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During the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, bowlers had a tough time on the slow pitches in West Indies. Batsmen were sure to have the upper hand and total scores were likely to witness an all-time high. However, the best bowling figures in Cricket World Cup 2007 belonged to the bowler who toiled the hardest and used strategic planning to destabilize his opposition.
As per the history of Cricket World Cup, fast bowlers have almost always headed the list of best bowling figures in the tournament. Australian Glenn McGrath's historic feat of 7-15 in a match against Namibia at Potchefstroom is the stand-out bowling performance in World Cups.
Countryman Andy Bichel had taken 7-20 in a World Cup match against England at Port Elizabeth. Winston Davis (7-51), Gary Gilmour (6-14), Shane Bond (6-23) and Ashish Nehra (6-23) are among the other players with best bowling figures in Cricket World Cups.
In the 2007 Cricket World Cup, three South African bowlers claimed five wickets and remained on top of the best bowling figures list. AJ Hall claimed five wickets of England and gave away only 18 runs. CK Langeveldt claimed five Sri Lankan wickets and gave away 39 runs. A Nel sent back to pavilion five Bangladeshi batsmen and gave away 45 runs.
Best bowling figures for Australia was 4/19 against Sri Lanka and the bowler was Nathan Bracken. Sri Lanka's M Muralitharan also claimed four wickets of Bermuda and gave away 19 runs.
Sri Lanka's M Mehroof, New Zealander Daniel Vettori, Australia's Brad Hogg, M Mertaza of Bangladesh, and England's Andrew Flintoff, all claimed four wickets.
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