World record: NZ’s Corey Anderson slams fastest ever ODI ton
Corey Anderson slammed a century off just 36 balls against the West Indies to break Shahid Afridi's long-standing world record for fastest ODI ton as New Zealand beat West Indies by 160 runs in a rain-shortened game in Queenstown. At the other end, Jesse Ryder got a super quick ton (104 off 51 balls) as well but no one is going to be talking about that. The West Indies will remember the partnership for a long time though -- 191 runs, 12.3 overs, RR: 15.28. Ryder's contribution to partnership was 63.
Anderson finished the innings on 131 off 47 balls with 6 fours and 14 sixes. The match was curtailed to just 21 overs-a-side due to bad weather. New Zealand finished on a mind-numbing 283-4 off just 21 overs. In reply, West Indies never got going and stuttered to 124/5, with captain Dwayne Bravo topscoring with 56. At one point, Anderson was going along at a very brisk 59 off 24 balls (2x4, 7x6) but then he slammed Ravi Rampaul for four successive sixes and things just took off. He reached 85 off 31 balls -- 2 fours, 11 sixes... 15 runs and 5 balls to get them in. A few singles and and even a dot ball ensued. But then he reached the mark -- as it seemed just -- with another six off Nikita Miller. The previous fastest century in ODIs was by Shahid Afridi, who got it in just 37 balls way back in 1996. Anderson also beat the previous fastest for New Zealand by 31 balls. Craig McMillan had scored a century off 67 balls versus Australia at Hamilton in 2007.
Fastest ODI 100s 36 balls - C Anderson, 2014
37 balls - S Afridi, 1996
44 balls - M Boucher, 2006
45 balls - B Lara, 1999
45 balls - S Afridi, 2005
46 balls - J Ryder, 2014
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