Cricket, the game is stacked with full of record-breaking facts and figures and the ICC Cricket World Cup is no exemption. So our team decides to bring you all the amusing and delightful facts and records of the last 10 ICC Cricket World Cups up to date. This series will feature all time statistics of ICC Cricket World Cups including Batting, Bowling, Fielding, Wicket-keeping record starting from 1975 to 2011.
Few days ago we published two articles on World Cup records as Leading run Scorers in World Cup Cricket and Highest Wicket Takers in World Cups. In this article we will bring you the statistics on most catches by a fielder excluding Wicket-keepers in World Cup history.
As per the records, two times world cup winning captain and former Austrian batsman Ricky Ponting is currently leading the table with 28 catches in 46 matches. Former Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya is just behind Ponting and stays at no.2 position with 18 catches from 38 matches. Here is the full list of top 10 players with most number of catches in World Cups.
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