
8500 |
39.35 |
85 |
34.56 |
108 |
0 |
108 |
29 |
GD McGrath* |
Australia |
240* |
115 |
3.83 |
355 |
22.62 |
36 |
0 |
36 |
30 |
D.Haynes |
West Indies |
238 |
8648 |
41.47 |
0 |
- |
59 |
0 |
59 |
31 |
Shahid Afridi * |
Pakistan /+ |
237 |
4982 |
23.17 |
198 |
35.82 |
83 |
0 |
83 |
32 |
D * Jayawardene |
Sri Lanka |
236 |
6185 |
31.71 |
7 |
2-56 |
118 |
0 |
118 |
33 |
M Yousuf * |
Pakistan/+ |
234 |
7890 |
41.74 |
0 |
- |
50 |
0 |
50 |
34 |
J.Miandad |
Pakistan |
233 |
7381 |
41.70 |
7 |
42.42 |
71 |
2 |
73 |
35 |
M Boucher * |
South Africa |
233 |
3607 |
27.96 |
0 |
0 |
335 |
18 |
353 |
36 |
M.Bevan |
Australia |
232 |
6912 |
53.58 |
36 |
45.97 |
69 |
0 |
69 |
37 |
Abdul Razzaq * |
Pakistan |
229 |
4449 |
30.06 |
245 |
31.04 |
30 |
0 |
30 |
38 |
J.Srinath |
India |
229 |
883 |
10.63 |
315 |
28.08 |
32 |
0 |
32 |
39 |
C.Hooper |
West Indies |
227 |
5761 |
35.34 |
193 |
36.05 |
120 |
0 |
120 |
40 |
Kapil Dev |
India |
225 |
3783 |
23.79 |
253 |
27.45 |
71 |
0 |
71 |
41 |
R.Richardson |
West Indies |
224 |
6248 |
33.41 |
1 |
46.00 |
75 |
0 |
75 |
42 |
NJ Astle |
New Zealand |
223 |
7090 |
34.92 |
99 |
38.47 |
83 |
0 |
83 |
43 |
G.Flower |
Zimbabwe |
219 |
6536 |
33.69 |
104 |
40.25 |
86 |
0 |
86 |
44 |
Moin Khan |
Pakistan |
219 |
3266 |
23.00 |
0 |
0 |
214 |
73 |
287 |
45 |
CL Cairns |
New Zealand |
215 |
4950 |
29.47 |
201 |
32.80 |
67 |
0 |
67 |
46 |
A.Flower |
Zimbabwe |
213 |
6786 |
35.34 |
0 |
- |
141 |
32 |
173 |
47 |
R.Mahanama |
Sri Lanka |
213 |
5162 |
29.49 |
0 |
- |
109 |
0 |
109 |
48 |
S Chanderpaul * |
West Indies |
209 |
6478 |
37.88 |
14 |
44.07 |
60 |
0 |
60 |
49 |
DR Martyn |
Australia |
207 |
5346 |
40.80 |
12 |
58.66 |
68 |
0 |
69 |
50 |
C.Walsh |
West Indies |
205 |
321 |
6.97 |
227 |
30.47 |
27 |
0 |
27 |
51 |
H.Tillakaratne |
Sri Lanka |
200 |
3789 |
29.60 |
6 |
23.50 |
89 |
6 |
95 |
* Star Means Playing cricket . No Star Retired Last Updated 14/03/2007 |
Test Matches
# |
Player |
Team |
Mat |
Runs |
Ave |
Wicket |
Ave |
Ct |
St |
Dis |
1 |
S.Waugh |
Australia |
168 |
10927 |
51.06 |
92 |
37.44 |
112 |
0 |
112 |
2 |
A.Border |
Austalia |
156 |
11174 |
50.56 |
39 |
39.10 |
156 |
0 |
156 |
3 |
S.Warne |
Australia |
145 |
3154 |
17.32 |
708 |
25.41 |
125 |
0 |
125 |
4 |
S.Tendulkar* |
India |
134 |
10590 |
54.87 |
37 |
51.16 |
85 |
0 |
85 |
5 |
A.Stewart |
England |
133 |
8463 |
39.54 |
0 |
- |
263 |
14 |
277 |
6 |
C.Walsh |
West Indies |
132 |
936 |
7.54 |
519 |
24.44 |
29 |
0 |
29 |
7 |
Kapil dev |
India |
131 |
5248 |
31.05 |
434 |
29.64 |
64 |
0 |
64 |
8 |
B.Lara* |
West Indies /ICC Xi |
131 |
11953 |
52.88 |
0 |
- |
165 |
0 |
165 |
9 |
M.Waugh |
Australia |
128 |
8029 |
41.81 |
59 |
41.16 |
181 |
0 |
181 |
10 |
S.Gavaskar |
India |
125 |
10122 |
51.12 |
1 |
206. 00 |
108 |
0 |
108 |
11 |
J.Miandad |
Pakistan |
124 |
8832 |
52.57 |
17 |
40.11 |
93 |
1 |
94 |
12 |
GD McGrath |
Australia |
124 |
641 |
7.36 |
563 |
21.64 |
38 |
0 |
38 |
13 |
IVA Richardad |
West Indies |
121 |
8540 |
50.23 |
32 |
61.37 |
122 |
0 |
122 |
14 |
I.Healy |
Australia |
119 |
4356 |
27.39 |
- |
- |
366 |
29 |
395 |
15 |
G.Gooch |
England |
118 |
8900 |
42.58 |
23 |
46.47 |
103 |
0 |
103 |
16 |
I-ul-Haq* |
Pakistan |
118 |
8785 |
50.48 |
0 |
- |
80 |
0 |
80 |
17 |
D Gower |
England |
117 |
8231 |
44.25 |
1 |
20.00 |
74 |
0 |
74 |
18 |
D.Haynes |
West Indies |
116 |
7487 |
42.29 |
1 |
8.00 |
65 |
0 |
65 |
19 |
D.Vengsarkar |
India |
116 |
6868 |
42.13 |
0 |
- |
78 |
0 |
78 |
20 |
M.Atherton |
England |
115 |
7728 |
37.39 |
2 |
151.00 |
83 |
0 |
83 |
21 |
M.Cowdery |
England |
114 |
7624 |
44.06 |
0 |
- |
120 |
0 |
120 |
22 |
A Kumble * |
India |
112 |
2043 |
17.46 |
542 |
28.56 |
50 |
0 |
50 |
23 |
RT Ponting * |
Australia |
110 |
9368 |
59.29 |
5 |
44.80 |
124 |
0 |
124 |
24 |
C.Lloyd |
West Indies |
110 |
7515 |
46.67 |
10 |
62.20 |
90 |
0 |
90 |
25 |
M Muralitharan * |
Sri Lanka |
110 |
1117 |
11.75 |
674 |
21.73 |
59 |
0 |
59 |
26 |
G.Boycott |
Eng |
108 |
8114 |
47.72 |
7 |
54.57 |
33 |
0 |
33 |
27 |
C.Greenidge |
West Indies |
108 |
7558 |
44.72 |
0 |
- |
96 |
0 |
96 |
28 |
D.Boon |
Australia |
107 |
7422 |
43.65 |
0 |
- |
99 |
0 |
99 |
29 |
ST Jayasuriya * |
Sri Lanka |
107 |
6791 |
40.42 |
96 |
34.17 |
78 |
0 |
78 |
30 |
SM Pollock* |
South Africa |
107 |
3781 |
32.31 |
416 |
23.19 |
72 |
0 |
72 |
31 |
R Dravid * |
India |
106 |
9098 |
57.58 |
1 |
34.00 |
146 |
0 |
146 |
32 |
JH Kallis* |
South Africa/ICC |
106 |
8351 |
55.30 |
207 |
32.26 |
104 |
0 |
104 |
33 |
JL Langer |
Australia |
105 |
7696 |
45.27 |
0 |
0.00 |
73 |
0 |
73 |
34 |
M.Taylor |
Australia |
104 |
7525 |
43.69 |
1 |
26.00 |
157 |
0 |
157 |
35 |
W.Akram |
Pakistan |
104 |
2898 |
22.64 |
414 |
23.62 |
44 |
0 |
44 |
36 |
SP Fleming* |
New Zealand |
103 |
6593 |
39.95 |
0 |
0 |
156 |
0 |
156 |
37 |
S.Malik |
Pakistan |
103 |
5798 |
43.69 |
5 |
82.80 |
65 |
0 |
65 |
38 |
C.Hooper |
West Indies |
102 |
5762 |
36.46 |
114 |
49.42 |
115 |
0 |
115 |
39 |
C.Botham |
England |
102 |
5200 |
33.54 |
383 |
28.40 |
120 |
0 |
120 |
40 |
G.Kirsten |
South Africa |
101 |
7289 |
45.27 |
2 |
71.00 |
83 |
0 |
83 |
41 |
S Chanderpaul* |
West Indies |
101 |
6736 |
44.60 |
8 |
100.25 |
44 |
0 |
44 |
42 |
MV Boucher |
South Africa |
101 |
3804 |
29.95 |
1 |
29.95 |
370 |
15 |
385 |
43 |
G Thorpe |
England |
100 |
6744 |
44.66 |
0 |
- |
105 |
0 |
105 |
* Star Means Playing cricket. No Star Retired Last Updated 17/01/2007 |
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