Owais Mughal
After winning the series against Sri Lanka 2-1, Pakistan cricket team seems to be getting its groove back.
And so is Shahid Afridi who was once again the star for Pakistan. While he was more brilliant with the ball, he did also reach a new batting milestone.
During the first match of current Pakistan versus Sri Lanka One Day International series in Abu Dhabi, UAE, Shahid Afridi completed his 5000 career runs. This was Shahid Afridi ‘s 239th match and 227th innings.
He thus became the 8th cricketer of Pakistan to complete 5000 or more runs in ODIs.
Here is the list of 10 most prolific career run getters for Pakistan in ODIs.
1. Inzamam-ul-Haq 11739 runs at 39.52 runs/inning
2. Saeed Anwar 8823 at 39.21
3. M Yousuf 7957 at 41.22
4. Javed Miandad 7381 at 41.7
5. Saleem Malik 7170 at 32.88
6. Ijaz Ahmed 6564 at 32.33
7. Rameez Raja 5841 at 32.09
8. Shahid Afridi 5072 at 23.37
9. Aamer Sohail 4780 at 31.86
10. Abdul Razzak 4465 at 29.96
Shahid Afridi now also holds the world Record strike rate in ODIs. Following is the list of only players in the world with greater than 100% strike rate. Qualification is atleast 20 innings. Amazingly Afridi has maintained this strike rate after 228 innings. His closest rival has played only 25 innings.
1. Shahid Afridi 228 innings, 5072 runs at a strike rate of 109.38 %
2. JM Davison (Canada) 25 innings, 693 runs at a strike rate of 108.45%
3. AM Blignaut (Zimbabwe) 40, 625, 106.65%
4. BL Cairns (NewZealand) 65, 987, 104.88%
5. DR Smith (WestIndies) 52, 766, 101.32%
6. AR Adams (New Zealand) 34, 419, 100.47%
Previous ATP posts on Shahid Afridi:
In the first ODI of Pak-Aus series, Shahid Afridi crossed Ramiz Raja in terms of career runs. As of today Afridi’s tally in ODIs stands at 5927. Don’t ask about the average though :) It is still in 20s at 23.24
SHAHID KHAN AFRIDI IS OUR GREAT HERO. NO DOUBT HE IS A GREAT PLAYER. HE IS THE HERO OF T20 WORLD CUP 2009. WE ARE PROUD OF HIM. GOOD LUCK SHAHID AFRIDI, GOD BLESS U. AAMEEN.