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1. Highest individual score by a batsman in one day cricket (ODI)

3 years since I analyzed batsmen capable of scoring one day double century, Sachin Tendulkar on 24 Feb 2010 made the first ever one day double century off 147 balls and on 8 December 2011, Virender Sehwag toppled him, snatching the record of highest individual score by a batsman in one day cricket..

Debate : who holds record for second highest ODI score? Coventry was notout on 194 but Saeed Anwar took 10 balls fewer to make equal number of runs!

Even today, I agree, making 200 runs in a single 50 over match innings is a difficult ask, but like Tendulkar and Sehwag, modern day batsmen/bats have shown glimpses of this miracle happening, someday again soon. Today when over 400 runs can be made and also chased down (SA beat Aus chasing 434), why can't a batsman, preferably an opener or number 3, put his head down to the task, gets a little lucky and a little greedy to do what's only twice done?

Fact : ICC has set 70 yards as minimum boundary length on either side of a cricket field, but several grounds around the world are shortening their edges cause spectators appreciate fours and sixes more than ones & towes. if Tendulkar can do it in late thirties, someone in twenties can certainly reclaim the top position in following list.

Here are the batsman who have come close to it in the years gone by.

Note : Only scores of over 160 are in the list below. There have been 25 other batsman with a 150+ score in ODI cricket but they need to do more to enter following elite list!

Highest individual scores by a batsman in one day matches (ODI).
Batsman (Country)	Score	Balls	4s	6s	Versus	Venue	Date
Virender Sehwag (India)	219	149	25	7	West Indies	Indore	8 Dec 2011
Sachin Tendulkar (India)	200*	147	25	3	South Africa	Gwalior	24 Feb 2010
Saeed Anwar (Pakistan)	194	146	22	5	India	Chennai	21 May 1997
Charls Coventry (Zimbabwe)	194*	156	16	7	Bangladesh	Bulawayo	16 Aug 2009
Vivian Richards (West Indies)	189*	170	21	5	England	Old Trafford	31 May 1984
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)	189	170	21	5	India	Sharjah	29 Oct 2000
Gary Kirsten (South Africa)	188*	159	23	4	UAE	Rawalpindi	16 Feb 1996
Sachin Tendulkar (India)	186*	150	20	3	New Zealand	Hyderabad	8 Nov 1999
Shane Watson (Australia)	185*	96	15	15	Bangladesh	Mirpur	11 Apr 2011
MS Dhoni (India)	183*	145	15	10	Sri Lanka	Jaipur	31 Oct 2005
Sourav Ganguly (India)	183	158	17	7	Sri Lanka	Taunton	26 May 1999
Vivian Richards (West Indies)	181	125	16	7	Sri Lanka	Karachi	13 Oct 1987
Mathew Hayden (Australia)	181*	166	11	10	New Zealand	Hamilton	20 Feb 2007
Hamilton Masakadza (Zimbabwe)	178*	167	17	4	Kenya	Harare	18 Oct 2009
Paul Stirling (Ireland)	177	134	21	5	Canada	Toronto	7 Sep 2010
Kapil Dev (India)	175*	138	16	6	Zimbabwe	Tunbridge	18 Jun 1983
Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa)	175	111	21	7	Australia	Johannesburg	12 Mar 2006
Sachin Tendulkar (India)	175	141	19	4	Australia	Hyderabad	5 Nov 2009
Virendra Sehwag (India)	175	140	14	5	Bangladesh	Mirpur	19 Feb 2011
Mark Waugh (Australia)	173	148	16	3	West Indies	Melbourne	9 Feb 2001
Craig Wishart (Zimbabwe)	172*	151	18	3	Namibia	Harare	10 Feb 2003
Adam Gilchrist (Australia)	172	126	13	3	Zimbabwe	Hobart	16 Jan 2004
Lou Vincent (New Zealand)	172	120	16	9	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	24 Aug 2005
Glenn Turner (New Zeland)	171*	201	16	2	East Africa	Edgbaston	7 Jun 1975
Dave Callaghan (South Africa)	169*	143	19	4	New Zealand	Centurion	11 Dec 1994
Brian Lara (West Indies)	169	129	15	4	Sri Lanka	Sharjah	16 Oct 1995
Robin Smith (England)	167*	163	17	3	Australia	Edgbaston	21 May 1993
Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)	166	135	12	10	Ireland	Aberdeen	1 Jul 2008
Ricky Ponting (Australia)	164	105	13	9	South Africa	Johannesburg	12 Mar 2006
Sachin Tendulkar (India)	163*	133	16	5	New Zealand	Christchurch	8 Mar 2009
Shane Watson (Australia)	161*	150	12	4	England	Melbourne	16 Jan 2011
Andrew Hudson (South Africa)	161	132	13	4	Netherlands	Rawalpindi	5 Mar 1996
James Marshall (New Zealand)	161	141	11	4	Ireland	Abderdeen	1 Jul 2008
Imran Nazir (Pakistan)	160	121	14	8	Zimbabwe	Kingston	21 Mar 2007
Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka)	160	124	20	3	India	Rajkot	15 Dec 2009
Dinesh Mongia (India)	159	147	17	1	Zimbabwe	Guwahati	19 Mar 2002

Virender Sehwag now has broken Sachin Tendulkar's record who was first batsman ever to score a one day double century but who are the other batsman who held it before Sehwag & Tendulkar? Saeed Anwar was leader between 1997 to 2009 until Charls Coventry equaled him. John Edrich's 82 was the highest score in the first ever ODI, which was then broken by DL Amiss who made first hundered in 50 over cricket = 103 in 1972. Roy Fredericks broke that record inside a year with his 105, which was then broken by English David Lloyd's 116 not out against Pakistan another year later in 1974.

Glenn Turner of New Zealand owned the record with his 171* against East Africa for 8 year, since 1975 to 1983 when Kapil Dev made 175* against Zimbabwe. Vivian Richards then held the record for 12 years, from 31 May 1984 to 21 May 1997 when Saeed Anwar hit 194 against Indians at Chennai as you seen in the above list.

2. Record List : Fastest century in One day International cricket 

Recently at Rajkot, on 14 Nov 2008, Yuvraj Singh scored a 64 ball century against England.. This was the second fastest 100 by an Indian behind 62 ball thriller by Mohammad Azharuddin against New Zealand at Baroda in 17 December 1988.

Internationally - Yuvraj's hundred stood at 8th position.

Yuvraj was injured, and hence, had Gautam Gambhir as runner (trick?). Otherwise, I'm sure this Punjab Left hander could have scored the first double century in one day Internationals as well.

Questions poured in at itsonlycricket answers, asking for lists of exceptionally quick 100s ever made in one day international cricket.. I've done one better, and included the list fastest century ever made by all test playing nations, cause I firmly believe this record is also going to change frequently due to the kind of bats batsmen use these days and the evolution of Twenty20 games.

Currently, Shahid Afridi of Pakistan holds the record of fastest century in one day cricket match.. Afridi reached his fifty off 18 balls.

Fastest century by a batsman in one day Internationals
Batsman (Country)	Score	Balls	4s	6s	Versus	Venue	Mon/Yr
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)	102	37	6	11	Sri Lanka	Nairobi	Oct 1996
Mark Boucher (South Africa)	147*	44	8	10	Zimbabwe	P'stroom	Sept 2006
Brian Lara (West Indies)	117	45	18	4	Bangladesh	Dhaka	Oct 1999
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)	102	45	10	9	India	Kanpur	April 2005
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)	134	48	11	11	Pakistan	Singapore	April 1996
Kevin O'Brien (Ireland)	113	50	13	6	England	Bengaluru	March 2011
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)	124	53	17	4	Bangladesh	Dambulla	June 2010
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)	130	55	16	6	Bangladesh	Karachi	June 2008
AB de Villiers (South Africa)	102*	58	11	3	India	Ahmedabad	Feb 2010
Virendra Sehwag (India)	125*	60	14	6	New Zealand	Hamilton	Mar 2009
Md Azharuddin (India)	108	62	10	3	New Zealand	Baroda	Dec 1988
Shakib Al Hasan (Bdesh)	104	63	8	4	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	Aug 2009
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)	157	64	23	1	Holland	Amstelveen	July 2006
Yuvraj Singh (India)	138*	64	16	6	England	Rajkot	Nov 2008
Mathew Hayden (Australia)	101	66	14	4	South Africa	St Kitts	Mar 2007
Suresh Raina (India)	101	66	7	5	Hong Kong	Karachi	June 2008
Virendra Sehwag (India)	146	66	17	6	Sri Lanka	Rajkot	Dec 2009
Basit Ali (Pakistan)	127*	67	12	5	West Indies	Sharjah	Nov 1993
Jim Davison (Canada)	111	67	6	7	West Indies	Centurion	Feb 2003
Adam Gilchrist (Australia)	122	67	13	4	Sri Lanka	Brisbane	Feb 2006
Craig McMillan (NZ)	117	67	13	5	Australia	Hamilton	Feb 2007
Yusuf Pathan (India)	105	68	8	8	South Africa	Centurion	Jan 2011
Ijaz Ahmed (Pakistan)	139*	68	10	9	India	Lahore	Oct 1997
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)	100*	68	2	8	Zimbabwe	Harare	Nov 2002
Shakib Al Hasan (Bdesh)	105*	68	14	3	Zimbabwe	Mirpur	Oct 2009
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)	109	68	8	7	Sri Lanka	Dambulla	Jun 2010
Fastest century by an Indian batsman in ODIs
Virendra Sehwag	125*	60	14	6	New Zealand	Hamilton	Mar 2009
Mohammad Azharuddin	108	62	10	3	New Zealand	Baroda	Dec 1998
Yuvraj Singh	138*	64	16	6	England	Rajkot	Nov 2008
Fastest century by an Australian batsman in ODIs
Mathew Hayden	101	66	14	4	South Africa	St Kitts	Mar 2007
Adam Gilchrist	122	67	13	4	Sri Lanka	Brisbane	Feb 2006
Shane Watson	185*	69	15	15	Bangladesh	Mirpur	Apr 2011
Fastest century by an England batsman in ODIs
Kevin Pietersen	100*	69	7	4	South Africa	East London	Feb 2005
Marcus Trescothick	100	76	16	0	Bangladesh	The Oval	June 2005
Paul Collingwood	112*	77	10	5	Bangladesh	Nottingham	June 2005
Fastest century by a South African batsman in ODIs
Mark Boucher	147*	44	8	10	Zimbabwe	P'fstroom	Sept 2006
AB de Villiers	102*	59	11	3	India	Ahmedabad	Feb 2010
AB de Villiers	121	75	14	0	England	Cape Town	Nov 2009
Fastest century by a Pakistan batsman in ODIs
Shahid Afridi	102	37	6	11	Sri Lanka	Nairobi	Oct 1996
Shahid Afridi	102	45	10	9	India	Kanpur	April 2005
Shahid Afridi	124	57	17	4	Bangladesh	Dambulla	June 2010
Fastest century by a Sri Lankan batsman in ODIs
Sanath Jayasuriya	134	48	11	11	Pakistan	Singapore	Apr 1996
Sanath Jayasuriya	130	55	16	6	Bangladesh	Karachi	June 2008
Sanath Jayasuriya	157*	64	23	1	Holland	Amstelveen	July 2006
Fastest century by a West Indies batsman in ODIs
Brian Lara	117	45	18	4	Bangladesh	Dhaka	Oct 1999
Chris Gayle	112*	69	17	2	Zimbabwe	Harare	Nov 2003
Chris Gayle	110	70	14	6	Canada	King City	Aug 2008
Fastest century by a New Zealand batsman in ODIs
Craig McMillan	117	67	13	5	Australia	Hamilton	Feb 2007
Kane Williamson	100	69	11	1	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	Oct 2011
Jacob Oram	101*	71	6	4	Australia	Perth	Jan 2007
Fastest century by a Bangladesh batsman in ODIs
Shakib Al Hasan	104	64	8	4	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	Aug 2009
Shakib Al Hasan	105*	68	14	3	Zimbabwe	Mirpur	Oct 2009

Note : Balls = is the number of balls that batsman played to complete century.. not of the whole innings, which is mentioned as Runs.

Fastest fifty by a batsman in one day Internationals
Batsman (Country)	Score	Balls	4s	6s	Versus	Venue	Mon/Yr
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)	76	17	8	5	Pakistan	Singapore	Apr 1996
Simon O'Donnell (Australia)	74	18	4	6	Sri Lanka	Sharjah	May 1990
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)	55*	18	4	6	Holland	Colombo	Sept 2002
Mark Boucher (South Africa)	51*	19	2	6	Kenya	Cape Town	Oct 2001
Justin Kemp (South Africa)	53*	19	2	5	Zimbabwe	Durban	Feb 2005
Brendon McCullum (NZ)	80*	19	9	6	Bangladesh	Queenstown	Dec 2007
Ross Taylor (New Zealand)	59*	19	4	5	Ireland	Aberdeen	Jul 2008
David Hussey (Australia)	52	19	4	4	West Indies	St Kitts	Jul 2008
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)	65	19	5	5	New Zealand	Christchurch	Jan 2011
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)	77	20	5	6	South Africa	Durban	Feb 2007
Brendon McCullum (NZ)	52	20	1	5	Canada	St Lucia	Mar 2007
Darren Sammy (West Indies)	58*	20	2	6	South Africa	Antigua	May 2010

Interesting note : Record for most sixes in an innings belongs to Xavier Marshall of West Indies for his 12 sixes in innings of 157 not out against Canada in August 2008.. Sanath Jayasuriya and Shahid Afridi have hit 11 sixes in one innings whereas MS Dhoni, Mark Boucher, Mathew Hayden and Brendon McCullum of New Zealand have hit 10 sixes in one innings.

3. Ricky Ponting's test century list : year by year

Ricky Ponting is the greatest batsman produced by Australian cricket, ever. I know there are many oldies who would argue as Bradman was the best but I firmly believe Sir Don played in an era when cricket wasn't as rutheless and demanding as it is now in morden day when Ponting has mesmerised world wide audiences..

TV replays have made batsmen's life difficult, finding chunk in their armour series after series while Bradman played against just 4 country in his whole career whereas Ricky has centuries against all 9 other test playing nations.

Thinking along those lines, I realised a list of all test century made by Ricky Ponting will be an interesting read, seeing how Aussie run machine has gone through his career. so, here it is :-

Ricky Ponting's highest test score is 257 at Melbourne cricket ground back in December 2003, against India. His second best individual score is 242 as you can see in following table but interestingly, both of these biggest innings by Tasmania tiger came in back to back matches but didn't fetch a win for his team.. Indians managed to draw that 3rd test after winning that Adelaide match, coming from behind, chasing down 233 in 4th innings, the exact score that Rahul Dravid made in 1st innings to inspire visitors. Overall, Ricky has 5 double century besides getting out in 190s twice and 6 times in 90s.

Ricky Ponting's first test century was against England at Leeds in 1997 Ashes series and so far, Aussie legend has scored 18 century away from home. Ricky scored no century in year 2007, 2004 and 1998 but his most prolific year have been 2006 in which he made no less than 7 century in a calender year.

It's no secret that Ponting enjoys fast bowling rather than spinners as his most runs have come against South Africans but has a solitary century against spin heavy Sri Lankans. Ricky Ponting has batted at number 3 for 9 consecutive years now and all his hundreds have come either at no.3 position or no.6 where he started his career before being promoted up the order.

Ricky is a fast scorer, so I noticed his slowest test century as the one he made against West Indies back in March 1999. Ricky, with a strike rate of less than 36 runs per hundred balls, was giving support to captain Steve Waugh who made 199 in that game but Windies managed to win the match, by 1 wkt.

List of all century made by Ricky Ponting in Test Match cricket.
Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Pos	Versus	Venue	Date
209	354	25	0	3	Pakistan	Hobart	14 Jan 2010
150	224	14	1	3	England	Cardiff	8 Jul 2009
101	126	10	1	3	South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008
123	243	13	0	3	India	Bangalore	9 Oct 2008
158	224	16	1	3	West Indies	Kingston	22 May 2008
140	266	10	0	3	India	Adelaide	24 Jan 2008
142	245	12	0	3	England	Adelaide	1 Dec 2006
196	319	24	0	3	England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006
118*	253	13	0	3	Bangladesh	Fatullah	9 Apr 2006
103	225	11	0	3	South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006
116	187	12	2	3	South Africa	Durban	24 Mar 2006
120	174	12	1	3	South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 2006
143*	159	16	0	3	South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 2006
117	198	13	0	3	South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005
149	213	15	0	3	West Indies	Brisbane	3 Nov 2005
104*	158	8	0	3	West Indies	Brisbane	3 Nov 2005
156	275	16	1	3	England	Old Trafford	11 Aug 2005
105	110	13	4	3	New Zealand	Auckland	26 Mar 2005
207	332	30	0	3	Pakistan	Sydney	2 Jan 2005
257	458	25	0	3	India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003
242	352	31	0	3	India	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003
169	249	23	2	3	Zimbabwe	Sydney	17 Oct 2003
113	204	8	1	3	West Indies	Barbados	1 May 2003
206	362	24	1	3	West Indies	Trinidad	19 Apr 2003
117	195	18	0	3	West Indies	Georgetown	10 Apr 2003
154	269	9	0	3	England	Adelaide	21 Nov 2002
123	195	12	2	3	England	Brisbane	7 Nov 2002
150	266	14	3	3	Pakistan	Sharjah	19 Oct 2002
141	163	23	0	3	Pakistan	Colombo	3 Oct 2002
100*	160	16	1	3	South Africa	Cape Town	8 Mar 2002
157*	218	20	1	3	New Zealand	Hobart	22 Nov 2001
144	154	20	3	3	England	Leeds	16 Aug 2001
141*	183	17	1	6	India	Sydney	2 Jan 2000
125	198	15	0	6	India	Adelaide	10 Dec 1999
197	288	22	0	6	Pakistan	Perth	26 Nov 1999
105*	171	11	0	6	Sri Lanka	Colombo	30 Sep 1999
104	290	10	0	6	West Indies	Bridgetown	26 Mar 1999
105	208	14	0	6	South Africa	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997
127	202	16	1	6	England	Leeds	24 Jul 1997

4. Highest individual score by a batsman in test match cricket .

Sachin Tendulkar may own the record of the batsman with most runs in test cricket (and in onedayers), Brain Lara, former West Indian artist with bat, will take heart from his highest score by a batsman in an innings which he owned for 9 years before Mathew Hayden broke it.

6 months since Hayden's hurricane against Zimbabweans, at same Venue (Recreation ground in Antigua) and against same opposition (England), Brain Lara snatched back his phenomenal record, scoring the first and only 400 in test match cricket till today.

Drawback : Not that Brain Lara's record can't be broken today, but modern day batters have lost the patience with loads of ODI & T20 cricket played around the world and also the teams have become more result oriented than in Lara's days whose best test match score didn't fetch a win for his team (England earned a draw!).

Capables : Virendra Sehwag of India and Chris Gayle of West Indies who like to play their shots when most batsman like to defend in test cricket.

Note : Double centuries may won a batsman a test match for his country, but not a place in elite list below, which comprises only 300s.

Note : There have been 10 countries to play test cricket. Highest scores by batsman from West Indies, Australia, Sri Lanka, England, Pakistan, India feature in list below. Now among remaining teams, the highest test score by a New Zealand batsman is by Martin Crowe = 299 against Sri Lanka at Wellington in January 1991, best test score by a South African batsman is by Graeme Smith = 277 AB de Villiers = 278* vs Pakistan at Abu Dhabi in November 2010. Top test score by a Bangladesh batsman is 158* by Mohammad Asharful against India and highest test match score by a Zimbabwe batsman is by David Houghton = 266 against Sri Lanka at Bulawayo in October 1994.

Highest Individual scores by a batsman in test matches
Batsman (Country)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Versus	Venue	Mon/Yr
Brian Lara (WI)	400*	582	43	4	England	Antigua	Apr 2004
Mathew Hayden (Aus)	380	437	38	11	Zimbabwe	Perth	Oct 2003
Brian Lara (WI)	375	538	45	0	England	Antigua	Apr 1994
Mahela Jayawardene (SL)	374	572	43	1	South Africa	Colombo	Jul 2006
Gary Sobers (WI)	365*	---	38	0	Pakistan	Jamaica	Feb 1958
Len Hutton (Eng)	364	847	35	0	Australia	The Oval	Aug 1938
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)	340	578	36	2	India	Colombo	Aug 1997
Hanif Mohammad (Pak)	337	---	24	0	West Indies	Bridgetown	Jan 1958
Wally Hammond (Eng)	336*	---	34	10	New Zealand	Auckland	Mar 1933
Mark Taylor (Aus)	334*	564	32	1	Pakistan	Peshawar	Oct 1998
Don Bradman (Aus)	334	448	46	0	England	Leeds	Jul 1930
Chris Gayle (WI)	333	437	34	9	Sri Lanka	Galle	Nov 2010
Graham Gooch (Eng)	333	485	43	3	India	Lords	Jul 1990
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)	329	436	38	9	New Zealand	Lahore	May 2002
Adam Sandham (Eng)	325	640	28	0	West Indies	Jamaica	Apr 1930
Virendra Sehwag (Ind)	319	304	42	5	South Africa	Chennai	Mar 2008
Chris Gayle (WI)	317	483	37	3	South Africa	Antigua	Apr 2005
Younus Khan (Pak)	313	568	27	4	Sri Lanka	Karachi	Feb 2009
Bob Simpson (Aus)	311	740	23	1	England	Manchester	Jul 1964
John Edrich (Eng)	310*	450	52	5	New Zealand	Leeds	Jul 1965
Virendra Sehwag (Ind)	309	375	39	6	Pakistan	Multan	Mar 2004
Bob Cooper (Aus)	307	589	20	1	England	Melbourne	Feb 1966
Don Bradman (Aus)	304	473	43	2	England	Leeds	Jul 1934
Lawrence Rowe (WI)	302	430	36	1	England	Bridgetown	Mar 1974

Record Holders :
Highest test score was first owned by CG Bannerman who made 165 in that first ever test match between England and Australia in year 1877. Then, WL Murdoch of Australia broke the record in 1884 with his 211 and in process became the first batsman to score a double century in test cricket. Robert Foster took away the record with his 287 against Australia in 1903, before it was broken by A Sandham's first ever triple century = 325. WR Hammond, L Hutton and Gary Sobers held the record for highest test match score before Brain Lara broke Gary Sober's 36 years old record in 1994 with his 375 before making 400, taking record back from Mathew Hayden who held it for just 6 months!