Iftikhar Anjum

Pakistan · PACE · 2004 to 2010

BATTING

Matches: 62
Innings: 34
Runs: 234
Average: 15.6
Strike rate: 61.9
High score: 32
100s / 50s: 0 / 0

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 77
Average: 31.55
Economy: 4.92
Strike rate: 38.4
Best figures: 5/30
4w / 5w: 2 / 1
Catches / Stumpings: 10 / 0
Run-outs effected: 5

CAREER IN BRIEF

Iftikhar Anjum played 62 ODIs for Pakistan in CricArcade's archive, from 2004 to 2010. The first came against Zimbabwe at Multan Cricket Stadium, with 1 wicket, and the last against Australia at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground in 2010.

The best bowling is 5 for 30 against Sri Lanka at R Premadasa Stadium in 2009. In all: 1 five-wicket haul. With the ball: 38 wickets at 25.8 at home and 19 wickets at 42.0 away.

The most wickets came against Sri Lanka: 16 wickets at 25.1 in 11 ODIs. National Stadium was the most frequent ground, with 9 ODIs and 16 wickets at 23.7. Pakistan won 34 of the ODIs Iftikhar Anjum played and lost 27.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 62 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
32	16	Zimbabwe	Sabina Park	2007	Won
19*	32	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2005	Lost
18	37	Sri Lanka	Sheikh Zayed Stadium	2007	Lost
16*	19	India	Shere Bangla National Stadium	2008	Lost
16	8	Australia	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground	2010	Lost

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
5/30	8.1	Sri Lanka	R Premadasa Stadium	2009	Won
4/42	8.2	Sri Lanka	National Stadium	2009	Won
4/59	9	West Indies	Sheikh Zayed Stadium	2008	Won
3/33	8	South Africa	Iqbal Stadium	2007	Won
3/43	10	South Africa	Gaddafi Stadium	2007	Won

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
India	13	33	33.00	0/0	13	48.54
Sri Lanka	11	31	6.20	0/0	16	25.13
West Indies	10	44	22.00	0/0	14	31.57
Australia	8	47	23.50	0/0	3	97.33
South Africa	7	17	4.25	0/0	14	18.36
Zimbabwe	5	32	32.00	0/0	4	39.00
Bangladesh	4	5	–	0/0	7	18.71
England	1	14	–	0/0	1	31.00
Hong Kong	1	3	–	0/0	2	9.00
Ireland	1	8	–	0/0	2	14.50
New Zealand	1	0	–	0/0	1	41.00

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	24	47	7.83	0/0	38	25.82
Away	22	85	17.00	0/0	19	42.00
Neutral	16	102	25.50	0/0	20	32.55

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
2000s	60	213	16.38	0/0	76	30.62
2010s	2	21	10.50	0/0	1	103.00

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
National Stadium	9	21	10.50	0/0	16	23.69
Gaddafi Stadium	7	14	3.50	0/0	11	26.91
Sheikh Zayed Stadium	5	36	12.00	0/0	9	25.22
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground	4	21	10.50	0/0	3	75.67
R Premadasa Stadium	4	1	1.00	0/0	7	10.14
Sabina Park	3	51	25.50	0/0	5	14.60

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v Zimbabwe, 2004 at Multan Cricket Stadium
Latest in the archive: v Australia, 2010 at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 1 December 1980
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium
Balls faced (career): 378
Ducks: 4
Four-wicket hauls: 2
Most common batting position: 11th
Strike rate, overs 11 to 40: 34.5
Strike rate, overs 41 to 50: 79.0
Balls per dismissal against pace: 26.4

Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 324 balls faced in that period.

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