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Old December 12, 2012, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Roey Haque
He got 4 right? Just did a search, and Phil Simmons of WI and Bishen Bedi of India both got supposedly 8 maidens in an ODI.Verified Simmon's one from cricinfo as you can see below. And at the very bottom, it says it beats Bedi's record, though he did it in 12 overs. ( I didn't even know that bowled more than 10 overs in the past ODIs)

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65500.html

So no record for Shafi. But hey impossible is nothing. He got 4 maidens that day, he should strive for 5 next.
That was an interesting match. WI scored 214, but won by 133! Simmons's economy was 0.30! Waqar did not the fielder's help for his 3 wickets.
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