Shoaib Akhtar

Pakistan · PACE · 1998 to 2011

BATTING

Matches: 163
Innings: 84
Runs: 394
Average: 8.95
Strike rate: 73.23
High score: 43
100s / 50s: 0 / 0

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 247
Average: 24.97
Economy: 4.76
Strike rate: 31.4
Best figures: 6/16
4w / 5w: 6 / 4
Catches / Stumpings: 20 / 0
Run-outs effected: 7

CAREER IN BRIEF

Shoaib Akhtar played 160 ODIs for Pakistan in CricArcade's archive, from 1998 to 2011. The first came against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club, with 1 wicket, and the last against New Zealand at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in 2011.

The most productive decade was the 2000s: 180 wickets at 23.7 in 115 ODIs. The best bowling is 6 for 16 against New Zealand at National Stadium in 2002. In all: 4 five-wicket hauls.

With the ball: 46 wickets at 27.7 at home and 88 wickets at 23.3 away. The most wickets came against India: 41 wickets at 26.8 in 28 ODIs. Sharjah Cricket Stadium was the most frequent ground, with 20 ODIs and 39 wickets at 16.9. The scorecards record 8 player-of-the-match awards. Pakistan won 84 of the ODIs Shoaib Akhtar played and lost 73.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 160 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
43	16	England	Newlands	2003	Lost
36	55	Australia	National Stadium	1998	Lost
27*	28	New Zealand	McLean Park	2004	Lost
27	38	New Zealand	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	2003	Lost
26*	27	Netherlands	Boland Park	2003	Won

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
6/16	9	New Zealand	National Stadium	2002	Won
5/19	6.3	New Zealand	Eden Park	2001	Won
5/25	8	Australia	Brisbane Cricket Ground	2002	Won
5/54	8.4	England	Gaddafi Stadium	2005	Won
4/28	8	England	Lord's	2006	Won

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
India	28	20	6.67	0/0	41	26.78
Australia	24	89	14.83	0/0	32	31.34
New Zealand	22	89	17.80	0/0	35	23.46
Sri Lanka	20	24	3.43	0/0	29	25.38
England	17	64	8.00	0/0	34	23.50
South Africa	15	40	4.44	0/0	27	23.59
Zimbabwe	9	1	–	0/0	10	25.70
Bangladesh	7	4	4.00	0/0	10	18.40
West Indies	7	1	0.50	0/0	10	23.00
Kenya	4	0	–	0/0	2	34.00
Africa XI	3	21	10.50	0/0	6	17.67
Netherlands	2	26	–	0/0	4	10.00
Namibia	1	3	–	0/0	4	11.50
Scotland	1	0	–	0/0	3	3.67

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	31	77	7.70	0/0	46	27.74
Away	56	86	5.73	0/0	88	23.32
Neutral	73	219	12.17	0/0	113	23.96

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
1990s	26	56	18.67	0/0	43	21.33
2000s	115	305	8.97	0/0	180	23.73
2010s	19	21	3.50	0/0	24	35.33

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	20	23	4.60	0/0	39	16.92
Gaddafi Stadium	11	18	3.60	0/0	16	31.94
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	7	59	14.75	0/0	11	22.55
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	7	6	2.00	0/0	10	26.20
National Stadium	6	37	37.00	0/0	13	19.15
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	5	27	13.50	0/0	6	39.00

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v Zimbabwe, 1998 at Harare Sports Club
Latest in the archive: v New Zealand, 2011 at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 13 August 1975
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast
Balls faced (career): 538
Ducks: 11
Four-wicket hauls: 6

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