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Afridi also missed the second ODI against Australia due to injury. The first T20 between Pakistan and Australia will take place on September 5.

3rd ODI Pakistan vs Bangladesh ( Crictime ) Live Streaming Pakistan will take on Bangladesh today in the last ODI of the calender year 2011, Pakistan have already won the series 2-0 but they will be looking to make it 3-0 and round of what has been an impressive year so far for the Green shirts.

Bangaldesh on the other hand have been dismal so far in the series having failed to even slightly trouble Pakistan, the Tigers would be looking to make a men's and give the home crowd something to cheer about with a win or a atleast a good match.

Pakistan have dropped Imran Farhat, Aizaz Cheema and Sarfaraz Ahmed for the final game and have brought in Asad Shafiq and Abdur Rehman.

Mohammad Hafeez, Asad Shafiq, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq*, Umar Akmal†, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Abdur Rehman, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal

Pakistan vs Bangladesh Ist ODI ( Crictime) Live Streaming 2011: Pakistan and Bangladesh meet today for the first of three ODI's to be played between the two countries. Bangladesh  have shown improvement in the limited overs game, they thumped New Zealand 4-0 and even defeated England in the World Cup.

But all those victories have been at home where they are aided by spin friendly wickets complimenting their spin attack. But a spinner friendly wicket will be an altogether different story against Pakistan and it was proved in the first T20 International.

Pakistan boost three spinner who are ranked in the top 10 limited over bowlers, among the Saeed Ajmal the number one ranked bowler in the world. Bangladesh will need to be at their best in all three departments bowling, batting and fielding if they are to trouble Pakistan in any way.

Sri Lanka who have been in dismal form since World Cup losing every Test and ODI series they have played, but there is slight hope for the Island nation as they have been unbeaten in T20's over that period. And they would be desperate to go home on a winning note.

Pakistan are known to be the masters of T20's and with good reason on one hand they have devastating hitters in the form of Shahid Afridi, Umar Akmal and Abdul Razzaq and on the other hand they have a bowling unit like no other T20 side.

The three top wicket takers in the T20 format are Shahid Afridi (53), Umar Gul (47) and Saeed Ajmal (45). Sri Lanka on the other hand boost 2 of the 5 century holders in T20 cricket in the form of Tilkertne Dilshan and Mahela Jayawerdene, but sadly for the Sri Lankan's they would be without the services of Jayawerdene as he is out injured.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 5th ODI Live Streaming (Pak vs Sl at Abu Dhabi): Pakistan and Sri Lanka will take to the field for the fifth and final ODI of the 2011 today, although Pakistan have already snatched the series and are 3-1 up but they'll be looking to strengthen their hold on fifth place in the ICC Rankings.

Sri Lanka on the other hand would be desperate to end the series on a winning note, the Islanders have been dismal throughout the tournament and have won just one out of seven matches. 

Sri Lanka will be kicking themselves at the way they lost the 4th ODI, the Lankans needed 44 more runs with Jayawerdene and Sanagakkara at the crease but from then on it was all Afridi, as Sri Lanka were undone by the two Pakistani "A's" Ajmal and Afridi.

Pakistan all rounder Abdul Razzaq has suffered a shoulder injury and won't be available for the remainder of the series. Imran Farhat is injured too. This means Junaid Khan and Asad Shafiq could both be included in the side. As for Sri Lanka Jayawerdene will miss the fifth ODI.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 4th ODI Sharjah Live Streaming ( Pak vs Sl Fourth ODI 2011): Pakistan will be looking to wrap up the series in Sharjah after going 2-1 up in the third match of the series at Dubai.

Pakistan put on a strong show early on in the third ODI and were 150/0 at one stage but a batting collapse meant they ended up with only 257. Sri Lanka were solid in reply until Kumara Sangakkara was run out by Shahid Afridi and Pakistan seized the initiative from there.

A 90'esque score of around 250 seems to be winning total in UAE, a feeling that was emphasized by the third ODI, Sharjah used to be the hotbed of ODI's during the 1990's but it has been eight years since two major team played an ODI there.

Pakistan may want to give left arm pacer Junaid Khan a look in, so he could replace Sohail Tanvir. The team may drop the rather lethargic Abdul Razzaq too in favor of Shoaib Malik.

The only change Sri Lanka might make is the inclusion of pacer Welegedra in place of Dilhara Fernando who was disappointing in the last game.

Live Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI Streaming[ Pak vs SL ] : Sri Lanka's first victory of the tour would have come as a huge morale boost to the Lankan camp, the win also saw the return to form of Mahela Jayawerdene who has struggled throughout the tour.

With the series now level Sri Lanka would come into the match with great confidence that they can put behind hem the defeat in the test series and the humiliation in the first ODI and try to win the ODI series.

Pakistan on the other hand will be extremely disappointed at the way they lost the second ODI, they were bowled out in 46.3 overs and were 25 runs short, a target they could easily have achieved had they kept wickets. Umar Akmal hit a marvelous 91 but lost his wicket at a crucial stage. Afridi, Razzaq and Sarfaraz all got starts and were set but couldn't capitalize. Pakistan will now be looking to make amends for the their blunders in the second ODI and take the game to the Lankans.

Pakistan are expected to stick with the same team however there are some suggestions that Sohail Tanvir might be included in place of Abdul Razzaq.

Pakistan XI (Probable): 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Imran Farhat, 3 Younis Khan, 4 Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), 5 Umar Akmal, 6 Abdul Razzaq/Sohail Tanvir, 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), 9 Umar Gul, 10 Saeed Ajmal, 11 Aizaz Cheema.

Chanaka Welegedra has been drafted into the squad in place of the injured Suranga Lakmal, who didn't feature in the first two ODI's so it remains to be seen whether Welegedra gets a look in or not.

Sri Lanka XI (Probable): 1 Upul Tharanga, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan (capt), 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Dinesh Chandimal, 5 Mahela Jayawardene, 6 Angelo Mathews, 7 Jeevan Mendis, 8 Thisara Perera, 9 Lasith Malinga, 10 Seekkuge Prasanna, 11 Dilhara Fernando.

The 31-year old former Pakistani Captain, known to the cricketing world as “Boom Boom” for his aggressive stroke-play, is a quality all-rounder. A ballistic batsman and class spin bowler, it’s guaranteed Afridi will bring yet another dimension of experience and versatility to the strongly diverse Renegades line up.

The explosive right-hand batsman, Afridi boasts 1326 runs to his name with a strike rate of 157.66.

Since age 16, when he made the fastest international century at the time, he has dazzled the cricket world with feats like smashing 32 runs in a single over and it's no surprise he holds the title for the most ODI sixes in history with a total of 289. Remarkably he now considers himself a better bowler, and has the most international wickets in T20 cricket at 53.

In 2009/10 Afridi was recruited by South Australia for T20, where he played alongside Renegade recruit Shaun Tait in a stand-out season.

Growing up in a large family comprising nine siblings, amidst the chaos of a noisy household, it was those backyard games of cricket that honed his skills and developed his passion for the game.

The friendly and jovial character, like most Pakistani cricketers, looks up to Imran Khan as his role model.

The father of two also loves to get his dose of Bollywood movies claiming he is a big fan of on screen legend Sharukh Khan.

Shoaib Akhtar has faced criticism from Indian fans after claiming in his book " Controversially Yours" that Sachin was scared of him.

According to an excerpt from the book, Shoaib says, “"I bowled (Sachin) a particularly fast ball which he, to my amazement didn't even touch. He walked away! That was the first time I saw him walk away from me-that, too, on the slow track at Faisalabad." 

Shahid Afridi scored 29 runs and took 3 wickets for just 10 runs as Hampshire defeated Sussex by 35 runs to return to the top of the table in the FL t20 South Group. .

Afridi has now taken nine wickets in three Twenty20 matches for Hampshire, eight of them at The Rose Bowl, following his stunning home debut when he collected 5-20 in the rain-affected win over Gloucestershire on Friday night.

The former Pakistan captain, allowed to play after resolving his dispute with the Pakistan Cricket Board, finished with figures of five for 20 in four overs as the holders Hampshire went joint top of the South Group with Sussex after recording their sixth win this season.

In a rain-affected match, Hampshire made 139 for seven and Gloucestershire, chasing a revised target of 124 from 17 overs, fell short.

But Afridi made his most crucial contribution when he came on for the 15th over of the innings, with Gloucestershire still requiring another 27 for victory.

With his fourth delivery, Afridi bowled Richard Coughtrie with a quicker delivery, and then two balls later induced Ian Saxelby to sky a catch to Neil McKenzie at third man.

Pakistan's Shahid Afridi is arguably one of the most loved and followed cricketers in Pakistan. Afridi came to the limelight after scoring the fastest one-day international century (102 off 37 balls) against Sri Lanka in Nairobi on October 4th 1996, a record that is yet to be surpassed (and one that may never be). Here is list of the records held by Shahid Afridi.

Fastest Century:  

In his second One-day International, and his very first innings, Shahid Afridi walked in with Waqar Younis' bat [gifted to Waqar by Sachin Tendulkar], and blasted the then World Champions, Sri Lanka for the fastest ever 100 in one-day International cricket. His destructive innings brought up three figures in just 37 balls.

Afridi also holds the record for the 4th (100 of 45 deliveries) and 7th(100 of 53 deliveries) fastest hundreds which he smashed against India and Bangladesh respectively.

New Zealand's Corey Anderson broke Afridi's 17 year old record of smashing the fastest ton by scoring his ton in just 36 balls, on January Ist, 2014. Afridi has now the record of the second fastest ODI hundred. Can he claim his record back? Lets wait and see.

Fastest Fifty:

Shahid Afridi also holds the record for twice hitting the second fastest fifty in one-day Internationals (off 18 deliveries), and he has the record for hitting the 5th fastest fifty to his name as well (off 19 deliveries).

Shahid Afridi has also scored fifties off  20,21 and 22 deliveries.

Youngest player to score a hundred:

Highest career strike rate:

Shahid Afridi has the *highest strike-rate in one-day International's [7619 runs] at a strike-rate of 115.61 per 100 balls.

*Minimum qualification for this record [1000 ODI runs] 

Shahid Afridi holds the record for hitting the most sixes in one-day International's, he has so far smashed 333 sixes in 377 matches. Sanath Jayasuriya who is second in the list has 270 sixes to his name in 444 ODI matches.

Most runs off one over:

Shahid Afridi holds the number two position in scoring most run off one over in ODI's, in 2007 he smashed Sri Lanka's CM Bandara for 32 runs in over [the most runs off one over record belongs to South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs 36 in one over].

Most matches in career:

Shahid Afridi is 5th in the list of most one-day International's played by a cricketer. Among the Pakistani cricketers he sits in at number two behind Inzamam-ul-Haq.

Most Man of the Match Awards:

Shahid Afridi has won the man of the match award 32 times in his career, the most by any Pakistani player, Saeed Anwar is second with 28 Man of the Match Awards..

Most wickets in career:

Shahid Afridi is one of eleven players who have taken more than 300 wickets in one-day Internationals,  he is currently number eight in the list behind Australia's Brett Lee with 378 wickets in one-day Internationals. Shahid Afridi is also the third highest wicket-taker from Pakistan in one-day International's behind two legends of Pakistan cricket Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis.

Most wickets in T20 career:
Shahid Afridi also holds the record of being the third highest wickets taker in T20 International's, he has 73 wickets to his name, Saeed Ajmal holds the first place in this category.

Most 5-Wickets Haul's in ODI Career:
Shahid Afridi has taken 5 or more wickets in an One Day International nine times and he sits on 3rd place in the list level with Aussie Brett Lee.