Who hit the most runs in an a innings of cricket?

Answer 1

C.B.Fry scored 66 runs off one ball . The ball lodged in a tree inside the boundary, the umpire ruled "that as the ball was visible it could not be deemed lost" the fielding side went for a ladder, hence the 66 runs.

Answer 2

Barack Hussein Obama II (i /bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008.

A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the president of theHarvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004.

Obama served three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid against a Democratic incumbent for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, he ran for United States Senate in 2004.[4] Several events brought him to national attention during the campaign, including his victory in the March 2004 Democratic primary and his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. He won election to the U.S. Senate in November 2004. His presidential campaign began in February 2007, and after a close campaign in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries against Hillary Rodham Clinton, he won his party's nomination. In the 2008 general election, he defeated Republican nominee John McCain and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009.

As president, Obama signed economic stimulus legislation in the form of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in February 2009. Other domestic policy initiatives include the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a major piece of health care reform legislation which he signed into law in March 2010, and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which forms part of his financial regulatory reform efforts, which he signed in July 2010. In foreign policy, Obama gradually withdrew combat troops from Iraq, increased troop levels in Afghanistan, and signed an arms control treaty with Russia. On October 8, 2009, Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prizelaureate.

Answer 3

Brian Lara holds 2 world records - one for highest test score with 400 not out against England in 2004, and one in county championship, where he made 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham in 1994.

Answer 4

Graham Gooch has scored the most test runs for the England cricket team, with 8900 exactly. He is followed by Alec Stewart (8463), David Gower (8321), Geoffrey Boycott (8114), and Michael Atherton (7728).

The current leading test run scorer for England is Andrew Strauss (6084), who is then followed by the next most runs by a current player, Kevin Pietersen (5666), then Alistair Cook (5130), then Ian Bell (4192) and finally Matthew Prior (2148).

Visit the related link for the full list on ESPNcricinfo.com.

Answer 5

In Test Cricket, Brian Lara scored 400 not out in a single innings, while in One Day Internationals, the highest score to date is that of Rohit Sharma's 264

Answer 6

In ODI: Sachin Tendulkar (200*) vs South Africa in 2010

In Test: Brian Lara (400*) vs England in 2004

In IPL : Brendon Mccullum (157*) vs Banglore Royal Challengers in 2008

Answer 7

Graham Gooch has scored the most test runs for England with 8,900

Answer 8

Sachin tendulkar India is the leading scorer in the world cup

Answer 9

Brian Lara. He got 500 not out. He also scored the highest single test match innings with 400.