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Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi lit up the NatWest Twenty20 Blast tournament with his maiden T20 hundred at the County Cricket Ground, Derby on Tuesday.

Fondly called Boom Boom, Afridi went bang bang as he blasted 101 in just 43 balls to power Hampshire to their highest T20 score.

His team eventually won by a huge margin of 101 runs against Derbyshire in the quarter-finals.

The 37-year-old scorched seven sixes and 10 boundaries to boost Hampshire to 249 for eight.

Hampshire's move to promote Afridi as opener worked like magic as he swept and drove to delight the fans. The Pakistani scored in this fashion (0 4 0 4 4 4 1 1 0 6 6 1 0 2 4 4 0 4 0 6 6 1 6 1 0 0 0 6 1 1 1 1 2 4 3 4 2 6 0 2 4) and 81 per cent of his runs came through fours and sixes.

Check out the highlights of his sensational innings:

Afridi has gone back home for a few days and one only hopes he would return hungrier for the finals.

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