World Cup

Fastest Centuries and Half Centuries

Based on all matches up to and including
ODI # 2581: Australia v Sri Lanka, ICC World Cup, Final, 28th April 2007

These statistics refer to the score from 0 to 100/50
and not subsequent fast scores in the latter part of the players innings.

Runs  Balls   4s 6s    Player                                         Venue             Date
 101    66    14  4    ML Hayden         Australia     South Africa   St Kitts          24/03/2007                                                
 111    67     7  6    JM Davison        Canada        West Indies    Centurion         23/02/2003
 175*   72    16  6    Kapil Dev         India         Zimbabwe       Tunbridge Wells   18/06/1983
 149    72    13  8    AC Gilchrist      Australia     Sri Lanka      Barbados          28/03/2007
 114    81    17  3    V Sehwag          India         Bermuda        Trinidad          19/03/2007                                             
 102    82    12  2    CH Lloyd          West Indies   Australia      Lord's            21/06/1975
 123    82     8  7    BJ Hodge          Australia     Netherlands    St Kitts          18/03/2007
 111    83    16  0    BC Lara           West Indies   South Africa   Karachi           11/03/1996
 140    84    16  2    SR Tendulkar      India         Kenya          Bristol           23/05/1999
 103*   85    10  3    SM Gavaskar       India         New Zealand    Nagpur            31/10/1987
 113    85     9  5    RT Ponting        Australia     Scotland       St Kitts          14/03/2007              
 109    85     7  7    ST Jayasuriya     Sri Lanka     Bangladesh     Trinidad          21/03/2007

Fastest 50s
 52     20     1  5    BB McCullum       New Zealand   Canada         St Lucia          22/03/2007
 75     21     9  4    MV Boucher        South Africa  Netherlands    St Kitts          16/03/2007
 52     22     2  5    MV Boucher        South Africa  West Indies    St George's       10/04/2007
 73     23     6  4    BC Lara           West Indies   Canada         Centurion         23/02/2003
 52     23     9  1    JM Davison        Canada        New Zealand    St Lucia          22/03/2007
 64     24     7  3    WW Hinds          West Indies   Canada         Centurion         23/02/2003
 75     25     9  4    JM Davison        Canada        New Zealand    Benoni            03/03/2003
 54     25     8  2    AM Blignaut       Zimbabwe      Australia      Bulawayo          24/02/2003
 57*    26     2  4    SR Tendulkar      India         Bermuda        Trinidad          19/03/2007
 56*    28     6  2    TM Moody          Australia     Bangladesh     Chester-le-Street 27/05/1999
 65*    28     4  4    SR Watson         Australia     New Zealand    St George's       20/04/2007  
 75*    29    13  1    A Ranatunga       Sri Lanka     Kenya          Kandy             06/03/1996
 79     29    10  3    CH Gayle          West Indies   England        Barbados          21/04/2007
 51*    30     4  2    CM Old            England       India          Lord's            07/06/1975
 56*    30     6  2    Imran Khan        Pakistan      Sri Lanka      Swansea           09/06/1983
 74*    30     8  2    MD Crowe          New Zealand   Zimbabwe       Napier            03/03/1992
 82     30    13  3    ST Jayasuriya     Sri Lanka     England        Faisalabad        09/03/1996
 111    30     7  6    JM Davison        Canada        West Indies    Centurion         23/02/2003


Runs  = batsman's final score
4s 6s = boundaries in complete innings
Balls = balls needed to reach 100/50