Shoaib Akhtar cricket records
Shoaib Akhtar of Pakistan holds 2 cricket records known to us.
Shoaib Akhtar is a bowler of Pakistan cricket team.
He has played 46 test matches and taken 178 wickets in 82 innings at bowling average of 25.69, with economy of 3.37 and bowling strike rate of 45.7. His personal best in a Test match is 11 wickets for 78 runs. His best performance in an inning is 6 wickets for 11 runs. 12 times he has taken 5+ wickets and 2 times he has taken 10+ wickets in Test cricket.
He took 6 wickets for 16 runs in his best ODI bowling. His bowling economy in one-day cricket is 4.76 in 162 matches. He has taken 247 wickets at strike rate of 31.4 and bowling average of 24.97, which includes 6 times 4 wicket haul and 4 times 5 wicket haul.
His Twenty20 best bowling is 3 wickets for 38 runs. He has taken 19 wickets in 15 T20 matches at economy of 8.15, with bowling average of 22.73 and bowling strike rate of 16.7. He has never taken 4+ wickets in Twenty20 cricket.
He has played 46 test matches and scored 544 runs in 67 innings, with 0 centuries and 0 half-centuries, at batting average of 10.07 and his personal best of 47 runs.
His highest score in one-day cricket is 43. His one-day career includes 0 hundreds and 0 half-centuries in his 394 runs scored in 84 matches, at an average of 8.95 and strike rate of 73.23%.
He has hit 21 runs in 6 Twenty20 matches, with highest score of 8* and 0 centuries at an average of 7 and strike rate of 131.25. He has scored 0 half centuries and hit 1 sixes and 2 fours in Twenty20 cricket.