WORLD RECORDS

A.       HEIGHEST ODI INDIVIDUAL SCORE................................................................
 Virender Sehwag toppled himself in world cricket hitting 219 runs against westindies , snatching the record of highest individual score by a batsman in one day cricket..sehwag overtook the world record of master blaster of  SACHIN TENDULKAR.
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B. HEIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORE IN TEST........................


Brain Lara, former West Indian cricketer with bat, will take heart from his highest score by a batsman in an innings against England.
6 months since Hayden's hurricane against Zimbabweans, at same Venue (Recreation ground in Antigua) and against same opposition (England), Brain Lara snatched back his phenomenal record, scoring the first and only 400 in test match cricket till today.


C. BEST BOWLING PERFORMANCE IN AN INNING(ODI).......


 
Chaminda vaas created history ,when he took 8 wickets for just 19 runs against zimbabwe in 2001.
Chaminda Vaas has taken two ODI hat tricks in his career, the third of only four players to have achieved the feat. This had never before been seen in One Day International cricket.


D.  BEST BOWLING PERFORMANCE IN AN INNING(TESTS).......


ANIL KUMBLE is one of  two bowlers to take all 10 wickets in a Test match, the other being Jim Laker from ENGLAND. ANIL achieved that feat against Pakistan in the second Test played in New Delhi in February 1999.That was the bright moment for any cricketer who is overwhelming international cricket.

E.  MOST WICKETS TAKER IN TEST MATCHES.........



   OFF-SPIN WIZARD Muttiah Muralitharan became the first man to take 800 test wickets in GALLE.He also held the record of taking heighest wickets in one day international with 534 wickets.Averaging over six wickets per Test, Muralitharan was one of the most successful bowlers in the CRICKET HISTORY.

F.  FASTEST HUNDRED IN ODI........



 Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi ,held the record of scoring blisstring hundred in just 37 balls against srilanka at Nairobi, Kenya in 1996.Great thing is that ,It was his second match of his career.In that inning afridi hit huge 11 sixes.Shahid Afridi as he is known for his massive shots and sixes and he has more sixes to his name than any other cricketer ever, with 366 over all in all formates of the cricket with 288 sixes in ODI cricket, 26 in T20’s which makes him "THE LORD OF SIXES".
 
G. FASTEST BALL IN CRICKET....













SHOAIB AKHTAR HELDS THE RECORD OF DELIVERING FASTEST BALL IN CRICKET.AKHTAR BOWLED 161.3 KMPH AGAINST ENGLAND IN SOUTHAFRICA.ACTUALLY PAKISTANI SEEMER MOHD. SAMI BOWLED 164 KMPH SPPEDY BUT DUE TO SOME DOUBTS IN SPEEDOMETER THERE ,IT WASNT SUGGESTED AS THE FASTEST BALL....