Anderson record-ton steamrolls West Indies

Jan 01, 2014

Queenstown natives had to wait more than five hours extra, owing to rain, for the year's first cricket action•Getty Images

Jason Holder snagged an early wicket for West Indies but they enjoyed very little success thereafter•AFP

Four sixes off a Sunil Narine over took Anderson to a 20-ball fifty and New Zealand were rollicking at 159 for 3 in 13 overs•AFP

Dwane Bravo's half-century was West Indies' only notable contribution to the chase as they were limited to 124•AFP

The temperature was not kind either, but the possibility of a 21-over match warmed both the players and the spectators •Getty Images

Jesse Ryder counterpunched with an array of typically powerful strikes and reached his fifty off 23 balls•AFP

Four consecutive sixes off Ravi Rampaul hastened Anderson's progress towards three-figures and the next six took him to 101 off 36 balls to claim the record for the fastest ODI century•AFP

There was no shortage of praise for Anderson, who had finished unbeaten on 131 off 47 balls, to walk away with the Man of the Match and a spectacular New Year's Day memory•AFP

A breezy cameo from Brendon McCullum and a Ross Taylor failure later, Corey Anderson arrived to the crease and cut loose•AFP

Both men found the boundary with frightening frequency as Ryder celebrated 2014 with a century of his own and New Zealand posted an enormous 283 for 4 in 21 overs•AFP