Canada's Maraj joins Davison in the record books
After John Davison's fastest-ever ICC Cricket World Cup century against West Indies, his Canada colleague Ishwar Maraj broke a batting record of a completely different sort against South Africa on Thursday
ICC CWC 2003 Media Information
28-Feb-2003
After John Davison's fastest-ever ICC Cricket World Cup century against West Indies, his Canada colleague Ishwar Maraj broke a batting record of a completely different sort against South Africa on Thursday.
Maraj's innings of 53 not out off 155 balls is the slowest scoring innings of over 50 in an ODI, at just 34.19 runs per 100 balls.
Slowest ODI innings (minimum 50 runs)
Score Balls R/100B Name For Against Venue
Season
53* 155 34.19 I Maraj Canada South Africa East London
2002/03
63* 167 37.72 Javed Miandad Pakistan West Indies Perth
1988/89
51 135 37.77 DN Chudasama Kenya Pakistan Nairobi-AK
1996/97
55 144 38.19 SM Gavaskar India New Zealand Leeds
1979
50 127 39.37 S Wettimuny Sri Lanka Pakistan Leeds
1983
70 176 39.77 Mohsin Khan Pakistan West Indies The Oval
1983
51 124 41.12 RS Mahanama Sri Lanka India Sharjah
1987/88
56 136 41.17 Mudassar Nazar Pakistan England The Oval
1978
54 131 41.22 GR Marsh Australia England Hyderabad
1989/90
61 144 42.36 KR Stackpole Australia England Birmingham
1972
Maraj reached his 50 in 148 balls, the most balls required to reach a fifty in an ODI.
All statistics provided by Andrew Samson.