(BIRTHDAY SPECIAL) TOP 5 BATTING DISPLAY OF LALA

On this special day for Shahid Afridi, we present you top 5 Innings of LALA.

1)  102 off 37 balls against Srilanka

On 4 October 1996 in Nairobi Afridi entered in International Cricket with absolutely crack of an inning with setting  a world record of fastest ODI century.This record had remained unbroken for 18 years.Afridi smashed 11 towering sixes and 6 boundaries .Pakistan won that match by 82 runs.

2) 102 off 45 balls against India

On 15 April 2005 in Kanpur Lala Thrashed arch rivals India with thundering inning of 102 runs.Afridi hit 9 sixes and 10 boundaries. Pakistan easily won the match by 5 wickets.

 

3) 109 off 68 balls against Srilanka

Afridi played a well skipper's inning against Srilanka on 15 June 2010 in Asia cup. After failure of top order Afridi came and thrashed 109 runs.He hit 7 sixes and 8 fours in that inning. Unfortunately Pakistan lost the match by 16 runs.

4)  108 off 92 balls against Newzealand 

Afridi once again rocked Sharjah Cricket Stadium on 15 April 2002. He just outplayed Kiwis bowlers by hitting 8 sixes and 7 boundries. Pakistan won the match by 8 Wickets by courtesy of LALA.

5)  124 off 60 balls against Bangladesh

Afridi smashed tigers this time at Dambula on 21 June 2010 . He hit 4 sixes and 17 boundaries for his career best score. Pakistan won the match by 139 runs. 

TOP 5 STUMP-BREAKING BOWLERS

I always inspire of great fast bowling. There are lot of good fast bowler around the globe. But only some of them are or was stumps-crackers.Here are top 5 of them.

1-  MICHAEL HOLDING

 

Michael Holding ohhhh........    I have not a word to describe him. He was "Whispering Death". Such an extraordinary bowling with thundering pace.WOW!!! He have such a great test & ODI average of 23.68 & 21.36 respectively.

2- BRETT LEE

Brett was one of most hard working bowler of Australia. He is fastest to 300 ODI Wickets. He always gave his 100 % no matter what was the condition.

3-SHOAIB AKHTAR

It is not possible to forget Rawalpindi Express when you talk about stump-breakers. He has the fastest bowl ever bowled in the cricket history. His short career was full of bans and  controversies. But he was real thunderstorm of fast bowler.

4-WAQAR YOUNIS

Waqar was a part of great  'W's. He and his partner almost ruled a decade in fast bowling. His banana loop yorker was almost unplayable.

5- SHANE BOND

Though Mr Bond posses a very short test career but when we talk of pace, we can not ignore him. He was pacy and swifty.He took 87 wickets in just 18 tests (32 Innings).