Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan)
| Full Name: | Shoaib Akhtar |
| Date of birth: | 13 / 08 / 1975 |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Role: | Bowler |
| Batting style: | Right-hand |
| Bowling style: | Right arm fast |
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Career summary
- Test Debut v West Indies at Rawalpindi - November 1997
- ODI Debut v India at Karachi - February 2006
- The world's fastest bowlers fastest recorded delivery was clocked at 161.4 km/h making it the quickest ever recorded in modern day cricket.
- From 2002-2004 he produced match winning bowling efforts against New Zealand (twice) and South Africa.
- When he is fit, he is the most destructive fast bowler in the world with a strike rate second to none.
- England discovered to their cost that he has now developed a devastating slower ball, which accounted for a number of wickets in the recent Test series in Pakistan.
Test Matches
| Career Span: | 1997-2007 |
| Matches: | 46 |
| Innings: | 67 |
| Not Outs: | 13 |
| Runs: | 544 |
| Highest Score: | 47 |
| Average: | 10.07 |
| 50s: | 0 |
| 100s: | 0 |
| Ducks: | 11 |
| Pairs: | 0 |
| Caught Out: | 30 |
| Stumped Out: | 5 |
| Innings Bowled: | 82 |
| Overs: | 1356.7 |
| Maidens: | 236 |
| Runs Conceded: | 4574 |
| Wickets: | 178 |
| 5 Wicket Innings: | 12 |
| 10 Wicket Innings: | 0 |
| Average: | 25.7 |
| Economy Rate: | 3.37 |
| Best bowling in Innings: | 6/11 |
ODI Matches
| Career Span: | 1998-2011 |
| Matches: | 160 |
| Innings: | 82 |
| Not Outs: | 39 |
| Runs: | 390 |
| Highest Score: | 43 |
| Average: | 9.07 |
| 50s: | 0 |
| 100s: | 0 |
| Ducks: | 11 |
| Pairs: | 0 |
| Caught Out: | 23 |
| Stumped Out: | 1 |
| Innings Bowled: | 159 |
| Overs: | 1266.0 |
| Maidens: | 96 |
| Runs Conceded: | 6048 |
| Wickets: | 243 |
| 5 Wicket Innings: | 4 |
| 10 Wicket Innings: | 0 |
| Average: | 24.89 |
| Economy Rate: | 4.78 |
| Best bowling in Innings: | 6/16 |
