Highest score in WC final was made with squash ball in glove
Adam Gilchrist scored 149 off 104 balls in the 2007 World Cup final, which is the highest individual score in a World Cup final. The left-hander, who turned 45 on Monday, had placed a squash ball inside his left glove to improve his grip on the bat. Sri Lanka later blamed him for breaking the game's "spirit and tradition."