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v      Gary Kirsten (South Africa): 188* (159 balls, 13x4, 4x6) vs U.A.E. at Rawalpindi on 16 February 1996. Kirsten carried his bat in South Africa's total of 321 for 2. Allan Donald and Brian McMillan took three wickets each as the minnows battled to 152 for 8 - 36 short of Kirsten's individual score - in 50 overs. Kirsten's is the highest World Cup score, and he came within a run of equalling the ODI record at the time: Vivian Richards' 189 not out against England.
v     Sourav Ganguly (India): 183 (158 balls, 17x4, 7x6) vs Sri Lanka at Taunton on 26 May 1999. Chaminda Vaas clean bowled Sadagoppan Ramesh in the first over, but Sri Lanka then had to wait until the 46th over for another wicket to fall as Ganguly and Rahul Dravid (145) added 318 runs for the second wicket as India posted a mammoth 373 for 6. Sri Lanka never got going in the improbable run chase and were bowled out for 216 in 42.3 overs with Robin Singh taking 5 for 31.
v      Viv Richards (West Indies): 181 (125 balls, 16x4, 7x6) vs Sri Lanka at Karachi on 13 October 1987. Richards decimated the Lankan bowling attack as West Indies amassed 360 for 4 in their 50 overs (then an ODI record) with Desmond Haynes also scoring a century. Ashantha de Mel had a match to forget with figures of 10-0-97-1. Sri Lanka were never in the run chase as they crawled to 169 for 4 in 50 overs. Richards' 181 was the new World Cup record, and he narrowly beat his own ODI record of 189 not out against England made in 1984.
v      Kapil Dev (India): 175* (138 balls, 16x4, 6x6) vs Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells on 18 June 1983. Kapil came to the middle with India at a precarious 9 for 4 which soon became 17 for 5. India's captain then led from the front as he launched a brutal but calculated assault on Zimbabwe's bowlers and was well supported by Syed Kirmani (24*) as Kapil and Kirmani shared an unbroken 126-run partnership for the ninth wicket. India scored 266 for 8 in 60 overs and then bowled Zimbabwe out for 235 in 57 overs. This win not only helped India stay alive in the 1983 World Cup but also gave Kapil and his team the confidence to go all the way and upset West Indies in the World Cup final. Kapil's was the new World Cup and ODI record, taking over from Glenn Turner's 171 not out against East Africa.
v      Gary Kirsten (South Africa): 188* (159 balls, 13x4, 4x6) vs U.A.E. at Rawalpindi on 16 February 1996. Kirsten carried his bat in South Africa's total of 321 for 2. Allan Donald and Brian McMillan took three wickets each as the minnows battled to 152 for 8 - 36 short of Kirsten's individual score - in 50 overs. Kirsten's is the highest World Cup score, and he came within a run of equalling the ODI record at the time: Vivian Richards' 189 not out against England.less
v      Sourav Ganguly (India): 183 (158 balls, 17x4, 7x6) vs Sri Lanka at Taunton on 26 May 1999. Chaminda Vaas clean bowled Sadagoppan Ramesh in the first over, but Sri Lanka then had to wait until the 46th over for another wicket to fall as Ganguly and Rahul Dravid (145) added 318 runs for the second wicket as India posted a mammoth 373 for 6. Sri Lanka never got going in the improbable run chase and were bowled out for 216 in 42.3 overs with Robin Singh taking 5 for 31.less
v      Viv Richards (West Indies): 181 (125 balls, 16x4, 7x6) vs Sri Lanka at Karachi on 13 October 1987. Richards decimated the Lankan bowling attack as West Indies amassed 360 for 4 in their 50 overs (then an ODI record) with Desmond Haynes also scoring a century. Ashantha de Mel had a match to forget with figures of 10-0-97-1. Sri Lanka were never in the run chase as they crawled to 169 for 4 in 50 overs. Richards' 181 was the new World Cup record, and he narrowly beat his own ODI record of 189 not out against England made in 1984.less
v      Kapil Dev (India): 175* (138 balls, 16x4, 6x6) vs Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells on 18 June 1983. Kapil came to the middle with India at a precarious 9 for 4 which soon became 17 for 5. India's captain then led from the front as he launched a brutal but calculated assault on Zimbabwe's bowlers and was well supported by Syed Kirmani (24*) as Kapil and Kirmani shared an unbroken 126-run partnership for the ninth wicket. India scored 266 for 8 in 60 overs and then bowled Zimbabwe out for 235 in 57 overs. This win not only helped India stay alive in the 1983 World Cup but also gave Kapil and his team the confidence to go all the way and upset West Indies in the World Cup final. Kapil's was the new World Cup and ODI record, taking over from Glenn Turner's 171 not out against East Africa.less
v      Virender Sehwag (India): 175 (140 balls, 14x4, 5x6) vs Bangladesh at Dhaka on 19 February 2011. Sehwag got the 2011 World Cup off to a blazing start in the course of his dazzling innings that knocked the stuffing out of Bangladesh. Sehwag and Virat Kohli (100*) added 203 runs for the third wicket as India amassed a total of 370 for 4. Bangladesh launched a spirited chase, but they were always behind the required rate as they scored 283 for 9.
v      Craig Wishart (Zimbabwe): 172* (151 balls, 18x4, 3x6) vs Namibia at Harare on 10 February 2003. Wishart carried his bat and shared an unbroken 166-run partnership for the third wicket with Grant Flower (78*) as Zimbabwe posted a score of 340 for 2. Bad weather saw Namibia's target revised to 191 from 25.1 overs under the Duckworth-Lewis method, but they only managed to score 104 for 5 in that time. This match is better known for Andy Flower and Henry Olonga sporting black armbands to "mourn the death of democracy in Zimbabwe".
v      Glenn Turner (New Zealand): 171* (201 balls, 16x4, 2x6) vs East Africa at Birmingham on 7 June 1975. Turner carried his bat as New Zealand scored 309 for 5 in 60 overs; the target was always going to be beyond the minnows and they did well to bat out their 60 overs but they finished 181 runs short at 128 for 8. Richard Hadlee had unbelievable figures of 12-6-10-0 in this match. This was the highest ODI score at the time, beating Deniss Amiss' 137 against India in the opening game of the same tournament.
v      Andrew Hudson (South Africa): 161 (132 balls, 13x4, 4x6) vs Netherlands at Rawalpindi on 5 March 1996. Hudson and Gary Kirsten (83) added 186 runs for the first wicket in South Africa's 328 for 3. Netherlands was never in the chase and finished at 168 for 8 - only seven runs more than Hudson's individual score.
v      Imran Nazir (Pakistan): 160 (121 balls, 14x4, 8x6) vs Zimbabwe at Kingston on 21 March 2007. Nazir ensured Inzamam-ul-Haq would end his ODI career on a high as Pakistan defeated Zimbabwe by 93 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method. Nazir's smashing knock helped Pakistan score 349 and Zimbabwe's revised target was 193 from 20 overs, but they were bowled out for 99 in 19.1 overs with Shahid Afridi taking 3-20. The win though couldn't prevent Pakistan from bowing out of the 2007 World Cup at the group stage.
v      Matthew Hayden (Australia): 158 (143 balls, 14x4, 4x6) vs West Indies at North Sound, Antigua on 27 March 2007. Hayden was dismissed in the 48th over, but he had done more than enough damage by that time as his one-man show helped Australia post a total of 322 for 6. Brian Lara (77) and Denesh Ramdin (52) were the only batsmen to put up a fight as West Indies was bowled out for 219 in 45.3 overs with Glenn McGrath and Brad Hogg taking three wickets each.