Stats: Quinton de Kock becomes the joint-fastest to 1000 ODI runs
South African wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock on Tuesday became the fastest to reach 1000 One Day International (ODI) runs. The 21-year-old accomplished the feat in his 21st innings, against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo in the second ODI of the 3-match series. He now shares the record with the great Vivian Richards of West Indies and England stars Kevin Pietersen and Jonathan Trott.
Opening the batting, the left-hander made a run-a-ball 38 after Zimbabwe won the toss and inserted the visitors to bat. By the second drinks break, South Africa were 163/4 in 35 overs.
Notably, the talented youngster also broke the record for the fastest to reach 5 ODI centuries, in his nation’s tour of Sri Lanka earlier this year. At 21 years and 207 days and on his 19th ODI, he became the quickest to five ODI tons.
He started his career slowly before three back-to-back hundreds against India at home last season announced his arrival on the big stage. His first ODI century (also his first 50+ score) came in his 9th innings for Proteas. Till the first ODI against Zimbabwe, he enjoyed a 100% conversion ratio of his fifties into hundreds. His innings of 63 last Sunday was the first time he failed to reach three figure mark after crossing 50.
He will now be targetting teammate Hashim Amla’s record for the fastest to reach 2000 runs. His opening partner required only 40 innings for the same.
| Player | Matches | Innings | Career span |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viv Richards(WI) | 22 | 21 | 4 years 229 days |
| Kevin Pietersen (Eng) | 27 | 21 | 1 year 123 days |
| Jonathan Trott (Eng) | 21 | 21 | 1 year 187 days |
| Quinton de Kock (SA) | 21 | 21 | 1 year 212 days |
| Gordon Greenidge (WI) | 23 | 23 | 4 years 352 days |
| Ryan ten Doeschate (Net) | 24 | 23 | 3 years 59 days |
| Glenn Turner (NZ) | 25 | 24 | 9 years 354 days |
| Yasir Hameed (Pak) | 24 | 24 | 242 days |
| Hashim Amla (SA) | 25 | 24 | 2 years 74 days |
| Virat Kohli (Ind) | 27 | 24 | 1 year 291 days |
| Shikhar Dhawan (Ind) | 24 | 24 | 3 years 10 days |
*Stats updated on 19 August, 2014.