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Full name Wasim Akram
Born June 3, 1966, Lahore, Punjab
Current age 42 years 130 days
Major teams Pakistan, Hampshire, Lahore, Lancashire, Pakistan Automobiles Corporation, Pakistan International Airlines
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

104

147

2898

257*

22.64

ODIs

356

280

3717

16.52

4208

88.33

First-class

257

355

7161

257*

22.73

List A

594

467

6993

89*

18.90

147

Twenty20

13.75

122.22

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

104

181

22627

9779

414

7/119

11/110

23.62

2.59

54.6

ODIs

356

351

18186

11812

502

5/15

23.52

3.89

36.2

First-class

257

50277

22549

1042

8/30

21.64

2.69

48.2

List A

594

29719

19303

881

5/10

21.91

3.89

33.7

Twenty20

114

121

2/19

15.12

6.36

14.2

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

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

First-class span

1984/85 - 2003

List A span

1984/85 - 2003

Twenty20 debut

Hampshire v Sussex at Southampton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard

Last Twenty20

Hampshire v Surrey at Southampton, Jun 24, 2003 scorecard

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. Wasim 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 hits like a kicking horse, but batsmanship is one skill in which Wasim has underachieved, despite a monumental 257 against Zimbabwe at 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 World Cup, he was among the eight players dumped after Pakistan's miserable performance. He retired shortly after, after a brief spell with Hampshire.
Kamran Abbasi

Jun 27, 2008

Muttiah Muralitharan accepts the best Asian Test bowler in 2007 award from Wasim Akram © AFP

May 13, 2007

Wasim Akram talks to Talat Ali and Shoaib Malik at the Gaddafi Stadium © AFP

May 13, 2007

Wasim Akram observes as Mohammad Sami runs in to bowl © AFP

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