Wasim Akram

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One Day Success

Wasim is considered the greatest bowler of any kind in one day international cricket. He was also the first bowler in cricketing history to take more than 500 wickets in one-day internationals. A fast, furious bowler at the start of a game, he grew most devastating towards the end, when he could get the old ball to reverse swing. His swinging yorkers or toecrushers were legendary and fetched him a remarkable number of wickets.

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One day international - Reverse swing - Yorkers - Toecrushers

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Wasim was instrumental in Pakistan's famous World Cup victory in 1992 in Australia. He also captained Pakistan with success. The high points of his captaincy were the 1996-97 victory in the World Series in Australia, two test match wins in India in 1998-99 and in 1999, when Pakistan reached the World Cup final for the second time. The low point being the World Cup 1996 in Pakistan and India,when he had to pull out of the crucial quarter final match against India, due to a rib muscle injury.

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He was Pakistan's top bowler in the 2003 World Cup taking 19 wickets in 7 matches. After the 2003 World Cup when Pakistan failed to reach the top 8 group, eight players were sacked by the Pakistan Cricket Board including Akram himself, Waqar Younis, Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Saqlain Mushtaq, Azhar Mahmood and Inzamam-ul-Haq.

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Pakistan Cricket Board - Shahid Afridi - Abdul Razzaq - Saqlain Mushtaq - Azhar Mahmood - Inzamam-ul-Haq

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