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)	South Africa v  Zimbabwe	Potchefstroom	2006–07
5	414–7 (50 overs)	India v  Sri Lanka	Rajkot	2009–10
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated 27 November 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
6	329–9 (49.5 overs)	Zimbabwe v  New Zealand	Bulawayo	2011–12
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated 23 December 2009.

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
5	44 (24.5 overs)	Zimbabwe v  Bangladesh	Chittagong	2009
Source: [1]. Last updated 16 September 2011.

Individual records

Individual records (batting)

Highest career runs

Rank	Runs	Innings	Player	Period
1	18,111	442	Sachin Tendulkar	1989–2011
2	13,686	360	Ricky Ponting	1995–2011
3	13,430	433	Sanath Jayasuriya	1989-2011
4	11,739	350	Inzamam ul Haq	1991–2007
5	11,372	303	Jacques Kallis	1996–2011
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated 27 November 2011

Highest individual scores

Rank	Runs	Player	Match	Venue	Season
1	200*	Sachin Tendulkar	India v  South Africa	Gwalior	2009–2010
2	194*	Charles Coventry	Zimbabwe v  Bangladesh	Bulawayo	2009
3	194	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan v  India	Chennai	1997
4	189*	Sir Viv Richards	West Indies v  England	Manchester	1984
5	189	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka v  India	Sharjah	2000
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated 12 September 2011

Highest career average

Rank	Average	Runs	Player	Period
1	55.17	2538	Hashim Amla	2008–2011
2	53.58	6912	Michael Bevan	1994–2004
3	51.37	1798	Jonathan Trott	2009–2011
4	51.17	4862	Michael Hussey	2004–2011
5	51.15	6497	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	2004–2011
Qualification: 40 innings. Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 27 November 2011.

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	114.01	6818	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: 27 November 2011.

Most centuries

Rank	Centuries	Innings	Player	Period
1	48	442	Sachin Tendulkar	1989–2011
2	30	360	Ricky Ponting	1995–2011
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: 27 November 2011.

Fastest fifty

Rank	Balls faced	Player	Match	Venue	Season
1	17	Sanath Jayasuriya	Pakistan v  Sri Lanka	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 18 October 2011.

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	293	Shahid Afridi	307
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	Match
1	1981	Sachin Tendulkar	453
2	1500	Sanath Jayasuriya	445

Individual records (bowling)

Most wickets

Rank	Wickets	Matches	Player	Period
1	531	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.

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	367	Ricky Ponting	1995–2011
5	356	Wasim Akram	1984–2003
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 22 August 2011.

Partnership records

Highest partnerships

Rank	Runs	Players	Opposition	Venue	Season
1	331 (2nd wicket)	Sachin Tendulkar &  Rahul Dravid	v  New Zealand	Hyderabad	2002–03
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	283 (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 partnerships by wickets

Wicket	Runs	Players	Opposition	Venue	Season
1	286	WU Tharanga &  ST Jayasuriya	v  England	England	2006
2	331	Sachin Tendulkar &  Rahul Dravid	v  New Zealand	Hyderabad	1999
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