22 Jun 2010

Pakistani cricketers thump Bangladesh

6:02 am on 22 June 2010

Captain Shahid Afridi blasted 124 off 60 balls to lead the Pakistani cricketers to their highest one-day international score of 385 and a 139-run consolation victory over Bangladesh in the Asia Cup at Dambulla.

Afridi stole the show, flaying the hapless Bangladesh bowlers all over the park for 17 fours and four sixes.

It was the sixth fastest one-day hundred and the quickest in an Asia Cup match.

Man-of-the-match Afridi also set a record for the highest number of sixes in a career taking his total to 272 to surpass Sri Lankan opener Sanath Jayasuriya's 270.

Neither team can reach the final of the tournament which will be contested by Sri Lanka and India on Thursday.

The highest score in an ODI match is 443.