Greatest Bowlers: Wasim Akram

By Cricketing World

Wasim Akram will always be remembered for his fast swinging balls, especially for the reverse swinging balls. He is undoubtedly one of the best fast bowlers in the history of cricket.

In List A cricket Wasim Akram has the world record of taking 881 wickets.
He is second only to Sri Lankan off spinner, Muttiah Muralitharan in terms of One Day International wickets with 502 wickets in his bag.

His contribution to the art of swing bowling is commendable. He is said to be one of the founders of the art of reverse swing bowling. His reverse swinging balls often baffled the batsmen and they got out. Wasim is said to be the finest exponent of reverse swing bowling.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Mar 10, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301456116

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Greatest Bowlers: Wasim Akram

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Greatest Bowlers: Wasim Akram

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Chapter One: Introduction

Wasim Akram was born on 3rd of June, 1966, in Lahore, Pakistan. He is one of the most successful former Pakistani cricketers.

This all rounder from Pakistan has many national and international bowling records in his name. He is a left arm pace bowler and left handed batsman.

He represented Pakistan in both, Test matches and One Day International matchers.

Nowadays Wasim is a cricket commentator, working for Star Sports. He is a very popular model too.

Wasim Akram will always be remembered for his fast swinging balls, especially for the reverse swinging balls. He is undoubtedly one of the best fast bowlers in the history of cricket.

In List A cricket Wasim Akram has the world record of taking 881 wickets. He is second only to Sri Lankan off spinner, Muttiah Muralitharan in terms of One Day International wickets with 502 wickets in his bag.

His contribution to the art of swing bowling is commendable. He is said to be one of the founders of the art of reverse swing bowling. His reverse swinging balls often baffled the batsmen and they got out. Wasim is said to be the finest exponent of reverse swing bowling.

Many youngsters regard Wasim