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Corey Anderson, the new record holder for the fastest ODI century, is an unknown to Shahid Afridi, whose 37-ball century against Sri Lanka in 1996 has now been pushed to second place. “I never heard his name and early morning my nephew told me about his feat and I sort of said the first news of 2014 is of my record being broken,” Afridi told AFP. “But I must say it’s a great achievement and Anderson deserves all the praise. It needs a super effort to score a hundred off 36 balls.”
Afridi said he had hoped his 17-year-old record would last a while more. “I sort of wanted this record to stand until I retire because it has been a big pride for Pakistan and for me and whenever my name comes the record is mentioned,” he said. “Now Anderson’s name will come but I am sure with the advent of Twenty20 cricket this record will surely be bettered in the future.”
When Anderson was asked about Afridi getting news of the record being broken on New Year’s morning, Anderson said: “He might be going to try and beat it. It’s nice to have that accolade, it’s nice to also have the win today.”
