The King Of Swings-Wasim Akram

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Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram is the retired international cricket player of Pakistan.He is popularly known as the “king Of Swings“.He is a left handed fast bowler who has the ability to swing the ball.The nick name of this great bowler is called the “Sultan Of Swing“.He is also called as the “Left Arm Of God”

He also represented Pakistan cricket team both in test and One Day Internationals.He is one of the bowlers who has the ability to bowl reverse swing.He also has the ability to bat since he scored a double century in test.

Test debut  – 25 January 1985 v New Zealand
Last Test  – 9 January 2002 v Bangladesh
ODI debut   - 23 November 1984 v New Zealand
Last ODI  - 4 March 2003 v Zimbabwe

He Captained 102 and 53 tests and ODIs respectively for Pakistan

Career Statistics Of Wasim Akram

Tournament Tests ODIs
Matches 104 356
Runs scored 2898 3717
Batting average 22.64 16.52
100s 3 0
50s 7 6
Top score 257* 86
Wickets 414 502
Bowling average 23.62 23.52
Best bowling 7/119 5/15
Catches 44 88

The legendary cricketer of West Indies Brian Lara once told that wasim Akram is certainly the most outstanding bowler he had ever faced in his whole cricketing career.Wasim Akram was the member of the team during the famous World Cup in 1992 in Australia in which Pakistan became victorious.

Wasim Akram took two Hat-Tricks in test matches and both was taken against Sri Lanka in the year 1999.The 1st Hat-Trick was in 6th March at Gaddaffi Stadium in Lahore in which he took the wickets of Romesh Kaluwitharana (c Moin Khan),Niroshan Bandaratilleke (b),Pramodya Wickramasinghe (b)

The 2nd Hat-Trick was on the 14th of that same month at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka in which he took the wickets of Avishka Gunawardene (c Shahid Afridi),Chaminda Vaas (b),Mahela Jayawardene (c Wajahatullah Wasti).He is the cricketer who took the most number of Hat-Tricks ever in both forms of cricket.

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