Centuries set ton of records in World Cup

ADELAIDE, Australia: The opening round of the World Cup witnessed 35 centuries compared to just six in the entire 1975 tournament, seemingly proving once and for all that one-day cricket is a batsman’s game.
Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara heads the list of century makers, smashing four consecutive hundreds to become the first batsman in all ODIs to score four in a row.
Sangakkara’s teammate Tillakaratne Dilshan, India’s Shikhar Dhawan, Zimbabwe’s Brendan Taylor and Bangladesh’s Mahmudullah have all notched two hundreds in the current tournament.
Of the 35 hundreds in the 42 matches in the group stage, Sri Lanka had eight, South Africa five, India four and the West Indies and Australia three each.
Bangladesh had two (both by Mahmudullah) and so did eliminated England, Ireland and Zimbabwe (both by Taylor). New Zealand, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates and Scotland have all had one century each.