A century is a score of 100 or more runs in a single innings. Paul Stirling is the leading Irish batsman with 12 centuries. Most Sixes Most Fours Highest strike rates Andre Russell of West Indies holds the record for highest strike rate, with minimum 500 balls faced qualification, with 130.22.Trent Johnston is the Irishman with the highest strike rate. Highest strike rates in an inning James Franklin of New Zealand's strike rate of 387.50 during his 31* off 8 balls against Canada during 2011 Cricket World Cup is the world record for highest strike rate in an innings. Dave Langford-Smith is the highest rated Irishmen on this list. Most runs in a calendar year Tendulkar holds the record for most runs scored in a calendar year with 1894 runs scored in 1998. Stirling is the highest ranked Irish batsmen with 771 runs in 2010. Most runs in a series The 1980-81 Benson & Hedges World Series Cup in Australia saw Greg Chappell set the record for the most runs scored in a single series scoring 685 runs. Ed Joyce holds the corresponding record for Ireland. Most ducks A duck refers to a batsman being dismissed without scoring a run. Sanath Jayasuriya has scored the equal highest number of ducks in ODIs with 34 such knocks. Stirling holds the dubious record for Ireland. Bowling records Most career wickets A bowler takes the wicket of a batsman when the form of dismissal is bowled, caught, leg before wicket, stumped or hit wicket. If the batsman is dismissed by run out, obstructing the field, handling the ball, hitting the ball twice or timed out the bowler does not receive credit. Ireland's leading wicket taker is Kevin O'Brien with 113 wickets taken so far in ODIs. Fastest wicket taker Most career wickets against each team Best figures in an innings Bowling figures refers to the number of the wickets a bowler has taken and the number of runs conceded. Sri Lanka's Chaminda Vaas holds the world record for best figures in an innings when he took 8/19 against Zimbabwe in December 2001 at Colombo (SSC). Paul Stirling holds the Ireland record for best bowling figures. Best figures in an innings – progression of record Best Bowling Figure against each opponent Best career average A bowler's bowling average is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of wickets they