The England-Sri Lanka match of the 1992 World Cup was scheduled at the not so glamours Belart venue. The English player had a `spaced out' experience at the hotel where they were put up. The tall and lanky visitors didn't fit the beds provided to them. After the `bed' experience, the English players moved out and travelled 100 miles to check in at Melbourne's swanky Ritz Hotel. Despite the travel, England won that match.

He has been everywhere

Talk of any World Cup and Tanim Hassan will just say - "been there". The die-hard fan from Bangladesh followed the Cup whereever it has travelled. Since 1975 to 1996, Tanim has witnessed more than 50 World Cup games. A retired armyman, who has fought the 1971 war, Hasan is cricket's world war veteran. About his obession he says, "whatever money I have saved, I will spend it on cricket".

Century on debut

Sunil Gavaskar, who holds the world record of maximum Test centuries, scored his first World Cup century in his penultimatematch. But there are many who have done it in their first match. Glenn Turner (NZ) scored 171 against East Africa in 1975; Denis Amis (England) 137 against India at Lord's in 1975; Andy Flower (Zimbabw) 115 not out against Sri Lanka in 1992; Trevor Chappell (Australia) 110 against India in 1983; Geoff Marsh (Australia) 110 against India 1987; Nathan Astle (New Zealand) 101 against England in 1996; Gary Kirsten (South Africa) 188 against UAE in 1996.

England at the top

England may have never won the World Cup, but it happens to be the top team considering the most vital statistics. Surprisingly it happens to be the country which has scored the maximum runs and taken maximum wickets since the mega-event started in 1975. The order of runs scored is as follows - England (8621), Pakistan (8297), Australia (8291), West Indies (8042), New Zealand (7769), India (7369), Sri Lanka (6543). The order of wickets taken is as follows - England (310), West Indies (295), Australia (285), Pakistan (279), India(263), New Zealand (247), Sri Lanka (171).

(Compiled by Tushar Trivedi, Sandeep Dwivedi)