Matthew Hayden (Australia) – 80 runs vs South Africa (at Basseterre on 24th March 2007)
It was the 22nd game of the 2007 ODI World Cup (Group A). After the South African team sent the defending champions Australian side to bat first, Aussie opener Matthew Hayden created the Cricket World Cup record by hitting fastest century of this tournament history as he completed that century in just 66 balls. He was dismissed after scoring 101 runs off just 68 balls.
During that furious knock, Hayden scored 80 runs from the boundaries as he hit 14 fours and 4 sixes. While Australia managed to score the giant first innings total of 377/6 (50 overs), South Africa were bowled out for 294 runs (48 overs) as Australia won that match by 83 runs.