Few hours ago when Umar Gul got A.J. Redmond out on his ball (c Aamer b Umar: 27), he completed his 100 ODI wickets. He thus became Pakistans 16th and World’s 96th bowler to do so. Before we go into the the table of all Pakistan bowlers who have taken 100 ODI wickets, how about we take a look at a few yorkers from Umar Gul.
Following is the list of Pakistani bowlers with 100 or more ODI wickets in career. Number in parenthesis is their world rank in terms of highest career wickets in ODIs.
1 (2). Wasim Akram: 502 wickets at 23.52 runs/wicket
2 (3). Waqar Younis: 416 wickets at 23.84 runs/wicket
3 (12). Saqlain Mushtaq: 288 wickets at 21.78 runs/wicket
4 (15). Shahid Afridi: 268 wickets at 34.52 runs/wicket
5 (18). Abdul Razzak: 254 wickets at 31.12 runs/wicket
6 (26). Shoaib Akhtar: 223 wickets at 23.86 runs/wicket
7 (35). Imran Khan: 182 wickets at 26.61 runs/wicket
8 (36). Aaqib Javed: 182 wickets at 31.43 runs/wicket
9 (41). Mushtaq Ahmed: 161 wickets at 33.29 runs/wicket
10 (63). Abdul Qadir: 132 wickets at 26.16 runs/wicket
11 (65). Shoaib Malik: 130 wickets at 36.59 runs/wicket
12 (70). Azhar Mahmood: 123 wickets at 39.13 runs/wicket
13 (72). Mohammad Sami: 118 wickets at 28.44 runs/wicket
14 (82). Mudassar Nazar: 111 wickets at 30.91 runs/wicket
15 (89). Rana Naved-ul-Hasan: 104 wickets at 28.18 runs/wicket
16 (96). Umar Gul: 100 wickets at 26.51 runs/wicket
M Aamer just completed his 50. It is for the first time in history that a number 10 batsman from Pakistan has scored a 50.
Current 10th wicket partnership is 61 and unbeaten. This is the 2nd highest 10th wicket partnership by Pakistan.
Pakistan’s record for 10th wicket in ODI is 72 runs between Abdur Razzak and Waqar Younis made in 1998 v/s South Africa.
Pakistan’s 10th wicket partnership is currently at 52 and unbeaten.
Pak 153/9 – hairaaN hooN dou aankhon se kia kia dekhooN :)
Pak 142/9. Some respectability is back with this total
Pak is currently 87/8. This has certainly put a big damper on what U Gul may have achieved individually.