Stats: Highest percentage of runs in an innings scored by a single batsman in ODIs
Cricket’s a team game alright. But sometimes individual gems overshadow the whole team effort and outshine any other performance in the side. Batsmen, who score a majority of runs in an innings, are one example.
Sir Viv Richard’s 189* vs England in 1984 is considered one of the greatest ODI innings of all time. That day, he almost single-handed won the match for West Indies and rescued the team from deep trouble. At a time West Indies were stumbling at 102 for 7 in 27th over, came a memorable batting display by Richards who scored 189* in 170 balls with 21 fours and 5 sixes.
He scored almost 70% runs of the total team score, the highest ever percentage of individual contribution to a team total.
Here’s a list of top 10 individual performances which accounted for highest percentage of team total in ODIs:
NOTE: The table only includes innings where the team was all out, or in which the full allocation of overs was used up.
| Player | Runs | Total | % | Opposition | Venue | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vivian Richards (WI) | 189* | 272/9 | 69.48 | v England | Manchester | 1984 |
| Kapil Dev (IND) | 175* | 266/8 | 65.78 | v Zimbabwe | Tunbridge Wells | 1983 |
| Andrew Jones (NZ) | 47 | 74 | 63.51 | v Pakistan | Sharjah | 1990 |
| Sanath Jaysurya (SL) | 189 | 299/5 | 63.21 | v India | Sharjah | 2000 |
| Scott Styris (NZ) | 141 | 225 | 62.66 | v Sri Lanka | Bloemfontein | 2003 |
| Charles Coventry (ZIM) | 194* | 312/8 | 62.17 | v Bangladesh | Bulwayo | 2009 |
| Damien Martyn (AUS) | 116* | 191 | 60.73 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 2000 |
| Robin Smith (ENG) | 167* | 277/5 | 60.28 | v Australia | Birmingham | 1993 |
| Dave Houghton (ZIM) | 142 | 239 | 59.41 | v New Zealand | Hyderabad | 1987 |
| Saeed Anwar (PAK) | 194 | 327/5 | 59.32 | v India | Chennai | 1997 |
*Stats updated till September 2, 2014