Key Facts of Cricket World Cup 2015 - Factbox

Key Facts of Cricket World Cup 2015 - Factbox on the 11th edition of the cricket World Cup, which will be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand from February 14-March 29.
 
KEY FACTS
 
* The first men's cricket World Cup was held in England in 1975, four years after the first recognised one-day international had been played in 1971, on the fifth day of a washed out test between Australia and England in Melbourne.
* West Indies won the first two tournaments, beating Australia in 1975 and England in 1979 and then lost the 1983 final to India, but have not reached another final since.
* Allan Border's Australia won the first of their four titles in 1987, sparking a period of dominance by the side in both one-day and test cricket for the next 20 years.
* India also won the 2011 tournament. Pakistan (1992) and Sri Lanka (1996) are the only other winners.
* New Zealand and Australia will host 21 pool matches each, among 14 venues, seven in each country. It is the second time the two countries have co-hosted the tournament, having previously done so in 1992.
* Afghanistan will make their World Cup debut, having played three World Twenty20 tournaments.
* There are two groups of seven teams playing a round robin format, with the top four in each pool making the quarterfinals, which will be straight knockouts.
* New Zealand will host one quarterfinal in Wellington and one semifinal in Auckland.
* They can possibly reach the final in Melbourne without having played any of their games in Australia. The two co-hosts are in the same pool and play that match on February 28 in Auckland.
* The final will be at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, only the second venue after Lord's in London, to host more than one final.
 
RECORDS
 
* India's Sachin Tendulkar is the leading run scorer with 2 278 runs in 45 matches and has scored the most centuries (six). He also holds the record for most runs in one tournament, 673 from 11 matches in 2003.
* Australia's Glenn McGrath has the most wickets, 71 in 39 matches. McGrath also has the best bowling figures of 7-15 against Namibia in 2003.
* South Africa's Gary Kirsten has the highest score in a World Cup match, making 188 not out against UAE in 1996.
* The highest score in a World Cup match is 413-5 by India against Bermuda in 2007, while the lowest is 36 by Canada against Sri Lanka in 2003.
* Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist has the most dismissals, 52 from 31 matches (45 catches, seven stumpings), though he could be overtaken by Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara (46) in this tournament.
* Australia's Ricky Ponting has taken 28 catches, the most by a non-wicketkeeper.