Full Name:
Shoaib Akhtar
Born: 13 August 1975, Rawalpindi, Punjab
Major Teams: Agriculture Development Bank of
Pakistan, Pakistan International Airlines, Rawalpindi Cricket
Association; Rawalpindi Division Cricket Association,
Somerset, Khan Research Labs, Durham, Asia XI, ICC World XI,
Pakistan
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Test Debut: Pakistan Vs West Indies at
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, 2nd Test, 1997/98
ODI Debut: Pakistan Vs Zimbabwe at Harare Sports
Club, Harare, 1st ODI,
1997/98
Shoaib Akhtar Photos :
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| Shoaib
Akhtar -
The Fast and
the Furious |
by Karthik Narayan
When one sees this warhorse gallop down the
track, one wonders if he ever thought about the
100 meters dash before taking up cricket. There
are various languages in this world, but for
Shoaib Akhtar, in the game of cricket, there is
only one language: SPEED. He talks that
language with the fury of a King who does not
want to be Second Best! Bowling fast is simply
his Menu for breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, and
that’s what he intends to do. Time is a factor
that is for the connoisseurs.
His bowling can be compared to Bombardment in
Physics. The term means directing a stream of
high speed particles at an object. Akhtar does
precisely that, he hurls the ball at great
speeds making the distance of 22 yards a touch
too short for the batsman to recover. By the
time the batsman tries to focus on the ball, he
is walking back to the pavilion, head hung in
the air.
He made his Test debut in the second test of
the season of 1997-98 at his Home Ground against
the WI. (This, incidentally, has earned him a
name of Rawalpindi Express). If Imran founded
Wasim Akram as the Great Bowler that he is, one
can be fair to say that it was Wasim Akram who
continued the tradition of nurturing this Pace
Man!
Read more....
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Statistics of Shoaib
Akhtar's Career : |
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Test Matches
: Batting and Fielding |
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
46 67 13 544 47 10.07 41.43 0 0 12 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
1357.1 237 4574 178 25.69 6-11 12 2 45.74 3.37
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One Day
Internationals
: Batting and Fielding |
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
138 67 31 345 43 9.58 73.09 0 0 17 0
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One Day
Internationals
: Bowling |
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
1093 89 5080 219 23.19 6-16 6 4 29.94 4.64
M : Matches
I : Innings
NO : Not Out
HS : Highest Score
Ave : Average
Ct : Catches
St : Stumped
O : Overs
M : Maidens
R : Runs
W : Wickets BBI
: Best bowling in an innings SR
: Strike Rate Econ : Economy
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