Top 5 highest scores by wicketkeepers in ODIs

#3 Adam Gilchrist, 172 vs Zimbabwe, 2004

The Zimbabweans were listless against a rampaging Gilchrist

When the Gilchrist bandwagon gets going, there is pretty much nothing that the opposition can do. On his day, he is does irreparable damage to the other side, punishing even the slightest of errors to the fence.

And that is exactly what he did against Zimbabwe in 2004, cutting, pulling and driving his way to 172 runs worth of merriment. At a time when Zimbabwe boasted of their best bowling lineup, Gilchrist spared no one, especially the spinners, whom he consistently swept to the boundary.

Post his departure on 172, the Australians lost their track, faltering from 310-2 to 344-7, although they still managed to bag the match by 144 runs.