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After Pakistan’s win over Sri Lanka in the Dambulla ODI, Mohammad Hafeez became the 13th player to take 4 wickets and score a century in the same match. He now also is third on the list of players with most centuries for Pakistan. Further, the win has made Pakistan the second most successful ODI team with 447 wins.

1. Mohammad Hafeez became the 13th player to score a century and take 4 wickets in the same match. This was last done by Shakib Al Hasan against Zimbabwe in November last year. Here is the list of players to have achieved the feat:

Mohammad Hafeez1034/41PakistanSri LankaDambulla11 Jul 2015
Shakib Al Hasan1014/41BangladeshZimbabweChittagong21 Nov 2014
Tillakaratne Dilshan1444/4Sri LankaZimbabwePallekele10 Mar 2011
Yuvraj Singh1184/28IndiaEnglandIndore17 Nov 2008
Paul Collingwood112*6/31EnglandBangladeshNottingham21 Jun 2005
Shoaib Malik1184/19PakistanHong KongColombo (SSC)18 Jul 2004
Chris Gayle112*4/24West IndiesZimbabweHarare30 Nov 2003
Feiko Kloppenburg1214/42NetherlandsNamibiaBloemfontein3 Mar 2003
Sanath Jayasuriya1224/39Sri LankaAustraliaSydney9 Jan 2003
Sourav Ganguly130*4/21IndiaSri LankaNagpur22 Mar 1999
Sachin Tendulkar1414/38IndiaAustraliaDhaka28 Oct 1998
Nathan Astle1174/43New ZealandPakistanMohali9 May 1997
Viv Richards1195/41West IndiesNew ZealandDunedin18 Mar 1987

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2. With his 10th century in ODIs, Hafeez is now tied at the third spot for the most number of centuries for Pakistan in the format, along with Inzamam-ul-Haq and Ijaz Ahmed. Saeed Anwar leads with 20 centuries followed by Mohammad Yousuf with 15.

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Saeed Anwar247244882439.212043
Mohammad Yousuf281267955442.081562
Ijaz Ahmed250232656432.331037
Inzamam-ul-Haq3753481170139.531083
Mohammad Hafeez162162483431.591025

3. Mohammad Hafeez is also tied for the most number of tons batting at number 3 for Pakistan along with Ijaz Ahmed, Younus Khan and Zaheer Abbas.

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4. With Pakistan winning the game, they have now become the most successful Asian team and the 2nd most successful team in ODIs – having won 447 matches. Australia lead the overall table with 529 wins.

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TeamMatchesWonLostTiedNRW/L
Australia8565292879311.843
Pakistan8444473718181.204
India8844463927391.137
West Indies7313733268241.144
Sri Lanka7533563614320.986