Wasism Akram is closing to a new milestone. The first ever person in cricket history to reach the figure of 500 one-day wickets! He is close to that figure in his One-day career , but no one else has reached the figure in one-days yet so he will be the first player in One-day history to have a 500 when he gets there .
Let’s count his wickets from now on. It’s 485 now. So only 15 to go.
Anybody thinks he will get there during the Zimbabwe tour?
He will definatley get it during the South Africa series, if it wasn't for the politics, he may have already gotten to 500 wickets in one days and test.
But don't worry, tour of South Africa will definetly get him there without any doubts.
Waseem is the greatest!! What amazes me is his wicket taking ability even with Diabetes and his age. Unlike Waqar and Shoaib, this gem of a bowler doesn’t get spanked all over the park. His economy rate, his wickets, his ability to move the balls both of the seam and in the air is just amazing. He is a true icon. A national Hero. I salute you Waseem. You are the greatest.
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The latest Time magazine carries the front page picture of Waseem talking about his fight with diabetes
look at waqars numbers better than wasims!! loll…still talking trash about waqar!
wasim played 96 more matches and he is up by 88 wickets ..big deal? im sure if at present waqar plays 96 more he would for sure beat his record…and look at the average runs to!! difference of .16? lol i stilll go with waqar!
Wasim Akram (Pak) 488 at 23.65 (348 matches)
Waqar Younis (Pak) 400 at 23.81 (252)
A Kumble (Ind) 300 at 29.84 (235)
M Muralitharan (SL) 297 at 23.28 (200)
SK Warne (Aus) 285 25.77 (189)
At current moment Wasim is playing superb cricket.
I still remember when England toured Pakistan in 2001 and how Wasim was being thrashed by people here Gupshup.
How bad he is and he is past it, he needs to retire.
And I also remember how people praised Waqar Younis at the same time when he thrashed the South Africa one day team in the Sharjah Final.
Things change quickily.
I think Waqar is going through a phase, just like how Wasim went in the past couple years and now he is back to his normal. Waqar needs to concentrate on his bowling and less on external affairs.
His speed is not his weapon like it was decade ago, he needs to do what Wasim is currently doing, have more variety, instead of keeping line & length, try to attack the batsman.
is that u for real? 