Monday, January 19, 2015

87.2 % of runs came through boundaries in AB de Viiliers 31 ball 100 knock

During AB de Villiers mind blowing knock of 149, he has smashed 16 sixes and 9 boundaries. A total of 130 runs comes through boundaries.
ie. 87.2 % of his runs comes through boundraies.
AB de Villiers during his 31 ball 100 knock

Though the percentage(87%) of runs looks mammoth, but this is not the highest percentage of runs through boundaries.
6's16
4's9
3's 0
2's5
1's8
Dot balls6

Shahid Afridi of Pakistan has struck 11 sixes and 9 fours during his knock of 37 ball 100 against Sri lanka way back in 1996. 90 runs of his total of 102 runs has come through boundaries, ie 88.2 of runs came through boundaries, which is the highest percentage of boundaries strucked during a knock of 100 or more.
Afridi during his 37 ball 100
Kiwi All-Rounder Corey Anderson holds the record for the 2nd fastest 100 in the history of ODI cricket, which came off 36 balls against West Indies. In his 36 ball 100 knock Corey has struck 14 sixes's and 6 fours's. A total of 108 runs come in boundaries during his knock of 131.
Corey Anderson during his 36 ball 100 knock

Let us have a look at the highest % of boundaries scored during a knock of hundred or more.
Player NameCountryFastest 1006's4'sRuns in Bound's% of Bou
Shahid AfridiPak371169088.2
AB de VilliersSA3116913087.2
Corey AndersonNZ3614610882.4

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