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 |
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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.
