Wasim Akram Pakistan
Full nameWasim Akram Born June 3, 1966, Lahore, Punjab Current age 45 years 29 days Major teams Pakistan, Hampshire, Lahore, Lancashire, Pakistan Automobiles Corporation, Pakistan International Airlines Batting style Left-hand bat Bowling style Left-arm fast
In a nutshell Perhaps the best left-arm fast bowler of all time, Wasim Akram could make the ball walk and talk like no one else did. An explosive, exciting genius who could change the game with the bat as well. More Batting and fielding averages Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests
104 147 19 2898 257* 22.64 3 7
57
44 0 ODIs 356 280 55 3717 86 16.52 4208 88.33 0 6 88 0 First-class 257 355 40 7161 257* 22.73 7 24 97 0 List A 594 467 97 6993 89* 18.90 0 17 147 0 Twenty20 5 5 1 55 24 13.75 45 122.22 0 0 6 1 0 0
Bowling averages Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests
104 181 22627 9779 414 7/119 11/110 23.62 2.59 54.6 20 25 5 ODIs 356 351 18186 11812 502 5/15 5/15 23.52 3.89 36.2 17 6 0 First-class 257
50277
22549 1042 8/30
21.64
2.69 48.2
70
16 List A 594
29719
19303 881 5/10 5/10 21.91 3.89 33.7 34 12 0 Twenty20 5 5 114 121 8 2/19 2/19 15.12 6.36 14.2 0 0 0
Career statistics Test debut New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland, Jan 25-28, 1985 scorecard Last Test Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka, Jan 9-11, 2002 scorecard Test statistics
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ODI debut
Pakistan v New Zealand at Faisalabad, Nov 23, 1984 scorecard Last ODI Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Bulawayo, Mar 4, 2003 scorecard ODI statistics
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First-class span
1984-2003 List A span 1984-2003 Twenty20 debut Hampshire v Sussex at Southampton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard Last Twenty20 Hampshire v Surrey at Southampton, Jun 24, 2003 scorecard
Profile
A dream cricketer. At his best Wasim Akram plays like most of us would wish to. He has complete mastery over swing and seam, and sometimes moves the ball both ways in one delivery. All this comes at high speed from a quick, ball-concealing action, and is backed up by the threat of a dangerous bouncer or deceptive slower delivery. Akram is rated by many as the best left-arm fast bowler of all time, and his career record certainly bears that out - along with the high regard of his contemporaries. He hit like a kicking horse, but batsmanship was one skill in which Akram underachieved, despite a monumental 257 against Zimbabwe in Sheikhupura in 1996-97. He was the natural successor to Imran Khan as Pakistan's leader and captain, but the match-fixing controversies of the 1990s harmed him, blunting his edge and dimming his lustre. Though he reached the 500-wicket landmark in ODIs in the 2003 World Cup, he was among the eight players dumped after Pakistan's miserable performance. He retired shortly after, following a brief spell with Hampshire.
Kamran Abbasi
Osman Samiuddin on Akram Left-arm explorer A triumph of the imagination, he broadened the scope of what could be done in his art with talent and hard work, and left fast bowling unrecognisable from what it was before him
Stats analysis
A stunning match-winner Over a 19-year international career, he took wickets all over the world, in Tests and ODIs, with a consistency that was mind-bogglin November 8, 1984
Storm on debut November 23, 1984
Fast-tracked, Pakistan-style January-February 1985
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