shoaib akhtar Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
shoaib akhtar is a cricketer(sportsman) from Pakistan. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Shoaib Akhtar
Born
August 13, 1975, Rawalpindi, Punjab
Age
48 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast
Playing Role
Bowler
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 46 | 163 | 15 | 3 |
Inn | 67 | 84 | 6 | 1 |
Runs | 544 | 394 | 21 | 2 |
Avg | 10.07 | 8.95 | 7.0 | 2.0 |
SR | 41.43 | 73.23 | 131.25 | 28.57 |
HS | 47 | 43 | 8 | 2 |
NO | 13 | 40 | 3 | 0 |
100s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
50s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4s | 53 | 27 | 2 | 0 |
6s | 22 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 46 | 163 | 15 | 3 |
Inn | 82 | 162 | 15 | 3 |
Balls | 8143 | 7764 | 318 | 42 |
Runs | 4574 | 6169 | 432 | 54 |
Wkt | 178 | 247 | 19 | 5 |
BBI | 11 / 6 | 16 / 6 | 38 / 3 | 11 / 3 |
BBM | 78 / 11 | 16 / 6 | 38 / 3 | 11 / 3 |
Eco | 3.37 | 4.77 | 8.15 | 7.71 |
Avg | 25.7 | 24.98 | 22.74 | 10.8 |
5W | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
10W | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teams he has played for:
- Pakistan
- Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan
- Asia Lions
- Asia XI
- Chittagong Division
- Durham
- ICC World XI
- Islamabad Leopards
- Khan Research Labs
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- Pakistan International Airlines
- Rawalpindi
- Somerset
- Surrey
- Worcestershire
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Though his numbers don't do justice to his talent, Shoaib when at his best was an absolute delight to watch. You could sit all day long in awe of his breathtaking spells and think of the way he threatened batsmen with his deadly pace and bounce. With legends like Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis in the same team, it was never going to be easy for someone like Shoaib Akhtar to break into that Pakistan side. He could have made his debut much earlier but due to few injuries and a rather brash attitude his debut was delayed. Yes, controversies did play a major role in shaping his career but that is how he was. Straight to the face, upfront and more than a thinking cricketer, he was an impulsive one.
From getting banned for the use of performance enhancing drugs, being accused of ball tampering, to having rifts with his team mates and PCB, he had done it all. The guts to accept all that and face its consequences was the reason why he was such a courageous heart. He never compromised on his pace in order to have an elongated career or for the matter of fact longevity. At times he played matches even though he wasn't fully fit; on pain killers and injections. But these issues never stopped him from sprinting in with those protruding eyes and have a go at the best in the business. That memorable spell at Eden Gardens during Asian Test Championship when close to 65000 fans were up on their feet chanting Sachin's name, it needed only an in-swinging toe-crushing yorker by Akhtar to silence the crowd. Not to forget, only on the previous ball, Shoaib had cleaned up 'The Wall'.
Another such unforgettable battle between Akhtar and Sachin was during the World Cup of 2003 at Centurion, South Africa. The Master was at his best, playing his elegant cover-drives and flashy upper cuts against Akhtar but the speedster roared back with a ripper of a bouncer to dismiss Sachin on a score of 98. Towards the end of his career Shoaib had shortened his run-up but even then he was able to generate the pace he was once known for. He was picked by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the inaugural edition of IPL and his magical spell of 4 for 11 against Delhi Daredevils was one of the bright spots for KKR that season.
As a kid an innocent Shoaib chased airplanes that flew over his house and spreading his arms like the wings of an eagle was one of his charming celebrations. By the end of the 20th century, the 'Rawalpindi Express' had redefined the term of a 'fast bowler'.
By Nikhil Jadhav
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
About the worst way to assess Shoaib Akhtar would be to do so through his numbers; they aren't unimpressive but rarely have they revealed so little.
From the moment Shoaib emerged on the scene in the late 90s, the world knew it was in for some career. First there was the extreme pace and there was also the attitude; Shoaib was the fastest bowler in the world, he knew it, he made sure others knew it. He was a natural successor to the legacy of Imran, Wasim and Waqar. But that he will end his career an 'if only' or a 'coulda been' is the great tragedy. He had it all and he blew it.
What he had was remarkable. Early on, in 1999, there wasn't a more thrilling sight in the world than Shoaib hurtling in off an impossibly long run and beating the world's best batsmen for pace. Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar were clean bowled off successive deliveries at Eden Gardens and the World Cup in England later in the year was all but Shoaib's.
Other peaks came intermittently, but from 2004 to 2006, he rediscovered a spark; the trophy was the home series win over England in 2005-06 in which he took 17 wickets. By this time not only was he still very, very quick, but he had become an extremely smart bowler, an oft-underrated aspect of his development.
But it was a false dawn and a last hurrah. In between whiles and after, there have been as many lows. The list of misdemeanours is impossibly long; doubts about his action, ball-tampering offences, beating up his own team-mates, courtroom battles against his board, long bans and heavier fines, serious career-threatening injuries and most damagingly, doping charges. In his time, he missed more than half of the Tests Pakistan played.
So much so that what he did on the field had long ago ceased to matter and has been eclipsed by his scrapes off the field. For any sportsman, that is a damning indictment.
Osman Samiuddin