Biggest World Cup Win Ever Recorded

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 in England is set to have batting pitches and the England and Wales Cricket Board has even predicted a 500-run total. If a batting side collapses in the second innings of a match in such conditions, there might be a chance for the opposition to notch up a record victory by runs in a World Cup tournament. There is a definite possibility of getting a new Biggest World Cup win this edition.

Here are the Top 10 instances when a team lost by too many runs:

Biggest World Cup Win - By Runs

Position	Match Date	Winner	Margin	Opposition	Target
1	4 Mar 2015	Australia	275 runs	v Afghanistan	418
2	19 Mar 2007	India	257 runs	v Bermuda	414
3	27 Feb 2015	South Africa	257 runs	v West Indies	409
4	27 Feb 2003	Australia	256 runs	v Namibia	302
5	15 Mar 2007	Sri Lanka	243 runs	v Bermuda	322
6	3 Mar 2011	South Africa	231 runs	v Netherlands	352
7	18 Mar 2007	Australia	229 runs	v Netherlands	359
8	16 Mar 2007	South Africa	221 runs	v Netherlands	354
9	20 Apr 2007	Australia	215 runs	v New Zealand	349
10	28 Feb 2011	West Indies	215 runs	v Netherlands	331

The biggest world cup win by runs came in Cricket World Cup 2015 when the rampant Australian team, the Winners of World Cup that year, scored a mammoth 417 on the board after losing the toss to Afghanistan. The Afghanistan batting order could manage only 142 and lost the match by a whopping margin of 275 runs.

In the list of Top 10 biggest victories in World Cups in terms of runs, Australia appears the most times (4) on the winning side and the minnows the Netherlands appear most times (4) on the losing side. Five of these instances have occurred in the 2007 World Cup which was held in the West Indies. New Zealand and West Indies are the only two teams in this list that are not minnows or not playing their first ever World Cup tournament.

Biggest World Cup Win - By Wickets

The ICC ODI World Cups have been the most exciting cricket tournaments since the inaugural World Cup edition in 1975.

However, there have been a few matches which have been fairly one-sided either because of the difference of the status of the teams or because of their strengths and/or weaknesses. A team which is batting heavy may fail to use the bowling conditions well and a bowling heavy team can dismantle the batting of the opposition. There have been a few such matches where the bowlers of one team made merry and their openers chased down the target without any fuss.

Here are the first 10 instances:

Position	Match Date	Winner	Margin	Opposition	Balls Rem	Target	Overs
1	6/1/2019	New Zealand	10 wickets	v Sri Lanka	203	137	16.1
2	6/11/1975	India	10 wickets	v East Africa	181	121	29.5
3	6/20/1983	West Indies	10 wickets	v Zimbabwe	89	172	45.1
4	2/23/1992	West Indies	10 wickets	v Pakistan	19	221	46.5
5	2/12/2003	South Africa	10 wickets	v Kenya	172	141	21.2
6	2/14/2003	Sri Lanka	10 wickets	v Bangladesh	173	125	21.1
7	2/22/2003	South Africa	10 wickets	v Bangladesh	228	109	12
8	2/20/2011	New Zealand	10 wickets	v Kenya	252	70	8
9	3/4/2011	New Zealand	10 wickets	v Zimbabwe	99	163	33.3
10	3/23/2011	Pakistan	10 wickets	v West Indies	175	113	20.5

More than 10 matches have resulted in 10-wicket wins. India has the distinction of the first ever 10-wicket win in a World Cup match. They defeated East Africa in the first-ever World Cup tournament held in England in 1975.

The South African team won by 10 wickets twice in 2003 in South Africa and New Zealand did it twice in 2011 in India/Sri Lanka/Bangladesh. Bangladesh has the dubious record of becoming the first team to lose a match by 10 wickets three times. They lost twice in 2003 and then the third time in 2007.

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