The return of Shahid Afridi in the international cricket can be rightly termed as the “return of Tarzan”. In today’s match at Providence, Guyana, he turned to gold anything he touched. West Indies bowlers took a battering from the all-rounder when he was holding the bat and their batting line-up collapsed like a house of cards when he was holding the ball.
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No player has done it even twice before Shahid Afridi (Photo: WICB)[/caption]
He set a unique record of taking a five-wicket haul and scoring half-century in a match for the third time.
Afridi played a riveting innings of 76 off 55 and then took seven wickets for 12 runs in nine overs. It was the also the second-best performance by a bowler in the ODI history.
West Indies great Vivian Richards was the first to set this unique of five wickets and a 50 in a match. He made 119 runs and took five wickets for 41 runs against New Zealand in March 1987.
Apart from Afridi, Abdur Razzaq was another Pakistan player to be in the list. In a match against India in 2000, Razzaq played an unbeaten 70-run innings and claimed five wickets for 48 runs.
No all-rounder has the privilege of getting five wickets and scoring a half-century in a match more than once. Afridi has done it for the third time!
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No player has done it even twice before Shahid Afridi (Photo: WICB)[/caption]He set a unique record of taking a five-wicket haul and scoring half-century in a match for the third time.
Afridi played a riveting innings of 76 off 55 and then took seven wickets for 12 runs in nine overs. It was the also the second-best performance by a bowler in the ODI history.
West Indies great Vivian Richards was the first to set this unique of five wickets and a 50 in a match. He made 119 runs and took five wickets for 41 runs against New Zealand in March 1987.
Apart from Afridi, Abdur Razzaq was another Pakistan player to be in the list. In a match against India in 2000, Razzaq played an unbeaten 70-run innings and claimed five wickets for 48 runs.
No all-rounder has the privilege of getting five wickets and scoring a half-century in a match more than once. Afridi has done it for the third time!
Five wickets and half-century in a match
| Name | Country | Runs | Wickets | vs | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viv Richards |  West Indies | 119 | 5/41 | New Zealand | Dunedin | March 18, 1987 |
| Kris Srikkanth |  India | 70 | 5/27 | New Zealand | Visakhapatnam | December 10, 1988 |
| Mark Waugh |  Australia | 57 | 5/24 | West Indies | Melbourne | December 15, 1992 |
| Lance Klusener |  South Africa | 54 | 6/49 | Sri Lanka | Lahore | November 6, 1997 |
| Abdur Razzaq |  Pakistan | 70* | 5/48 | India | Hobart | January 21, 2000 |
| Graeme Hick |  England | 80 | 5/33 | Zimbabwe | Harare | February 20, 2000 |
| Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | 61 | 5/40 | England | Lahore | October 27, 2000 |
| Sourav Ganguly | India | 71* | 5/34 | Zimbabwe | Kanpur | December 11, 2000 |
| Scott Styris |  New Zealand | 63* | 6/25 | West Indies | Port of Spain | June 12, 2002 |
| Ronnie Irani | England | 53 | 5/26 | India | The Oval, London | July 9, 2002 |
| Chris Gayle | West Indies | 60 | 5/46 | Australia | St. George's | June 1, 2003 |
| Paul Collingwood | England | 112* | 6/31 | Bangladesh | Nottingham | June 21, 2005 |
| Sunil Dhaniram |  Canada | 79 | 5/32 | Bermuda | King City, Canada | June 29, 2008 |
| Yuvraj Singh | India | 50* | 5/31 | Ireland | Bangalore | March 6, 2011 |
| Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | 75 | 5/35 | Sri Lanka | Sharjah | November 20, 2011 |
| Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | 76 | 7/12 | West Indies | Providence, Guyana | July 14, 2013 |
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