When he stepped out next ball to lift, casually, between long-on and midwicket for a fourth six, finally we sensed that something might be up. |
Next, Afridi swept one powerfully over midwicket, and later in the same tonked one over wide long-on. |
After pulling the ball over midwicket, Cairns showed he was no one-trick pony. |
It took a bit of time to figure out if you were the midwicket, fine leg, long off or deep gully. |
He was in good touch, his faultless timing through the covers and midwicket again in evidence. |
His second-most prolific region was between mid-on and midwicket, through which he got three fours, including the one which got him his hundred. |