United Arab Emirates captain Khurram Khan became the oldest player to score a one-day international century as he steered his side to a six-wicket winover Afghanistan in Dubai.
Khan hit an unbeaten 132 and, at the age of 43 years and 162 days, displaced former Sri Lanka opener Sanath Jayasuriya as the most evergreen of ODI century makers.
Afghanistan opener Nawraz Mangal had earlier hit a hundred of his own – at the relative young age of 30 – to help the tourists post 280 for eight.
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That proved not to be enough as Khan took charge to get UAE home with 10 balls to spare and open a 2-0 lead in the four-game series, which is acting as preparation for the 2015 World Cup.
Khan had been forced into action with his side in some trouble, at 32 for two, but combined in a 160-run partnership with Mohammad Shahzad to break the back of the chase.
While Shahzad departed for 79, becoming Dawlat Zadran’s second wicket, Khan continued on to claim a record Jayasuriya had previously set as a 39-year-old when he hit a century against India at Dambulla in 2009.