List of List A cricket records

This is a list of List A cricket records; that is, world-record team and individual performances in List A cricket. Cricketers in bold are current players.

Contents

Batting records

Most runs in a career

Qualification: 15,000.

Rank Player Nationality Runs Average
1 Graham Gooch English 22211 40.16
2 Graeme Hick English 22059 41.30
3 Sachin Tendulkar Indian 21684 45.84
4 Viv Richards West Indian 16995 41.96
5 Gordon Greenidge West Indian 16349 40.56
6 Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lankan 16105 31.21
7 Ricky Ponting Australian 16042 42.21
8 Allan Lamb English 15658 39.14
9 Desmond Haynes West Indian 15651 42.07
10 Kim Barnett English 15564 34.89
11 Sourav Ganguly Indian 15531 41.75
12 Rahul Dravid Indian 15271 42.30
13 Michael Bevan Australian 15103 57.86
Source: Cricket Archive. Last updated: 28 November 2011.

Most centuries in a career

Qualification: 29.

Rank Player Nationality Centuries
1 Sachin Tendulkar Indian 59
2 Graham Gooch English 44
3 Graeme Hick English 40
4 Ricky Ponting Australian 34
5 Gordon Greenidge West Indian 33
6 Sourav Ganguly Indian 31
Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lankan 31
8 Nick Knight English 30
9 Brad Hodge Australian 29
Source: Cricket Archive. Last updated: 28 November 2011.

Highest individual scores

Qualification: 190.

Rank Player Nationality High score
1 Ali Brown English 268
2 Graeme Pollock South African 222*
3 Virender Sehwag Indian 219
4 Mohammad Ali Pakistani 207
5 Alvin Kallicharran West Indian 206
6 Khalid Latif Pakistani 204*
7 Ali Brown English 203
8 Alan Barrow South African 202*
9 Ravinder Bopara English 201*
10 Vince Wells English 201
11 Sachin Tendulkar Indian 200*
12 Graham Gooch English 198*
13 Sajid Ali Pakistani 197*
14 Gerrie Snyman Namibian 196
15 Charles Coventry Zimbabwean 194*
16 Saeed Anwar Pakistani 194
17 Darren Lehmann Australian 191
Source: Cricket Archive. Last updated: 8 December 2011.

Highest average

Qualification: 50 runs Minimum 50 innings.

Rank Player Nationality Average
1 Michael Bevan Australian 57.86
2 Saleem Elahi Pakistani 52.30
3 Yashpal Singh Indian 50.45
4 Graeme Pollock South African 50.06
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 28 February 2011.

Record partnerships by wicket

Wicket Runs Batting partners Batting team Fielding team Venue Season
1st 326* Ghulam Ali & Sohail Jaffar Pakistan International Airlines Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan Sialkot 2000/01
2nd 331 Sachin Tendulkar & Rahul Dravid India New Zealand Hyderabad 1999/00
3rd 309* Tim Curtis & Tom Moody Worcestershire Surrey Kennington 1994
4th 275* Mohammad Azharuddin & Ajay Jadeja India Zimbabwe Cuttack 1997/98
5th 267* Minhajul Abedin & Khaled Mahmud Bangladesh Bahawalpur Karachi 1997/98
6th 226 Nigel Llong & Matthew Fleming Kent Cheshire Bowdon 1999
7th 203* Thilina Kandamby & Rangana Herath Sri Lanka A South Africa A Benoni 2008
8th 203 Shahid Iqbal & Haaris Ayaz Karachi Whites Hyderabad Karachi 1998/99
9th 155 Chris Read & Andrew Harris Nottinghamshire Durham Nottingham 2006
10th 106* Viv Richards & Michael Holding West Indies England Manchester 1984
Source: [1]. Last updated: 30 December 2008.

Bowling records

Most wickets

Qualification: 500.

Rank Player Nationality Wickets Average
1 Wasim Akram Pakistani 881 21.91
2 Allan Donald South African 684 21.84
3 Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lankan 682 22.39
4 Waqar Younis Pakistani 675 22.36
5 John Lever English 674 19.70
6 John Emburey English 647 25.98
7 Ian Botham English 612 24.94
8 Darren Gough English 598 24.17
9 Shaun Pollock South African 573 22.93
10 Derek Underwood English 572 19.43
11 Courtney Walsh West Indian 551 25.14
12 Phil DeFreitas English 539 27.92
13 Malcolm Marshall West Indian 521 23.71
14 Clive Rice South African 517 22.64
15 Anil Kumble Indian 514 27.58
16 Imran Khan Pakistani 509 22.22
Source: Cricket Archive. Last updated: 30 June 2011.

Best bowling performance

Qualification: 8 wickets.

Rank Player Nationality Figures
1 Rahul Sanghvi Indian 8/15
2 Chaminda Vaas Sri Lankan 8/19
3 Tharaka Kottehewa Sri Lankan 8/20
4 Michael Holding West Indian 8/21
5 Keith Boyce English 8/26
6 Romesh Eranga Sri Lankan 8/30
7 Derek Underwood English 8/31
8 Shaun Tait Australian 8/43
9 Kevin Stout West Indian 8/52
10 Simon Francis English 8/66
Source: Cricket Archive. Last updated: 28 February 2011.

Hat-tricks

Most

Number Player Nationality
3 Saqlain Mushtaq Pakistani
3 Wasim Akram Pakistani
2 Andrew Caddick English
2 Darren Gough English
2 Nantie Hayward South African
2 Garth Le Roux South African
2 Graham McKenzie Australian
2 Billy Taylor English
2 Tharaka Kottehewa Sri Lankan
2 Lasith Malinga Sri Lankan
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 1 March 2011.

Four wickets in four balls

Player Team/Nationality Opponent Year
Alan Ward Derbyshire Sussex 1970
Shaun Pollock Warwickshire Leicestershire 1996
Vasbert Drakes Nottinghamshire Warwickshire 1999
Lasith Malinga Sri Lanka South Africa 2007
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 14 November 2007.

Most games in a career

Qualification: 500.

Rank Games Player Nationality Career Span
1 651 Graeme Hick English 1983–2008
2 614 Graham Gooch English 1973–97
3 594 Wasim Akram Pakistani 1984–2003
4 554 Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lankan 1989–
5 551 Mike Gatting English 1975–98
6 536 John Emburey English 1975–2000
7 533 Sachin Tendulkar Indian 1989–
8 525 Kim Barnett English 1979–2005
9 505 Neil Fairbrother English 1982–2002
10 504 Alec Stewart English 1981–2002
11 500 Viv Richards West Indian 1973–93
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 28 February 2011.

Most dismissals in a career

Qualification: 500.

Rank Dismissals Player Nationality Catches Stumpings Career Span
1 661 Steve Rhodes English 532 129 1984–2004
2 591 Adam Gilchrist Australian 526 65 1992–2008
3 563 Jack Russell English 465 98 1982–2004
4 527 Warren Hegg English 466 61 1987–2005
5 518 Paul Nixon English 419 99 1987–
6 507 Mark Boucher South African 476 31 1995–
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 28 February 2011.

Highest team scores

Qualification: 400.

Rank Team Opponent Score
1 Surrey Gloucestershire 496/4
2 Sri Lanka Netherlands 443/9
3 Surrey Glamorgan 438/5
4 South Africa Australia 438/9
5 Australia South Africa 434/4
6 Glamorgan Surrey 429
7 Buckinghamshire Suffolk 424/5
8 South Africa Zimbabwe 418/5
8 India West Indies 418/5
10 India Sri Lanka 414/7
11 Somerset Devon 413/4
12 India Bermuda 413/5
13 United Arab Emirates Argentina 412/4
14 Madhya Pradesh Railways 412/6
15 Yorkshire Devon 411/6
16 Sri Lanka India 411/8
17 Canterbury Otago 410/5
18 Trinidad and Tobago North Windwards 409/6
19 Khan Research Laboratories Sialkot 408/4
20 Leicestershire Berkshire 406/5
21 Queensland Western Australia 405/4
22 Worcestershire Devon 404/3
23 Somerset Scotland 403/3
24 New Zealand Ireland 402/2
25 India South Africa 401/3
26 Gloucestershire Buckinghamshire 401/7
Source: Cricket Archive. Last updated: 8 December 2011.

External links

Women's Test records · Women's One Day International records · Women's Twenty20 International records