On This Day: July 14, 2013 - Shahid Afridi scored 76 and took 7/12 against West Indies

[Sakss]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On this day 2013. Shahid Afridi scored 76 off 55 balls & took 7 for 12 from 9 overs as Pak beat W Indies by 126 runs <a href="http://t.co/v4HNTST0Ss">pic.twitter.com/v4HNTST0Ss</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/620936495961108481">July 14, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[Haroon786]

Remember watching the match on a stream, it was Boom Boom's comeback after his CT omission.

 

[The_KING]

Too bad Afridi's bowling has badly regressed since then.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

The greatest spell of ODI spin bowling I have seen.

Was like a swing bowler not a spin bowler due to the drift he got.

 

[angrypathan]

Remember following the score on my phone in bed since I had school the next day, and doing a silent celebration every time a wicket fell (which happened pretty regularly) 2

 

[#GreenRoars]

Awesome day that was, he we was returning to the team. And this performance we can call lone warrior.

 

[cricmylife]

Great bowling performance on return..

 

[Cricketfan no 1]

Best eve allround performane

 

[UpInTheAir]

Always performed like a champ on his come backs. Wish he was more consistent throughout his career, fooled us all countless times with match winning performances.

 

[Jabo]

Was a great comeback after being dropped for the CT, but Afridi showed his true class in the rest of the 4 matches, once again batting carelessly and just swinging, ideally he should have got dropped again straight after.

 

[cricfan14]

Always wonder what a great he could've been if he just had the discipline and desire to work to match his incredible charisma/personality to his results. In the end, his persona >> his performance, but I always think of him as someone who wasted his talent, even if he ends his career considered a "great."

This was a great performance though.

 

[Bullet Drive]

One of the best performances ever in ODI cricket. This and his 75 and 5-35 vs SL. No other cricketer could ever do what he did. #legend

 

[Zeshan547]

One of the best performances ever in ODI cricket. This and his 75 and 5-35 vs SL. No other cricketer could ever do what he did. #legend

yeah fully agree, and i rate his performance against sri lanka even more because man that day he played like a GOAT, i guess we were less than 100 for six down and he played an incredible inning and batted amazingly well with tail to rescue us 200 which was fighting total but still way below par but without that afridi inning we wouldn't have even touched 150, and than while pak was bowling and sl was 150 plus for 2 or 3 down and sanga and mahela was looking as solid as ever, and russel arnold said "even prayers can't do it for pak from this situation" and match looked done and dusted but than he single did what did, his performance with bat or ball alone was incredible but to do it with both in one match, i am yet to see such a one man army performance that how a single player defeated a whole team almost on his own. We can question afridi discipline and brain and execution but only a fool would question his talent, because when he was in the zone the things which he did only he could have done those. But sad part is he himself didn't realize what a gem he was talent wise.

 

[11ShadyBrothers]

Brilliant effort. Legend in my book.

 

[Abdullah719]

Viv who?

One of the ATG ODI performances.

Pity that it's been followed by 2 years of mostly rubbish since, though. In line with the rest of his career, I guess.

 

[Major]

and after that match, every afridi fan was going crazy and were like i told you so for the CT omission, but that was a once in a bluemoon performance, and soon every afridi fan was shut

 

[Haroon786]

The greatest spell of ODI spin bowling I have seen.

Was like a swing bowler not a spin bowler due to the drift he got.

His 5fer against Lanka in 2011 was better.

 

[Abdullah719]

What a beastly performance

 

[UN talkz]

This performance was

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OnThisDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OnThisDay</a> in 2013. A day to remember for Shahid Afridi as he scored 76 off 55 balls (6 fours & 5 sixes) and then took 7-12 (2nd best bowling figures in ODI history) against the West Indies in Guyana. Pakistan won by 126 runs <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/sOfgg5dAkD">pic.twitter.com/sOfgg5dAkD</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1282926671662919680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2020</a></blockquote>
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[gazza619]

Just showed what Afridi was capable of and hence why he made a career despite a gazillion failures he had on the way.

 

[Shoaibbtt]

It was one of those performances you couldn’t ignore. Only player on 3 occasions against 3 different opponents to get a 50 and a five wicket haul. I remember watching this while I was visiting family in Pakistan, me and my cousins laughed at how Misbah was struggling.

 

[sweep_shot]

Brilliant performance from Afridi.

This was what he could do in LOI.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Can't believe its been 7 years. One thing I never understood is how Afridi got so much drift while bowling at the pace he does.

 

[coy0607]

Among the most complete ODI performances by any player, ever.
Most all-rounders would be lucky to have 1 of these in their careers, Afridi had a handful

 

[Slog]

What a performance it was.

Wish it was bigger stage

His bowling really is underrated

 

[King_Kohli]

is there any video?

 

[Abdullah719]

is there any video?

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[Slog]

The amazing thing is he came on when 3 wickets were already down. What if he’d come on earlier

 

[gazza619]

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Lost interest after 2 minutes as the video was still stuck at showing damn replays after replays of players review before Afridi gets his first wicket.

Why the hell does the engineer who makes highlights doesnt understand that nobody wants to see the stupid replays.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

What a performance this was

 

[SensiblePakFan]

This cemented his spot as comeback King. Incredible day.

 

[MenInG]

He was the reason I would watch cricket in those days!

 

[Majid Khan]

Impressive all round performance that day, a shame it didn’t happen very often.

Then again younger fans will be even more spoilt given that Shadab Khan scores 50s and 5-wicket hauls in same game on a regular basis.

 

[YousafTheBeast]

The only guy in the team that didn’t play for his average. He just wanted to entertain, and it may have not happened often with the bat, but at least his bowling was consistently good. He’d get the important wickets, batsmen who could change the game in a second.

Iqbal Qasim and Misbah ul Haq were left with an egg on their face after this 7-fer. Not picking him for the champions trophy was criminal, and taking players like Asad Shafiq over him showed the lack of intelligence from the selectors.

 

[Savak]

The only guy in the team that didn’t play for his average. He just wanted to entertain, and it may have not happened often with the bat, but at least his bowling was consistently good. He’d get the important wickets, batsmen who could change the game in a second.

Iqbal Qasim and Misbah ul Haq were left with an egg on their face after this 7-fer. Not picking him for the champions trophy was criminal, and taking players like Asad Shafiq over him showed the lack of intelligence from the selectors.

Even Navjot Sidhu criticized Misbah and the selectors that you cannot leave out a big match player like Afridi out of the team for a prestigious tournament like the Champions Trophy

 

[BouncerGuy]

Still the Best figures for Pakistan in the ODI. None other then Shahid Afridi was the architect of that.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1812375515208020036

 

[Bhaijaan]

At his peak he was unstoppable. A true patriot also.

 

[Kianig89]

Some fickle fans loathed him, yet after him Yasir Shah, Shadab, Nawaz , Iftikhar, Imad all came and dumped out one by one

 

[sweep_shot]

I believe Pakistan were 47/5. Afridi came to the crease and took the game away (with both bat and ball).

Vintage Afridi.

 

[mominsaigol]

I saw this game live. Amazing and stunning performance.

 

[pratiktc]

Definition of an X factor player. Every strong white ball team would like to carry such a player on standby even though he can only turn it on maybe once every 35-40 games.

Its why Akram picked him in 99 Final ahead of extra batter in Malik/Yousuf. Akram and Imran both had the knack of identifying and guts to back such dark horses.

Sadly he spent much of his career in a middling to poor team with fans/managements all trying to turn him into a reliable batter or reliable bowler which they needed but which he never was or could be. Afridi was a dynamite stick with a sky high ceiling.

If he was born 10-15 years later he would have finally been properly appreciated by analysts and leagues as a proper T20 platinum quality player.

 

[Markhor]

That was an awful Guyana wicket. Every batsman on both teams struggled except Afridi who produced one of the best individual performances in an ODI.