The 2001-02 West Indies tour to Pakistan was shifted to Sharjah and during the second ODI played on 15 February 2002, Shoaib Malik at the age of 20 years and 14 days became the fifth youngest centurian in ODI's. It was Malik's first and overall, the 89th ton by any Pakistani player in limited over international cricket.

Just for the record, Shahid Afridi, for his fastest 37-ball ton at the age of 16 years and 217 days, still remains the youngest, followed by Imran Nazir and Saleem Elahi. Afridi is also the only player to score two ODI tons before his 19th birthday. India's Sachin Tendulkar is the only one with four hundreds before his 22nd birthday.

All ODI centuries before a player's 22nd birthday (29)

Players	Score	Age (yrs & days)	Vs	Venue	Date
Shahid Afridi (Pak)	102	16 y & 217 d	SL	Nairobi (Gym)	Oct 04, 1996
Imran Nazir (Pak)	105*	18 y & 120 d	Zim	St. George's	Apr 15, 2000
Shahid Afridi (Pak)	109	18 y & 201 d	Ind	Toronto	Sep 19, 1998
Saleem Elahi (Pak)	102*	18 y & 311 d	SL	Sialkot	Sep 29, 1995
Shoaib Malik (Pak)	111*	20 y & 14 d	WI	Sharjah	Feb 15, 2002
Ijaz Ahmed (Pak)	124*	20 y & 39 d	BD	Chittagong	Oct 29, 1988
Mehrab Hossain (BD)	101	20 y & 215 d	Zim	Dhaka	Mar 25, 1999
RL Powell (WI)	124	20 y & 266 d	Ind	Singapore (Kall)	Sep 08, 1999
VG Kambli (Ind)	100*	Exactly 21 y	Eng	Jaipur	Jan 18, 1993
RT Ponting (Aus)	123	21 y & 20 d	SL	Melbourne	Jan 09, 1996
CL Hooper (WI)	113*	21 y & 37 d	Ind	Gawalior	Jan 22, 1988
DI Gower (Eng)	114*	21 y & 54 d	Pak	The Oval	May 26, 1978
DL Haynes (WI)	148	21 y & 68 d	Aus	Antigua	Feb 22, 1978
RT Ponting (Aus)	102	21 y & 75 d	WI	Jaipur	Mar 04, 1996
DPM Jayawardene (SL)	120	21 y & 87 d	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 23, 1999
DD Ebrahim (Zim)	121	21 y & 109 d	BD	Dhaka	Nov 25, 2001
SB Smith (Aus)	117	21 y & 117 d	NZ	Melbourne	Feb 13, 1983
SR Tendulkar (Ind)	110	21 y & 137 d	Aus	Colombo (RPS)	Sep 09, 1994
Ijaz Ahmed (Pak)	102*	21 y & 142 d	SL	Brisbane	Feb 10, 1990
DPM Jayawardene (SL)	101	21 y & 150 d	Pak	Vishakapatnum	Mar 27, 1999
MD Crowe (NZ)	105*	21 y & 155 d	Eng	Auckland	Feb 25, 1984
Saeed Anwar (Pak)	126	21 y & 163 d	SL	Adelaide	Feb 17, 1990
SR Tendulkar (Ind)	115	21 y & 186 d	NZ	Baroda	Oct 28, 1994
SR Tendulkar (Ind)	105	21 y & 200 d	WI	Jaipur	Nov 11, 1994
DI Gower (Eng)	101*	21 y & 308 d	Aus	Melbourne	Feb 04, 1979
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)	101	21 y & 319 d	SL	Multan	Jan 17, 1992
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)	117	21 y & 321 d	SL	Rawalpindi	Jan 19, 1992
CH Gayle (WI)	152	21 y & 328 d	Ken	Simba Ground	Aug 15, 2001
SR Tendulkar (Ind)	112*	21 y & 349 d	SL	Sharjah	Apr 09, 1995

- All data updated to 28.02.2002

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