Shahid Afridi is now the third most used bowler ever for Pakistan in One Day Internationals. Following is the list of Pak bowlers and the number of bowls they have thrown.
1. Wasim Akram: 18186 balls, 502 wickets, 36.22 strike rate
2. Waqar Younis: 12698 b, 416 w, 30.52 sr
3. Shahid Afridi: 9832 b, 211 w, 46.59 sr
4. Abdul Razzak: 9797 b, 246 w, 39.8 sr
5. Saqlain Mushtaq: 8770 b, 288 w, 30.45 sr
6. Aaqib Javed: 8012 b, 182 w, 44.02 sr
7. Mushtaq Ahmed: 7543 b, 161 w, 46.85 sr
8. Imran Khan: 7461 b, 182 w, 40.99 sr
9. Shoaib Akhtar: 6498 b, 218 w, sr 29.81
10. Azhar Mahmood: 6242 b, 123 w, sr 50.74
The above statistics are valid upto and including 3rd ODI between Pakistan and India played on November 11, 2007.
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One very important statistic is sr of bowlers, and look at Waqar Younis and Saqlain Mushtaq. Despite that they were entirly differemt , they have similar sr, this suggests that SM was as attacking and aggressive as Waqar, and truly a successful off spinner.
It’s pretty disappointing to see Abdur Razaq dropped abruptly and never given a second chance.
The statistics actually tell me that a more economical bowler in Shoaib Akhtar is over-looked, thanks to his personal antics, over Shahid Afridi who have a worse rate of wickets and runs-given. Amazing, PCB!