Corey Anderson knocks fastest century in one-day internationals
New Zealand batsman hits 131 not out from just 36 balls as his country thrash the West Indies
Corey Anderson clubbed the fastest century in the history of one-day cricket internationals – from 36 balls – as New Zealand cruised to a 159-run win over the West Indies in Wednesday’s rain-shortened third one-dayer.
New Zealand reached 283 for four from only 21 overs, with the West Indies able to manage only 124 for five 5 in reply.
I went out there thinking I’m going to have to tick over some singles and construct an innings but you hit a couple of boundaries and keep going
Anderson hit 12 sixes and four fours to break the record – by one delivery – of a 37-ball century scored by Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi against Sri Lanka which has stood for almost 18 years.
“I went out there thinking I’m going to have to tick over some singles and construct an innings but you hit a couple of boundaries and keep going,” Anderson said.
New Zealand scored at 13 runs per over, and Anderson finished on 131 not out from only 47 balls.
He put on 191 for New Zealand’s fourth wicket with Jesse Ryder, who made 104 from 51 balls – the century off 46 balls, the sixth fastest in ODIs – to show he has lost little of his aggressive stroke-play in his two-year absence.
Captain Brendon McCullum set the momentum of the New Zealand innings when he smashed 33 from 11 balls.