Fastest ODI centuries List

CJ Anderson of New Zealand gave his team a perfect start for the new year by hitting fastest ODI century. Today on Jan-1,2014 Anderson bettered the record previously held by Shahid Afridi of Pakistan for a long time.  In this innings of 131 runs he faced 8.3 overs and reached his century in just 36 deliveries. Thus he took one ball less than Afridi and made a new world record in one day cricket on the first day on the year 2014.

In the innings,  CJ Anderson hit 16 sixes and 4 boundaries and recieved the man of the match award for his performance as well. Listed below are some of the quickest century makers in the ODI matches :

Player Team Balls Runs 6s 4s Scored against  Match Played at CJ Anderson New Zealand 36 131* 14 6 West Indies Queenstown Shahid Afridi Pakistan 37 102 11 6 Sri Lanka Nairobi MV Boucher South Africa  44 147* 10 8 Zimbabwe Potchefstroom BC Lara West Indies 45 117 4 18 Bangladesh Dhaka Shahid Afridi Pakistan 45 102 9 10 India Kanpur JD Ryder New Zealand  46 104 5 12 West Indies Queenstown ST Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 48 134 11 11 Pakistan Singapore KJ O'Brien Ireland  50 113 6 13 England Bangalore V Kohli India 52 100* 7 8 Australia Jaipur Shahid Afridi Pakistan 53 124 4 17 Bangladesh Dambulla ST Jayasuriya Sri Lanka  55 130 6 16 Bangladesh Karachi JP Faulkner Australia  57 116 6 11 India Bangalore AB de Villiers South  Africa 58 102 3 11 India Ahmedabad V Sehwag India  60 125* 6 14 New Zealand Hamilton

The way cricket is being played these days this record might not hold for a long time. But would love if the records are not broken too frequently.