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Zimbabwe blitzed by Gilchrist

Rajneesh Gupta | January 16, 2004 17:45 IST

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:
ScoreBF'KeeperForVsVenueDate
172126A C GilchristAusZimHobart16-01-2004
154129A C GilchristAusSLMelbourne07-02-1999
145164A FlowerZimIndColombo (RPS)14-09-2002
145129R S DravidIndSLTaunton26-05-1999
144146K O ObuyaKenBanNairobi (Gym)10-10-1997
142*128A FlowerZimEngHarare07-10-2001
142137D L HoughtonZimNZHyderabad (Ind)10-10-1987
131118A C GilchristAusSLSydney13-01-1999
12898A C GilchristAusNZChristchurch26-02-2000
124104A C GilchristAusEngMelbourne15-12-2002
120*141A FlowerZimSLSharjah21-10-2000
120137K O ObuyaKenBanDhaka24-03-1999



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