We all get excited about the fastest ODI centuries but some records are made unknowingly, no cricketer in the World will want that his name is in the list of slowest ODI centuries ever, but sometimes the situation demands it, when wickets are falling at regualr intervals, there is need to hold the one end and keep building the partnership with whatever batting is left.
So lets look at the 5 slowest ODI centuries ever :-
David Boon 166 balls- David Boon from Australia made slowest ODI century from 166 balls in 1991 against India. Chasing just 175 runs, David Boon hold one end nicely but things could have gone Indias way when Australia just managed to win with only 9 balls remaining. He made 102 runs in total.
Rameez Raja 157 balls – Rameez made his century against WestIndies in 1992 hitting just 4 fours. The target of 220 was chased very easily by WestIndies with 10 wickets in hand.
Geoff Marsh 156 balls – Chasing a score of 278 in 55 overs, Geoff made the century and remained not out at 111 of 162 balls. Australia won the match with 3 balls remaining.
Rameez Raja 152 balls – Rameez scored 107 runs in 154 balls and he and Saeed Anwar took Pakistan to 313 in 50 overs. Srilanka tried their best but only managed to score 288 runs.
Scott Styris 152 balls – Styris made this century in World Cup 2007 with unbeaten knock of 111 in 157 balls to take Newzealand to a low total of 219 runs which was chased by Srilanka in 45.1 overs without creating a fuzz.
Tom Cooper 151 balls – Tom Cooper from Netherland made 101 in 155 balls in ICC World league division match. Netherland made just 202 runs which was chased easily by Afghanistan in 42.3 overs.
Geoff Marsh 150 balls – Chasing 251 against WestIndies, Marsh made 106 not out of 158 deliveries to take his side to 6 wicket win in 48.3 overs.
David Hemp 150 balls – David Hemp of Bermuda made 102 of 159 balls to took his team to 259 that was chased down with ease by Kenya.
Shai Hope 149 balls – Chasing a score of 287 against India, Hope held one end together as he took his team to win in 47.5 overs.
David Boon 146 balls – Boon hundred took Australia to 216 runs which was enough for WestIndies as they were bundled down in 42.4 overs to mere 159 runs.
Not very surprising that most of the names on the list are from 80s or 90s as the current way of playing and better conditions for batters in terms of rules and powerplay only means they batters these days don’t need many deliveries to get to the 3 digit mark.
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