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MNA Sports Desk: Shahid Afridi’s breath-taking 42-ball century led Hampshire to a crushing 101-run victory over Derbyshire in the first T20 Blast quarter-final. The Pakistan all-rounder smashed seven sixes in his 101 before holing out the ball after reaching his maiden Twenty20 hundred, reported news agency. James Vince made 55 from 36 deliveries as Hampshire piled up 249-8 at Derby. Derbyshire came out swinging but were all out for 148, with Liam Dawson and Kyle Abbott taking three wickets each. The 37-year-old’s hundred was the fastest in the 2017 T20 Blast, beating the 45-ball centuries made by Worcestershire’s Joe Clarke ...

MNA Sports Desk: Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Sunday announced his retirement from international cricket, ending an illustrious and sometimes controversial 21-year career. The 36-year-old star had already quit Tests in 2010 and ODI cricket after the 2015 World Cup but still skippered the Pakistan Twenty20 team at the 2016 world championships in India. He stepped down as captain after the tournament although he retained slender hopes of continuing his career in the sport’s shortest format as a player. ‘I have said goodbye to international cricket,’ said Afridi after smashing a 28-ball 54 in a Pakistan Super League match for ...