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Boom Boom Afridi Blasts 42 Balls Century In Natwest T20

Birmingham(August 23, 2017): Shahid Afridi exploited Derbyshire’s lack of big-time experience, it was their first T20 quarter-final since 2005 -to propel far more seasoned Hampshire into T20 finals day at Edgbaston.

Boom Boom! Afridi, the former Pakistan captain, promoted to open, hit one of the fastest centuries made in the NatWest Blast off 42 balls.

At the 256th time of asking, Shahid Afridi finally reached three figures in a Twenty20 match and the former Pakistan captain did it in record time.

Afridi’s previous best in the short format was 80 but he went 21 better than that on Tuesday as he helped guide Hampshire Royals to the T20 Blast semifinals at Derbyshire Falcons’ expense.

The 37-year-old only had 50 runs to his name in his previous 10 matches for Hampshire prior to the quarterfinal, but he came good at the right time as he smashed a century off just 42 deliveries the fastest T20 hundred of the year.

His heroics at the top of the order helped Hampshire post 249-8 from its 20 overs, a target Derbyshire could get nowhere near as it was bowled out for 148.

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