Top 5 memorable performances by Shahid Afridi

2. 108 not out off 92 balls (Pakistan vs New Zealand, Sharjah, April 2002)

After Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq ripped apart the Kiwi line-up for just 213, Pakistan mounted a strong reply through their openers. Afridi, unusually, played a somewhat sedate innings, but he still managed to blast eight sixes and seven fours in a calculated assault on the NZ bowlers – particularly Scott Styris and leg-spinner Brooke Walker.

In the two overs that Styris sent down, Afridi slammed four sixes without a fuss. His third ODI hundred thus achieved, the batsman finished off the game with a lofted boundary and earned an 8-wicket win for his side with almost 18 overs to spare.

This performance showed that Afridi was a player who could score runs in singles too instead of completely relying on power-hitting.