Sunday 24 April 2011

Pakistani Records


Batting

Test Batting Records
NameIntl. Career spanYear setRecord descriptionRecordNotes
Imtiaz Ahmed1952-6219554rd highest test match innings by a wicketkeeper209
Hanif Mohammad1952-691958
  • 8th highest Test match innings
  • Slowest Test triple century
  • Highest Test innings on foreign soil
  • 4th highest Test innings by an opener
337 runs
970min
Hanif scored 337 runs against the West Indies in 1958, which was also the first triple century by an Asian cricketer, and at the time the longest innings by any batsman in terms of time spent at the wicket.
Majid Khan1964-831976-77Joint 7th fastest Test match century74 balls
Zaheer Abbas1969-8519715th highest Test match maiden century274
Mudassar Nazar1976-891977-78Slowest Test century557 min
Javed Miandad1976-931976
  • Youngest player to score a double century.
  • Only teenager to score a double century.
19y 140d
Career
12th most Test runs.
8,832Miandad's record is also the most Test runs by a Pakistani.
Taslim Arif198019803rd highest Test match innings by a wicketkeeper210*
Shoaib Mohammad1983-951990-919th Slowest Test match double century411 balls
Inzamam-ul-Haq1991–2007Career10th most fifties in Test cricket71
Career10th most fours in Test cricket1112
CareerJoint 4th most sixes in an innings9
Mohammad Yousuf1998–20102006Most Test match runs in a calendar year1,788
2006Most Test centuries in a calendar year9
2006Most centuries in successive Tests6 centuries/5 tests
Shahid Afridi1998–201019997th youngest player to score a test century18y 333d
2004-05Joint 2nd fastest Test fifty26 balls
20062nd most runs off one over27
2006Joint most sixes off consecutive deliveries4
20109th highest strike rate in an innings206.66
Younis Khan2000-1020095th highest individual innings by a captain313Younis scored 313 against Sri Lanka in 2009, becoming the third Pakistani to reach a triple century, and also attaining the third highest Test Innings by a Pakistani.
T20 International Records
NameIntl. Career spanYear setRecord descriptionRecordNotes
Kamran Akmal2006-10Career7th most runs in career704
20102nd highest innings by a wicketkeeper73
Shahid Afridi2006-10Career8th most runs in career650
20103rd highest innings strike rate357.14
20065th highest innings strike rate280.00
20077th highest innings strike rate260.00
Umar Akmal2009-1020104th most runs in a calendar year385
One Day International Batting Records
NameIntl. Career spanYear setRecord descriptionRecordNotes
Saeed Anwar1989–20031997Joint 2nd highest ODI innings.194
Zaheer Abbas1969-85Career6th highest batting average in ODI47.62
Inzamam-Ul-Haq1991–2007Career4th highest career ODI runs11,739
Shahid Afridi1996–present1996Fastest ODI century37 ballsAfridi scored his maiden century in his maiden innings in 1996, against Kenya. He was originally in the team as a bowling replacement for Mushtaq Ahmed, and walked out as a pinch-hitter up the order wielding Waqar Younis' bat.
CareerMost Sixes in ODI289 Sixes

Bowling

Test Bowling Records
NameIntl. Career spanYear setRecord descriptionRecordNotes
Wasim Akram1984–2003Career9th most Test wickets414
Akram also holds the record of most Test wickets by a Pakistani bowler.
Waqar Younis1989–2003CareerBest strike rate with +200 Test wickets43.4
Career14th highest Test wickets373Waqar also holds the record of second most Test wickets by a Pakistani bowler.
One Day International Bowling Records
NameIntl. Career spanYear setRecord descriptionRecordNotes
Wasim Akram1984–2003Career2nd most ODI wickets502Akram's record was surpassed by Muttiah Muralitharan. Akram still holds the record of most ODI wickets by a Pakistani bowler.
CareerOne of three bowlers to take 2 ODI hat-tricksThe other bowlers were Saqlain Mustaq and Chaminda Vaas
Waqar Younis1989–2003Career3rd most ODI wickets416Waqar also holds the record of second most ODI wickets by a Pakistani bowler.
Saqlain Mushtaq1995–2004CareerFastest to reach 100, 150, 200 and 250 wickets
CareerOnly spinner to take a hat-trick in an ODI
Shoaib Akhtar1997–Present2003Fastest bowl in ODI100.2 MPHShoaib also holds the record of Fastest Bowl in ODI.
T20 International Records
NameIntl. Career spanYear setRecord descriptionRecordNotes
Umar Gul2007-102009Best bowling figures in a Twenty20 International5 wickets / 6 runs
Career2nd most wickets in career47
2009Joint 3rd most wickets in a calendar year19
CareerMost 4 wicket hauls in career4
Shahid Afridi2006-10CareerMost wickets in career48
20097th most wickets in a calendar year18
CareerJoint 2nd most 4 wicket hauls2
Saeed Ajmal2009-10Career3rd most wickets in career38
2009 and 2010Joint 3rd most wickets in a calendar year19
CareerJoint 2nd most 4 wicket hauls in career2

Miscellaneous Records
NameIntl. Career spanYear setRecord descriptionRecordNotes
Wasim Akram1984–2003CareerOne of 2 bowlers to achieve a hat-trick in both Test and ODI
CareerOnly bowler to achieve four hat-tricks
Career1st bowler to achieve +400 wickets in both Test and ODIMuttiah Muralitharan has since achieved this.
Shoaib Akhtar1997–presentCareerOfficial fastest delivery in cricket
  • 161.3 km/h
  • 100.2 mph
Mohammad Sami2001–presentCareerUnofficial fastest delivery in cricket
  • 164 km/h
  • 101.9 mph
The record was revoked by cricket officials after they found faulty speed measurements on the speed radar.
CareerOne of 2 bowlers to achieve a hat-trick in both Test and ODI