* South Africa batsman AB de Villiers hit a
century off 31 balls to record the fastest ever one-day international ton. De
Villiers, 30, set the new landmark during an innings of 149 against the West
Indies in Johannesburg.
Here are the records born in the match:
1) Fastest Fifty: AB
de Villiers by reaching his fifty (half century) in 16 balls, reset the world
record in the name of Sanath Jayasuriya. Jayasuriya scored 50 off 17 balls
against Pakistan in 1996.
2) Fastest International Hundred: AB de Villiers
hit the century off just 31 balls. He bettered the previous ODI record of
hundred in 36 balls by New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson against West
Indies last year. (Chris Gayle's 100 from 30 balls in the Indian Premier League
in April 2013 is the fastest century in cricket history).
3) Most Sixes in an ODI: AB de Villiers smashed
16 sixes in his innings of 149 off 44 balls. He equalled the record held by
Rohit Sharma during his innings of 209 against Australia in 2013.
4) Most hundreds in an ODI innings: Three
hundreds been scored in one ODI innings. Rilee Rossouw (128), Hashim Amla (153
not out) and AB de Villiers(149) have scored centuries in this match.
5) Second highest ODI score: South Africa’s 439-2
is the biggest score against a full member of the ICC. The overall record, 443
by Sri Lanka against the Netherlands (an associate member) in 2006.
6) Fastest Partnership: Hashim Amla and AB de
Villiers added 192 runs off 67 balls for the second wicket, which is the
fastest century partnership scored against a full ICC member.
7) Fastest Strike Rate: AB de Villiers had a
strike rate of 338.63 in his innings. Nobody in ODIs had passed a hundred runs
at a strike-rate above 300 before.
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