List of One Day International cricket records

This is a list of One-Day International cricket records, that record team and individual performances in One Day International (ODI) cricket. Like the Test cricket and its records, ODI matches generate vast numbers of statistics which have been logged since the first ODI matches began in 1971. The Cricket World Cup is the most major of many ODI tournaments held between the 16 teams currently given full ODI status by the International Cricket Council.

Numerous batting, bowling and fielding records exist. Sachin Tendulkar currently holds the record of most ODI runs and the highest number of centuries and Virender Sehwag holds the record of highest individual score, while Michael Bevan, the Australian cricketer, holds the best batting average of any retired player.

Listing criteria

In general the last five are listed in each category (except when there is a tie for the first place among the five, when all the tied record holders are noted).

Listing notation

Team Notation

• (300–3) indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three wickets and the innings was closed, either due to a successful run chase or if no overs remained (or are able) to be bowled.
• (300) indicates that a team scored 300 runs and was all out, either by losing all ten wickets or by having one or more batsmen unable to bat and losing the remaining wickets.

Batting Notation

• (100*) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was not out.
• (175) indicates that a batsman scored 175 runs and was out after that.

Bowling Notation

• (5–100) indicates that a bowler has captured 5 wickets while giving away 100 runs.

Currently playing

• Record holders who are currently playing ODIs (i.e. their record details listed could change) are shown in bold.

Team records

Team scoring records

Highest innings totals

Rank	Score	Teams	Venue	Season
1	443–9 (50 overs)	Sri Lanka v Netherlands	Amstelveen	2006
2	438–9 (49.5 overs)	South Africa v Australia (match report)	Johannesburg	2005–06
3	434–4 (50 overs)	Australia v South Africa (match report)	Johannesburg	2005–06
4	418–5 (50 overs)	India v West Indies	Indore	2011–12
4	418–5 (50 overs)	South Africa v Zimbabwe	Potchefstroom	2006–07
5	414–7 (50 overs)	India v Sri Lanka	Rajkot	2009–10
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated 8 December 2011.

Highest match aggregate

Rank	Score	Teams	Venue	Season
1	872–13 (99.5 overs)	Australia (434–4) v South Africa (438–9) (match report)	Johannesburg	2005–06
2	825–15 (100 overs)	India (414–7) v Sri Lanka (411–8)	Rajkot	2009–10
3	726–14 (95.5 overs)	India (392–4) v New Zealand (334)	Christchurch	2008–09
4	697–14 (99.4 overs)	Australia (350–4) v India (347)	Hyderabad	2009–10
5	696–14 (99.3 overs)	Australia (346–5) v New Zealand (350–9)	Hamilton	2006–07
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated 18 January 2011.

Largest successful run chases

Rank	Score	Teams	Venue	Season
1	438–9 (49.5 overs)	South Africa v Australia (match report)	Johannesburg	2005–06
2	350–9 (49.3 overs)	New Zealand v Australia	Hamilton	2006–07
3	340–5 (48.4 overs)	New Zealand v Australia	Auckland	2006–07
4	334–8 (49.2 overs)	Australia v England	Sydney	2010–11
5	332–8 (49 overs)	New Zealand v Australia	Christchurch	2005–06
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated 23 December 2011.

Lowest innings totals

Rank	Score	Teams	Venue	Season
1	35 (18 overs)	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka	Harare	2004
2	36 (18.4 overs)	Canada v Sri Lanka	Paarl	2003
3	38 (15.5 overs)	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka	Colombo	2001
4=	43 (19.5 overs)	Pakistan v West Indies	Cape Town	1993
4=	43 (20.1 overs)	Sri Lanka v South Africa	Paarl	2012
Source: [1]. Last updated 11 January 2012.

Individual records

Individual records (batting)

Highest career runs

Rank	Runs	Innings	Player	Period
1	18,161	444	Sachin Tendulkar	1989–2012
2	13,688	361	Ricky Ponting	1995–2012
3	13,430	433	Sanath Jayasuriya	1989-2011
4	11,739	350	Inzamam ul Haq	1991–2007
5	11,481	305	Jacques Kallis	1996–2012
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated 12 January 2012

Highest individual scores

Rank	Runs	Player	Match	Venue	Season
1	219	Virender Sehwag	India v West Indies	Indore	2011–2012
2	200*	Sachin Tendulkar	India v South Africa	Gwalior	2009–2010
3	194*	Charles Coventry	Zimbabwe v Bangladesh	Bulawayo	2009
4	194	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan v India	Chennai	1997
5	189*	Sir Viv Richards	West Indies v England	Manchester	1984
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated 8 December 2011

Highest career average

Rank	Average	Runs	Player	Period
1	56.35	2705	Hashim Amla	2008–2012
2	53.58	6912	Michael Bevan	1994–2004
3	51.11	4907	Michael Hussey	2004–2012
4	50.62	6530	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	2004–2012
5	47.62	2572	Zaheer Abbas	1974–1985
Qualification: 50 innings. Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 12 January 2012.

Best strike rates

Rank	Strike Rate	Runs	Player	Period
1	117.06	590	Lionel Cann	2006–2009
2	114.95	707	Rizwan Cheema	2008–2011
3	114.14	6893	Shahid Afridi	1996–2011
4	113.60	810	Yusuf Pathan	2008–2011
5	106.28	626	Andy Blignaut	1999–2010
Qualification: 500 Balls faced Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 12 January 2012.

Most centuries

Rank	Centuries	Innings	Player	Period
1	48	442	Sachin Tendulkar	1989–2012
2	30	360	Ricky Ponting	1995–2012
3	28	433	Sanath Jayasuriya	1989–2011
4	22	300	Sourav Ganguly	1992–2007
5	21	240	Herschelle Gibbs	1996–2010
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 12 January 2012.

Fastest fifty

Rank	Balls faced	Player	Match	Venue	Season
1	17	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka v Pakistan	Singapore	1996
2	18	Simon O'Donnell	Australia v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	1990
3	18	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Nairobi	1996
4	18	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v Netherlands	Colombo	2002
5	19	Mark Boucher	South Africa v Kenya	Cape Town	2001
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com. Last updated 12 January 2012.

Fastest century

Rank	Balls faced	Player	Match	Venue	Season
1	37	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v Sri Lanka	Nairobi Gymkhana Club	1996
2	44	Mark Boucher	South Africa v Zimbabwe	Senwes Park	2006
3	45	Brian Lara	West Indies v Bangladesh	Dhaka	2006
4	45	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v India	Kanpur	2005
5	48	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka v Pakistan	Singapore	1996
Source: [2]. Last updated 1 September 2010

Most sixes in career

Rank	Sixes	Player	Innings
1	295	Shahid Afridi	310
2	270	Sanath Jayasuriya	433
3	193	Sachin Tendulkar	442
4	190	Sourav Ganguly	300
5	169	Chris Gayle	223
Source: [3]. Last updated 27 November 2011

Most fours in career

Rank	fours	Player	Matches
1	1981	Sachin Tendulkar	453
2	1500	Sanath Jayasuriya	445
3	1230	Ricky Ponting	370
4	1162	Adam Gilchrist	287
5	1122	Sourav Ganguly	311
Source: [4]. Last updated 9 January 2012.

Individual records (bowling)

Most wickets

Rank	Wickets	Matches	Player	Period
1	534	350	Muttiah Muralitharan	1993–2011
2	502	356	Wasim Akram	1984–2003
3	416	262	Waqar Younis	1989–2003
4	400	322	Chaminda Vaas	1994–2008
5	393	303	Shaun Pollock	1996–2008
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated 28 May 2011

Best innings figures

Rank	Bowling Figures	Player	Match	Venue	Season
1	8–3–19–8	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	Colombo	2001
2	7–4–15–7	Glenn McGrath	Australia v Namibia	Potchefstroom	2003
3	10–0–20–7	Andy Bichel	Australia v England	Port Elizabeth	2003
4	10–1–30–7	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka v India	Sharjah	2000
5	10–0–36–7	Waqar Younis	Pakistan v England	Leeds	2001
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated 31 January 2011.

Most Runs Conceded In An Innings

Rank	Bowling Figures	Player	Match	Venue	Season
1	10–0–113–0	Mick Lewis	Australia v South Africa	Johannesburg	2006
2	12–1–105–2	Martin Snedden	New Zealand v England	The Oval	1983
3	10–0–105–0	Tim Southee	New Zealand v India	Christchurch	2009
4	10–0–99–0	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka v Australia	Sydney	2006
5=	10–0–97–1	Ashantha de Mel	Sri Lanka v West Indies	Karachi	1987
5=	10–0–97–0	Steve Harmison	England v Sri Lanka	Headingley	2006
5=	9–0–97–2	Shafiul Islam	Bangladesh v England	Birmingham	2010
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated 12 January 2012.

Individual records (other)

Most matches played

Rank	Matches	Player	Period
1	453	Sachin Tendulkar	1989–2011
2	445	Sanath Jayasuriya	1989–2011
3	378	Inzamam-ul-Haq	1991–2007
4	370	Ricky Ponting	1995–2011
5	357	Mahela Jayawardene	1998–2012
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 01 January 2012.

Partnership records

Highest partnerships

Rank	Runs	Players	Opposition	Venue	Season
1	331 (2nd wicket)	Sachin Tendulkar & Rahul Dravid	v New Zealand	Hyderabad	1999-00
2	318 (2nd wicket)	Saurav Ganguly & Rahul Dravid	v Sri Lanka	Taunton	1999
3	286 (1st wicket)	Sanath Jayasuriya & Upul Tharanga	v England	Headingley	2006
4	282 (1st wicket)	Upul Tharanga & Tillakaratne Dilshan	v Zimbabwe	Pallekele	2010-11
5	275* (4th wicket)	Mohammad Azharuddin & Ajay Jadeja	v Zimbabwe	Cuttack	1997-98
"Source: Cricinfo.com". Last updated: 16 Oct 2011.

Highest partnership for each wicket

Wicket	Runs	Players	Opposition	Venue	Season
1	286	WU Tharanga & ST Jayasuriya	v England	Headingley	2006
2	331	Sachin Tendulkar & Rahul Dravid	v New Zealand	Hyderabad	2002–03
3	237*	Rahul Dravid & Sachin Tendulkar	v Kenya	Bristol	1999
4	275*	Mohammad Azharuddin & Ajay Jadeja	v Zimbabwe	Cuttack	1998
5	223	Mohammad Azharuddin & Ajay Jadeja	v Sri Lanka	Colombo	1997
6	218	Mahela Jayawardene & Mahendra Singh Dhoni	v Africa XI	Chennai	2007
7	130	Andy Flower & Heath Streak	v England	Harare	2001
8	138*	Justin Kemp & Andrew Hall	v India	Cape Town	2006
9	132	Angelo Mathews & Lasith Malinga	v Australia	Melbourne	2010
10	106*	Viv Richards & Michael Holding	v England	Manchester	1984
"Source: Cricinfo.com". Last updated: 27 November 2011.

See also

• List of batsmen who have scored over 10000 One Day International cricket runs

References

• Cricket-records.com
• Howstat.com
• Cricmania.com
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack