Shahid Afridi
International career
In October 1996 at the age of sixteen Afridi was drafted into the ODI team during the four-nation Sameer Cup 1996–97 as a leg spinner as a replacement for the injured Mushtaq Ahmed.[10] He made his debut on 2 October against Kenya, however he didn't bat and went wicketless.[11] In the next match against Sri Lanka, Afridi batted at number three in the role of a pinch-hitter. In his first international innings, Afridi broke the record for fastest century in ODI cricket, reaching his hundred from 37 balls. The eleven sixes he struck also equaled the record for most in an ODI innings.[12][nb 1] Aged 16 years and 217 days, Afridi became the youngest player to score an ODI century.[14] Pakistan posted a total of 371, at the time the second-highest in ODIs, and won by 82 runs; Afridi was named man of the match.[12] The record for fastest century in ODI was broken by New Zealand cricketer Corey Anderson on 1 January 2014 who hit 131* runs from 36 balls and is now held by South-African cricketer AB de Villiers who made a century from 31 balls on 18 January 2015 against West Indies.[15]Two years after appearing on the international scene, Afridi made his Test debut in the third game of a three-match series against Australia on 22 October 1998.[16] By this point he had already played 66 ODIs, at the time a record before playing Tests.[17] He opened the batting, making scores of 10 and 6, and took five wickets in the first innings.[16] He played his second Test the following January during Pakistan's tour of India; it was the first Test between the two countries since 1990.[18] Again opening the batting, Afridi scored his maiden Test century, scoring 141 runs from 191 balls. In the same match he also claimed three wickets for 54 runs.[19] After winning the first match by 12 runs, Pakistan lost the second to draw the series.[20]
In 2001, Afridi signed a contract to represent Leicestershire. In five first-class matches he scored 295 runs at an average of 42.14, including a highest score of 164,[21] and took 11 wickets at an average of 46.45;[22] Afridi also played 11 one day matches for the club, scoring 481 runs at an average of 40.08[23] and taking 18 wickets at 24.04.[24] His highest score of 95 came from 58 balls in a semi-final of the C&G Trophy to help Leicestershire beat Lancashire by seven wickets.[25] Derbyshire County Cricket Club signed Afridi to play for them in the first two months of the 2003 English cricket season.[26] In June 2004 Afridi signed with English county side Kent to play for them in three Twenty20 matches and one Totesport League match.[27]
Batting
His general style of batting is very aggressive and attack oriented and has earned him the nickname "Boom Boom Afridi". Moreover, out of the seven fastest ODI centuries of all time, Afridi has produced three of them.[84] As of May 2013, he has an ODI strike rate of 114.53 runs per 100 balls, the third highest in the game's history.[85] This attitude has been transferred to Test cricket as well, with Afridi scoring at a relatively high strike rate of 86.97.
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