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.

Listing criteria[edit]

In general, the top five are listed in each category, except when there is a tie for the last place among the five, when all the tied record holders are noted.

Listing notation[edit]

Team notation

• (200/3) indicates that a team scored 200 runs for three wickets and the innings was closed, either due to a successful run chase or if no playing time remained
• (200) indicates that a team scored 200 runs and was all out

Batting notation

• (100) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was out
• (100*) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was not out

Bowling notation

• (5/20) indicates that a bowler has captured five wickets while conceding 20 runs

Currently playing

• † indicates a current cricketer

Start Date

• indicates the date the match was played

Batting records[edit]

Most runs in a career[edit]

Rank	Runs	Innings	Player	Nationality	Average	100s	50s	Span
1	22,211	601	Graham Gooch	England	40.16	44	139	1973-1997
2	22,059	630	Graeme Hick	England /  Zimbabwe	41.30	40	139	1983-2008
3	21,999	538	Sachin Tendulkar	India	45.54	60	114	1989-2012
4	19,456	501	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	43.52	39	120	1997-2020
5	16,995	466	Viv Richards	Antigua and Barbuda	41.96	26	109	1973-1993
Source: ESPN Cricinfo Last updated: 26 September 2015

Most centuries in a career[edit]

Rank	Centuries	Innings	Player	Nationality	Runs	Span
1	60	538	Sachin Tendulkar	India	21,999	1989-2012
2	54	313	Virat Kohli†		15,236	2006-2023
3	44	601	Graham Gooch	England	22,211	1973-1997
4	40	630	Graeme Hick	England /  Zimbabwe	22,059	1983-2008
5	39	501	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	19,456	1997-2020
Source: ESPN Cricinfo Last updated: 16 November 2023

Most half centuries in a career[edit]

Rank	Half centuries	Innings	Player	Nationality	Span
1	139	601	Graham Gooch	England	1973-1997
		630	Graeme Hick	England /  Zimbabwe	1983-2008
3	120	501	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	1997-2020
4	116	385	Michael Bevan	Australia	1989-2006
5	114	538	Sachin Tendulkar	India	1989-2012
Source: ESPN Cricinfo Last updated: 23 December 2019

Most 50+ scores in career[edit]

Rank	50+ scores	Innings	Player	Nationality	Centuries	Half centuries	Span
1	183	601	Graham Gooch	England	44	139	1973–1997
2	179	630	Graeme Hick	England /  Zimbabwe	40	139	1983–2008
3	174	538	Sachin Tendulkar	India	60	114	1989–2012
4	159	501	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	39	120	1997–2020
5	138	416	Desmond Haynes	West Indies	28	110	1977–1997
Source: ESPN Cricinfo Last updated: 20 November 2023

Highest individual scores[edit]

Rank	Score	Player	Nationality	Match Date
1	277	Narayan Jagadeesan	India	21 November 2022
2	268	Ali Brown	England	19 June 2002
3	264	Rohit Sharma	India	13 November 2014
4	257	D'Arcy Short	Australia	28 September 2018
5	248	Shikhar Dhawan	India	12 August 2013
Source: ESPN Cricinfo Last updated: 9 August 2023

Highest average[edit]

Qualification: Minimum 50 innings

Rank	Average	Player	Nationality	Innings	Runs	Not Outs	100s	50s	Span
1	58.16	Ruturaj Gaikwad†	India	76	4,130	5	15	17	2017–2023
2	57.86	Michael Bevan	Australia	385	15,103	124	13	116	1989–2006
3	57.76	Sam Hain†	England	62	3,004	10	10	17	2013–2023
4	57.66	Prithvi Shaw†	India	57	3,056	4	10	11	2017–2023
5	57.48	Virat Kohli†		313	15,290	47	54	80	2006–2023
Source: ESPNcricinfo Last updated: 20 November 2023

Fastest 100[edit]

Rank	Balls	Player	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date
1	29	Jake Fraser-McGurk	South Australia	Tasmania	Adelaide	8 October 2023
2	31	AB De Villiers	South Africa	West Indies	Johannesburg	18 January 2015
3	36	Corey Anderson	New Zealand		Queenstown	1 January 2014
		Graham Rose	Somerset	Devon	Recreation Ground, Torquay	27 June 1990
5	37	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Nairobi	4 October 1996
Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, last updated 8 October 2023

Most runs in an over[edit]

Runs	Sequence	Batsman	Team	Bowler	Opposition Team	Venue	Season
43	4-(N+6)-(N+6)-6-1-6-6-6	Brett Hampton/Joe Carter	Northern District	Willem Ludick	Central District	Hamilton	2018-19
	6-6-6-6-(N+6)-6-6	Ruturaj Gaikwad	Maharashtra	Shiva Singh	Uttar Pradesh	Sardar Patel Stadium B Ground, Ahmedabad	2022-23
39	(N+4)-W-6-4-6-4-6-W-6	Elton Chigumbura	Sheikh Jamal	Alauddin Babu	Abahani Ltd	Mirpur	2013-14
37	6-6-6-6-2-(N+4)-6	JP Duminy	Cape Cobras	Eddie Leie	Knights	Cape Town	2017-18
36	6–6–6–6–6–6	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	Daan van Bunge	Netherlands	St. Kitts	2006–07
		Jaskaran Malhotra	United States	Gaudi Toka	Papua New Guinea	Al Amerat Cricket Stadium Turf 2	2021–22
		Thisara Perera	SL Army Sports Club	Dilhan Cooray	BCAC	Army Ground, Panagoda	2020-21
35	6–W–6–6–6–4–6	Thisara Perera	Sri Lanka	Robin Peterson	South Africa	Pallekele	2013-14
	6-4-W-6-6-6-6	Raiphi Gomez	Hyderabad	Dwaraka Ravi Teja	Kerala	Indian Institute of Technology Chemplast Ground, Chennai	2009-10
Last updated: 28 November 2022[1]
Key: *N – No ball *W – Wide

Record partnerships by wicket[edit]

Wicket	Runs	Batting partners	Batting team	Fielding team	Venue	Season
1st	416	Narayan Jagadeesan and Sai Sudharsan	Tamil Nadu	Arunachal Pradesh	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	2022-23
2nd	372	Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels	West Indies	Zimbabwe	Manuka Oval, Canberra	2014–15
3rd	338	Sanju Samson and Sachin Baby	Kerala	Goa	Alur Cricket Stadium II, Bangalore	2019–20
4th	276	Mominul Haque and Roshen Silva	Prime Doleshwar	Abahani Limited	Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra	2013–14
5th	267*	Minhajul Abedin and Khaled Mahmud	Bangladesh	Bahawalpur	United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi	1997–98
6th	272	Aiden Markram and Farhaan Behardien	Titans	Cape Cobras	Newlands, Cape Town	2018–19
7th	215*	Simi Singh and George Dockrell	Leinster Lightning	Northern Knights	The Vineyard, Dublin	2018
8th	203	Shahid Iqbal and Haaris Ayaz	Karachi Whites	Hyderabad	United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi	1998–99
9th	155	Chris Read and Andrew Harris	Nottinghamshire	Durham	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	2006
10th	128	Ashish Reddy and Ravi Kiran	Hyderabad	Kerala	Nuclear Fuel Complex Ground, Secunderabad	2014–15
Source: ESPN Cricinfo Last updated: 12 October 2019

Bowling records[edit]

Most wickets[edit]

Rank	Wickets	Matches	Player	Nationality	Average	4 Wkts	5 Wkts	Span
1	881	594	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	21.91	34	12	1984-2003
2	684	458	Allan Donald	South Africa	21.84	27	11	1985-2004
3	682	453	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	22.39	17	12	1991-2011
4	674	481	John Lever	England	19.70	26	8	1968-1990
		411	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	22.36	27	17	1988-2004
Source: ESPN Cricinfo Last updated: 5 December 2012

Most five wickets in an innings[edit]

Rank	5+ wickets	Matches	Player	Nationality	Wickets	Average	Career Span
1	17	411	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	674	22.37	1998-2004
2	12	140	Mitchell Starc†	Australia	295	20.71	2009-2023
		453	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	682	22.39	1991-2011
		594	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	881	22.91	1984-2003
5	11	501	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	510	33.82	1995-2017
		458	Allan Donald	South Africa	684	21.84	1985-2004
Source: ESPN Cricinfo Last updated: 19 March 2023

Best bowling figures[edit]

Rank	Figures	Player	Nationality	Venue	Season
1	8/10	Shahbaz Nadeem	India	Chennai	2018-19
2	8/15	Rahul Sanghvi		Una	1997-98
3	8/19	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	2001-02
4	8/20	Tharaka Kottehewa		Colombo (Moors)	2007-08
5	8/21	Michael Holding	Jamaica	Hove	1988
Source: ESPN Cricinfo Last updated: 3 June 2020

Best career bowling average[edit]

Rank	Bowling Average	Player	Nationality	Wickets	Runs Conceded	Balls	Period
1	16.05	Keith Boyce	West Indies	268	4,304	7,833	1967-1977
2	16.61	Joel Garner	West Indies	397	6,598	13,359	1976-1992
3	16.66	Dulanjana Mendis†	Sri Lanka	137	2,283	3,715	2009-2023
4	16.80	Fred Rumsey	England	130	2,185	4,802	1963-1973
5	17.05	Tony Nicholson		173	2,951	5,862	1963-1975
Qualification: 2,500 balls Source: ESPN Cricinfo Last updated: 11 August 2023

Best career bowling strike rate[edit]

Rank	Bowling strike rate	Player	Nationality	Wickets	Runs Conceded	Balls	Period
1	23.1	Andrew Tye†	Australia	142	3,022	3,282	2013-2024
2	24.2	Matt Coles	England	139	3,243	3,364	2009-2019
3	25.3	John Sullivan	England	113	1,978	2,859	1963-1976
4	25.3	Bilal Khan†	Oman	130	2,626	3,300	2008-2023
5	25.4	Sadaf Hussain	Pakistan	139	3,029	3,531	2010-2019
Qualification: 2,500 balls Source: ESPN Cricinfo Last updated: 11 August 2023

Most games in a career[edit]

Rank	Games	Player	Nationality	Runs	Wickets	Career Span
1	651	Graeme Hick	England /  Zimbabwe	22,059	225	1983–2008
2	613	Graham Gooch	England	22,211	310	1973–1997
3	594	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	6,993	881	1984–2003
4	557	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	16,128	413	1989–2011
5	551	Mike Gatting	England	14,476	175	1975–1998
		Sachin Tendulkar	India	21,999	201	1989–2013
Source: ESPN Cricinfo Last updated: 2 November 2016

Wicket-keeping records[edit]

Most dismissals in a career[edit]

Rank	Dismissals	Player	Nationality	Catches	Stumpings	Career Span
1	661	Steve Rhodes	England	532	129	1984–2004
2	642	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	514	124	1997–2017
3	591	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	526	65	1992–2010
4	563	Jack Russell	England	465	98	1982–2004
5	543	MS Dhoni	India	392	141	1999–2019
Source: ESPN Cricinfo Last updated: 18 January 2019

Most catches in a career[edit]

Rank	Catches	Matches	Player	Nationality	Career Span
1	532	477	Steve Rhodes	England	1984–2004
2	526	356	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	1992–2010
3	518	529	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	1997–2017
4	484	365	Mark Boucher	South Africa	1995–2011
5	466	409	Warren Hegg	England	1987–2005
Source: ESPN Cricinfo Last updated: 18 January 2019

Most stumpings in a career[edit]

Rank	Stumpings	Matches	Player	Nationality	Career Span
1	141	423	MS Dhoni	India	1999–2019
2	139	357	Moin Khan	Pakistan	1989-2005
3	129	477	Steve Rhodes	England	1984–2004
4	124	529	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	1997–2017
5	99	411	Paul Nixon	England	1987–2011
Source: ESPN Cricinfo Last updated: 19 March 2023

Highest team scores[edit]

Rank	Score	Team	Opponent	Venue	Date
1	506/2	Tamil Nadu	Arunachal Pradesh	Bangalore	21 November 2022
2	498/4	England	Netherlands	Amstelveen	17 June 2022
3	496/4	Surrey	Gloucestershire	The Oval, London	29 April 2007
4	481/6	England	Australia	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	19 June 2018
5	458/4	India A	Leicestershire	Leicester	19 June 2018
Source: ESPN Cricinfo Last updated: 13 August 2023

Lowest team scores[edit]

Only completed innings are listed:

Rank	Score	Team	Opponent	Venue	Date
1	18	West Indies U-19	Barbados	Blairmont Sports Club Ground	17 October 2007
2	19	Saracens Sports Club	Colts Cricket Club	Colombo (Colts)	13 December 2012
3	23	Middlesex	Yorkshire	Leeds	23 June 1974
4	24	Oman	Scotland	Al Amerat	19 February 2019
5	30	Chittagong Division	Sylhet Division	Dhaka	27 December 2002
		Ace Capital Cricket Club	Nondescripts Cricket Club	Colombo	28 March 2021
Source: ESPN Cricinfo Last updated: 28 March 2021

Largest successful run chases[edit]

50 over cricket

Rank	Team	Opponent	Runs chased	Venue	Date
1	South Africa	Australia	438/9	Johannesburg	12 March 2006
Source: CricketArchive(subscription required) Archived 19 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine Last updated: 12 October 2013

40 over cricket

Rank	Team	Opponent	Runs chased	Venue	Date
1	Kent	Sussex	337/7	St Lawrence	19 June 2013[2][3]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Cricket Archive (subscription required)
• Records for List A matches ESPNcricinfo