• SA batsmen’s top ODI scores

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    Indian batsman Rohit Sharma’s whirlwind 264 against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday weighed in as the highest score in the history of ODI cricket, but how have South Africans fared among this format of the game?

    1. Gary Kirsten
    Score: 188 not out
    Opposition: United Arab Emirates
    Venue: Rawalpindi
    Year: 1996

    2. Herschelle Gibbs
    Score: 175
    Opposition: Australia
    Venue: Johannesburg
    Year: 2006

    3. Dave Callaghan
    Score: 169 not out
    Opposition: New Zealand
    Venue: Centurion
    Year: 1994

    4. Andrew Hudson
    Score: 161
    Opposition: Netherlands
    Venue: Rawalpindi
    Year: 1996

    5. Herschelle Gibbs
    Score: 153
    Opposition: Bangladesh
    Venue: Potchefstroom
    Year: 2002

    6. JP Duminy
    Score: 150 not out
    Opposition: Netherlands
    Venue: Amstelveen
    Year: 2013

    7. Hashim Amla
    Score: 150
    Opposition: England
    Venue: Southampton
    Year: 2012

    8. Mark Boucher
    Score: 147 not out
    Opposition: Zimbabwe
    Venue: Potchefstroom
    Year: 2006

    9. AB de Villiers
    Score: 146
    Opposition: West Indies
    Venue: St George’s
    Year: 2007

    10. Herschelle Gibbs
    Score: 143
    Opposition: New Zealand
    Venue: Johannesburg
    Year: 2003

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