Top 10 highest List A individual scores in cricket history

List A cricket, consists of both international and domestic matches. Nearly every nation has a List A home competition. England and India, for instance, both have the Royal London One Day Cup and India has the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Prithvi Shaw just made history by scoring a double century in two separate nations. Shaw made history by being the first player to register two double centuries for different teams. The top 10 List A scores in cricket history are shown below.

Narayan Jagadeesan: 277 runs

The player with the most runs scored in List A cricket is Narayan Jagadeesan. On November 21, 2022, Jagadeesan scored 277 runs in only 141 balls. The Vijay Hazare Trophy match between Tamil Nadu and Arunachal Pradesh is when Tamil Nadu suffered the loss. His contribution enabled Tamil Nadu to score 506 runs with just two wickets lost. In his innings, Jagadeesan hit 25 fours and 15 sixes. In response, Arunachal Pradesh only managed to score 71 runs, giving Tamil Nadu a stunning 435-run victory.

Ali Brown: 268 runs

The top-order English batsman Ali Brown amassed 268 runs in a 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy match. English County Cricket held a cricket competition called the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. In just 160 balls, he scored 268 runs for Surrey against Glamorgan. 30 fours and 12 sixes were part of Brown’s innings. Surrey scored 438 runs in a high-scoring match, narrowly defeating Glamorgan by 9 runs as they came near to matching Surrey’s enormous total.

Rohit Sharma: 264 runs

The record for the greatest individual score in ODI cricket belongs to Rohit Sharma. Rohit smashed 33 fours and 9 sixes in 173 balls to score 264 runs. On November 13, 2014, he scored 264 runs in an ODI match at Eden Gardens against Sri Lanka. One of the most expensive drops in cricket history occurred when he was dropped while batting at 4* and led to 260 more runs. Sri Lanka scored 251 runs in response. 

D’Arcy Short: 257 runs

The first Australian to appear on this list is D’Arcy Short. In 148 balls, Short scored 257 runs, hitting 15 fours and 23 sixes. His two-hundred-and-fifty helped Western Australia score 387 runs in all. Queensland responded with 271 runs but was defeated by 116 runs. 

Shikhar Dhawan: 248 runs

When India A played South Africa A, Shikhar Dhawan scored 248 runs. In just 150 balls, he scored 248 runs in a knock that included 30 fours and 7 sixes. Dhawan after the match in an interview said, “When I got out in the 44th over it occurred to me that if I had batted till the end I had a chance to score a triple hundred. I am happy with what I scored though.” The triple hundred was clearly within reach, according to Lalchand Rajput, the India A coach at the time.

Prithvi Shaw: 244 runs

Prithvi Shaw’s 244-run innings in the Royal London One Day Cup on August 9, 2023, is the most recent score to appear on this list. Shaw struck 28 fours and 11 sixes in just 153 balls to score 244 runs. His contribution to Northamptonshire’s 415 run total. In response, Somerset scored 328 runs but fell short by 87 runs.

Martin Guptill: 237* runs

For the highest score in a Cricket World Cup game, Martin Guptill holds the record. Guptill outscored the West Indies 237* times. His innings had a strike rate of 145.39 and had 24 fours and 11 sixes. He contributed to New Zealand with 393 runs in total, winning the quarterfinal of the 2015 Cricket World Cup by 143 runs.

Travis Head: 230 runs

Travis Head is the first batter in the game who did not start the inning. Head scored 230 runs in just 127 balls while batting at number three, hitting 28 fours and 8 sixes. In The Marsh Cup, he assisted South Australia in reaching a total of 391 points versus Queensland.

Ben Dunk: 229* runs

Ben Dunk won the Matador BBQs One-Day Cup with a 229* total in 157 balls. He has the highest knock in a futile effort. Thanks to Dunk’s performance, Tasmania helped Queensland reach its aim of 399 runs. Usman Khawaja and Chris Hartley of Queensland, who batted first, responded by scoring centuries to lay the groundwork for a 7-wicket triumph.

Prithvi Shaw: 227* runs

The only cricketer to appear on this list twice is Prithvi Shaw, and Puducherry once more took the brunt of a double-century. Shaw struck 227* in 152 balls while batting for Mumbai, hitting 31 fours and only 5 sixes.

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