The most runs scored off a Test match over is 28 by Brian Lara (b. 2 May 1969, Trinidad and Tobago) playing for the West Indies against South Africa at the Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa on 14 December 2003. Taken off the bowling of Robin Peterson (South Africa) the scoring sequence by ball was 466444, in an innings of 202 by Lara.
The highest individual score in a Twenty20 international is 117 (from 57 deliveries) by Chris Gayle (b. 21 December 1979, Jamaica) for the West Indies against South Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 11 September 2007 This is also the earliest century scored in a Twenty20 international. The game was the opening game of the 2007 Twenty20 World Cup.
Sachin Tendulkar (b. 24 April 1973, India) scored a record 673 runs in the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa.
From 1977 – 2001, a total of 1,674 sarcomas were excised under local anaesthesia from the skin of a male patient (UK) by Dr Cecil Weintraub (South Africa). Found on different parts of the body surface, the most removed in a single month were 50 in December of 1989, and in a single year were 158 in 1993. Sarcomas are cancers of the supporting tissues of the body. They can occur in muscle, fat, blood vessels or in any of the other tissues that support, surround
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The most sixes hit in an innings in a Twenty20 international is 10 by Chris Gayle (b. 21 September 1979, Jamaica) in his 117 (from 57 deliveries) for the West Indies against South Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa on 11 September 2007. Chris Gayle was born in Kingston, Jamaica and has played first-class cricket for Worcestershire and Kolkata Knight Riders.
The record for most stationary engines running simultaneously is 205 and was hosted by Vaal Old Wheels Motor Club during the annual Chevrolet Wheels at the Vaal Festival held at North West University, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa on 2 September 2007. All engines were at least 25 years old and ran together for the full 5 minutes period.
The Twenty20 World Cup has been staged on three occasions with three separate winners: India, 2007; Pakistan, 2009; and England, 2010.
The most yellow cards issued in a FIFA World Cup championship match is 14 in Spain’s 1-0 victory over the Netherlands in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 11 July 2010. Nine were given to Dutch players (including two on John Heitinga, resulting in a red and expulsion) and five to Spanish. The previous record had been just six, in the deciding game between West Germany and Argentina in 1986.
The oldest person to bungee jump is Mohr Keet (b. 31 August 1913, South Africa) who completed latest jump when he was 96 years old at Blaukrans Bungee CC, South Africa, on 10 April 2010. He was unaware that he had broken a world record until after his jump.
An X-ray photo revealed that Timotheus Louw (South Africa, b. 27 June 1922) was growing a wisdom tooth in his top left gum at the age of 80 years 216 days on 29 January 2003. The new tooth was originally thought to have been a splinter.