Corey Anderson of NZ Beats Afridi’s Record of Fastest ODI 100

New Zealand’s Corey Anderson has scored fastest One Day International (ODI) century of just 36 balls against West Indies at Queenstown Events Centre, New Zealand in 1^st ODI and has finally broken Shahid Afridi’s record on New Year’s day in 2014. Jesse Ryder also scored sixth fastest ODI century of 46 balls New Zealand won the match by 159 runs in the rain affected ODI. The match was reduced to 21 overs per innings.

The record of fastest ODI century was with Shahid Afridi for more than 17 years as at the age of 16 Boom Boom Afridi scored century of just 37 balls in his first innings of ODI (second match of ODI).
The 23-year-old left handed Corey James Anderson was playing his seventh ODI and it was his fast score of fifty plus. Corey also hit 14 sixes just behind Rohit Sharma’s world record of 16. New Zealand team in total hit 22 sixes which is another world record beating India who hit 19 sixes against Australia, the same match in which Rohit smashed 209. But that was off 50 overs.

West Indies won the toss and decided to field first, New Zealad opener Jesse Ryder who was making comeback in the team also scored sixth fastest ODI century of all time. Man-of-the-Match  Corey Anderson remained unbeaten on 130 as Black Caps finished on 283/4 in 21 overs. In reply West Indies managed to score 124/5 in 21 overs. Captain Dwayne Bravo scored unbeaten 56.

It’s true that the grounds in New Zealand are not the biggest, many, if not all, of Anderson’s hits would have cleared the rope at any venue across the world.