Wasim akram 257 scorecard

Wasim Akram is arguably the best bowler to have played for both Pakistan and world cricket. He is known for effortlessly taking wickets on even the toughest of bowling conditions and was a pioneer of the reverse swing, which earned him the nickname ‘Sultan of Swing’. Meanwhile, Akram, the batter, also made a tremendous impact and it was on this very day in 1996 that he registered the highest individual score by a number eight batter in Test history. When Wasim Akram the batter made a new Test batting record Pakistan and Zimbabwe locked horns in the first Test match at Sheikhupura. Batting first, the visitors posted a stiff total of 375 runs on the board riding on centuries from Grant Flower (110) and Guy Whittall (106*). Akram had a forgettable outing with the ball as he could only pick up one wicket conceding 58 runs. However, little did the Zimbabweans know what was in store for them from Akram during Pakistan’s first innings. The hosts got off to a solid start with Saeed Anwar and Aamer Sohail adding 64 runs for the opening stand. But once the duo was dismissed, quick wickets derailed the Pakistan innings before Akram came to the rescue. The then-Pakistan captain single-handedly took care of scoring the bulk of runs and was too good for the Zimbabwean bowlers. With wickets falling at one end, the southpaw stood like a solid rock from the other end and kept the scoreboard ticking as he brought up a well-deserved double-century. His unbeaten knock of 257 runs came from 36...

Kyle Mayers and Marcus Stoinis completed quick-fire half-centuries, while Ayush Badoni and Nicholas Pooran played brutal cameos. In reply, Punjab fell short by 56 runs. Speaking to Sportskeeda, a shocked Akram said 257 was a winning total in ODIs during his playing days. The 56-year-old doubted whether the bowlers tried to do things differently. He elaborated: "It was unbelievable to see that. During our times, 257 was a winning score in one-day cricket, But now 257 in 20 overs in unbelievable and I can only imagine that the bowlers would have endured a forgettable day. I understand bowlers go for plenty of runs in T20 cricket. If I'm a bowler today and being smashed left, right, and centre, I would do things differently. Maybe make the run-up angular or go round the wicket." "For instance, Dwayne Bravo used to go round the wicket and bowl yorkers to the right-handed batters. But you need to practice that and nobody knows whether they do it. The idea is to create doubt in the batter's mind. These guys don't. By going for so many runs, they probably go blank. Rabada and Arshdeep went for 106 runs in eight overs in that game. Were they bowling full tosses or telling the batters beforehand of where they were going to bowl? It's unbelievable. This was an assault." Punjab Kings are currently battling the

Pakistan tour of Australia 1989-90, led by great Imran Khan and filled with the players like Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram. In the 3-match test series, Australia has won the test series by 1-0 after the two test matches ended up in the no result. But this series was brief to the world cricket about the left-arm fast bowler Wasim Akram exceptional abilities with bat and bowl. After losing the first test match, the visitors (Pakistan) won the toss and decided to bat first but once again Pakistan team was restricted at the score of 257 runs in the first innings. Wasim Akram (52) alongside Javed Miandad (52) were the leading run scorers from Pakistan in the first innings. In response, the hosts (Australia) got the crucial lead of 84 runs in the first innings after scoring 341 runs in the first innings after the brilliant knock from Mark Taylor (77) and Dean Jones (112). At one stage, Australia was 216/5 before Dean Jones and Peter Taylor added on 112 run-partnership for the sixth wicket to save his team from the early breakthroughs. But after this partnership, Wasim Akram couldn't let them build up any more partnerships and restricted them to 341 runs and picked up 5 wickets in the first innings. The second innings for the visitors (Pakistan) was completely absurd when Merv Hughes pushed the Pakistan top order at the backfoot with his pace. Before visitors recovered, Hughes reduced Pakistan to 90/5 along with enough dents. Pakistan was left with only Imran Khan on the crease wh...

As Pakistan resumed Day 4 in their Test vs Zimbabwe, they were sitting on 395/7, with Wasim Akram on 144* and Saqlain Mushtaq on 37*. Earlier, Zimbabwe had put up a competitive total in their first innings, scoring 375 runs. While they continued to bat ensuring that the match would result in a draw, they also ensured that several records would be broken that day. Wasim Akram, went on to to finish with an unprecedented 257*. It became the highest score ever from someone batting at the #8 position. Akram smashed 12 sixes as well, which broke the record for an individual innings. His partnership with Saqlain Mushtaq (313 runs) broke the record for the 8th wicket. Pakistan would be dismissed for 553. In reply, Zimbabwe were 38/1 at the end of Day 4. Video: Scorecard: Last edited by Gotham Cronie; 20th October 2013 at 07:50. On October 20th 1996, Wasim Akram, more renowned for his wizardry with the ball, produced an incredible innings of 257* against Zimbabwe batting at no 8. It remains the highest score by a no.8 batsman in Test cricket. At the time, his knock contained the most sixes in a Test innings, while his partnership of 313 for the 8th wicket with Saqlain Mushtaq was also a record before being surpassed by Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad in 2010. Sometimes easy to forget that our legendary left-armer was also quite handy with the bat! Wasim could easily have been a 28-32 averaging batsman if he had put enough effort and practise into his batting. Quite a few people hav...

One of the greatest pacers that the game has seen is Wasim Akram. The left-arm pacer troubled every batter with his pace, movement and reverse. Apart from with the cherry, Akram also left an impact with the bat often. Of course, as a captain, too, the former player had some great days. There are quite a few records of his that might never be broken. On that note, here, we take a look at two world records of Wasim Akram which might never be broken. In the current era, not many players are skilled to score a double century at No.8. Moreover, the situation of the game may not demand them to hit this extreme. Hence, this record is hard to beat. 2) Most ODI wickets by a pacer – 502 To have the most ODI wickets by a pacer is one of the world records of Wasim Akram which might never be broken. Akram is the only pacer to take more than 500 ODI wickets. Waqar Younis is second on this list with 416 scalps.

Published: Thu 20 Oct 2022, 9:37 AM Last updated: Thu 20 Oct 2022, 9:59 AM Pakistan legend Wasim Akram is widely regarded as the greatest left-arm fast bowler that has ever lived. Akram was a magician with the ball. Whether it was the new ball or the old one, it didn't matter at all as he could move it both ways at searing pace from a deceptive run-up. And then when it came to reverse swing, Akram and his old partner, Waqar Younis, took the game to a different level with their old ball skills, delivering toe-crushing yorkers at unmatched regularity. Unlike Waqar, who was a proper tail-ender, Akram could be devastating with the bat on his day. While his record as batsman fell well short of the heights achieved by Imran Khan, Kapil Dev and Ian Botham, the three iconic all-rounders of the game in the 1970s and 1980, Akram did produce some absolute moments of magic with the bat. Before delivering a match-winning spell of 3-49 in the 1992 World Cup final against England, it was Akram's fantastic cameo (33 not out off 18 balls at a strike rate of 183.33) with the bat that propelled Pakistan to a match-winning score at the MCG. But his greatest moment as a batsman came in a drawn Test match against a decent Zimbabwe team when he scored an epic 257 not out off 363 balls. It was on this day, October 20, 1996, that Akram launched a brutal attack on the hapless Zimbabwe bowlers in Sheikhupura with 22 fours and 12 massive sixes with his free-flowing bat. Pakistan were in deep trouble ...

Pakistan tour of Australia 1989-90, led by great Imran Khan and filled with the players like Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram. In the 3-match test series, Australia has won the test series by 1-0 after the two test matches ended up in the no result. But this series was brief to the world cricket about the left-arm fast bowler Wasim Akram exceptional abilities with bat and bowl. After losing the first test match, the visitors (Pakistan) won the toss and decided to bat first but once again Pakistan team was restricted at the score of 257 runs in the first innings. Wasim Akram (52) alongside Javed Miandad (52) were the leading run scorers from Pakistan in the first innings. In response, the hosts (Australia) got the crucial lead of 84 runs in the first innings after scoring 341 runs in the first innings after the brilliant knock from Mark Taylor (77) and Dean Jones (112). At one stage, Australia was 216/5 before Dean Jones and Peter Taylor added on 112 run-partnership for the sixth wicket to save his team from the early breakthroughs. But after this partnership, Wasim Akram couldn't let them build up any more partnerships and restricted them to 341 runs and picked up 5 wickets in the first innings. The second innings for the visitors (Pakistan) was completely absurd when Merv Hughes pushed the Pakistan top order at the backfoot with his pace. Before visitors recovered, Hughes reduced Pakistan to 90/5 along with enough dents. Pakistan was left with only Imran Khan on the crease wh...

As Pakistan resumed Day 4 in their Test vs Zimbabwe, they were sitting on 395/7, with Wasim Akram on 144* and Saqlain Mushtaq on 37*. Earlier, Zimbabwe had put up a competitive total in their first innings, scoring 375 runs. While they continued to bat ensuring that the match would result in a draw, they also ensured that several records would be broken that day. Wasim Akram, went on to to finish with an unprecedented 257*. It became the highest score ever from someone batting at the #8 position. Akram smashed 12 sixes as well, which broke the record for an individual innings. His partnership with Saqlain Mushtaq (313 runs) broke the record for the 8th wicket. Pakistan would be dismissed for 553. In reply, Zimbabwe were 38/1 at the end of Day 4. Video: Scorecard: Last edited by Gotham Cronie; 20th October 2013 at 07:50. On October 20th 1996, Wasim Akram, more renowned for his wizardry with the ball, produced an incredible innings of 257* against Zimbabwe batting at no 8. It remains the highest score by a no.8 batsman in Test cricket. At the time, his knock contained the most sixes in a Test innings, while his partnership of 313 for the 8th wicket with Saqlain Mushtaq was also a record before being surpassed by Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad in 2010. Sometimes easy to forget that our legendary left-armer was also quite handy with the bat! Wasim could easily have been a 28-32 averaging batsman if he had put enough effort and practise into his batting. Quite a few people hav...

One of the greatest pacers that the game has seen is Wasim Akram. The left-arm pacer troubled every batter with his pace, movement and reverse. Apart from with the cherry, Akram also left an impact with the bat often. Of course, as a captain, too, the former player had some great days. There are quite a few records of his that might never be broken. On that note, here, we take a look at two world records of Wasim Akram which might never be broken. In the current era, not many players are skilled to score a double century at No.8. Moreover, the situation of the game may not demand them to hit this extreme. Hence, this record is hard to beat. 2) Most ODI wickets by a pacer – 502 To have the most ODI wickets by a pacer is one of the world records of Wasim Akram which might never be broken. Akram is the only pacer to take more than 500 ODI wickets. Waqar Younis is second on this list with 416 scalps.

Published: Thu 20 Oct 2022, 9:37 AM Last updated: Thu 20 Oct 2022, 9:59 AM Pakistan legend Wasim Akram is widely regarded as the greatest left-arm fast bowler that has ever lived. Akram was a magician with the ball. Whether it was the new ball or the old one, it didn't matter at all as he could move it both ways at searing pace from a deceptive run-up. And then when it came to reverse swing, Akram and his old partner, Waqar Younis, took the game to a different level with their old ball skills, delivering toe-crushing yorkers at unmatched regularity. Unlike Waqar, who was a proper tail-ender, Akram could be devastating with the bat on his day. While his record as batsman fell well short of the heights achieved by Imran Khan, Kapil Dev and Ian Botham, the three iconic all-rounders of the game in the 1970s and 1980, Akram did produce some absolute moments of magic with the bat. Before delivering a match-winning spell of 3-49 in the 1992 World Cup final against England, it was Akram's fantastic cameo (33 not out off 18 balls at a strike rate of 183.33) with the bat that propelled Pakistan to a match-winning score at the MCG. But his greatest moment as a batsman came in a drawn Test match against a decent Zimbabwe team when he scored an epic 257 not out off 363 balls. It was on this day, October 20, 1996, that Akram launched a brutal attack on the hapless Zimbabwe bowlers in Sheikhupura with 22 fours and 12 massive sixes with his free-flowing bat. Pakistan were in deep trouble ...