Allround Afridi destroys Windies with 7-12: 1st ODI (Guyana)

Shahid Afridi returned to the Pakistan team with a stunning all-round performance as the West Indies were routed by 126 runs.

Afridi smashed 76 off 55 balls to rescue Pakistan. He then took 7-12 to bowl out the West Indies for 98 in 41 overs to record the second-best ever bowling figures in ODIs after Sri Lanka’s Chamina Vaas’ 8-19 against Zimbabwe in 2001.

Pakistan 224 for 9 (Afridi 76, Misbah 52, Holder 4-13) beat West Indies 98 (Afridi 7 for 12) by 126 runs.

July 2013