Sachin Tendulkar has played the most number of World Cup matches.
Sachin Tendulkar from india played most matches in world cup
steve waugh has played most matches in world as captain
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As of March 2011, New Zealand's Stephen Fleming has started 26 Cricket World Cup matches as captain. Ricky Ponting, who has started 25 World Cup matches as captain, has won all but one World Cup match, against Sri Lanka in March 2011, which finished in a No Result.
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john terry
Ryan Giggs
Ricky Ponting has played most icc world cup matches.He has 46 appearances.
Headingley, Leeds(England) is the ground to host the most no of matches in cricket world cup .and the total number of matches held is 12
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Sachin Tendulkar!
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