Profile and Complete Score Card of Pakistan Cricketer Wasim Akram

Full name        : Wasim Akram
Born                : June 3, 1966, Lahore, Pakistan
Nick Name      : WAZ, Sultan of swing, King of swing,
Major Teams  : Pakistan, Hampshire, Lahore, Lancashire,
                           Pakistan Automobiles Corporation, Pakistan
                           International Airlines
Playing role     : Bowling All-rounder
Batting style    : Left-hand bat
Bowling style   : Left-arm fast
Height              : 1.88 m
ODI shirt no    : 3
Education         : Government Islamia College

Pakistan Cricketer Wasim Akram was born on 3 June 1966 in Lahore, Pakistan. Huma is the wife of Pakistan legend Wasim Akram, Their marriage was in 1995, Tahmoor and Akbar are the sons of Akram and Huma. On 25 October 2009, His wife Huma dead in Apollo Hospital in Chennai, India due to multiple organ failure. Now Shaniera is the wife of Akram.

He is the left arm fast bowler of Pakistan. Wasim Akram holds the World Cricket record for most wicket taker in List-A Cricket, He has 881 Wickets. Akram was the one of the amazing reverse swing bowlers in the World. Wasim Akram was the first Cricket bowler to take 500 wickets in One Day International (ODI) Cricket in the period of 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Wasim Akram has two hat-tricks each in Test Cricket and ODIs. From 104 Test match Cricket Akram has won 17 man of the match awards and 22 man of the match awards in One Day International Cricket from 356 matches.

His Test Cricket debut was against New Zealand on 25 January 1985. Wasim Akram picked up 414 wickets from 104 matches for Pakistan. Akram has twenty five 5 wickets in innings and five 10 wickets in match in Test Cricket. He also a talented batsman of Pakistan, He has scored 2898 runs and his highest score in Test Cricket is 257* (* remained not out). Akram played his last Test Cricket match against Bangladesh on 9 January 2002.

On 23 November 1984, Wasim Akram played his first ODI (One Day International) Cricket against New Zealand. From 356 ODI matches he took 502 wickets for Pakistan. 86 is the highest score of Akram in ODI. He has 3717 runs in ODI Cricket. On 1 March 2003, Akram retired from One Day International Cricket, He played his last ODI against India.

All Details of Wasim Akram Batting Performance

	Matches	Innings	N.O	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	104	147	19	2898	257*	22.64		3	7		57	44
ODIs	356	280	55	3717	86	16.52	88.33	0	6			88
1st-class	257	355	40	7161	257*	22.73		7	24			97
Twenty20	5	5	1	55	24	13.75	122.22	0	0	6	1	0

All Details of Wasim Akram Bowling Performance

	Matches	Innings	Balls	Runs	Wickets	Best	Avg	Eco	SR	4w	5w	10w
Tests	104	181	22627	9779	414	7/119	23.62	2.59	54.6	20	25	5
ODIs	356	351	18186	11812	502	5/15	23.52	3.89	36.2	17	6	0
1st-class	257		50277	22549	1042	8/30	21.64	2.69	48.2		70	16
Twenty20	5	5	114	121	8	2/19	15.12	6.36	14.2	0	0	0