Wasim Akram
March 12, 2007
Wasim Akram was born on 3rd june,1966 in Lahore, Pakistan.He made his test debut at Auckland in a match against New Zealand and his ODI debut was against the same team at Faisalabad.At his best Wasim Akram plays with full freedom. He has complete mastery over swing and seam, and sometimes moves the ball both ways in one delivery. All this comes at high speed from a quick, ball-concealing action, and is backed up by the threat of a dangerous bouncer or deceptive slower delivery.
Wasim is rated by many as the best left-arm fast bowler of all time and his career record certainly bears that out - along with the high regard of his contemporaries. A left handed batsman and a dream cricketer as well. He hits like an outraged horse, but batsmanship is one skill in which Wasim has underachieved, despite a showy 257 against Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura in 1996-97.He was the natural successor to Imran Khan as Pakistan’s leader and captain, but the match-fixing controversies of the 1990s harmed him, blunting his edge and dimming his lustre.
Though he reached the 500-wicket landmark in ODIs in the World Cup, he was among the eight players dumped after Pakistan’s miserable performance. He retired shortly after, after a brief spell with Hampshire.He has played for Lancashire, Hampshire, Lahore, Pakistan Automobiles Corporation and for Pakistan Airlines.
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he’s the best there is and there will ever be…
he can throw 6 diff. type of swings and its just awesome … he hav the world’s highest wickets in ODIs even though he’s retired his influence is still strong.
He was the Legend of cricket, He was and will remain in the hearts of cricket lovers till the end of world,
Best bowler ever produced in history of cricket…