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Australia goes into the 2007 Cricket World Cup with both the most titles (3), the most play offs (5) as well as the highest proportion of wins (69%) in world cup games.

Since the first world cup in 1975, 19 countries have qualified at least once and only seven have competed in every tournament. The West Indies have been the next most successful, making the play-offs three times and prevailing twice. India and Pakistan each made the play-offs twice and won once each.

Here is how the teams stacked up.

Team Rankings

Total	Win %	Played	Won	Lost	Tie	No Result
Australia	69	58	40	17	1	0
West Indies	65	48	31	16	0	1
South Africa	63	30	19	9	2	0
England	62	50	31	18	0	1
India	56	55	31	23	0	1
Pakistan	55	53	29	22	0	2
New Zealand	54	52	28	23	0	1
Sri Lanka	37	46	17	27	1	1
Kenya	25	20	5	14	0	1
United Arab Emirates	20	5	1	4	0	0
Zimbabwe	19	42	8	31	0	3
Bangladesh	18	11	2	8	0	1
Canada	11	9	1	8	0	0
Netherlands	9	11	1	10	0	0
Scotland	0	5	0	5	0	0
Namibia	0	6	0	6	0	0
East Africa	0	3	0	3	0	0

World Cup Records  

Most runs	Sachin Tendulkar, India	1732
Highest average (min. 20 inns.)	Viv Richards, West Indies	63.31
Most centuries	Sourav Ganguly, India	4
	Mark Waugh, Australia	4
	Sachin Tendulkar, India	4
Highest score	Gary Kirsten, South Africa	188
Highest partnership	Rahul Dravid & Sourav Ganguly, India	318
Most runs in a tournament	Sachin Tendulkar, India	673
Most wickets	Wasim Akram, Pakistan	55
Lowest average (min. 1000 balls)	Imran Khan, Pakistan	19.26
Most wickets in a tournament	Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lanka	23
Most dismissals (wicketkeeper)	Adam Gilchrist, Australia	35
Most catches (fielder)	Ricky Ponting, Australia	18
Highest team score	Sri Lanka v Kenya	398/5
Lowest team score	Canada v Sri Lanka	36
Highest winning margin (runs)	Australia v Namibia	256