Pakistani Cricket Players: Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram Biography

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Full name Wasim Akram

Born June 3, 1966, Lahore, Punjab

Current age 47 years 188 days

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

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Left-arm fast

In a nutshell Perhaps the best left-arm fast bowler of all time, Wasim Akram could make the ball walk and talk like no one else did. An explosive, exciting genius who could change the game with the bat as well.
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. 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.

Batting and fielding averages
    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

Wasim Akram born 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 both ODIs (502) and List A cricket (881), and was one of the pioneers of reverse swing bowling. 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.

Wasim retired in 2003, after a brief spell with Hampshire in England. Since then, Wasim has taken up commentary and can currently be seen as a sportscaster for the ESPN Star network, and is also running shows on ARY Digital. He is married to Huma Mufti, daughter of Mr. Humayaun Mufti. Wasim and Huma have two sons from their marriage of fourteen years. Wasim has also appeared in Fuzon video as a model.