Pakistan lose unbeaten record

By Stabroek News On In Sports |
TERRIFIC TAYLOR! Ross Taylor yesterday became only the fourth batsman to score a century on his birthday. His unbeaten innings of 131 saw 62 of those runs coming in only 16 balls and he scored a record 30 runs in one over bowled by Abdur Razzaq and 28 runs from a Shoaib Akhtar over.
TERRIFIC TAYLOR! Ross Taylor yesterday became only the fourth batsman to score a century on his birthday. His unbeaten innings of 131 saw 62 of those runs coming in only 16 balls and he scored a record 30 runs in one over bowled by Abdur Razzaq and 28 runs from a Shoaib Akhtar over.

KANDY, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Extraordinary hitting  with a cracked bat by New Zealand birthday boy Ross Taylor  helped his team pile on an amazing 85 runs in 3.4 overs to set  up a 110-run World Cup win over Pakistan yesterday.

Taylor was given two 27th birthday gifts, missed on zero and  dropped on eight off Shoaib Akhtar, before unleashing some of  the most incredible slugging ever inflicted on an attack in a  one-day international cricket match never mind the World Cup.

He thumped eight fours and seven sixes in his