who scored the fastest century in one day cricket?
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Shahid Afridi in only 37 balls.He even hold the credit for the second fastest century in 45 balls(against India) with Brian Lara.
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Wow, this really made me rush out and search for the answer. Here it is:\n\nThe first is Saurav Ganguly. 88 matches, 5221 runs. 12 test centuries, never lost the match in which he hit them.\n\nThe second is Gundappa Vishwanath. 91 matches, 6080 runs. 14 test centuries, never lost the match in which he hit them.\n\nKapil Dev comes a close third. 8 centuries, just one test lost against South Africa (1992-1993). Includes a century in the Madras tied test in 1986.
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Fastest 50 has been scored by Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka in just 17 balls, it was on 07/04/1996 at Singapore against Pakistan.
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My dear friend, it´s Steve Waugh who holds this record. He has 25 hundreds out of his 32 in winning cause.\n\nAnd as it was expected, Gavaskar holds the record for maximum hundreds in drawn matches. He made 22 hundreds in Drawn matches out of his 34.\n\nRawal.
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Top 10 fastest 100s in ODI Cricket history are given below:\n\n1) In 37 Balls by Shahid Afridi of Pakistan against Sri Lanka\nwith the help of 11 sixers and 6 fours at Nairobi on 04.10.1996.\n\n2 In 44 balls by Mr. M.V. Boucher of South Africa against\nZimbawe at Potchefstroom on 20.09.2006 with the help\nof 10 sixers and 8 fours.\n\n3) In 45 Balls by Mr. B.C. Lara of West Indies against\nBangladesh with the help of 4 sixes and 18 fours at\nDhaka on 09/10/1999\n\n4) In 45 Balls with the help of 9 sixers and 10 fours by\nShahid Afridi of Pakistan against India at Kanpur\n15/04/2005\n\n5) In 48 Balls with the help of 11 sixers and 11 fours by\nST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka against Pakistan at\nSingapore on 02/04/1996\n\n6) In 62 balls with the help of 3 sixers and 10 fours by\nM Azharuddin of India against New Zealand at\nBaroda on 17/12/1988\n\n7) In 64 balls with the help of one sixer and 23 fours by\nST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka against Netherlands\nat Amstelveen on 04/07/2006\n\n8) In 67 balls with the help of 7 sixers and 6 fours bu\nJM Davison of Canada against West Indies\nat Centurion on 23/02/2003\n\n9) In 67 balls with the help of 5 sixers and 12 fours by\nBasit Ali of Pakistan against West Indies at Sharjah\non 05/11/1993\n\n10) In 67 balls with the help of 4 sixers and 13 fours by\nAC Gilchrist of Australia against Sri Lanka\nat Brisbane on 14/02/2006
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Never out in 90s. His closest century misses are:\n\nGot out on 89 vs. England in 1948 (Lords)\nGot out on 187 vs. England in 1946 (Brisbane)\nGot out on 185 vs. India in 1947 (Brisbane)
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In a single ODI - Saeed Anwar, 196 vs India\n\nOverall top scorer - Sachin Tendulkar
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74 -35 in test cricket & 39 in one day internationals(oh man he is gr8)
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In one-day cricket it's Mohammad Azharuddin. In test cricket, it's jointly held by.... Azharuddin (again!) and Kapil Dev.  \n\nODI: 62 balls Azharuddin (vs New Zealand) \nTest: 74 balls Azharuddin (vs South Africa). 74 balls Kapil Dev (vs Sri Lanka) \n\nInteresting facts about Azhar's century: During Azhar's fastest test century, Indians were sturggling to avoid follow-on when Azhar smashed swashbuckling 109(from 77 balls), well supported by Anil Kumble who made 88. They added 161 runs for the 8th wicket (Indian record) and saved the follow-on. Azhar also smashed 5 consecutive 4s of Lance Klusener's over. Klusener, however, came back with 8 wickets in the second innings.
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he batted 338 times in first class cricket over 22 years and averaged 95.14! he hit 117 centuries..and thats abt one every 3 innings! he scored 6 first class triple centuries, including a quadruple (452 not out), a 299 not out and 37 first class double centuries and maintained a strike rate of 75!!
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In tests-Ricky Ponting of Australia.\nIn one days-Adam Gilchrist of Australia.
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The legend of Legends, Sir Donald George Bradman (aka The Don), scored a Century in just 24 balls (in those days in Australia each over comprised of 8 balls, hence this magnificent record was set in just 3 overs). He retired from cricket with an unbelievable average of 99.94.\nTo know more about Don, visit his wonderful Museum at Bowral, Australia. or visit www.bradman.org.au
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AND YOUR NEXT QUESTION WILL BE, "WHO HITS MAXIMUM RUNS IN ODIS?".\nISN'T IT?
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Charles Bannerman of Australia was the first batsman to score a century in Test Cricket.  In the first ever test match in the history of cricket played between Australia and England at Melbourne Cricket Ground from 15th to 19th March 1877, Bannerman scored 165 runs in 285 minutes with the help of 18 fours in the first innings.  He has scored 69.6 % runs of Australia's first innings total of 245 runs, which is still a record in test cricket.\nHe was retired hurt.
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only one player get more than 1000 wicket in one day plus teat cricket.\nHe is Muthaiya Muralitharan (SRILANKA)\n\nM. Muralitharan  - 1004 (593 + 411)\nShane warne - 952 (659 + 293)\nWasim Akram - 916 (414 + 502)\nGlen Mcgrath - 873 (542 + 331)\nAnil Kumble - 824 (495 + 329)\n\nHey dude, why u r not choosing a best answer.
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first batsman hits 3.while running umpires ruled 1 short.\nso he had 2. but the batsman stays in opposite end. meanwhile the fielder overthrows for a four.the total runs are 6 to compleate the century.  but he is in runner-end.\nnext on strike and hits a sixer to get his century.\nok?
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The record for most runs in a single calender year in test cricket was held by Sir Vivian Richard of West Indies (1710 runs) for the past 30 years.  That record has been broken by Mohd. Yusuf of Pakistan today against the 3rd Test Match against West Indies being played in Karrachi.\n\nHence Mohd. Yusuf of Pakistan is the new record holder for most runs in a calender year in test cricket.