With West Indies chasing a series-sealing win against England in Antigua, Hope hit 117 off 127 balls to drive his side to an imposing 328-6, hitting eight fours and four sixes.

Despite West Indies’ struggles in 50-over cricket, failing to qualify for the 2023 World Cup, Hope has remained one of the most prolific batters in the world right now. In the past six years, he leads the world for ODI centuries and runs, while only India’s Shubman Gill and Pakistan’s Babar Azam average more than his 54.34 in that time, with a cut-off of 2,000 runs.

His form has seen him climb up some notable all-time list. West Indies were the dominant side in ODI cricket’s early years, but Hope has now equalled Desmond Haynes’ century tally in the format, with the opener one of the format’s first masters. Brian Lara, among West Indies’ greatest ever batters across formats, is just two hundreds ahead, while Chris Gayle is some way further ahead with 25 tons.

Most ODI centuries for West Indies, full list

How about the all-time all-countries record?

While Hope is a little way down the all-time list among all countries, with 21 players having more than Hope’s 17 hundreds, at a few days under 31 years old he has time on his side to push up the list. There are several names just ahead of him before the table stratifies: six more hundreds would put him inside the all-time top ten, a list filled with the game’s greatest players.

Virat Kohli, with 50 ODI hundreds, will remain out of sight, however.

Most ODI centuries, full list

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