LONDON, July 06 (Agencies): Pakistan's teenage fast bowler Shaheen Afridi created history on Friday by becoming the youngest bowler ever to take five wickets in a World Cup match.
Afridi, who is often referred to as Pakistan's 'wonder kid', took six cheap wickets as his side beat Bangladesh by 94 runs at Lord's on Friday, clocking up their fourth World Cup win in a row but narrowly missing out on the semi-final stage of the tournament. The 19-year-old Pakistani pacer became the youngest bowler to take six wickets at the tournament. He gave up just 36 runs in the process, which are the best figures for a Pakistan bowler in the World Cup history.
Afridi's 6 for 35 was also the best bowling figures by a Pakistani in a World Cup tournament, bettering Shahid Afridi's 5 for 16 against Kenya in 2011 World Cup.
By achieving this feat, Shaheen Afridi made it to the limited-overs Honours Board at Lord's by returning with figures of 6 for 35 from 9.1 overs against Bangladesh, thus also becoming the first cricketer to return with a six-fer in the ODI at the Home of Cricket, Lord's.
The teenager also became the youngest to claim five wickets at the iconic venue.
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