His full name is Wasim Akram Chaudary, His nick name was Sultan of swing, two w's with waqar younas and king of swing.
Wasim Akram was born at 3, June, 1996 at Lahore
Wasim Akram is one of the best fast bowlers in the cricket history. He holds the World record of most wickets with 881 and is second only to Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka
Most importantly he is considered to be the founder the finest expert of reverse swing bowling. He was also one of the five members included in ICC Cricket Hall of Fame on 30 September 2009 .
Akram’s Career | ||
Test | One day | |
Matches | 104 | 356 |
Runs | 2898 | 3717 |
Batting Average | 22.64 | 16.52 |
100’s | 3 | 0 |
50’s | 7 | 6 |
Top Score | 257 not out | 86 |
Bowling Average | 23.62 | 23.52 |
5 wickets in an inning | 25 | 6 |
Best bowling | 7/119 | 5/15 |
Catches | 44 | 88 |
During his professional career he bowled with genuine speed and hostility. Akram was a man possessed of accurate control of line and length, accompanied by seam and swing bowling skills, extended to both inswingers and outswingers. With a very rapid bowling action, he could bowl equally well from both sides of the wicket. His mastery of reverse swingwith the cricket ball meant he was at his most dangerous towards a bowling innings, and earned him the nickname of one of the "Sultans of Swing", the other one being Waqar Younis.
As well as often being able to find the edge of the bat, Akram would also focus his bowling attack on the stumps and had a particularly lethal inswinging yorker. Of his 414 Test wickets, 193 were taken caught, 119 were taken leg before wicket and 102 were bowled. In partnership with Waqar Younis, he intimidated international batsmen in the 1990s. Together Wasim and Waqar, known as "the two Ws" of the Pakistani team, were one of the most successful bowling partnerships in cricket.
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