Pakistani Cricket Players: Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram Biography

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Full Name: Wasim Akram

Date of Birth: Jun 03, 1966, Lahore, Punjab

Major Team: Pakistan, Hampshire, Lahore, Lancashire, Pakistan Automobiles Corporation, Pakistan International Airlines

Playing Roll: All Rounder

Batting Style: Left

Bowling Style: Left-arm fast

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International Debut: 1984

Batting and fielding records

M Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St

Test 104 147 19 2898 257* 22.64 0 - 3 7 - 57 44 -

ODI 356 280 55 3717 86 16.52 4208 88.33 - 6 - - 88 -

Bowling records

M Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Eco SR 4W 5W 10W

Test 104 181 22627 9779 414 7/119 11/110 23.62 2.59 54.65 20 25 5

ODI 356 351 18186 11812 502 5/15 5/15 23.53 3.90 36.23 17 6 -

Career Statistics

Test Debut: New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland, 25-28, Jan 1985

ODI Debut: Pakistan v New Zealand at Faisalabad, Nov 23, 1984

Wasim Akram (Urdu: وسیم اکرم) (born June 3, 1966 in Lahore, Punjab) is a former Pakistani cricketer. He was a left-arm fast bowler and left-handed batsman, who represented the Pakistani cricket team in Tests and One Day Internationals. Widely regarded as one of the finest fast bowlers ever, Akram holds world records for the most wickets taken in List A cricket (881), and is second only to Muttiah Muralitharan in terms of ODI wickets (502). He is considered to be one of the pioneers of reverse swing bowling.[1][2][3] The revolutionary nature of reverse swing initially resulted in accusations of ball tampering, although reverse swing has now been accepted as a legitimate feature of the game. Akram's later career was also tarnished with accusations of match fixing, although these remain unproven.