da apostebet: After John Davison’s fastest-ever ICC Cricket World Cup century against West Indies, his Canada colleague Ishwar Maraj broke a batting record of a completely different sort against South Africa on Thursday

ICC CWC 2003 Media Information28-Feb-2003After John Davison’s fastest-ever ICC Cricket World Cup century against West Indies, his Canada colleague Ishwar Maraj broke a batting record of a completely different sort against South Africa on Thursday.Maraj’s innings of 53 not out off 155 balls is the slowest scoring innings of over 50 in an ODI, at just 34.19 runs per 100 balls.

Slowest ODI innings (minimum 50 runs)Score Balls R/100B Name           For         Against      VenueSeason53*   155   34.19  I Maraj        Canada      South Africa East London2002/0363*   167   37.72  Javed Miandad  Pakistan    West Indies  Perth1988/8951    135   37.77  DN Chudasama   Kenya       Pakistan     Nairobi-AK1996/9755    144   38.19  SM Gavaskar    India       New Zealand  Leeds197950    127   39.37  S Wettimuny    Sri Lanka   Pakistan     Leeds198370    176   39.77  Mohsin Khan    Pakistan    West Indies  The Oval198351    124   41.12  RS Mahanama    Sri Lanka   India        Sharjah1987/8856    136   41.17  Mudassar Nazar Pakistan    England      The Oval197854    131   41.22  GR Marsh       Australia   England      Hyderabad1989/9061    144   42.36  KR Stackpole   Australia   England      Birmingham1972

Maraj reached his 50 in 148 balls, the most balls required to reach a fifty in an ODI.All statistics provided by Andrew Samson.