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
10 runs needed off 9 balls.
kamzor dil waalay…ye match naa dekheN
200 up for Pakistan
As we say in street cricket
‘beta! dum khaRee rakh!!!!” (keep the tail wagging)
13 needed off 12 balls.
If Tariq Aziz of ‘neelam ghar’ were doing commentary then he would say
“baba ghalati ji gunjaaish ko na” (in sindhi)
13 needed off 14 balls.
koi tension see tension hai
match ko dekh kar ghar yaad aaya
What a phenomenal job Aamer is doing; unbelievable stuff. Is it because he doesn’t have ghosts of past failure looming over him?
Brilliant find for Pakistan; what incredible self-belief.