Top 5 individual scores in World Cup Finals
Top scoring for your country in a huge match like a World Cup final is the stuff of dreams. A batter always looks to score as many runs as possible for the team in a mammoth game like the final. Playing and scoring runs for the side in the final is the most prestigious thing for any batter. Over the years in the finals of a World Cup, batters have amassed the most runs to lead their side to glory in both men’s and women’s competitions.
Let’s take a look at the top 5 individual scores in the World Cup finals (Men’s and Women’s)
5.Vivian Richards (138*)
Vivian Richards has the fifth-best individual score in a WC final. He smashed 138* off 157 balls with 11 fours and three sixes against England in 1979 at Lords. Batting first, Richards came in at no. three and helped his side in posting 286/9 in 60 overs. West Indies won the match by 92 runs to lift their second trophy with Richards winning the Man of the Match award.
4.Ricky Ponting (140*)
Ricky Ponting led his side brilliantly both as a captain and as a batter against India in 2003. He came in at no. three and hammered 140 not out off 121 balls with four fours and eight sixes. The inning is still fresh in the memories of the cricket fans as Australia had posted 359/2 in 50 overs courtesy of Ponting’s spectacular ton. The Aussies won the match by 125 runs to clinch their third WC title then.
3.Nat Sciver (148*)
England’s Nat Sciver scripted the third-highest score in a WC final. Chasing a huge total of 357 for the title, Sciver scored 148* off 121 balls with 15 fours and a six against Australia in 2022. Sciver, who batted at no. four played with a strike rate of 122.31 in the run-chase of a final. England lost the summit clash but Sciver also recorded the second-best score in a run-chase in Women’s ODIs.
2.Adam Gilchrist (149)
Adam Gilchrist slammed 149 runs off just 104 balls with 13 fours and eight sixes against Sri Lanka in 2007 in Barbados. He played with a strike rate of 143.26 as the Aussies scored 281/4 in 38 overs in a rain-curtailed final. The Kangaroos won the game by 53 runs (D/L method) to lift their fourth title then. Gilchrist was declared the Player of the Match for his scintillating knock.
1.Alyssa Healy (170)
Alyssa Healy took the cricketing world by storm as she smashed the highest score in a WC final. Healy amassed 170 runs off 138 balls with a staggering 26 fours against England in the 2022 final in Christchurch. She helped the Aussies in reaching a huge total of 356/5 as the Women in Yellow won the match by 71 runs to lift their seventh WC trophy.
