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 March 17, 2007
Tendulkar 382 ODIs
Jayasuria 379
Inzamam 377
looks like inzamam will play one more match and then this race of most experienced cricketer will continue between Tendulkar and Jayasuria
Past two days have seen too much sad action as far as Pak cricket is concerned. Latest being the retirement of Inzamam from ODIs.
While current debacle of the team has brought the wrath to fall on Inzamam, his career as whole remains an illustrious one for Pak. he is still the most prolific run scorer for Pak in ODIs.
I agree with Samdani that for now he should be left alone. I am very sure that defeat in WC and Woolmer’s sad demise must alsready be too depressing for the players.
Personally i won’t be surprised, if in future the team loses few more matches then we could see President or PM requesting Inzamam to rethink his decision. This won’t be first time in histor either. Afridi and Javed Miandad both retired from ODIs in the past and the came out of the retirement.
I think the decision by Inzimam is the right one. Let us now, please leave him alone. Its a sad day, let us not make this any more angry than it needs to be.
As of March 13, 2007
Tendulkar 381 ODIs
Jayasuria 379
Inzamam 376