Published: Jan 18, 2015, 10:03 PM (IST)
Edited: Jan 19, 2015, 08:57 AM (IST)
By CricketCountry staff
As we go gaga over AB de Villiers’ record-breaking 31-ball hundred against West Indies at Johannesburg, let us recall the other two One-Day International (ODI) hundreds scored in less than 40 balls. A teenage Shahid Afridi had beefed his way to a 37-ball hundred in only his second ODI at Nairobi; it had seemed an astonishing feat at that time, what with Sanath Jayasuriya having set the 48-ball benchmark just six months earlier.
Let us compare the three innings, ball by ball. How did the three men progress throughout their innings?
|
Balls faced |
Shahid Afridi |
Corey Anderson |
AB de Villiers |
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|
Score |
4s |
6s |
SR |
Score |
4s |
6s |
SR |
Score |
4s |
6s |
SR |
|
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
100.0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
400.0 |
|
2 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
300.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
50.0 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
300.0 |
|
3 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
233.3 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
166.7 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
233.3 |
|
4 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
175.0 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
150.0 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
200.0 |
|
5 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
220.0 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
120.0 |
12 |
2 |
0 |
240.0 |
|
6 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
183.3 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
116.7 |
18 |
2 |
1 |
300.0 |
|
7 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
157.1 |
13 |
1 |
1 |
185.7 |
22 |
3 |
1 |
314.3 |
|
8 |
17 |
1 |
2 |
212.5 |
14 |
1 |
1 |
175.0 |
28 |
3 |
2 |
350.0 |
|
9 |
17 |
1 |
2 |
188.9 |
14 |
1 |
1 |
155.6 |
34 |
3 |
3 |
377.8 |
|
10 |
17 |
1 |
2 |
170.0 |
16 |
1 |
1 |
160.0 |
34 |
3 |
3 |
340.0 |
|
11 |
23 |
1 |
3 |
209.1 |
17 |
1 |
1 |
154.5 |
36 |
3 |
3 |
327.3 |
|
12 |
29 |
1 |
4 |
241.7 |
21 |
2 |
1 |
175.0 |
38 |
3 |
3 |
316.7 |
|
13 |
30 |
1 |
4 |
230.8 |
27 |
2 |
2 |
207.7 |
38 |
3 |
3 |
292.3 |
|
14 |
31 |
1 |
4 |
221.4 |
28 |
2 |
2 |
200.0 |
39 |
3 |
3 |
278.6 |
|
15 |
37 |
1 |
5 |
246.7 |
34 |
2 |
3 |
226.7 |
45 |
3 |
4 |
300.0 |
|
16 |
43 |
1 |
6 |
268.8 |
40 |
2 |
4 |
250.0 |
51 |
3 |
5 |
318.8 |
|
17 |
45 |
1 |
6 |
264.7 |
40 |
2 |
4 |
235.3 |
57 |
3 |
6 |
335.3 |
|
18 |
51 |
1 |
7 |
283.3 |
46 |
2 |
5 |
255.6 |
61 |
4 |
6 |
338.9 |
|
19 |
55 |
2 |
7 |
289.5 |
46 |
2 |
5 |
242.1 |
67 |
4 |
7 |
352.6 |
|
20 |
59 |
3 |
7 |
295.0 |
52 |
2 |
6 |
260.0 |
68 |
4 |
7 |
340.0 |
|
21 |
59 |
3 |
7 |
281.0 |
53 |
2 |
6 |
252.4 |
72 |
5 |
7 |
342.9 |
|
22 |
59 |
3 |
7 |
268.2 |
53 |
2 |
6 |
240.9 |
73 |
5 |
7 |
331.8 |
|
23 |
65 |
3 |
8 |
282.6 |
53 |
2 |
6 |
230.4 |
74 |
5 |
7 |
321.7 |
|
24 |
71 |
3 |
9 |
295.8 |
59 |
2 |
7 |
245.8 |
74 |
5 |
7 |
308.3 |
|
25 |
72 |
3 |
9 |
288.0 |
65 |
2 |
8 |
260.0 |
78 |
6 |
7 |
312.0 |
|
26 |
76 |
4 |
9 |
292.3 |
71 |
2 |
9 |
273.1 |
82 |
7 |
7 |
315.4 |
|
27 |
77 |
4 |
9 |
285.2 |
77 |
2 |
10 |
285.2 |
82 |
7 |
7 |
303.7 |
|
28 |
78 |
4 |
9 |
278.6 |
83 |
2 |
11 |
296.4 |
88 |
7 |
8 |
314.3 |
|
29 |
78 |
4 |
9 |
269.0 |
84 |
2 |
11 |
289.7 |
92 |
8 |
8 |
317.2 |
|
30 |
82 |
5 |
9 |
273.3 |
84 |
2 |
11 |
280.0 |
98 |
8 |
9 |
326.7 |
|
31 |
83 |
5 |
9 |
267.7 |
85 |
2 |
11 |
274.2 |
104 |
8 |
10 |
335.5 |
|
32 |
89 |
5 |
10 |
278.1 |
89 |
3 |
11 |
278.1 |
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|
33 |
89 |
5 |
10 |
269.7 |
93 |
4 |
11 |
281.8 |
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|
34 |
95 |
5 |
11 |
279.4 |
94 |
4 |
11 |
276.5 |
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|
35 |
95 |
5 |
11 |
271.4 |
95 |
4 |
11 |
271.4 |
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|
36 |
97 |
5 |
11 |
269.4 |
101 |
4 |
12 |
280.6 |
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|
37 |
101 |
6 |
11 |
273.0 TRENDING NOW |
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Afridi’s record was eclipsed by Corey Anderson, who raced to a 36-ball hundred on New Year’s Day of 2014 against West Indies at the small ground of Queenstown (Jesse Ryder had also scored a 46-ball hundred that day). It seemed inevitable, given the changes Twenty20 cricket has brought in, that the record would not last — but nobody really expected it to be beaten by a whopping five deliveries (if that seems too less, it is a 14% improvement on the previous record).
