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Most fours by a batsman in ODIs
Sachin Tendulkar: 2016 boundaries in 452 innings and 463 matches from 1989 to 2012. Tendulkar dominated the 50-over format like nobody else as he ended up hitting 516 fours more than second-placed Sanath Jayasuriya who retired with 1500 fours in 433 innings and 445 matches.
Most balls faced in Test cricket
Rahul Dravid: 31258, yeah that’s right, India’s batting mainstay for more than a decade and half, Dravid is the only batsman in the world till date to play more than 30,000 deliveries in whites. Famous for frustrating the opposition bowlers with his rock solid defence, impeccable patience and high levels of endurance, he was given the epithet of the ‘Wall’ for his special ability to play a long, long innings.
Youngest player to play an ODI
Hasan Raza: Can you believe, Raza played his first one day international at the age of 14 years and 233 days when he made his debut for Pakistan against Zimbabwe in 1996. Surprisingly, Sachin Tendulkar doesn’t feature in the top-5 as Raza is followed by Gurdeep Singh of Kenya, Nitish Kumar of Canada and Aaqib Javed and Shahid Afridi of Pakistan.
Most sixes in a Test innings
Wasim Akram: Former Pakistan skipper has the distinction of hitting the most number of sixes in a Test innings. Exactly a dozen times, Wasim had sent the ball over the boundary ropes during his record breaking knock of 257 not out against Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura in 1996.
Most man-of-the-match awards in Tests
Jacques Kallis: Over the years Jacques Kallis used to be the go-to-man for most South African captains. Be it to break a crucial partnership or to build a big partnership, Kallis was Man Friday of South African cricket and it would hardly bemuse anyone to find that the guy won more man-of-the match awards than anyone else. To be precise, he bagged 23 awards — four more than Muttiah Muralitharan who collected 19 such awards.Fastest ODI fifty
AB de Villiers: For long, Sanath Jayasuriya’s record of completing a fifty in 17 balls stood the test of time, but it was awesome De Villiers who unleashed a spectacular ball striking spree to accomplish his half ton in just 16 balls against the West Indies in Johannesburg earlier this year, ending Jayasuriya’s near 20 year hold on the record.
Most consecutive wickets taken in ODIs
Lasith Malinga: “Slinga Malinga” is the only player to take four wickets in four balls in one-day internationals as the Sri Lankan speepster ripped through the South African middle order by claiming the wickets of Jacques Kallis, Shaun Pollock, Andrew Hall and Makhaya Ntini, starring in Lanka’s thrilling one wicket win back in 2007.
Most runs scored by a batsman in an over in an ODI
Herschelle Gibbs: Controversial South African opener Hershelle Gibbs smacked six successive balls out of the park off the bowling of Dan van Bunge of the Netherlands to become the first man in the history of one-day internationals to accomplish the landmark. His 36 runs off 6 deliveries are the maximum number of runs collected by a batsman in the 50-over format.
Most runs conceded by a bowler in an ODI innings
Mick Lewis: Australian Mick Lewis turned out to be the most expensive bowler in ODI history when he gave away 113 runs in his quota of 10 overs against the South Africans at the Wanderers in 2006. Chasing the then world record 434, the Proteas led by the swashbuckling Herschelle Gibbs and a steady Graeme Smith, took Lewis to the cleaners on that particular day, striking an impressive 13 fours and 4 sixes on his bowling.
