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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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Inzi the great. He is a master batsman but he has to give 100% out put to lead pakistan to the victory stand in Worldcup 2007 in West indies. He is a very talented & he is match winning Batsman. He has given so much to Pakistani team & i wish him that his career ends with pride & honour.( Aameen)
Lage Raho inzy Mamu:)
Inzimam, in my opinion, deserves a lot more praise as a Captain than the rap he gets for his chronic run-outs and/or poor fielding. As Adil has updated, after a very long time, we saw a thrilling match. Inzimam’s last shot, the winning shot, was such a breath-taking drive. I really respect Inzimam. There is something big brotherly about him. The gentle giant as someone called him during the current series.
Somehow it surprises me to see that except for Javed, most of the batsmen in the list are from the fairly recent past. Did the batsmen start scoring more runs in the recent history? Maybe calls to make nail-scratching of the ball legit have good reason after all?
By the way, another record from today’s match is that M Yousuf has now surpassed Javed Miandad in terms of ODI career runs.
The updated list for top 8 most prolific Pakistani batsmen as of 9/6/06 is as follows:
1. Inzamam-ul-Haq: 11500 runs at 39.93 ave
2. Saeed Anwar: 8823 @ 39.21
3. Mohammad Yousuf: 7415 @ 41.42
4. Javed Miandad: 7381 @ 41.70
5. Salim Malik: 7170 @ 32.88
6. Ijaz Ahmed: 6564 @ 32.33
7. Ramiz Raja: 5841 @ 32.09
8. Shahid Afridi: 4835 @ 23.35
I guess most of you know this already, but by way of update for those who may not, Pakistan won the match and is now leading 2-0 in the 5 match series.
despite his health, its a great honour!
What a ride he has had! What has he not been called? loved and hated by his own team mates at different times in his career. Understated, and yet so much in the news…
The guy should consider politics after retirement.