Coventry Equal Anwar's World Records 194-runs

Coventry Equal Anwar's World Records 194-runs.

Bulawayo: Charles Coventry equalled Saeed Anwar's all-time record highest individual score of 194 as Zimbabwe piled up 312 for eight in the fourth one-day international against Bangladesh in Bulawayo on Sunday.

Coventry's unbeaten innings came from 156 balls and contained 16 fours and seven sixes.

Former Pakistan opener Anwar's record had stood for 12 years, and Coventry equalled the feat with his maiden international hundred.

Zimbabwe, 2-1 down with two matches to play, were hugely indebted to 26-year-old Coventry - with Stuart Matsikenyeri's 37 the second-highest score after the hosts chose to bat first.

Coventry came after Vermeulen falls in 2nd over on Mahbubul Alam. He only managed three singles in the 48th, but a massive six over long-on took him to 191 with the final over still to come. A drive to cover on the first ball took him off strike, and he wasn't back facing the bowling until the last; Malcolm Waller was dismissed off the second and Prosper Utseya facing the next three. Two runs were needed to equal Saeed Anwar's 12-year-old mark, and a tired punch straight past the bowler gave Coventry a share of the record. His final 91 had come off just 43 deliveries.

A list of highest indivual score in ODIs:

• 194* - CK Coventry (Zim) v Bangladesh at Bulawayo on Aug 16, 2009
• 194 - Saeed Anwar (Pak) v India at Chennai on May 21, 1997
• 189* - Viv Richards (WI) v England at Old Trafford on May 31, 1984
• 189 - ST Jayasuriya (SL) v India at Sharjah on Oct 29, 2000
• 188* - G Kirsten (SA) v UAE at Rawalpindi on Feb 16, 1996
• 186* - SR Tendulkar (Ind) v New Zealand at Hyderabad (Ind) on Nov 08, 1999
• 183* - MS Dhoni (Ind) v Sri Lanka at Jaipur on Oct 31, 2005
• 183 - SC Ganguly (Ind) v Sri Lanka at Taunton on May 26, 1999
• 181* - ML Hayden (Aus) v New Zealand at Hamilton on Feb 20, 2007
• 181 - Viv Richards (WI) v Sri Lanka at Karachi on Oct 13, 1987