Wahab Riaz

Pakistan · PACE · 2008 to 2020

BATTING

Matches: 91
Innings: 66
Runs: 740
Average: 14.5
Strike rate: 87.16
High score: 54*
100s / 50s: 0 / 3

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 120
Average: 34.3
Economy: 5.7
Strike rate: 36
Best figures: 5/46
4w / 5w: 5 / 1
Catches / Stumpings: 29 / 0
Run-outs effected: 6

CAREER IN BRIEF

Wahab Riaz played 91 ODIs for Pakistan in CricArcade's archive, from 2008 to 2020. The first came against Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura Stadium, with 2 wickets, and the last against Zimbabwe at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in 2020.

The most productive decade was the 2010s: 105 wickets at 36.3 in 84 ODIs. The best bowling is 5 for 46 against India at null in 2011. In all: 1 five-wicket haul.

With the ball: 17 wickets at 24.9 at home and 53 wickets at 32.8 away. The most wickets came against Zimbabwe: 21 wickets at 19.6 in 11 ODIs. Sharjah Cricket Stadium was the most frequent ground, with 8 ODIs and 8 wickets at 42.5. Pakistan won 44 of the ODIs Wahab Riaz played and lost 43.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 91 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
54*	46	Zimbabwe	Brisbane Cricket Ground	2015	Won
52	56	Zimbabwe	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	2020	Tied/NR
51*	40	Bangladesh	Shere Bangla National Stadium	2015	Lost
47*	35	Ireland	Clontarf Cricket Club Ground	2013	Won
45	52	South Africa	Wanderers Stadium	2013	Lost

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
5/46	10	India		2011	Lost
4/41	9.4	Zimbabwe	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	2020	Won
4/45	9.4	Zimbabwe	Brisbane Cricket Ground	2015	Won
4/59	10	Bangladesh	Shere Bangla National Stadium	2015	Lost
4/63	10	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2015	Lost

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
West Indies	16	73	10.43	0/0	18	37.61
South Africa	13	173	13.31	0/0	13	44.62
Zimbabwe	11	130	32.50	0/2	21	19.57
New Zealand	10	42	14.00	0/0	12	40.75
England	9	71	14.20	0/0	7	68.57
Australia	7	91	15.17	0/0	7	44.14
India	7	12	3.00	0/0	10	40.90
Bangladesh	6	71	14.20	0/1	10	20.30
Sri Lanka	6	9	3.00	0/0	11	28.82
Afghanistan	2	15	–	0/0	4	16.50
Ireland	2	47	–	0/0	4	24.75
Canada	1	0	0.00	0/0	1	23.00
United Arab Emirates	1	6	–	0/0	2	27.00

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	10	80	16.00	0/1	17	24.88
Away	37	314	14.95	0/1	53	32.79
Neutral	44	346	13.84	0/1	50	39.12

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
2000s	5	4	1.33	0/0	10	20.20
2010s	84	676	14.70	0/2	105	36.28
2020s	2	60	30.00	0/1	5	21.20

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	8	52	13.00	0/0	8	42.50
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	7	78	13.00	0/0	5	61.40
Shere Bangla National Stadium	7	66	16.50	0/1	9	34.67
Sheikh Zayed Stadium	6	46	15.33	0/0	7	32.86
Adelaide Oval	4	37	12.33	0/0	7	31.29
Daren Sammy Cricket Ground	4	19	–	0/0	6	34.33

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v Zimbabwe, 2008 at Sheikhupura Stadium
Latest in the archive: v Zimbabwe, 2020 at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 28 June 1985
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Left-arm fast
Balls faced (career): 849
Ducks: 12
Four-wicket hauls: 5
Most common batting position: 9th
Strike rate, overs 11 to 40: 64.6
Strike rate, overs 41 to 50: 99.3
Balls per dismissal against pace: 19.5
Balls per dismissal against spin: 21.3

Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 837 balls faced in that period.

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