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Shoaib Akhtar stats

Data through 8 March 2011Last updated 8 March 2011

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 11 February 2003 to 8 March 2011. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Between 2003 and 2011, Shoaib Akhtar appears in 11 Tests, 70 ODIs, 14 T20Is for Pakistan in the Cricsheet data. Shoaib Akhtar took 97 ODI wickets in the data (average 29.27, economy 5.01, best 4/28).

International matches

Tests 11 · ODIs 70 · T20Is 14

International wickets

157

1 five-wicket hauls

T20 league & domestic matches

2 runs

Best bowling

5/99

Test

Teams played for

Pakistan 2003–2011 · 92Kolkata Knight Riders 2008 · 3Asia XI 2005 · 2ICC World XI 2005 · 1

BattingBowling

Shoaib Akhtar batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	0	4s	6s
Test	11	17	3	203	47	14.50	458	44.3	2	24	9
ODI	70	42	17	217	43	8.68	246	88.2	7	14	10
T20I	14	6	3	21	8*	7.00	16	131.2	1	2	1
T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	1	0	2	2	2.00	7	28.6	0	0	0

Runs per year

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Shoaib Akhtar: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2003	129
2004	63
2005	67
2006	104
2007	9
2008	2
2009	28
2010	38
2011	3

Year-by-year batting (16 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS
2003	ODI	12	128	18.29	105.8	43
2003	Test	1	1	1.00	9.1	1
2004	ODI	6	7	1.75	46.7	2
2004	Test	4	56	14.00	41.8	28
2005	ODI	3	20	6.67	105.3	15
2005	Test	4	47	15.67	29.0	14
2006	ODI	2	12	12.00	57.1	10
2006	Test	3	92	46.00	80.7	47
2007	ODI	2	1	0.50	33.3	1
2007	T20I	1	1	–	100.0	1
2007	Test	5	7	1.75	18.9	4
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	2	2.00	28.6	2
2009	ODI	3	28	14.00	107.7	25
2010	ODI	11	18	3.60	58.1	6
2010	T20I	5	20	6.67	133.3	8
2011	ODI	3	3	3.00	30.0	2

Shoaib Akhtar bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	19	1,883	1,109	43	5/99	6/98	25.79	3.53	43.8	4	1	51
ODI	69	3,403	2,839	97	4/28	–	29.27	5.01	35.1	5	0	39
T20I	14	301	421	17	3/38	–	24.76	8.39	17.7	0	0	3
T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	42	54	5	4/11	–	10.80	7.71	8.4	1	0	0

Wickets per year

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Shoaib Akhtar: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2003	32
2004	28
2005	15
2006	14
2007	28
2008	6
2009	4
2010	30
2011	5

Year-by-year bowling (19 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2003	ODI	15	26	23.96	4.72	4/46
2003	Test	2	6	16.33	3.44	4/36
2004	ODI	14	19	27.68	4.79	4/36
2004	Test	3	9	18.67	3.37	5/99
2005	ODI	6	4	51.75	5.01	2/16
2005	Test	4	11	27.45	3.89	3/49
2006	ODI	4	9	18.67	4.67	4/28
2006	T20I	1	1	31.00	7.75	1/31
2006	Test	3	4	51.75	4.22	2/70
2007	ODI	5	11	20.64	4.83	4/43
2007	T20I	2	4	13.00	7.26	2/22
2007	Test	7	13	25.69	3.07	4/36
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	5	10.80	7.71	4/11
2008	T20I	2	1	71.00	10.14	1/31
2009	ODI	6	4	60.00	6.00	2/42
2009	T20I	1	0	–	9.00	0/18
2010	ODI	13	19	32.05	5.16	3/39
2010	T20I	8	11	22.64	8.30	3/38
2011	ODI	6	5	47.80	5.56	2/42

Shoaib Akhtar against each team

vs England vs India vs South Africa

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS
India	Test	9	123	17.57	81.5	47
England	Test	4	47	15.67	29.0	14
England	ODI	10	64	10.67	125.5	43
South Africa	ODI	10	32	5.33	78.0	11
Australia	ODI	5	31	10.33	124.0	25
New Zealand	ODI	4	30	15.00	62.5	27
India	ODI	4	8	2.67	61.5	3
Sri Lanka	ODI	5	8	2.00	34.8	5

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
India	Test	10	16	34.50	3.28	4/58
England	Test	4	11	27.45	3.89	3/49
South Africa	Test	3	10	13.40	3.39	4/36
England	ODI	14	20	32.10	5.14	4/28
South Africa	ODI	11	19	25.89	5.23	4/43
India	ODI	12	19	30.58	5.34	4/36
Sri Lanka	ODI	8	9	34.00	4.78	3/41
Australia	ODI	7	6	54.67	6.19	2/42
New Zealand	ODI	6	6	41.83	5.23	3/23
England	T20I	3	4	18.00	6.00	2/23
Australia	T20I	3	1	81.00	10.12	1/29

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Iqbal Stadium	5	80	20.00	47
National Stadium, Karachi	2	46	46.00	45
Newlands	1	43	43.00	43
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	4	36	12.00	27
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	4	34	8.50	28
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground	2	28	14.00	27
Boland Bank Park	1	26	–	26
Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium	1	25	25.00	25
Multan Cricket Stadium	2	21	21.00	11
Gaddafi Stadium	7	19	3.17	11

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Gaddafi Stadium	9	17	26.12	4.85
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	5	10	17.50	3.16
Iqbal Stadium	4	9	31.67	4.01
Lord's	4	8	24.62	5.47
The Rose Bowl	3	7	16.71	4.33
Multan Cricket Stadium	3	7	23.14	3.55
Zayed Cricket Stadium	6	7	36.14	6.33
Sophia Gardens	3	6	14.33	4.78
Arun Jaitley Stadium	2	6	17.00	2.99
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground	2	6	20.17	4.25

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	271	19	7.59
T20	Middle	2	5	40.0	0	24	0	10.75
T20	Death	21	18	116.7	4	48	3	11.12
ODI	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	1649	35	4.43
ODI	Middle	78	89	87.6	8	1152	30	4.82
ODI	Death	139	157	88.5	17	602	32	6.95

How Shoaib Akhtar was dismissed

Caught26 (60%)
Bowled11 (26%)
Run out5 (12%)
Stumped1 (2%)

How Shoaib Akhtar took wickets

Caught95
Bowled45
Lbw19
Caught and bowled3

Last 20 innings

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Shoaib Akhtar: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
1 May 2009	2
15 Jun 2010	1
19 Jun 2010	3
6 Jul 2010	0
7 Sep 2010	4
10 Sep 2010	0
12 Sep 2010	0
17 Sep 2010	6
22 Sep 2010	0
26 Oct 2010	3
29 Oct 2010	6
31 Oct 2010	0
2 Nov 2010	1
5 Nov 2010	0
8 Nov 2010	1
26 Dec 2010	8
28 Dec 2010	5
22 Jan 2011	1
5 Feb 2011	2
8 Mar 2011	0

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
8 Mar 2011	ODI	New Zealand	0	2	caught	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
5 Feb 2011	ODI	New Zealand	2*	6	not out	Eden Park
22 Jan 2011	ODI	New Zealand	1*	2	not out	Wellington Regional Stadium
28 Dec 2010	T20I	New Zealand	5*	3	not out	Seddon Park
26 Dec 2010	T20I	New Zealand	8*	4	not out	Eden Park
8 Nov 2010	ODI	South Africa	1	3	bowled	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
5 Nov 2010	ODI	South Africa	0*	0	not out	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
2 Nov 2010	ODI	South Africa	1*	1	not out	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
31 Oct 2010	ODI	South Africa	0*	1	not out	Zayed Cricket Stadium
29 Oct 2010	ODI	South Africa	6	9	caught	Zayed Cricket Stadium
26 Oct 2010	T20I	South Africa	3	2	run out	Zayed Cricket Stadium
22 Sep 2010	ODI	England	0	2	caught	The Rose Bowl
17 Sep 2010	ODI	England	6*	7	not out	Kennington Oval
12 Sep 2010	ODI	England	0*	0	not out	Headingley
10 Sep 2010	ODI	England	0	1	bowled	Riverside Ground
7 Sep 2010	T20I	England	4	4	bowled	Sophia Gardens
6 Jul 2010	T20I	Australia	0	2	bowled	Edgbaston
19 Jun 2010	ODI	India	3*	5	not out	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
15 Jun 2010	ODI	Sri Lanka	1	2	caught	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
1 May 2009	ODI	Australia	2	2	caught	Zayed Cricket Stadium

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Mdns	Ground
8 Mar 2011	ODI	New Zealand	1/70	9	0	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
26 Feb 2011	ODI	Sri Lanka	2/42	10	0	R Premadasa Stadium
23 Feb 2011	ODI	Kenya	0/10	5	1	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
5 Feb 2011	ODI	New Zealand	1/38	7	1	Eden Park
3 Feb 2011	ODI	New Zealand	1/32	8	0	Seddon Park
22 Jan 2011	ODI	New Zealand	0/47	4	0	Wellington Regional Stadium
28 Dec 2010	T20I	New Zealand	1/42	4	0	Seddon Park
26 Dec 2010	T20I	New Zealand	3/38	4	0	Eden Park
8 Nov 2010	ODI	South Africa	1/77	7	0	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
5 Nov 2010	ODI	South Africa	2/51	9	0	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
2 Nov 2010	ODI	South Africa	3/39	10	1	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
31 Oct 2010	ODI	South Africa	1/57	10	1	Zayed Cricket Stadium
29 Oct 2010	ODI	South Africa	0/46	8	0	Zayed Cricket Stadium
27 Oct 2010	T20I	South Africa	1/36	4	0	Zayed Cricket Stadium
26 Oct 2010	T20I	South Africa	2/29	4	1	Zayed Cricket Stadium
22 Sep 2010	ODI	England	3/40	10	0	The Rose Bowl
20 Sep 2010	ODI	England	3/59	10	0	Lord's
17 Sep 2010	ODI	England	1/43	10	0	Kennington Oval
12 Sep 2010	ODI	England	1/49	8	0	Headingley
10 Sep 2010	ODI	England	0/28	8	1	Riverside Ground

Batter vs bowler matchups

Batters Shoaib Akhtar bowled to most

Rahul Dravid vs Shoaib Akhtar282 balls

Frequently asked questions

How many wickets has Shoaib Akhtar taken in Tests?

43 wickets in 19 innings at an average of 25.79, economy 3.53, best figures 5/99.

How many wickets has Shoaib Akhtar taken in ODIs?

97 wickets in 69 innings at an average of 29.27, economy 5.01, best figures 4/28.

How many runs has Shoaib Akhtar scored in Tests?

203 runs in 17 innings (11 matches) at an average of 14.50 and a strike rate of 44.3, in the data from 2003 to 2007.

How many runs has Shoaib Akhtar scored in ODIs?

217 runs in 42 innings (70 matches) at an average of 8.68 and a strike rate of 88.2, in the data from 2003 to 2011.

How many runs has Shoaib Akhtar scored in T20Is?

21 runs in 6 innings (14 matches) at an average of 7.00 and a strike rate of 131.2, in the data from 2006 to 2010.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.