CWC History: Records held by associate nations 

The most awaited tournament, the ICC Cricket World Cup, 2019, in international cricket has arrived. ODI World Cup is usually held once in every 4 years and is considered as the biggest carnival by the cricket fraternity.

Beginning on 30th May, the home team starts the proceeding against South Africa with determination to win their first-ever ODI World Cup on their turf. Though England are overwhelmingly considered as the favourites, they are expected to face a stiff competition from the likes of India, Australia and New Zealand.

The Indian fans would expect Virat Kohli and Co. to emerge victorious in England and give a fitting farewell to India's favourite son - MS Dhoni.

Let's have a look at the records held by the then associate nations in World Cups.

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#6 Most extras conceded in one innings (Scotland, 1999)

Scotland Cricket Team

The 20-year old record is held by Scotland when they conceded 59 runs as extras (byes- 5, leg byes - 6, No Ball - 15, Wide - 33) in a group match against Pakistan at Riverside ground, Chester-Le-Street.

With conditions being favourable for swing bowling, Scotland elected to field first and put Pakistan in a spot of bother when they reduced them to a paltry score of 92-5 after 26 overs. But a fighting knock of 81* by Mohammad Yousuf alongside Scotland's uncontrollable flow of extras elevated Pakistan to a respected total of 261.

The trio of Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akthar and Abdul Razzaq dismantled the Scotland line up with 3 wickets each and lead Pakistan to victory by a margin of 94 runs.

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#5 Lowest team total (Canada, 2003)

Canada Cricket Team

Canadian cricket team had the most embarrassing moment in their cricketing history when got bowled out by Sri Lanka for a meager score of 36.

Being imposed to bat first, the Canadian batsmen were humbled by the duo of Chaminda Vaas and Prabath Nissanka. None of the Canadian batsmen crossed the double-digit mark, with 5 of them getting out for a duck.

The Sri Lankan team completed the run chase in a jiffy within 5 overs and handed over a humiliating defeat to Canada. With this match, Canada overlapped the lowest score of 38 runs in ODIs created by Zimbabwe against Sri Lanka in 2001/02.

#4 Lost by the highest margin (Afghanistan, 2015)

Australia v Afghanistan - 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup

The journey of the Afghanistan Cricket Team in ICC Cricket World Cup, 2015 suffered a massive jolt when they faced the home team Australia in a pool match at the WACA, Perth.

Opting to bat first, Australia posted the highest total in World Cup history (417-6), courtesy of a breath-taking knock of 178 runs by David Warner who bashed the Afghan bowlers with 19 boundaries and 5 sixes.

The Afghan batsmen succumbed to a fearsome spell of 7.3-0-22-4 by Mitchell Johnson and lost the match by a huge margin of 275 runs.

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#3 Most Consecutive Defeats (Zimbabwe)

Zimbabwe cricket team

Zimbabwe holds one of the most infamous records in World Cups. The losing streak started when they lost a group match against India in 1983 and finally ended when they won against England in 1992. They had a win-less run in 1987 World Cup due to this losing streak, which ended against England in 1992 after 18 matches.

Once regarded as one of the best teams in World Cricket, Zimbabwe's cricket graph has plunged down gradually to irrecoverable state. Currently they hold the record for most defeats (42) in World Cups.

As ICC have reduced the World Cup team slots to 10, Zimbabwe finally have lost their place to a rising Afghanistan team.

#2 Youngest and oldest players to participate in World Cup

Netherlands cricket team- The Dutches

There is an old saying which goes, "Age is just a number."

Nitish Kumar (Canada), being just 16 years and 283 days old, became the youngest player to participate in a World Cup, in 2011. He has represented the Canadian team in 16 ODIs and 6 T20Is.

Nolan Clarke (Netherlands), being 47 years and 257 days old, holds the record of oldest player to take part in a World Cup. He was responsible for Netherlands cricket team's qualification to World Cup 1996.

Nolan also became the oldest debutant in ODIs when he played his maiden match versus New Zealand in 1996.

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#1 Fastest ODI century and highest successful run-chase (Ireland, 2011)

England v Ireland: Group B - 2011 ICC World Cup

Ireland Cricket produced one of the major upsets in World Cup history when they played against the England in the CWC 2011.

Opting to bat first on a batting belter in Bengaluru, England posted a mammoth total of 327/8 with the help of 167-run partnership between Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell. England were cruising to a victory when their bowlers contained Ireland to 111-5 in 25 overs, but the determined Ireland lower order had other ideas.

Kevin O'Brien, with his amazing stroke-play scored the fastest century (off 50 balls) in World Cup history. His flamboyant knock of 113 off 63 balls (13 boundaries, 6 sixes) along with vital contributions from Alex Cusack and John Mooney helped Ireland to achieve the highest successful run-chase in World Cups.