Stats: Shahid Afridi scores his maiden T20 century

Shahid Afridi, who had a calm season with the bat in the NatWest T20 Blast scoring just 50 runs in the 7 innings, turned the tables on Tuesday with a blistering century for the Hampshire team in the quarter-final game. The Pakistan all-rounder smashed 101 runs off just 43 balls with 10 fours and 7 sixes after he was promoted to open the batting. His knock powered the team to register a 101-run win against Derbyshire and make it to the finals day.

Here we look all the stats and records created during the game.

1 – This is Shahid Afridi’s maiden century in Twenty20 cricket. His previous highest score in this format was 80 also while opening for Hampshire in the 2011 Domestic T20 semi-final against Somerset.

3 – Shahid Afridi’s century in this game is his 3rd hundred in professional cricket in 45 or fewer balls. He scored centuries in 37 balls and 45 balls in ODI cricket. Only Chris Gayle has scored as many as three centuries in 45 balls in his professional career. All those three hundreds by Gayle were in T20 cricket.

4 – Number of fifty-plus scores for Shahid Afridi in Twenty20s in England; all of them have come in knockout games. He scored fifties in the WT20 2009 semis and finals and also in the 2011 Friends Life T20 semis for Hampshire.

20 – Shahid Afridi completed his fifty in 20 balls during this knock; the fastest among his 10 fifty-plus scores in T20 cricket. His previous fastest was off 27 balls during his 54-run knock for Peshawar Zalmi against Karachi Kings earlier this year.

27 – Number of Man of the Match awards for Shahid Afridi in Twenty20 cricket. Only Chris Gayle (48), David Warner (28) and Luke Wright (28) have received more player of the match awards than Afridi.

42 – Afridi’s 42-ball hundred is the 2nd fastest by a Pakistan player in Twenty20 cricket. Ahmed Shehzad’s 40-ball century in the Bangladesh Premier League, 2012 is the fastest by a Pakistan player in this format.

42 – His 42-ball century is the joint 3rd fastest hundred for any player in a Twenty20 knockout/qualifier match. Scott Styris scored a 37-ball century in 2012 while Ahmed Shehzad and David Willey scored their hundreds in 40 balls in 2012 and 2015 respectively. Andre Russell also scored a 42-ball century during CPL qualifiers last year.

205 – Number of sixes Shahid Afridi has hit in his Twenty20 career including the seven against Derbyshire. He became the first Pakistan player to hit 200 T20 sixes and the 32nd player overall.

222 – Shahid Afridi scored his maiden Twenty20 century in his 222nd inning which are the most innings taken by any player to score his maiden T20 hundred. Umar Akmal held this record previously having scored his maiden T20 ton in the 187th inning.

249/8 – Hampshire’s total of 249/8 is their highest in Twenty20 cricket and the 4th highest for any team in T20s in England. Hampshire’s previous highest total in this format was 225/2 against Middlesex way back in 2006.

249/8 – Hampshire’s 249/8 is the highest total in a Twenty20 knockout/qualifier match. The previous highest total in a knockout/qualifier T20 game was 238/5 by Karachi Dolphins against Sialkot Stallions in 2011.