The globe has seen some incredible batting performances during the ICC World Cup. All of the participating nations’ batsmen gave it their all to help their sides get closer to the championship.
| Strike rate | Player | Runs | Span |
| 169.25 | Glenn Maxwell | 501 | 2015–2019 |
| 126.53 | Jos Buttler | 453 | 2015–2019 |
| 121.17 | Lance Kluesner | 372 | 1999–2003 |
| 120.84 | Brendon McCullum | 742 | 2003–2015 |
| 117.94 | David Miller | 460 | 2015–2019 |
Some batters have played extremely well throughout the course, giving the crowd some light amusement. Most of these batters with better strike rates began playing ODI cricket after the World Cup in 1999, when average scores started to rise. When it comes to the Cricket World Cup, Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell tops the list for having the highest strike rate. His strike rate is 169.25 percent. In 16 innings, he has totalled 503 runs, with a best of 102.
In 16 innings, he has totalled 503 runs, with a best of 102. He took part in both the 2015 and the 2019 World Cups. While England has two batsmen on the list, South Africa has three. One each is in New Zealand, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, and Australia. The only cricketer on the list who has competed in a World Cup before the 1996 edition is Kapil Dev.
On September 24 and 25, 1844, Canada and the United States played the first international cricket match. However, Australia and England played the first official Test match in 1877, and the two teams continued to face off for The Ashes in the years that followed. In 1889, South Africa was granted Test status. Bilateral competition resulted from the selection of representative cricket teams that toured one another. At the 1900 Paris Olympics, cricket was also a recognized Olympic event, and Great Britain overcame France to take home the gold medal. Cricket only made one appearance at this Summer Olympics.
The 1912 Triangular Event, a Test cricket tournament contested in England amongst all three Test-playing nations at the time—England, Australia, and South Africa—was the first multilateral competition at the international level. The event did not go well because of the unusually wet summer, which made it challenging to play on damp, unprotected fields, and because of a “surfeit of cricket.” Since that time, international Test cricket tournaments have typically been set up as bilateral series; the last multilateral Test competition was the triangular Asian Test Championship in 1999.
With the advent of Pakistan in 1952, West Indies in 1928, New Zealand in 1930, India in 1932, and the West Indies in 1928, there are now more countries participating in Test cricket than ever before.
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