page_title: List of Cricket World Cup records
section_title: Fielding
hierarchical_section_title: List of Cricket World Cup records / Fielding
caption_attribution_description: Portrait picture of Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara, cropped from File:Sangakkara.jpg.
context_page_description: The Cricket World Cup is a One Day International competition in men's cricket. Organised by the International Cricket Council, the tournament has taken place every four years since it was first held in Cricket World Cup in England. The number of teams and number of matches have increased since then, although the ICC declared an interest in reducing the format, following criticism of the 2007 World Cup.
  Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar holds an array of individual records in the World Cup. One of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1997, and "the most followed cricketer in the world", Tendulkar has made more scores over fifty and scored more runs than any other cricketer in World Cup history. Australian Glenn McGrath dominates the individual bowling records, having featured for his country in four World Cups. He has one of the best strike rate and economy rate among any other bowler, having the best individual bowling figures and taken more wickets in the history of the tournament.
  Australian Ricky Ponting and Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara lead the individual fielding records.
context_section_description: While records for best fielders have varied through different World Cups, the records for wicketkeepers have been occupied by Kumar Sangakkara who holds the record for most dismissals overall and Adam Gilchrist which holds the record for most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in one tournament and in one match.
caption: Highest dismissals as a wicket-keeper:Kumar Sangakkara
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