An amazing opening statement

Pakistan8217;s new set of openers Yasir Hameed and Imran Farhat today set a world record in limited overs cricket when they registered their fourth consecutive hundred-run opening partnership in the fifth one-day against New Zealand here.

Hameed and Farhat followed their 115-run partnership in the second match in Lahore with 142 at Faisalabad and 134 in the fourth match in Rawalpindi with another domineering 197 in the fifth match.

They became the sixth set of openers to record century stands in two successive one-day matches. India8217;s Sachin Tendulkar and Virendar Sehwag have the unique distinction of registering two century stands in consecutive one-day games on two occasions while four other pairs achieved the feat. Tendulkar-Sehwag put 107 and 134 versus England in 2001-2002 and then 103 and 182 against Australia and New Zealand last month.