Top 5 Highest score at number 7 in ODIs

Top 5 Highest score at number 7 in ODIs: Number 7 is generally a wicket-keeper’s batting slot in One Day arena or bowling all-rounder bats lower down the order. Not many players get to make a century form that batting position unless the top order fails badly. Whenever such unfortunate collapses happens in top order, these lower down the order heroes comes to the rescue. Here are 5 highest scorers at number 7: 5. James Faulkner (Aus) 116 vs. India Bangalore, 2013 Faulkner especially hit the Indian bowlers to all parts of the ground. (Photo Source: BCCI) James Faulkner’s brilliant late counter attack could not save Australia from defeat. India had batted first and scored a mammoth 383-6 thanks to a double hundred from Rohit Sharma and a whirlwind 62 off 38 balls from captain MS Dhoni. Australia’s reply slipped to 132-5, when James Faulkner walked in to join Glen Maxwell. Together they stitched a partnership and bought Australia back into the game. Faulkner especially hit the Indian bowlers to all parts of the ground. But Australia fell short by 57 runs, but Faulkner scored a brilliant 116 runs with 6 sixes. 4. Jos Buttler (Eng) 121 vs. Sri Lanka Lord’s, 2014 Buttler was run out in the last over for a well-made 121 off just 74 balls. (Photo Source: PA Photos) Sri Lanka had scored a decent 300 runs with the help of Kumar Sangakkara’s 112 runs. England’s chase tumbled with them at 111-5. Jos Buttler and Ravi Bopara came together to take England towards the victory. But Bopara fell for 51 and Buttler was run out in the last over for a well-made 121 off just 74 balls. England fell short by just 7 runs. 3. Shaun Pollock (Africa) 130 vs. Asia Bangalore, 2007 Pollock scored 130 runs but Africa XI lost by 34 runs. (Photo Source: AFP) Shaun Pollock always dreamed of a hundred in the ODI format, but batting at number 7-8 didn’t give him much chance to fulfil that dream. But the dream came true in the inaugural Afro-Asia cup in 2007. In the first match, the Asia XI scored a respectable 317 runs with contributions of Mahela Jayawardene and Mohammad Yousuf who scored 65 and 66 respectively. Africa XI was reduced to 83-7 when Shaun Pollock took matter into his own hands and completed a much deserved ton for the all-rounder. Pollock scored 130 runs but Africa XI lost by 34 runs. 2. MS Dhoni (Asia) 139* vs. Africa Chennai, 2007 Dhoni’s 131* was the highest score at number 7 until the number 1 entry smashed it to smithereens. (Photo Source: AFP) MS Dhoni played he Afro-Asia cup with successful scores in each of the 3 matches. But in the 3rd match, he played one of the most important innings for his team. Asia was 72-5, but Dhoni along with Mahela Jayawardene, began to rebuild the innings. Asia scored 331 thanks to Dhonis’s 131* and Jayawardene’s 107 and there 218 run partnership. Dhoni’s 131* was the highest score at number 7 until the number 1 entry smashed it to smithereens. 1. Luke Ronchi (NZ) 170* vs. Sri Lanka Dunedin, 2014 Luke Ronchi smoked 9 sixes and 14 fours in his innings. (Photo Source: AFP) Luke Ronchi just did not break the record for the highest score at number 7, but he has smashed it with his 170* off just 99 balls. He smoked 9 sixes and 14 fours in his innings. Along with Grant Elliot (104), he scored 267 run partnerships, another record. New Zealand were 93-5, but then Ronchi and Elliot just kept on going and then scored 77 runs in the last 5 overs. New Zealand scored 360-5 at the end of 50 overs. Sri Lanka tried their best to chase the total, but they ended up with 252 runs despite a brilliant 116 from Tillakaratne Dilshan. New Zealand won by 108 runs. (Also read Top 5 Batsmen Fastest to reach 18 centuries (by innings) in ODI) *All stats updated till 23rd January 2015.

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