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Wasim Akram, in numbers

Mohandas Menon | May 20, 2003 10:34 IST

A statistical look at the career of Wasim Akram, one of the best bowlers the world has ever seen.

The Pakistani great announced his retirement from international cricket on May 18. Wasim Akram

Born: Lahore, 3-6-1966

Type: Left hand lower middle-order batsman and left arm fast bowler

Teams: PACO (1984-85 to 1985-86), Lahore (1985-86 to 1986-87), PIA (1987-88 to date), Lancashire (1988-1998) & Hampshire (2003)

First-class debut: 1984-85 (for PACO)

Test debut: v New Zealand at Auckland, 1984-85

Highest Test score: 257* v Zimbabwe at Sheikupura, 1996-97

Best Test bowling (in an innings): 7-119 v New Zealand at Wellington, 1993-94

Best Test bowling (in a match): 11-110 v West Indies at St John's 1999-00

Test captaincy record: (1992-93 to 1999-00): P25, W12, L8, D5

Test Bowling
MBallsRunsWktsAvgeBest5w10w
10422627977941423.627-119255

Test Batting
MInnsNoRunsAvgHS10050Ct
10414719289822.64257*3743

Test wickets against each team
TeamsMBMdRWAveBest5WI10MSRR/o
Australia13299010212885025.766/624159.802.58
England18398215017485730.676/672-69.862.63
India12292810412994528.875/962-65.072.66
New Zealand9252610610216017.027/1196242.102.43
South Africa4846363871329.774/42--65.082.74
Sri Lanka19327415213406321.275/433-51.972.46
West Indies17355012116457920.826/614144.942.78
Zimbabwe102401969974721.216/484151.092.49
Bangladesh21304540-0/5---2.49
TOTAL10422627871977941423.627/11925554.652.59

Test landmarks
WktAgainstVenueSeasonTest No.
50thEnglandManchester198716th
100thAustraliaMelbourne1989-9030th
150thEnglandLord's199241st
200thNew ZealandAuckland1993-9451st
250thZimbabweBulawayo1994-9560th
300thEnglandThe Oval199670th
350thZimbabwePeshawar1998-9982nd
400thSri LankaColombo1999-0096th

Test cricket's top wicket-takers
BowlersWktsForMBRAveBestSRRPO105
CA Walsh519WI132300191268824.457/3757.842.54322
SK Warne491Aus107298761262425.718/7160.852.54623
M Muralitharan450SL80271181060123.569/5160.262.351137
N Kapil Dev434Ind131277401286729.659/8363.922.78223
RJ Hadlee431NZ8621918961222.309/5250.852.63936
GD McGrath425Aus9322043921421.688/3851.872.51323
Wasim Akram414Pak10422627977923.627/11954.652.59525
CEL Ambrose405WI9822103850120.998/4554.582.31322

ODI debut: v New Zealand at Faisalabad, 23-11-1984

Highest ODI score: 86 v Australia at Melbourne, 23-2-1990

Best ODI bowling: 5-15 v Zimbabwe at Karachi, 24-12-1993

ODI captaincy record: (1-2-93 to 4-2-2000): P109, W66, L41, Tie2

ODI Bowling
MBallsRunsWktsAvgeBest5wR/o
356181861181250223.535-1563.90

ODI Batting
MInnsNoRunsAvgHS10050Ct
35628055371716.5286-628

ODI wickets against each team
TeamsMBMdRWAveBest5WI4WISRR/o
Australia4926123018386727.435/211338.994.22
Bangladesh62585113912.564/19-128.672.63
England3216501811343235.443/25--51.564.12
India4824253815106025.174/35-140.423.74
Kenya284073514.603/30--16.805.21
Namibia15412855.605/281-10.803.11
Netherlands2111354318.003/24--37.002.92
New Zealand3818732311866418.535/191229.273.80
Scotland14702337.673/23--15.672.94
South Africa241341108383523.945/161138.313.75
Sri Lanka5930295119299220.974/24-532.923.82
UAE210224458.803/19--20.402.59
West Indies6433044022768925.575/381337.124.13
Zimbabwe281296157663323.215/151139.273.55
TOTAL356181862361181250223.535/1561736.233.90

ODI landmarks
WktAgainstVenueDateODI No
50thIndiaHyderabad20-03-198738th
100thWest IndiesSharjah14-10-198974th
150thZimbabweHobart27-02-1992114th
200thSouth AfricaEast London15-02-1993143rd
250thSri LankaColombo22-08-1994173rd
300thZimbabweQuetta30-10-1996208th
350thSouth AfricaEast London11-04-1998244th
400thAustraliaSydney19-01-2000285th
450thSri LankaSharjah12-04-2001327th
500thHollandPaarl25-02-2003354th

ODI cricket's top wicket-takers
BowlersWktsForMBRAveBestSRRPO5
Wasim Akram502Pak356181861181223.535/1536.233.906
Waqar Younis416Pak26212698991923.847/3630.524.6913
M Muralitharan331SL21811789747222.577/3035.623.806
J Srinath315Ind22911935884728.095/2337.894.453
A Kumble308Ind24112915912929.646/1241.934.242
SK Warne291Aus19310600751425.825/3336.434.251
Saqlain Mushtaq288Pak1688722622321.615/2030.284.286



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