Napier, Nov. 19 -- West Indies batter Shai Hope levelled with legendary Brian Lara for the second-most centuries in ODIs for his team, while he became the second-fastest Caribbean batter to reach the 6,000 run mark after the great Sir Viv Richards on Wednesday.

Hope continued proving his class as an ODI batter with two more feathers in his cap during the second ODI against New Zealand at Napier. During the match, he slammed a 69-ball 109*, with 13 fours and four sixes and a strike rate of over 157.

Now in 147 ODIs and 142 innings, Hope has scored 6,097 runs at an average of 50.80, with a strike rate of 79.79, including 19 centuries and 30 fifties. His best score is 170. He is the second-fastest to achieve this milestone by a Caribbean b...