Pakistani Cricket Players Biography Wallpaeprs : WASIM AKRAM

WASIM AKRAM

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BIOGRAPHY

Full name : Wasim Akram
Nickname : WAZ,Sultan of Swing
Born : 3 June 1966
Birth Place : Lahore,Pakistan
Wife : Huma Mufti
Child : 2 Sons (Taimur and Akbar)
Diabetes Type: 1
Nationality : Pakistani
Batting Style: Left-Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Left-Arm Fast
Major Teams: Pakistan, Hampshire, Lahore, Lancashire, Pakistan Automobiles Corporation, Pakistan International Airlines.
Role : (All-rounder) bowler and batsman.
Test debut : 25 January 1984 v New Zealand
Last Test : 9 January 2002 v Bangladesh
ODI debut : 23 November 1984 v New Zealand
Last ODI : 1 March 2003 v India

Early and Personal Life :
Wasim Akram is a famous cricketer of the world.He was born in 3 June 1966 at Lahore,Pakistan . He was educated at Islamia College in Lahore, Pakistan. He played as an opening bowler and batsman at Islamia College. His family was middle-class.In 1988 he signed for Lancashire County Cricket Club in England and went on to become their most successful overseas players.Displaying tremendous talent and flair in Test cricket, Akram attracted the attention of Pakistani All-rounder, Imran Kahn.Akram made his Test cricket debut for Pakistan against New Zealand in 1985.His ODI debut was 23 November 1984 v New Zealand.Wasim Akram was a significant figure in the 1992 Cricket World Cup held in Australia, when Pakistan won the tournament. In the final against England, his batting performance during his innings of 33 runs off 19 balls, pushed Pakistan to a respectable score of 249 runs for 6 wickets. At the 1992 Cricket World Cup, Akram’s new style of swing proved deadly and the Pakistan National Team won the tournament.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.

    In his Test career, Wasim took 414 wickets in 104 matches, a Pakistani record, at an average of 23.62, and scored 2,898 runs, at an average of 22.64.

    In One-Day Internationals, Wasim took a world record 502 wickets in 356 appearances, at an average of 23.52, and scored 3,717 runs, at an average of 16.52.

    Wasim was the first bowler in international cricket to take more than 400 wickets in both forms of the game, and only Muttiah Muralitharan has since achieved this.

    Wasim Akram also held the record for the most wickets in Cricket World Cups — a total of 55 in 38 matches. Australia’s Glenn McGrath broke the record during the 2007 World Cup, ending with a final tally of 77 from 39 matches.On passing Wasim’s record, McGrath said, “Wasim Akram, to me, is one of the greatest bowlers of all time. Left-armer, swung it both ways with the new ball and he was so dangerous with the old ball. To go past him is something I will always remember. Probably the other side of the coin is that if you play long enough, you’re going to break records here and there.”

    Uniquely, Wasim took four hat-tricks in international cricket, two each in Tests and ODIs. He is one of only three bowlers to have taken two Test hat-tricks (the others being Hugh Trumble and Jimmy Matthews), and also one of only three bowlers to have taken two ODI hat-tricks (the others being fellow Pakistani Saqlain Mushtaq and Chaminda Vaas of Sri Lanka). Wasim’s Test hat-tricks are unique, since they were taken in consecutive Test matches in the same series, against Sri Lanka in 1999. Wasim is also one of only two bowlers to have taken both a Test and ODI hat-trick (the other being fellow Pakistani Mohammad Sami).

    Playing in a Test against the West Indies at Lahore in 1990-91, he became one of only six players to have taken four wickets in an over during a Test match. In Wasim’s case, the feat was not part of a hat-trick, the third ball of the series being a dropped catch, which allowed a single.

    Wasim has also achieved the highest score by a number eight batsman in Test cricket — 257 not out from 363 balls against Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura. The innings contained 12 sixes which is also a world record for Test crick

    He also has the joint-highest number of Man of the Match awards in Test cricket, along with South African Jacques Kallis, with 17