Boom Boom Afridi

Shahid Afridi smashed the second-fastest one-day century off 45 deliveries with nine sixes and ten boundaries in brilliant 102 off 46 balls.

Shahid Afridi smashed the second-fastest one-day century off 45 deliveries with nine sixes and ten boundaries in brilliant 102 off 46 balls.

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Afridi, who holds the world record for the fastest one-day hundred off 37 balls against Sri Lanka in 1996, equalled the second-best effort of 45 deliveries by West Indian Brian Lara against Bangladesh in Dhaka in 1999.

The 25-year-old missed breaking his own world record of 11 sixes in a one-day innings he shares with Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka.

Fastest Centuries
Player	Runs	Balls	6s	4s	Against	Venue
Shahid Afridi	102	37	11	6	Sri Lanka	Nairobi
BC Lara	117	45	4	18	Bangladesh	Dhaka
Shahid Afridi	102	45	9	10	India	Kanpur
ST Jayasuriya	134	48	11	11	Pakistan	Singapore
M Azharuddin	108	62	3	10	New Zealand	Baroda

Most Sixes in an Innings
Player (run)	6s	Against	Venue
ST Jayasuriya (134)	11	Pakistan	Singapore
Shahid Afridi (102)	11	Sri Lanka	Nairobi (Gym)
Ijaz Ahmed (139*)	9	India	Lahore
Shahid Afridi (102)	9	India	Kanpur
CG Greenidge (117)	8	India	St John's (WI)

Most Sixes in Career
Player	Mat	I	NO	Runs	HS	100	6s
Shahid Afridi	204	195	9	4523	109	4	203
ST Jayasuriya	334	325	14	9924	189	18	188
SC Ganguly	271	262	20	9967	183	22	168
CL Cairns	204	184	22	4767	115	4	147
SR Tendulkar	346	337	32	13632	186*	38	144
	Statistics: Kumud Mehta