Sixes for everyone, and strike-rates over 100

All that anyone, apart from the Australians perhaps, will remember from the recent Hyderabad one-dayer is Sachin Tendulkar's valiant 175 in defeat. But while India's chase of 351 relied on one man, Australia's innings was a collective effort with all their top five batsmen making fast and substantial contributions. Their innings was only the fourth time that every batsmen hit at least one six and had a strike-rate of 100 or more (provided at least four batted) in a one-day international.

During the 2003 World Cup, New Zealand were chasing 197 against Canada and their batsmen were in a tearing hurry. All seven batsmen used had strike rates of over 100, even Stephen Fleming, who scored only 5 off two balls, and New Zealand ran down the target in 23 overs. They were aiming to finish the game in 16 overs in order to ensure qualification for the Super Six but could not achieve that.

Only once after that have all seven batsmen in an innings scored at more than a run a ball, four years after the first occurrence, during the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies. After being sent in by South Africa in St Kitts, Australia amassed 377 for 6. Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting had the lowest strike rates - exactly 100 - while Matthew Hayden cracked 101 off 68 balls, the fastest hundred in World Cups and the quickest by an Australian.

Highest proportion of batsmen with a strike rate over 100 in an ODI innings (qualification: min 4 batsmen)

Team	Num	Total	%		Score	Overs	Inns	Result	Opposition	Ground	Start Date	Scorecard
New Zealand	7	7	100.0		197/5	23.0	2	won	v Can	Benoni	Mar 3, 2003	ODI 1977
Australia	7	7	100.0		377/6	50.0	1	won	v SA	Basseterre	Mar 24, 2007	ODI 2552
Sri Lanka	4	4	100.0		154/2	19.0	2	won	v India	Canberra	Feb 12, 2008	ODI 2676
Australia	5	5	100.0		350/4	50.0	1	won	v India	Hyderabad (Decc)	Nov 5, 2009	ODI 2923
New Zealand	6	7	85.7		304/5	50.0	1	won	v SL	Auckland	Mar 20, 1983	ODI 190
Australia	6	7	85.7		346/5	50.0	1	lost	v NZ	Hamilton	Feb 20, 2007	ODI 2527
India	5	6	83.3		299/4	40.0	1	won	v SL	Mumbai	Jan 17, 1987	ODI 419
Australia	5	6	83.3		434/4	50.0	1	lost	v SA	Johannesburg	Mar 12, 2006	ODI 2349
India	5	6	83.3		166/4	22.0	1	won	v Eng	Bangalore	Nov 23, 2008	ODI 2781
Pakistan	4	5	80.0		315/3	50.0	1	won	v SL	Adelaide	Feb 17, 1990	ODI 606
Pakistan	4	5	80.0		281/3	41.0	1	won	v SL	Sharjah	Feb 4, 1993	ODI 799
South Africa	4	5	80.0		328/3	50.0	1	won	v Neth	Rawalpindi	Mar 5, 1996	ODI 1073
Kenya	4	5	80.0		347/3	50.0	1	won	v Bang	Nairobi (Gym)	Oct 10, 1997	ODI 1239
Australia	4	5	80.0		181/3	19.5	2	won	v Bang	Chester-le-Street	May 27, 1999	ODI 1464
South Africa	4	5	80.0		363/3	50.0	1	won	v Zim	Bulawayo	Sep 23, 2001	ODI 1748
India	4	5	80.0		351/3	50.0	1	won	v Kenya	Paarl	Oct 24, 2001	ODI 1764
West Indies	4	5	80.0		300/3	45.0	2	won	v SA	Centurion	Feb 1, 2004	ODI 2094
South Africa	4	5	80.0		141/3	19.1	2	won	v WI	Port of Spain	May 15, 2005	ODI 2245
South Africa	4	5	80.0		353/3	40.0	1	won	v Neth	Basseterre	Mar 16, 2007	ODI 2537
South Africa	4	5	80.0		233/3	37.4	2	won	v Pak	Multan	Oct 26, 2007	ODI 2639
Pakistan	4	5	80.0		309/2	45.3	2	won	v India	Karachi	Jul 2, 2008	ODI 2730
Zimbabwe	4	5	80.0		329/3	50.0	1	won	v Kenya	Harare	Oct 18, 2009	ODI 2912

Amid the slew of matches from the 2000s in the table above, containing innings with the highest proportion of batsmen with a strike rate over 100, there are two entries from the 1980s. New Zealand went past 300 for the first time in ODIs against Sri Lanka at Eden Park in 1983, with six out of seven batsmen scoring at more than a run a ball. Bruce Edgar was the only slow coach, taking 99 balls to score 52, as New Zealand raced to 304. The Sri Lankan chase provided a stark contrast and only one of their eight batsmen - Yohan Goonasekera - had a strike rate over 100. They finished with 188 for 6 off their 50 overs.

Sri Lanka were involved in another match in 1983 which had a lot of batsmen - 12 in all - with strike rates over 100. In that game, in Bombay, five out of six Indians scored at more than a run a ball as India made 299 in a 40-over contest. Sri Lanka gave valiant chase this time, with seven batsmen having strike rates of over 100, but fell 10 runs short. This match also appears in the table below, which contains innings with the most 100-plus strike rates.

Eight Pakistan batsmen, the most in an ODI innings, including all four tailenders, had strike-rates over 100 during a match against Bangladesh in Karachi in 2008. As a result, Pakistan posted 329; Bangladesh managed only 179 in reply.

Most batsmen with a strike rate over 100 in an ODI innings

Team	Num	Total	%		Score	Overs	Inns	Result	Opposition	Ground	Start Date	Scorecard
Pakistan	8	11	72.7		329/9	50.0	1	won	v Bang	Karachi	Apr 19, 2008	ODI 2703
Sri Lanka	7	9	77.7		289/7	40.0	2	lost	v India	Mumbai	Jan 17, 1987	ODI 419
England	7	10	70.0		236/8	45.0	1	won	v Pak	Peshawar	Nov 22, 1987	ODI 480
Sri Lanka	7	11	63.6		349/9	50.0	1	won	v Pak	Singapore	Apr 2, 1996	ODI 1088
New Zealand	7	7	100.0		197/5	23.0	2	won	v Can	Benoni	Mar 3, 2003	ODI 1977
South Africa	7	11	63.6		438/9	49.5	2	won	v Aus	Johannesburg	Mar 12, 2006	ODI 2349
Sri Lanka	7	11	63.6		443/9	50.0	1	won	v Neth	Amstelveen	Jul 4, 2006	ODI 2390
Canada	7	10	70.0		162/8	21.0	1	won	v Ber	Nairobi (Gym)	Feb 2, 2007	ODI 2498
Australia	7	7	100.0		377/6	50.0	1	won	v SA	Basseterre	Mar 24, 2007	ODI 2552
West Indies	7	11	63.6		270	49.4	2	lost	v Eng	Birmingham	May 26, 2009	ODI 2851
West Indies	7	11	63.6		319	48.1	2	lost	v India	Kingston	Jun 26, 2009	ODI 2852

The Hyderabad ODI between India and Australia is also one of four matches in which all batsmen in an innings (minimum of four batsmen) hit a six. India was also involved when this happened for the first time, against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo in 1998. Chasing 236 for 45 overs, all four batsmen hit a six each and India reached 236 for 2 in the 42nd over.

Highest proportion of batsmen hitting a six in an ODI innings (qualification: min four batsmen)

Team	Num	Total	%		Score	Overs	Inns	Result	Opposition	Ground	Start Date	Scorecard
India	4	4	100.0		236/2	41.5	2	won	v Zim	Bulawayo	Sep 27, 1998	ODI 1355
South Africa	4	4	100.0		217/1	35.0	2	won	v Zim	Nairobi (Gym)	Sep 28, 1999	ODI 1505
New Zealand	5	5	100.0		199/3	33.3	2	won	v Bang	Kimberley	Feb 26, 2003	ODI 1968
Australia	5	5	100.0		350/4	50.0	1	won	v India	Hyderabad (Decc)	Nov 5, 2009	ODI 2923
Australia	6	7	85.7		346/5	50.0	1	lost	v NZ	Hamilton	Feb 20, 2007	ODI 2527
India	6	7	85.7		413/5	50.0	1	won	v Ber	Port of Spain	Mar 19, 2007	ODI 2542
Australia	5	6	83.3		258/4	50.0	1	won	v NZ	Dunedin	Mar 19, 1993	ODI 816
South Africa	5	6	83.3		358/4	50.0	1	won	v Bang	Benoni	Nov 9, 2008	ODI 2772
West Indies	4	5	80.0		272/3	40.1	2	won	v Pak	Port of Spain	Mar 20, 1988	ODI 511
Australia	4	5	80.0		332/3	50.0	1	won	v SL	Sharjah	May 2, 1990	ODI 630
Pakistan	4	5	80.0		320/3	50.0	1	won	v Bang	Dhaka	Jun 2, 2000	ODI 1599
South Africa	4	5	80.0		354/3	50.0	1	won	v Kenya	Cape Town	Oct 22, 2001	ODI 1763
West Indies	4	5	80.0		256/3	45.0	1	won	v Zim	Harare	Nov 29, 2003	ODI 2069
India	4	5	80.0		341/3	50.0	1	won	v WI	Vadodara	Jan 31, 2007	ODI 2493
South Africa	4	5	80.0		353/3	40.0	1	won	v Neth	Basseterre	Mar 16, 2007	ODI 2537
India	4	5	80.0		223/3	35.1	2	won	v Bang	Dhaka (SBNS)	Jun 12, 2008	ODI 2706

There have been several ODIs with more than six batsmen in an innings clearing the boundary, but only one with seven. West Indies were chasing 283 against India at Albion in Guyana in 1983 and seven batsmen - Gordon Greenidge, Viv Richards, Clive Lloyd, Faoud Bacchus, Larry Gomes, Jeff Dujon and Andy Roberts - hit one six each. It didn't help much, though, for West Indies managed only 255 for 9. The victory was India's first against West Indies in ODIs.

Most batsmen hitting a six in an ODI innings

Team	Num	Total	%		Score	Overs	Inns	Result	Opposition	Ground	Start Date	Scorecard
West Indies	7	11	63.6		255/9	47.0	2	lost	v India	Albion	Mar 29, 1983	ODI 191
Pakistan	6	10	60.0		286/8	50.0	1	won	v Kenya	Sharjah	Apr 8, 2003	ODI 1999
Asia XI	6	9	66.6		267/7	50.0	1	won	v Afr	Durban	Aug 20, 2005	ODI 2270
New Zealand	6	10	60.0		332/8	49.0	2	won	v Aus	Christchurch	Dec 10, 2005	ODI 2303
Bermuda	6	10	60.0		275/8	50.0	1	lost	v Ire	Nairobi (Jaff)	Jan 31, 2007	ODI 2494
Australia	6	7	85.7		346/5	50.0	1	lost	v NZ	Hamilton	Feb 20, 2007	ODI 2527
India	6	7	85.7		413/5	50.0	1	won	v Ber	Port of Spain	Mar 19, 2007	ODI 2542
Pakistan	6	11	54.5		349	49.5	1	won	v Zim	Kingston	Mar 21, 2007	ODI 2547
Asia XI	6	9	66.6		337/7	50.0	1	won	v Afr	Chennai	Jun 9, 2007	ODI 2588
India	6	11	54.5		222	47.3	2	lost	v Aus	Kochi	Oct 2, 2007	ODI 2623
India	6	8	75.0		339/6	50.0	1	won	v WI	Kingston	Jun 26, 2009	ODI 2852