Owais Mughal
While Pakistan is on a losing streak in SriLanka, a news-worthy milestone was reached by Abdul Razzaq as he took his 250th wicket in One Day Internationals (ODIs) today. He is now World’s 18th and Pakistan’s 5th bowler to achieve this milestone.
The top 10 list of Pakistani wicket takers in ODIs is below. The ranking in parenthesis is their World Ranking in terms of highest career wickets.
Wasim Akram (World #2) 502 wickets at 23.52 runs/wicket
Waqar Younis (World #3) 416 wickets at 23.84 runs/wicket
Saqlain Mushtaq (World #12) 288 wickets at 21.78 runs/wicket
Shahid Afridi (World #16) 259 wickets at 34.72 runs/wicket
Abdul Razzak (World #18) 250 wickets at 31.15 runs/wicket
Shoaib Akhtar (World #26) 223 wickets at 23.86 runs/wicket
Imran Khan (World #35) 182 wickets at 26.61 runs/wicket
Aaqib Javed (World #36) 182 wickets at 31.43 runs/wicket
Mushtaq Ahmed (World #40) 161 wickets at 33.29 runs/wicket
Abdul Qadir (World # 60) 132 wickets at 26.16 runs/wicket
Photo Credits: Title photo is from cricinfo.com
Another comprehensice win by Pk today. Razzaq didn’t play in today’s game either but Shahid Afridi is able to take his tally of career wickets to 259. Post is updated with his latest tally.