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Imran Tahir becomes fastest South African bowler to take 100 ODI wickets

Imran Tahir magical spell of 7/45 helped South Africa to beat West Indies comfortably by 139 runs. On personal front, Imran Tahir became the quickest South African to seal 100 ODI wickets. He did this in 58 matches. Tahir's 100 ODI wickets came

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Imran Tahir 100 ODI wickets
Imran Tahir 100 ODI wickets ()
Saurabh Sharma
By Saurabh Sharma
Jun 16, 2016 • 12:01 PM

Imran Tahir magical spell of 7/45 helped South Africa to beat West Indies comfortably by 139 runs. On personal front, Imran Tahir became the quickest South African to seal 100 ODI wickets. He did this in 58 matches. Tahir's 100 ODI wickets came at an average of 22.75. His economy rate is 4.67. His strike rate is 29.29 which means he picks up a wicket on his every 29.29th ball on an average. He has picked five wickets twice in his ODI career.

Saurabh Sharma
By Saurabh Sharma
June 16, 2016 • 12:01 PM

On this achievement he said, "Really pleased. My wife reminded me about it (talking about his record - Quickest SA player to 100 ODI wkts). I didn't know about it to be honest".

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