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It rained fours and sixes in Pindi

Rajneesh Gupta | March 16, 2004 22:11 IST
Last Updated: March 17, 2004 00:59 IST


Shahid Afridi was in a murderous mood as he bludgeoned the Indian bowlers to all parts of the ground in a fierce display of hitting in the second Limited Overs International in Rawalpindi on Tuesday.

Recalled after a year in the wilderness, Afridi smote 80 runs off 56 balls to get the hosts off to a blazing start.

What was remarkable about the knock was the ease with which Afridi spanked the Indian bowlers over the boundary ropes time and again, hitting as many as 10 fours and four sixes. This means Afridi scored exactly 80 per cent of his runs in boundaries.

This is the sixth highest percentage of boundary shots in an innings by an opposition batsman (with a minimum qualification of 50 runs) in all the 558 ODIs played by India till date.

The accompanying table lists all batsmen making 75 per cent or more of their runs in boundaries in an innings of 50 or more:

%Runs4s6sOut ofBatsmanCountryVenueDate
88.246015068C M SpearmanNew ZealandRajkot5 Nov 99
87.507010580W W HindsWest IndiesBaroda IPCL18 Nov 02
84.855614066P A de SilvaSri LankaCalcutta13 Mar 96
83.336012272C H GayleWest IndiesRajkot12 Nov 02
82.144610156*D A MarillierZimbabweFaridabad7 Mar 02
80.00489260Ijaz AhmedPakistanToronto21 Sep 97
80.006410480Shahid AfridiPakistanRawalpindi16 Mar 04
78.385813174H H GibbsSouth AfricaNagpur19 Mar 00
78.125011164I V A RichardsWest IndiesBerbice29 Mar 03
76.715611273A SymondsAustraliaPerth1 Feb 04
76.36429155Aamir SohailPakistanBangalore9 Mar 96
75.765011166K C SangakkaraSri LankaBristol11 Jul 02
75.414610161A C GilchristAustraliaKochi1 Apr 98


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