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Cricket World Cup 2019: Top five best bowling figures at the World Cup

Cricket World Cup 2019, IN PICS -- With two weeks left for the ICC World Cup 2019 in England to begin, we at Cricket Country take a look at some of the best bowling performances at the quadrennial event.

Another Australia in the 2003 edition achieved World Cup record figures and it came from another pacer in Andy Bichel, who did the same against England in Port Elizabeth four days after McGrath’s feat. It was during Australia’s final group game against England when Bichel took all but one of the wickets to fall as the opposition folded for 204/8. He ran through the England top order picking up the wickets of Nick Knight, Michael Vaughan, Nasser Hussain, Alec Stewart, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff and Ashley Giles. Australia went on to win the game by two wickets. @ Twitter/Cricket World Cup



Australian pacer Glenn McGrath, who appeared in four World Cups, dominates the individual bowling records. McGrath’s World Cup record figures came in Australia’s penultimate group game against Namibia in the 2003 edition. After posting 301/6, Australia ran through Namibia’s batting line-up and skittled them for just 45 runs to register a crushing 256-run win. McGrath was the wrecker-in-chief of it all. He set the ball rolling in the first over when he dismissed Namibia opener Jan-Berrie Burger. He claimed his next six wickets in his seven overs, as he finished with 7/15, including four maidens. @ Twitter/Cricket World Cup


Most recent to register record figures in the World Cup was Tim Southee, who scalped seven wickets in an innings in the 2015 edition against England at Wellington. He rattled their batting line-up to help dismiss them for just 123, finishing with 7/33, before New Zealand won by eight wickets. He castled openers Ian Bell and Moeen Ali, before picking up the wickets of James Taylor, Jos Buttler, Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad and Steven Finn. @ Twitter/Cricket World Cup




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