Fastest Hundreds and Hat-tricks in the Cricket World Cup 1975-2011

Fastest Hundred

 

50 Balls:  Kevin O’Brien, Ireland v England, 2011

66 Balls:  Matthew Hayden, Australia v South Africa, 2007

67 Balls:  John Davison, Canada v West Indies, 2003

70 Balls:  Paul Stirling, Ireland v Holland, 2011

72 Balls:  Adam Gilchrist, Australia v Sri Lanka, 2007

80 Balls:  Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka v Canada, 2011

81 Balls:  Virender Sehwag, India v Bermuda, 2007

82 Balls:  Clive Lloyd, West Indies v Australia, 1975

82 Balls:  Brad Hodge, Australia v Holland, 2007

83 Balls:  Brian Lara, West Indies v South Africa, 1996

83 Balls:  Virat Kohli, India v Bangladesh, 2011

84 Balls:  Sachin Tendulkar, India v Kenya, 1999

84 Balls:  Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka v India, 2011

85 Balls:  Sunil Gavaskar, India v New Zealand, 1987

85 Balls:  Ricky Ponting, Australia v Scotland, 2007

85 Balls:  Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 2007

HAT TRICK

 

Chetan Sharma                    

India v New Zealand at Nagpur, 1987

Victims - all bowled: Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith and Ewan Chatfield, off the 4^th, 5^th and 6^th balls of his sixth over.

His final figures were 10-2-51-3.

Saqlain Mushtaq     

Pakistan v Zimbabwe at The Oval, London, 1999

Victims - Henry Olonga stumped Moin Khan, Adam Huckle stumped Moin Khan, and Mpumelelo Mbangwa lbw, off the first three balls of his seventh over.

His final figures were 6.3-1-16-3.

Chaminda Vaas       

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Pietermaritzburg, 2003

Victims - Hannan Sarkar bowled, Mohammad Ashraful caught & bowled, and Ehsanul Haque caught Jayawardene, off the first three balls of the first over of the match. He also took a fourth wicket, of Sanwar Hossain, in that over.

His final figures were 9.1-2-25-6.

Brett Lee                   

Australia v Kenya at Durban, 2003

Victims - Kennedy Otieno bowled, Brijal Patel caught Ponting, and David Obuya bowled, off the 4^th, 5^th and 6^th balls of his second over.

His final figures were 8-3-14-3.

Lasith Malinga                     

Sri Lanka v South Africa at Providence, 2007

Victims - Shaun Pollock bowled, Andrew Hall caught Tharanga, Jacques Kallis caught Sangakkara, and Makhaya Ntini bowled, off the 5^th and 6^th balls of his eighth over and 1^st and 2^nd balls of his ninth over. This is the only instance of four wickets being taken off four successive deliveries.

His final figures were 9.2-0-54-4.

Kemar Roach                       

West Indies v Holland at New Delhi, 2011

Victims - Pieter Seelar lbw, Bernard Loots lbw, and Berend Westdijk bowled, off the first three balls of his ninth over.

His final figures were 8.3-0-27-6.

Lasith Malinga                     

Sri Lanka v Kenya at Colombo (RPS), 2011

Victims - all bowled: Tanmay Mishra lbw, Peter Ongondo bowled, and Shem Ngoche bowled, off the 6^th ball of his seventh over and 1^st and 2^nd balls of his eighth over.

His final figures were 7.4-0-38-6. 

(From the Records section of Indra Vikram Singh’s about-to-be-released book ‘Indian Spring’. The author can be contacted on email singh_iv@hotmail.com).