Charles Coventry today equaled the record of Saeed Anwar by scoring 194 not out in a mach versus Bangladesh today in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. It was his first ever ODI century.
So many players came close but in the end it was Charles Coventry of Zimbabwe who did it. Below is how the list stands now.
Most runs in an innings
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Player Runs Balls 4s 6s SR Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
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CK Coventry
194*
156
16
7
124.35
Zimbabwe
v Bangladesh
Bulawayo
16 Aug 2009
ODI # 2873
Saeed Anwar
194
146
22
5
132.87
Pakistan
v India
Chennai
21 May 1997
ODI # 1209
IVA Richards
189*
170
21
5
111.17
West Indies
v England
Manchester
31 May 1984
ODI # 264
ST Jayasuriya
189
161
21
4
117.39
Sri Lanka
v India
Sharjah
29 Oct 2000
ODI # 1652
G Kirsten
188*
159
13
4
118.23
South Africa
v U.A.E.
Rawalpindi
16 Feb 1996
ODI # 1049
SR Tendulkar
186*
150
20
3
124.00
India
v New Zealand
Hyderabad (Decc)
8 Nov 1999
ODI # 1523
MS Dhoni
183*
145
15
10
126.20
India
v Sri Lanka
Jaipur
31 Oct 2005
ODI # 2290
SC Ganguly
183
158
17
7
115.82
India
v Sri Lanka
Taunton
26 May 1999
ODI # 1463
ML Hayden
181*
166
11
10
109.03
Australia
v New Zealand
Hamilton
20 Feb 2007
ODI # 2527
IVA Richards
181
125
16
7
144.80
West Indies
v Sri Lanka
Karachi
13 Oct 1987
ODI # 457
N Kapil Dev
175*
138
16
6
126.81
India
v Zimbabwe
Tunbridge Wells
18 Jun 1983
ODI # 216
HH Gibbs
175
111
21
7
157.65
South Africa
v Australia
Johannesburg
12 Mar 2006
ODI # 2349
ME Waugh
173
148
16
3
116.89
Australia
v West Indies
Melbourne
9 Feb 2001
ODI # 1687
CB Wishart
172*
151
18
3
113.90
Zimbabwe
v Namibia
Harare
10 Feb 2003
ODI # 1943
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