West Indian batter Shai Hope has broken numerous records with his extensive form and supreme class at McLean Park in Napier. He has not only crossed the 6000-run mark in ODI cricket but has also scripted history as a West Indian with his unique record.
The West Indies are off to New Zealand for a white-ball tour. They recently concluded the T20I series and are now underway with the One-dayers. In the first match of the ODI series, the West Indies skipper tried leading from the front with a breathtaking innings.
Despite the strong show put on by Shai Hope, New Zealand batters successfully chased down the 248-run total in less than 34 overs, with 3 balls remaining in the rain-hit fixture. However, the results of the game do not lighten the stunningness portrayed by the West Indian captain.
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Shai Hope enters the list of elite batters with a unique record in World cricket
Shai Hope has slowly and very silently emerged as the modern-day ODI great from the West Indies. He became the first West Indian batter to have scored an international century against all the Test-playing nations.
ODI Hundreds against All Test Playing Nations:
Ricky Ponting
Herschelle Gibbs
Sachin Tendulkar
Hashim Amla
Shai Hope*
Though the West Indies have not had much success of late across formats, Hope, on his own, has had 11 ODI centuries in his last 75 innings in this decade. He is only followed by the likes of Babar Azam, who had nine centuries, and Quinton de Kock, Virat Kohli, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Shubman Gill, with eight centuries.
This marked Hope’s 19th overall ODI century, as he became the fifth fastest to achieve the feat in terms of innings. Previously, Babar Azam (102), Hashim Amla (104), Virat Kohli (124) and David Warner (139) were all on the list.
Brian Lara left behind as Shai Hope completes century against New Zealand
Shai Hope is currently the skipper of the West Indies ODI team and went on to score his sixth overall hundred in the longer format of white-ball cricket. He entered his name in the West Indian record books with this hundred.
He surpassed Brian Lara for having scored the most hundreds by a West Indies captain. Lara, despite being one of the greatest batters of all time, played 125 ODIs for the Windies as their captain and could manage just 5 centuries throughout this phase.
Hope already has 6 hundred and has left him behind. Also, he joined Lara in the list of most hundreds for the West Indies. He is not only behind Chris Gayle (25) but is currently placed joint-highest with the former West Indies Legend.
Ricky Ponting leads the list of most hundreds, with 22 to his name, while Virat Kohli follows him on the list with 21 hundreds in 230 and 95 ODIs, respectively.
Also, only Sri Lankan former keeper Kumar Sangakkara (23) and South African wicket-keeper Quinton de Kock (32) have more hundreds than Hope as a wicket-keeper batter.
Shai Hope is next to Vivian Richards on this list
Shai Hope went past the 6000-run milestone in the longer white-ball format and has reached the figure within 142 innings, which is just one more than the country legend Sir Vivian Richards.
He currently shares the spot, second on the list, with Quinton de Kock and has surpassed the likes of former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly and AB de Villiers, who achieved the feat within 47 ODI innings.
Hope’s hundred came off just 66 balls when he launched Kyle Jamieson for a towering six. The batter amassed a total of 109 runs off just 69 balls, with 13 fours and four sixes in his innings.
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