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 Dec 7, 2006
Tendulkar: 374 ODIs
Jayasuria: 370
Inzamam: 368
As of today:
Tendulkar: 372 ODIs
Jayasuria: 370
Inzamam: 367
Tendulakar is now the highest capped ODI player in the world. As of 11/22/06
Tendulkar: 371
Jayasuria: 370
Inzamam: 367
Tendulkar has now caught up to Jayasuria. As of 11/1/06:
Jayasuria: 370 ODIs
Tendulkar: 370
Inzamam-ul-haq: 367
Jayasuria now heads the list of World’s most experienced ODI player. He finished current Champios Trophy by playing in his 370th ODI today. Now as of 10/24/06:
Jayasuria: 370 ODIs
Tedulkar: 368
Inzamam: 367
And as expected Jayasuria has also appeared in his 367th ODI today. This makes it unique because as of today; Inzamam, Tendulkar and Jayasuria all have appeared in 367 ODIs. Tendulkar and Jayasuria are expected to get ahead in this race as Inzamam is out of current Champions Trophy
And as expected, Tendulkar has now caught up to Inzamam. Today Tendulkar appeared in his 367th ODI and it ties the two for most experienced player slot. I think this race will go b/w Inzamam, Tendulkar, and Jayasuria for a while until two of them retire and then there will be a clear winner until someone else breaks the record :)
I think his century against Bangladesh when 9 wickets down was his best performance