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Moeen Ali hits eight sixes in second-fastest England ODI century

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Watch each of the eight sixes in Moeen Ali's third ODI century for England

Moeen Ali completed his third ODI century with his eighth six - and you can watch each and every one of them right here!

Click on the video above to see how the all-rounder blazed the second-fastest hundred by an England batsman in ODI cricket, belting Windies' attack to all parts in the third one-dayer, at Bristol.

Ali's 102 off 57 balls came at a phenomenal strike-rate of 178.94 and included an incredible run of free-hitting as he blasted from 50 to 100 in an astonishing 12 balls.

Only Jos Buttler has reached three figures at a faster rate for England - his ton against Pakistan in Dubai in 2015 coming off 46 deliveries.

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Watch Jos Buttler score the fastest one-day international by an England player, off just 46 balls, against Pakistan in Dubai in 2015

Batting at number seven, Ali came to the wicket with England on 210-5 - their aspirations of reaching at least 300 still not certain of being fulfilled.

The 45th over proved a turning point, though, as Ali plundered three sixes off Miguel Cummins - the second of which, deep over midwicket, took him to a 41-ball fifty.

The left-hander then dispatched Jason Holder for three sixes to take his imperious tally to off 42 runs from eight deliveries - a rapid-fire haul that included six sixes off eight balls overall.

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Watch the best of the action from the third ODI between England and Windies at Bristol

In comparison the 48th over was quiet until Ali climbed into a short delivery from Cummins and pulled it over deep square leg to move into the nineties.

Two balls later the 30-year-old reached his hundred off 53 balls in the grand manner by going big over long-on as the seamer pitched it in the slot.

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