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Zimbabwe blitzed by Gilchrist

By Rajneesh Gupta
January 16, 2004 17:45 IST
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Adam Gilchrist put the Zimbabwean bowling attack to the sword in the fourth match of the VB Series, scoring 172 runs off just 126 deliveries. Gilchrist's innings is now the highest by any wicketkeeper in the shorter version of the game.

Gilchrist bettered his own 154 made against Sri Lanka at Melbourne in 1998-99. Five of the top 10 scores made by wicketkeepers stand in his name.

Gilchrist's innings is also the tenth joint highest score by a batsman in the history of the limited overs game. In fact, he missed the opportunity to post the highest score by an Australian batsman in LOIs by just one run.

Gilchrist, however, holds another world record now. His 150 came off just 110 balls, which is the fastest by any batsman in LOIs. The previous record was held by West Indian Brian Lara, who took 111 balls for his 150 against Sri Lanka in a Champions Trophy match at Sharjah in 1995-96.

Highest scores by 'keepers:

Score BF 'Keeper For Vs Venue Date
172 126 A C Gilchrist Aus Zim Hobart 16-01-2004
154 129 A C Gilchrist Aus SL Melbourne 07-02-1999
145 164 A Flower Zim Ind Colombo (RPS) 14-09-2002
145 129 R S Dravid Ind SL Taunton 26-05-1999
144 146 K O Obuya Ken Ban Nairobi (Gym) 10-10-1997
142* 128 A Flower Zim Eng Harare 07-10-2001
142 137 D L Houghton Zim NZ Hyderabad (Ind) 10-10-1987
131 118 A C Gilchrist Aus SL Sydney 13-01-1999
128 98 A C Gilchrist Aus NZ Christchurch 26-02-2000
124 104 A C Gilchrist Aus Eng Melbourne 15-12-2002
120* 141 A Flower Zim SL Sharjah 21-10-2000
120 137 K O Obuya Ken Ban Dhaka 24-03-1999

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