Afridi hails new ODI record

KARACHI: Pakistan allrounder Shahid Afridi has hailed New Zealand batsman Corey Anderson, who broke his long-standing record for the fastest one-day century — but admitted he had never heard of him before.
Anderson bettered Afridi’s 17-year-old record by one ball, reaching the three-figure mark off just 36 balls against the West Indies in Queenstown in the third one-day international.
Afridi set the mark aged just 16, in only his second limited-overs match, against Sri Lanka in Nairobi in October 1996.
He said he had never heard of Anderson before Wednesday morning.
He said he had always expected West Indian Chris Gayle or Australian David Warner to break the record.
“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 said.
“But I must say it’s a great achievement.”