Highest 'Second Highest' score in an innings in ODIs and T20Is

New Zealand’s Hamish Marshall plays a shot against Ireland

Highest ‘Second Highest’ score in an Inning in ODIs (125 or more)

Score – Batsman – Highest Run getter – Match – Venue – Match Date

161 – Hamish Marshall – 166 Brendon McCullum – NZ vs Ire – Aberdeen – 01 Jul 2008153 – Rahul Dravid – 186* Sachin Tendulkar – Ind vs NZ – Hyderabad – 08 Nov 1999148 – Aaron Finch – 151 Shaun Marsh – Aus vs Sco – Edinburgh – 03 Sep 2013145 – Rahul Dravid – 183 Sourav Ganguly – Ind vs SL – Taunton – 26 May 1999134 – Aamer Sohail – 137 Inzamam-ul-Haq – Pak vs NZ – Sharjah – 20 Apr 1994133 – Upul Tharanga – 144 Tillakaratne Dilshan – SL vs Zim – Pallekele – 10 Mar 2011125 – Graeme Smith/AB de Villiers – SA vs SL – Johannesburg – 22 Jan 2012

Highest 3rd highest score in an ODI Inning is Ricky Ponting’s 91 for Aus vs SA at St.Kitts, 2007 where the highest score was Hayden’s 101 and second highest was M Clarke’s 92

Highest second highest score in an ODI Match is Ricky Ponting’s 164 for Aus vs SA at Johannesburg, 2006 where the highest score was Herschelle Gibbs’ 175.

Notes:

# Among the above 7 occasions of 2 batsmen scoring 125 or more in the same ODI inning 3 occasions are by both the openers – McCullum/Marshall, Dilshan/Tharanga and Finch/Marsh.

# 125 by AB de Villiers/G Smith is the highest identical score achieved by 2 batsmen in the same ODI inning. Next highest is 103 by Gambhir/Yuvraj vs SL, Ahmedabad, 2005.

Highest ‘Second Highest’ score in an Inning in in T20Is (65 or more)

Score – Batsman – Highest Run getter – Match – Venue – Match Date

88 – Graeme Smith – 94 Loots Bosman – SA vs Eng – Centurion – 15 Nov 200974 – Tillakaratne Dilshan – 81 Sanath Jayasuriya – SL vs WI – Nottingham – 10 Jun 200973 – Salman Butt/Kamran Akmal – Pak vs Ban – St Lucia – 01 May 201068 – Kumar Sangakkara – 98 Mahela Jayawardene – Bridgetown – 07 May 201068 – Alex Hales – 71 Eoin Morgan – Eng vs WI – Pallekele – 27 Sep 201265 – Mahela Jayawardene – 88 Sanath Jayasuriya – SL vs Ken – Johannesburg – 14 Sep 2007

Highest 3rd highest score in a T20I inning is 58 by Gambhir/Yuvraj where the highest score was 68 by Sehwag vs Eng, Durban, 2007. It is the only T20 inning with 3 batsmen scoring 50+ scores.

Highest 2nd highest score in a T20I match is 90. It has been achieved twice. First by Gibbs vs WI, Johannesburg, 2007 where the highest was Gayle’s 117. Second by Joe Root vs Aus, where the highest was Finch’s 156.