<P> On 19 February 2017, Afridi earlier announced his retirement from international cricket . However he made a brief return in international cricket after being selected to represent and captain the World XI against West Indies in the 2018 Hurricane Relief T20 Challenge charity match . Following the conclusion of the match, Afridi announced his retirement from international cricket at the Lord's cricket stadium on 31 May, 2018 . </P> <P> Afridi was born on 1 March 1980 in Khyber Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan . He is from the Afridi tribe of Pashtuns . Afridi is married to his maternal cousin Nadia Afridi and has four daughters: Aqsa, Ansha, Ajwa and Asmara . </P> <P> In October 1996 at age 16, Afridi was drafted into the ODI team during the four - nation Sameer Cup 1996--97 as a leg spinner as a replacement for the injured Mushtaq Ahmed . He made his debut on 2 October against Kenya; however, he didn't bat and went wicketless . In the next match against Sri Lanka, Afridi batted at number three in the role of a pinch - hitter . In his first international innings, Afridi broke the record for fastest century in ODI cricket, reaching his hundred from 37 balls . The eleven sixes he struck also equaled the record for most in an ODI innings . Aged 16 years and 217 days, Afridi became the youngest player to score an ODI century . Pakistan posted a total of 371, at the time the second - highest in ODIs, and won by 82 runs; Afridi was named man of the match . The record for fastest century in ODI was broken by New Zealand cricketer Corey Anderson on 1 January 2014 who hit 131 * runs from 36 balls and is now held by South - African cricketer AB de Villiers who made a century from 31 balls on 18 January 2015 against West Indies . </P> <P> Two years after appearing on the international scene, Afridi made his Test debut in the third game of a three - match series against Australia on 22 October 1998 . By this point he had already played 66 ODIs, at the time a record before playing Tests . He opened the batting, making scores of 10 and 6, and took five wickets in the first innings . He played his second Test the following January during Pakistan's tour of India; it was the first Test between the two countries since 1990 . Again opening the batting, Afridi scored his maiden Test century, scoring 141 runs from 191 balls . In the same match he also claimed three wickets for 54 runs . After winning the first match by 12 runs, Pakistan lost the second to draw the series . </P>

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