UPDATE: Markram stars as record-setting Proteas blitz Sri Lanka

The Proteas set a new Cricket World Cup record as they posted the highest run ever in a World Cup match of 428 runs.

South Africa’s Aiden Markram celebrates after scoring a century during the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. Picture: Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP

Markram, who went on to make 106, beat the previous record for fastest World Cup century which was claimed by Ireland’s Kevin O’Brien off 50 balls against England at Bengaluru in 2011. It was a remarkable display of big-hitting by a South African side who were skittled out for just 99 the last time they played at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium in October 2022.

Van der Dussen soon reached his fifth century in the format off 103 balls with 12 fours and three sixes. Van der Dussen was first to his half-century, the 13th of his ODI career, doing it in some style with a driven boundary off Pathirana.

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