4. Wasim Akram, on of the top 10 best bowlers of all time
Wasim Akram is a left arm fast bowler who played for Pakistan during 1984 – 2003. He made his ODI debut against New Zealand at Faisalabad on 23rd November 1984 and also made his Test debut against the same opponent at Auckland on 25th January 1985. He is considered the best left arm fast bowlers of all time in the world. Having mastery over swing and reverse swing, he is known as the Sultan of Swing. He has scalped over 900 wickets in his 19 years long international career. Wasim Akram occupies the number 4 position in our list of top 10 best bowlers of all time.
Career Highlight of Wasim Akram
Matches | Innings | Wickets | Average | Strike Rate | Economy | BBI | 5 Wk | |
Test | 104 | 181 | 414 | 23.62 | 54.6 | 2.59 | 7-119 | 25 |
ODI | 356 | 351 | 502 | 23.52 | 36.2 | 3.89 | 5-15 | 6 |
T20 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15.12 | 14.2 | 6.36 | 2-19 | 0 |