Shahid Afridi became the first all-rounder to score a fifty and claim a five-wicket haul in a limited overs international match twice. The hard hitting batsman and leg break bowler achieved this feat by making aggressive 75 from 65 balls with four fours and three sixes and finishing with figures of five for 35, despite suffering a leg injury while fielding after catching his foot in the turf in the fourth match of the five-match series against Sri Lanka at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Sunday night (November 20). It was the 15th instance of a player achieving the feat of a fifty-plus score and a five-wicket haul in a game. Shahid Afridi is the only player to do so twice. He did the same first time against England at Lahore on October 27, 2000 by making 61 runs and taking five wickets for 40 runs. Shahid Afridi’s five-wicket haul was his sixth in one day internationals moving him second to Wasim Akram and Saqlain Musthaq among Pakistan bowlers with the most five-wicket hauls.
FIFTY AND FIVE-WICKETS IN A MATCH
Performance Player Opponent Venue Date
119 and 5-41 Vivian Richards (WI) NZ Dunedin 18-03-1987
70 and 5-27 K Srikkanth (India) New Zealand Visakhapatnam 10-12-1988
57 and 5-24 Mark Waugh (Aus) West Indies Melbourne 15-12-1992
54 and 6-49 Lance Klusener (SA) Sri Lanka Lahore 06-11-1997
70* and 5-48 Abdul Razzaq (Pak) India Hobart 21-01-2000
80 and 5-33 Graeme Hick (Eng) Zimbabwe Harare 20-02-2000
61 and 5-40 Shahid Afridi (Pak) England Lahore 27-10-2000
71* and 5-34 Sourav Ganguly (India) Zimbabwe Kanpur 11-12-2000
63* and 6-25 Scott Styris (NZ) West Indies Port of Spain 12-06-2002
53 and 5-26 Ronni Irani (Eng) India The Oval 09-07-2002
60 and 5-46 Chris Gayle (WI) Australia St George’s 01-06-2003
112* and 6-31 Paul Collingwood (Eng) Bangladesh Nottingham 21-06-2005
79 and 5-32 Sunil Dhaniram (Canada) Bermuda King City 29-06-2008
50* and 5-31 Yuvraj Singh (India) Ireland Bangalore 06-03-2011
75 and 5-35 Shahid Afridi (Pak) Sri Lanka Sharjah 20-11-2011
Afridi’s unique record
