Who's played at the most ODI venues?

Last week the List looked at which cricketers had played at the most Test venues around the world. Sachin Tendulkar topped that chart, having been to 54 Test grounds, even though he has played only 146 matches, 22 fewer than Steve Waugh. Tendulkar, however, has played the most one-day internationals - 417 - but has appeared at 94 venues, four fewer than Sanath Jayasuriya.

Jayasuriya has played his 411 ODIs at 98 venues and he could have pushed it up to 99 if he hadn't been axed from the Sri Lanka squad for the tour of West Indies for he hasn't played at the Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia, the venue for the third one-dayer. Tendulkar isn't even second for Rahul Dravid, who has played only 333 ODIs, has been to 96 venues, two more than Tendulkar. Dravid, in fact, holds the record for having played in the most countries - 18. Morocco is the only country to have hosted an ODI that is missing from Dravid's list. Even Yuvraj Singh has managed to play 204 matches on 81 grounds, which is more than Wasim Akram, who played 356 ODIs with over a fifth of those at the one ground in Sharjah.

Tendulkar, however, has scored hundreds at the most venues by some distance; his 42 centuries have come at 30 different venues across 11 countries. Ricky Ponting, whose 26 hundreds are the second most in ODIs, has scored them at only 18 venues.

Jayasuriya, however, has scored hundreds in more countries than anyone else. He has played in 15 nations and scored centuries in 12: Kenya, Morocco and Zimbabwe, where he averages 16.70 in ten innings, being the exceptions. Tendulkar is second on the list, having scored hundreds in 11 out of 16 countries. They are the only players to have scored centuries in more than ten nations.

Matthew Hayden has scored all his ten centuries at different venues - three at home and seven away. The only grounds he has scored hundreds at in Australia are the Gabba, the SCG and the WACA - which is in contrast to his Test record, where he has scored a century at each Australian ground apart from Darwin.

Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram have taken 27 and 23 four-wicket hauls respectively in one-day internationals and both have taken them on 17 grounds. Muttiah Muralitharan, who is creeping up on Akram's world-record 502 ODI wickets, is in third place with 21 four-fors at 14 venues.

Among Test bowlers, Syd Barnes was the only one to take a five-for at every venue he played at. No bowler has come close to replicating that feat in ODIs. Len Pascoe comes nearest, having taken four-fors at three out of nine venues, giving him a percentage of 33.33%.

Allan Donald has taken all his 13 four-wicket hauls on different grounds in seven countries. The other three bowlers with at least ten four-fors at different venues are Darren Gough, Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath.

None of the leading wicket-takers in ODIs - Akram, Murali, Waqar, Shaun Pollock or Chaminda Vaas - have taken four-fors in all the nations they've played in. It's an admittedly tricky feat, given they've only played an occasional match in minor nations. Akram, Murali and Saqlain have taken four-fors in ten countries which is the most for any bowler.