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 27, 2007
Tendulkar 377 ODIs
Jayasuria 375
Inzamam 370
As of Jan 24, 2007
Tendulkar 376 ODIs
Jayasuria 375
Inzamam 370
As of Jan 1, 2007
Tendulkar: 374 ODIs
Jayasuria: 372
Inzamam: 370
INZI U ROCK MY WORLD!!
786 THANKS to ALLAH WE HAVE INZI!!
when he was selected by imran khan a selector resigned in protest!inzi is a class well identified by imran as mushtaq ahmed said that soon inzi took first three balls from waqar,akram that imran said that he has found a Viv Richards fer pakistan!it proved right!1992 world cup is a prime example!indiand ridicule him coz their master blaster hasnt won them as many matches as inzi has done for pakistan!and plus indias record is poorer than pakistan in every respect!they just have the media hype the talent is wat we have!
After Miandad i guess hes the most prolific batsman for pakistan and a gud inspirational captian!
Mohammad Yousaf is moulding into a real class act!
wish inzi an pakistan team round of applause!
inziiiii zindabaaad !!!!!!
As of Dec 16, 2006
Tendulkar: 374 ODIs
Jayasuria: 370
Inzamam: 370
As of Dec 10, 2006
Tendulkar: 374 ODIs
Jayasuria: 370
Inzamam: 369