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Like any other sports, cricket is also a game of numbers, statistics, and records. Ever since the first ODI was played between Australia and England at the MCG in 1971, records in ODI cricket were created and surpassed on numerous occasions.
Some of the most memorable records in ODI cricket are Sachin Tendulkar's 18426 career runs, Australia's 21 consecutive wins, Herschelle Gibbs hitting Daan van Bunge for 36 runs in an over, Muttiah Muralitharan's 534 wickets, Chaminda Vaas' bowling figures of 8/19, and Sachin Tendulkar's 49 hundreds.
We are less than a year away from the 12th edition of the ICC World Cup. The tournament is scheduled to happen in England and Wales, which will be played between 10 teams. With the number of runs that is flowing in ODI cricket these days, particularly in England, quite a few batting records are under a huge risk.
Without further ado, let’s take a look at the 5 ODI records that might be broken in the 2019 World Cup.
#1 Highest innings total (481/6)
England ODI team is in great shape ahead of the 2019 World Cup. They are currently the most in-form team in One Day Internationals and have been playing some phenomenal cricket over the last few years.
England currently holds the record for the highest innings total in ODI cricket. They set the record in 2016 against Pakistan with a score of 444/3 in 50 overs. They bettered their world record with a score of 481/6 against the World Champions Australia last week. They were all set to breach the 500 run mark but some good death bowling from Australia stopped it.
As we have witnessed in recent times, ODI games in England are high-scoring ones and there is every chance that England's 481 could be surpassed in the 2019 World Cup.
#2 Most sixes in an innings (22)
This record will certainly not last long. New Zealand scored 22 sixes in a rain-curtailed ODI game against West Indies at Queenstown in 2014.
Corey Anderson was the star of the show for Kiwis as he struck a brilliant 131 off 51 balls, which included 14 sixes. Jesse Ryder and Brendon McCullum hit 5 and 3 respectively, making it a total of 22 in the innings.
England came close to breaking New Zealand’s record when they plundered 21 sixes against Australia last week.
Teams like West Indies, England, India, and South Africa boasts some of the most explosive batsmen in the world, meaning, 22 sixes in an innings is not at all a tough task for any of these teams in the 2019 World Cup.
#3 Most Hundreds in a match (4) and series (38)
Most hundreds in a One Day International games is currently four. It has happened on two occasions in the past. Ijaz Ahmed, Mohammad Yousuf, Adam Gilchrist, and Ricky Ponting scored hundred in an ODI game that happened at Lahore in 1998.
It happened for the second time in 2013 when India played Australia at Nagpur. George Bailey, Shane Watson, Shikhar Dhawan, and Virat Kohli scored hundreds in a high scoring contest.
Most hundreds in a series (38) was scored in the 2015 ICC World Cup. With a total of 48 games to be played in the 2019 World Cup on some batting friendly conditions, expect the players to score a lot more hundreds than the previous World Cup.
#4 Fastest fifty (16 balls) and hundred (31 balls)
The record for the fastest fifty and hundred in One Day Internationals is currently held by AB de Villiers. The Proteas superstar retired from international cricket recently, but not before breaking some important records in OCI cricket.
AB de Villiers scored 149 off 44 balls against West Indies at Johannesburg in 2015. Coming in to bat at no.3, de Villiers destroyed the Windies bowlers to all parts of the ground. He amassed 16 sixes and nine fours in his scintillating innings.
He took 16 balls to reach his fifty and then brought his century in 31 balls. Players like Chris Gayle, Jos Buttler, Jason Roy, Colin Munro, Evin Lewis, Andre Russell, Glenn Maxwell, and Martin Guptill are expected to play the tournament in England next June, and de Villiers' record could be broken.
#5 Highest individual score (Rohit Sharma - 264)
Gone are the days when 160's and 170's by a batsman is considered a herculean effort. Sachin Tendulkar broke the 200-run mark barrier for the first time in 2010. Scores of 200+ have been achieved on seven occasions so far in One Day Internationals and Rohit Sharma has done it three times.
Rohit Sharma scored a mammoth 264 against Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens in 2014. It is the highest score by a batsman in an ODI inning as of now. Martin Guptill came close to it in 2015 when he scored a stunning 237* against West Indies in the 2015 World Cup quarter-finals.
ODI has cricket has evolved a lot in the last few years. It has become more of a batsmen game these days and it will not be a huge surprise if someone goes past that in the 2019 World Cup.
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