Akmal struck two sixes in his half-a-dozen boundaries during an effort spanning 18 deliveries.
Lara's innings comprised 538 balls in 766 minutes - he hit 45 fours but no sixes.
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Watson has also dominated with the bat, leading all tournament players with 242 runs and 15 sixes.
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Both are competitive among sixes in the midsize luxury class in terms of power, smoothness and responsiveness.
Ross Taylor hit two sixes, the second an enormous swipe into the corporate boxes off Stuart Broad.
Debutant Roelof van der Merwe top-scored for South Africa, hitting 48 from 30 balls, including four sixes.
Jayasuriya's exploratory over saw both batsmen hit handsome sixes, though Kieswetter finally departed to a Malinga yorker.
Marcus Trescothick provided the highlight of Somerset's innings with seven sixes in his 76 off 35 balls.
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The Kiwis could only muster 133-7 batting first despite two sixes from Daniel Vettori in his 38.
Arnold hit two sixes and 12 fours in making 98 before he was caught behind off Garnett Kruger.
Smith hit 62 from 62 balls, with two fours and two sixes but none of his team-mates topped Ricardo Powell's 20.
And, although Croft hit Piolet for three straight sixes in four balls, he perished attempting another in the 38th.
He hammered Pakistan's attack for 148 runs off just 123 balls faced, with four massive sixes and 16 boundaries.
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It needed a thrilling maiden 34-ball fifty from spinner Paul Harris, with five sixes, to take them to 239.
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Somerset scored 185-6 after losing the toss, with Trego hitting seven fours and three sixes in his 50-ball innings.
Adams survived a good lbw chance and an appeal for caught behind before hitting seven fours and two sixes.
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He shared an opening stand of 136 with Graeme Smith (65) and cracked four sixes in his run-a-ball 140.
David Hussey showed his international class with 31 off 15 balls, smashing three successive sixes to win the game.
But the Delhi High Court has rejected his request to play for India in November's Hong Kong Sixes tournament.
The South African-born opener, playing as a specialist batsman, blitzed eight boundaries and four sixes in a destructive innings.
Skipper Kumble was smashed for 39 runs, including those three sixes by Hussey.
Malik and Akmal both made 38, with Malik's unbeaten effort arriving from 17 balls, with three fours and two sixes.
Elton Chigumbura weighed in with five sixes in his unbeaten 61 off 33 balls as the home side totalled 323-7.
Left-handed opener Umar Amin struck 73 and teenager Mohammad Aamer made 44 not out from 49 balls featuring four sixes.
But they were outshone by left-hander Mongia, who batted for over three hours and hit three sixes and 12 fours.
Imran Nazir's dashing 160 provided some respite in Jamaica, his knock coming from just 121 balls and containing eight sixes.
But the day belonged to Simmons, who smashed 26 fours and eight sixes before the hosts declared shortly after tea.
It was left to Kevin O'Brien, Ireland's centurion against England, to finish things off with two sixes off Pieter Seelaar.
Flintoff was eventually out lbw to Omari Banks for 167, a Test best, and managed seven sixes along the way.
Mascarenhas was in particularly good fettle, hitting eight fours and two sixes to reach 75 not out at the close.
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