Owais Mughal
As Inzamam-ul-Haq appears in 3rd One Day International between Pakistan and England, he becomes the most capped player in this form of cricket.
He is closely followed by Tendulkar (India) and Jayasuria (SriLanka) who may takeover him in near future. One just has to wait and see :). Here is the list of 10 most capped players in ODIs. Note that 9 out of 10 most capped players belong to South Asian teams. The list is current upto and including 3rd ODI between England and Pakistan played on Sept 5, 2006
1. Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan): 365 matches
2. S.T Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka): 364
3. S.R Tendulkar (India): 363
4. Wasim Akram (Pakistan): 356
5. M Azharuddin (India): 334
6. S.R Waugh (Australia): 325
7. P.A De Silva (Sri Lanka): 308
8. R Dravid (India): 293
9. Salim Malik (Pakistan): 283
10. W.P.U.J.C Vaas (Sri Lanka): 281
And Here is the list of 10 most capped Pakistani players in ODIs. The list is current upto and including 3rd ODI between England and Pakistan played on Sept 5, 2006
1. Inzamam-ul-Haq: 365
2. Wasim Akram: 356
3. Salim Malik: 283
4. Waqar Younis: 262
5. Ijaz Ahmed: 250
6. Saeed Anwar: 247
7. Javed Miandad: 233
8. Shahid Afridi: 228
9. Mohammad Yousuf: 221
10.Abdul Razzaq: 215
ADDENDUM, March 18, 2007: Inzamam announces retirement from ODIs
March 17 and March 18, 2007 proved to be tumultous for Pakistani cricket. At first Pakistan lost to Ireland in a World Cup match which saw Pakistan unqualified for the next round. Next the coach of Pakistan cricket team since 2004, Bob Wolmer had a sad demise in his hotel room and then Inzamam-ul-Haq announced his retirement from the ODIs. The detailed news of Inzamam’s retirement is quoted by Adil Najam below in the comments section. As far as topic of the above post is concerned, it looks like Inzamam’s career will stop after playing 378 ODIs in total.
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As of Jan 22, 2008, players with the highest appearence in ODIs are:
1. Tendulkar: 407 ODIs
2. Jayasuria: 403 ODIs,
3. Inzamam: 378 ODIs
4. Wasim Akram: 356 ODIs
5. Azharuddin: 334 ODIs
6. Dravid: 333 ODIs
7. S Waugh: 325 ODIs
8. Ganguly: 311 ODIs
9. A DeSilva: 308 ODIs
10. Vaas: 305 ODIs
hez a good player but he should look after hiz healt…dats not suits to a player…!!
As of May 8, 2007:
Jayasuria 390 ODIs
Tendulkar 384
Inzamam 377
am a south african citizen and am also touched by the death of BOB,appreciate what pakistan is trying to do by naming a certain stadium by the name of BOB, than k you very much,on the issue of inzamum leave him alone so that he can make up his mind
As of April 20, 2007:
Jayasuria 388 ODIs
Tendulkar 384
Inzamam 377
As of April 4, 2007, Jayasuria has become the most experienced ODI player in the world
Jayasuria 385 ODIs
Tendulkar 384
Inzamam 377