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Tracknfieldgear On August 18, 2010

Akram was born in 1966, in Lahore, Pakistan. Akram made his Test cricket debut for Pakistan against New Zealand in 1985 and in only his second Test match, he achieved 10 wickets in the match. A few weeks prior to his selection into the Pakistan team, he was an unknown club cricketer who had failed to even make it to his college team. He came to the trials at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore in Pakistan, but for the first two days he did not get a chance to bowl.


Personal information

Full name

Wasim Akram

Born

3 June 1966 (1966-06-03) (age 44)

Height

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Batting style

Left hand bat

Bowling style

Left arm fast

Role

(All-rounder) bowler and batsman



International information

National side

Pakistan

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



Career statistics

Competition

Test

ODI

Matches

104

356

Runs scored

2898

3717

Batting average

22.64

16.52

100s/50s

3/7

0/6

Top score

257*

86

Balls bowled

22627

18186

Wickets

414

502

Bowling average

23.62

23.52

5 wickets in innings

25

6

10 wickets in match

5

0

Best bowling

7/119

5/15

Catches/stumpings

44/0

88/0

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