Shami powers his way to 100

The pace bowlers fastest to reach 100 ODI wickets, India's biggest ODI defeats in terms of balls left, and more.

Mohammed Shami is now by far the quickest among Asian pace bowlers to take 100 ODI wickets.

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The number of matches Mohammed Shami took to claim his 100th One-Day International wicket, in the opening match of the series against New Zealand at Napier. In doing so, he became the joint sixth quickest bowler in ODI history to reach this landmark. However, among pace bowlers he is now the joint fourth quickest in ODIs and by far the quickest by an Asian pace bowler.

Pace bowlers taking fewest ODI matches to reach 100 wickets

Bowler	No. of ODIs	Country	Opponent	Achieved on	Venue	Wickets	Average	Strike rate	Runs per over
Mitchell Starc	52	Australia	Sri Lanka	August 21, 2016	Colombo (RPS)	101	19.52	24.50	4.78
Shane Bond	54	New Zealand	England	January 23, 2007	Adelaide	101	19.52	27.16	4.31
Brett Lee	55	Australia	England	January 25, 2003	Melbourne	100	22.48	28.64	4.71
Trent Boult	56	New Zealand	West Indies	December 23, 2017	Christchurch (Hagley Oval)	101	25.21	30.18	5.01
Mohammed Shami	56	India	New Zealand	January 23, 2019	Napier	102	25.68	25.68	5.50
Waqar Younis	59	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	February 1, 1993	Sharjah	101	19.40	28.30	4.11
Irfan Pathan	59	India	Pakistan	April 19, 2006	Abu Dhabi	102	24.24	29.79	4.88
Morne Morkel	59	South Africa	New Zealand	January 22, 2013	Kimberley	102	23.33	28.47	4.92

212

The number of balls that remained during New Zealand’s emphatic eight-wicket victory over India at Hamilton. This is now India’s biggest ever ODI defeat in terms of balls to spare for the opponent.

India’s biggest defeats in ODIs in terms of balls remaining for the opponent

Balls	Opponent	Total	Win by (wickets)	Overs	Venue	Date	India captain
212	New Zealand	93/2	8	14.4	Hamilton	January 31, 2019	Rohit Sharma
209	Sri Lanka	104/2	8	15.1	Dambulla	August 22, 2010	M. S. Dhoni
181	Sri Lanka	139/1	9	19.5	Hambantota	July 24, 2012	M. S. Dhoni
176	Sri Lanka	114/3	7	20.4	Dharamsala	December 10, 2017	Rohit Sharma
174	Australia	64/1	9	21	Sydney	January 8, 1981	Sunil Gavaskar
166	Australia	128/1	9	22.2	Centurion	February 15, 2003	Sourav Ganguly
146	New Zealand	123/3	7	25.4	Queenstown	January 4, 2003	Sourav Ganguly
145	Australia	149/1	9	25.5	Baroda (IPCL)	October 11, 2007	M. S. Dhoni

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The number of matches taken by Trent Boult to claim his 100th ODI wicket in New Zealand. He did so during the fourth match of the series at Hamilton. This is now the fewest matches taken by any bowler to claim his 100th wicket in a particular country, obliterating the previous record of 53 games held by Pakistani Waqar Younis in the UAE.

Bowlers with fewest ODI matches to claim 100 wickets in a particular country

Bowler	ODIs	For	Country	Achieved on
Trent Boult	49	New Zealand	New Zealand	January 31, 2019
Waqar Younis	53	Pakistan	UAE	November 4, 2001
Glenn McGrath	56	Australia	Australia	January 30, 2001
Brett Lee	56	Australia	Australia	January 20, 2006
Shaun Pollock	60	South Africa#	South Africa	October 22, 2001
Makhaya Ntini	61	South Africa	South Africa	March 5, 2006
Wasim Akram	62	Pakistan	UAE	October 18, 1999
Shane Warne	62	Australia	Australia	January 14, 2001
Ajit Agarkar	63	India	India	October 26, 2006
Abdur Razzak	63	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	December 6, 2011
Anil Kumble	66	India	India	November 11, 1999
Muttiah Muralitharan	66	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	February 20, 2004
Darren Gough	66	England	England	June 16, 2005
Sanath Jayasuriya	66	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	July 20, 2007

# Also played for other sides (eg. Asia XI)

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The number of bowlers who have managed to claim 100 or more ODI wickets in a particular country.

In Australia (5)	Brett Lee (169), Glenn McGrath (161), Shane Warne (136), Craig McDermott (125), Steve Waugh (101)
In India (5)	Anil Kumble (126), Harbhajan Singh (114), Ajit Agarkar (109), Javagal Srinath (103), Kapil Dev (100)
In South Africa (3)	Shaun Pollock (197), Makhaya Ntini (122), Jacques Kallis (119)
In Sri Lanka (3)	Muttiah Muralitharan (154), Lasith Malinga (124), Sanath Jayasuriya (119)
In Bangladesh (3)	Shakib Al Hasan (149), Mashrafe Mortaza (143), Abdur Razzak (122)
In UAE (3)	Wasim Akram (122), Waqar Younis (114), Shahid Afridi (105)
In England (2)	James Anderson (131), Darren Gough (108)
In New Zealand (2)	Daniel Vettori (129), Trent Boult (102)
In West Indies (1)	Dwayne Bravo (126)

Queries Corner How often have two individual hundreds been registered in the same innings in Twenty20 cricket? – Ajay Kartik, Madurai. Apart from the recent instance that occurred in Bangladesh on January 25, there have been two other earlier instances in T20 cricket where two centuries have been registered in the same innings. Gloucestershire (254-3) vs Middlesex at Uxbridge on June 26, 2011: Kevin O’Brien 119, Hamish Marshall 102 (both openers) Royal Challengers Bangalore (248-3) vs Gujarat Lions at Bangalore on May 14, 2016: Virat Kohli 109, A. B. de Villiers 129* (batting at No. 2 and No. 3) Rangpur Riders (239-4) vs Chittagong Vikings at Chattogram on January 25, 2019: Alex Hales 100, Rilee Rossouw 100* (batting at No. 2 and No. 3) What has been the highest total made in the fourth innings of a Ranji Trophy match? Could you also please provide some details of the match? – Rajesh Kamath, Chennai. The highest total made in the fourth innings of a Ranji Trophy match is Maharashtra’s 604 against Bombay while chasing a mammoth target of 959. The match played to a finish (i.e. a timeless match) was the 1948-49 semifinal played at the Poona Club Ground on March 5-11, 1949. Bombay finally won by 354 runs on the seventh day after the home side batted for 177.3 overs. The brief summary of the match: Bombay won the toss elected to bat. Bombay (first innings): 651 in 196.4 overs (Madhav Mantri 200, Uday Merchant 143, Dattu Phadkar 131; Yeshwant Gokhale 4/35) Maharashtra (first innings): 407 in 162.2 overs (Manohar Datar 143, Madhusudan Rege 133; Keki Tarapore 6/119) Bombay (second innings): 714/8d in 170.5 overs (Dattu Phadkar 160, Uday Merchant 156; Dattatraya Chaudhari 4/210) Maharashtra (second innings): 604 in 177.3 overs (Sharad Deodhar 146, Madhusudan Rege 100; Dattu Phadkar 3/178, Keki Tarapore 3/180). In the ODI match at the Wanderers against Pakistan on January 27, both Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis made fifties, 59 and 57, respectively. However, South Africa could only manage 164. Is this the lowest total in ODIs to contain two fifties? – – Anil Sawant, Vadodara. It is, in fact, the fifth joint lowest all out total in ODI history that has two individual half-centuries. The lowest total of 142 has been registered twice – first by Kenya against Sri Lanka at Colombo RPS on March 1, 2011, when the Obuya brothers, Collins (52) and David (51), made fifties, and then by Scotland against New Zealand at Dunedin on February 17, 2015, with Matt Machan making 56 and Richie Berrington 50. Is Jason Holder’s double century in the Bridgetown Test the only one by a captain batting so low down the order? – V. Ramu, Pune. Among Test captains who have batted in positions below seven, Holder’s effort is the second highest after Pakistani captain Wasim Akram, who, like Holder, also batted at number 8 to register an unbeaten 257 against Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura in October 1996. For the record, former Indian captain M. S. Dhoni is in the third position, making 144 against the West Indies at Kolkata in November 2011. He, too, batted at number eight!

Note: All figures above are updated as on January 31, 2019.