New
Zealand’s Corey Anderson clubbed the fastest century in the history of one-day
international cricket – from 36 balls – as the hosts reached 283-4 from only 21
overs in Wednesday’s rain-shortened third one-dayer against the West Indies.
The
young allrounder hit 12 sixes and four fours in his
100, beating, by one delivery, the 37-ball record of Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi
against Sri Lanka which has stood for almost 18 years.
Anderson finished on 131 not out from 47 balls, as New Zealand scored at an extraor dinary 13 runs per over.
He put on 191 for the fourth wicket with Jesse Ryder who made
104 from 51 balls – the sixth-fastest century in one-day internationals. Ryder
is in his comeback to international cricket after a two-year absence.
The 10 fastest
ODI centuries: Updated list
36 balls: New Zealand’s Corey Anderson vs West Indies,
2014
37 balls:
Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi vs Sri Lanka, 1996
44 balls: South
Africa’s Mark Boucher vs Zimbabwe, 2006
45 balls: West
Indies’ Brian Lara vs Bangladesh, 1999
45 balls:
Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi vs India, 2005
48 balls: Sri
Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya vs Pakistan, 1996
51 balls: New
Zealand’s Jesse Ryder vs West Indies, 2013
51 balls: India’s
Virat Kohli vs Austrelia, 2013
61 balls: India’s Virat Kohli vs Austrelia, 2013
61 balls: India’s Virat Kohli vs Austrelia, 2013
62 balls: India’s
Mohammad Azharuddin vs New Zealand, 1998
