Most Maiden Overs In World Cup

The first three editions of the World Cup were 60-over contests. Each bowler could bowl a maximum of 12 overs instead of 10 in the 50-over format.

In the first ever Cricket World Cup in 1975, India’s left-arm spinner Bishan Singh Bedi bowled in only a couple of innings but recorded 14 maiden overs. Nobody could bowl a total of more than 14 maiden overs in that entire World Cup tournament.

Here is the complete list of players who bowled the most number of maiden overs in World Cup from 1975 to 2019 World Cup:

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Players With Most Maiden Overs In World Cup (Year Wise)

Year	Name	Maiden Over	Innings	Team
2019	Jasprit Bumrah	9	9	India
2015	Trent Boult	14	9	New Zealand
2011	Tim Southee	9	8	New Zealand
2007	Chaminda Vaas	15	10	Sri Lanka
2003	Glenn McGrath	18	11	Australia
1999	Shane Warne	13	10	Australia
1996	Glenn McGrath	10	7	Australia
1992	Derek Pringle	15	8	England
1987	Phil DeFreitas	12	8	England
1983	Bob Willis	19	7	England
1979	Majid Khan	8	4	Pakistan
1975	BS Bedi	14	2	India

The most number of maiden overs bowled in a single edition of a World Cup tournament is 19, by England pacer Bob Willis in 1983 in England. Australia’s Glenn McGrath is the only bowler to bowl the most maidens in a Cricket World Cup edition twice. He did it 1996 and 2003 World Cups when he bowled 10 and 18 maidens respectively.

So far, three Englishmen, three Australians, 2 Kiwis, and 2 from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka each have topped the maiden overs charts in world cup. Out of the 12 toppers, 10 are pacers and 2 are spinners. The pacers have clearly ruled the roost here.

Most Maidens in World Cup (Overall)

Span	Player	Team	Maidens	Innings	Wkts	BBI
1996-2007	Glenn McGrath	Australia	42	39	71	7/15
1996-2007	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	39	31	49	6/25
1975-1983	Sir Richard Hadlee	New Zealand	38	13	22	5/25
1996-2007	Shaun Pollock	South Africa	37	31	31	5/36
1979-1992	Sir Ian Botham	England	33	22	30	4/31
1987-1996	Phil DeFreitas	England	30	22	29	3/28
1975-1983	Sir Andy Roberts	West Indies	29	16	26	3/32
1979-1992	Kapil Dev	India	27	25	28	5/43
1979-1983	Bob Willis	England	27	11	18	4/11
1987-1999	Courtney Walsh	West Indies	23	17	27	4/25

The Australia pacer Glenn McGrath tops the table with 42 maidens in 39 innings. Chaminda Vaas holds the second position with a difference of 3 maidens. There are 3 Englishmen in the list and 2 West Indians.

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