ODI Cricket
In this article, we are going to take a look at the lowest scores recorded by a team in ODI cricket. This dubious record is currently held by Zimbabwe who registered a score of 35 against Sri Lanka in April 2004, breaking the record of 36 previously held by Canada. We will also provide […]
Despite being a part of recreational cricket, one-day cricket didn’t make its way into the professional cricketing arena until the early 1970s. Seen as very much the understudy to Test cricket, one-day internationals only really started to come into the limelight in the mid-1980s with the introduction of the ICC Cricket World Cup central […]
In this article, we are going to take a look at the top 10 highest opening partnerships in ODI cricket. The world record has passed through the hands of Ganguly and Tendulkar, Tharanga and Jayasuriya, Haq and Zaman to be currently owned by Campbell and Hope. JD Campbell, SD Hope: 365 John Campbell and […]
1. Sachin Tendulkar India’s Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most ODIs played. In 463 matches he played, he scored 18426 runs at 44.83 and took 154 wickets at 44.48. It all began when India and Pakistan met in the second match of a series at Gujranwala on India’s tour of Pakistan in December […]
1. Rohit Sharma (IND) The list is headed by Rohit Sharma with 1427 runs in 28 matches at 57.30, 7 tons and 6 fifties, including the highest score of 159 and a strike rate of 89.92. The highlight of Sharma’s performance was his spectacular show during the ICC World Cup in England when he […]
Before one-day cricket came to the fore, there had been hardly any spotlight on the strike rates or on the speed of batsmen’s scoring. All that mattered was accumulating runs. In fact, in the initial years of ODI cricket, strike rates weren’t as important they are today. However, nowadays, it is considered one of […]
The limited-overs cricket brought results in every game and was to feed into the aggressive nature of players. It was unthinkable when Kapil Dev scored 175 not out in a brutal innings and then Sir Viv Richards upped that with 189 not out of his own. However, once Sachin Tendulkar scored the first double […]
It’s been nearly five decades since ODI cricket started. However, only 61 players in the history of ODI cricket have aggregated 6000 runs or more. While there are as many as 44 players who needed less than 200 ODIs to get to the landmark, only six cricketers got there in less than 150 ODIs. […]
Cricket is a game of data and stats. We, fans, cherish cricketing milestones. In ODIs, scoring 5000 runs in considered a great achievement. In this article, we are going to talk about the top 10 batsmen in ODI history to reach 5000 runs in the minimum number of innings. On our list, there are […]
A good start in international cricket can often indicate that a player is destined to become great. This is true about most of the players included in this list of batsmen who have been the quickest to reach 2000 ODI runs. The list contains such batsmen as Hashim Amla, Kevin Pietersen and Vivian Richards who […]
In this article, we are going to take a look at the 10 fastest journeys – in terms of a number of innings – to 8000 ODI runs. The progression of the record went from 219 innings (Haynes) to 210 innings (Tendulkar) to 200 innings (Ganguly) to 182 innings (De Villiers) and eventually to […]
One of the most common ways to judge a bowler or reflect upon his numbers and overall career is to see how many wickets he has taken and how quickly it has been done. Thus, one of the popular records in cricket is being the fastest to a milestone of wickets taken. In this article, […]
It’s a bowler’s job to take wickets. However, snaring hundreds of wickets in a demanding format such as ODI takes supreme skills combined with exceptional form. Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers in ODI Matches In this article, we are going to provide you with information about the top 10 wicket-takers in ODIs. We are going […]
Team Records 1. Highest Team Score Batting First: 481/6 The record was set at Nottingham by England, playing against Australia on 19 June 2018. Batting first, England made 481/6, helped by innings of 82 by Jason Roy, 139 by Jonny Bairstow, 147 by Alex Hales and 67 by Eoin Morgan. 2. Highest Team Score […]
Developments within one-day cricket over the past decade or so have led to it becoming very much a batsmen-friendly game. The introduction of the batting powerplay coupled with big hitting influenced by the popularity of Twenty 20 cricket has made bowlers look for alternative means to restrict batting sides. Opening the bowling with spin, […]