wasims_fan
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Who will be the second bowler to take 500 wickets in ODI after wasim akram?
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500 Club!
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Gotchya
State Vice-Captain
Most seem a long way as of now, this is an interesting reading for you probably, heres how they stand :
McGrath 253
J.Srinath 276
Warne 285
Murali 297
Kumble 299
Waqar 395
Wasim 479
We are not sure wether Wasim will play enough cricket to get to 500? Should be on his mind before saying goodbye...Hopefully he will get there..a befitting first for a great bowler.
McGrath 253
J.Srinath 276
Warne 285
Murali 297
Kumble 299
Waqar 395
Wasim 479
We are not sure wether Wasim will play enough cricket to get to 500? Should be on his mind before saying goodbye...Hopefully he will get there..a befitting first for a great bowler.
Neil Pickup
Cricket Web Moderator
It all depends on the PCB Politics and the number of games Pakistan play, whether Wasim and Waqar keep playing long enough.
They ought to be 1 and 2, but Murali will get there before anyone else bar Wasim/Waqar, it's just a case of whether the Pakistanis play enough to beat him.
They ought to be 1 and 2, but Murali will get there before anyone else bar Wasim/Waqar, it's just a case of whether the Pakistanis play enough to beat him.
Gotchya
State Vice-Captain
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Saqlain 271 wickets
Pollock 235
Vaas 242
Another interesting stastistic, the econ. rate at which these wickets were picked by wasim, 3.89 is surpassed only by Murali 3.83 (someone who has a comparable number of wickets) followe closely by Mcgrath 3.91.
BTW he has played atleast a hundred more matches then any comparable bowler.
Saqlain 271 wickets
Pollock 235
Vaas 242
Another interesting stastistic, the econ. rate at which these wickets were picked by wasim, 3.89 is surpassed only by Murali 3.83 (someone who has a comparable number of wickets) followe closely by Mcgrath 3.91.
BTW he has played atleast a hundred more matches then any comparable bowler.
Akram will easily get the 21 wkts to reach the 500 mark, he has around 15-20 matches, thats not difficult.
Who else can do it? I think it can only be Murali.Waqar will most probably retire after WC.Kumble/Warne/McGrath are far behind, and i don't think they will last much longer to get to the 500 mark!
Who else can do it? I think it can only be Murali.Waqar will most probably retire after WC.Kumble/Warne/McGrath are far behind, and i don't think they will last much longer to get to the 500 mark!
Waseem is a definite pick for onedayer team, thats not the case with test matches.Who do u think can replace Akram? Sami , u gottabe joking.Akram is the second best Pak bowler in onedayer after Akhter, and in the WC as well in the matches against SA Waqar is not gonna be stupid enough to field a below par team!
Assuming Pak get to the super six and doesn't qualify for the semis, even then Pak will be playing 11 matches in WC, some being against Holland and namibia
11 +10(5 each against SA and Zimb) thats 21, exactly the number of wkts Waseem wants to get to the 500 mark.Well even if Waseem misses 4-5 matches, he will still get it easily
11 +10(5 each against SA and Zimb) thats 21, exactly the number of wkts Waseem wants to get to the 500 mark.Well even if Waseem misses 4-5 matches, he will still get it easily
He will for sure!
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For me Pak's attack wouldn't be a great deal weaker with Akhtar, Younis, Razzaq, Mahmood, Saqlain and Afridi - I don't think you need 3 out and out quicks in a One Day attack. [/quote]
Mahmood is probably history now, won't get much chance.Akram is still one of the best onedayer bowler in the game(just got man of the match against Eng playing for World 11).Pak open the bowling with W's and akhter comes after the tenth over to destroy the opponents midorder, it should remain like that till the WC.
DirtySocks
Cricket Spectator
Who else can take 500 wkts in near future??
I would say, it would be a spinner, either Murali or Anil Kumble!
I would say, it would be a spinner, either Murali or Anil Kumble!
royGilchrist
State 12th Man
Wasim will probably do it, but I dont think Waqar can do it...
Neil Pickup
Cricket Web Moderator
Kumble!?
No.
CricketGuru
School Boy/Girl Captain
Who tells u that he is not a definite pick for Pakistan now man?? He is a definite pick by everyone in Pakistan except people who have something personal against him.