Full name; Wasim Akram

Born June 3, 1966, Lahore, Punjab

Current age 49 years 62 days

Major teams Pakistan, Hampshire, Lahore, Lancashire, Pakistan Automobiles Corporation, Pakistan International Airlines

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Left-arm fast

rages
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 scorecar
ODI debut Pakistan v New Zealand at Faisalabad, Nov 23, 1984
scorecardTwenty20 debut Hampshire v Sussex at Southampton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Profile
A dream best 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. he is a best boller in world. 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

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