Afridi equals world sixes record
Third one-day International, Multan: Pakistan 272-9 (50 overs) bt Zimbabwe 235-7 (50 overs) by 37 runs Afridi missed the chance to make his first ODI century in three years Shahid Afridi equalled the world record for sixes in one-day games as Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 37 runs to go 3-0 up in their five-match one-day series. Tawanda Mupariwa (4-46) left the hosts on 78-5 before Afridi smashed six sixes in his 85 off 52 balls, to match Sanath Jayasuriya's overall total of 245. He and Misbah-ul-Haq (44) put on 116 to help Pakistan total 272-9 and the tourists were soon in trouble on 50-3. Sean Williams hit 71 and Brendan Taylor 55 but Zimbabwe ended short on 235-7. Earlier, Mupariwa returned his best ODI figures in his first match of the series to slice through the middle order. MOST SIXES IN ODIS 245: S Afridi (Pak, 252 game) 245: S Jayasuriya (SL, 403) 190: S Ganguly (Ind, 311) 166: S Tendulkar (Ind, 407) 153: C Cairns (NZ, 215) He did his damage after tight spells from Elton Chigumbura and Gary Brent kept the scoring down to 12 runs in eight overs at one stage. Four wickets fell for 12 runs as Salman Butt (23) cut Chigumbura to point while Nasir Jamshed (32), who hit half-centuries in the first two games, holed out to mid-wicket off Mupariwa. Younus Khan (10) was trapped by a slower delivery from Mupariwa, who then took a return catch off Mohammad Yousuf, while Sean Williams brilliantly ran out captain Shoaib Malik from square-leg. Pakistan needed something special and Afridi supplied it to take them to 194-6 before he smacked Mupariwa straight to cover with a first ODI hundred in three years there for the taking. Kamran Akmal (28) and Kamran Hussain (28no) chipped in with useful runs at the end to complete the turnaround for the home side. Group Moderator for [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Connect your World with Us join Now - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dimpill_gang/join Affiliated group from dimpill_gang for Only Adult Mails - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fantazies/join Affiliated group from dimpill_gang for Only Health and Food Mails - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Health_and_Gourmet/join Chat on a cool, new interface. No download required. Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php
