Wasim Akram completes 400 wickets in Test cricket
Pakistani allrounder Wasim Akram completed his 400 Test wickets when he had Russell Arnold caught by Mohammad Akram in Sri Lanka's second innings at Colombo SSC
Rajneesh Gupta
17-Jun-2000
Pakistani allrounder Wasim Akram completed his 400 Test wickets when he had
Russell Arnold caught by Mohammad Akram in Sri Lanka's second innings at
Colombo SSC. Wasim became only fourth bowler to reach this landmark after New
Zealand's Richard Hadlee, India's Kapil Dev and West Indies' Courtney Walsh.
Wasim now enjoys the unique distinction of taking 400 wickets in both forms
of cricket - Tests as well as ODIs.
Wasim Akram : Performance against each country :
Opponents Tests Balls MdnsRuns Wkts Best Ave. 5WI 10WM SR
Australia 13 2990 102 1288 50 6-62 25.76 4 1 59.80
England 14 3106 110 1378 50 6-67 27.56 2 0 62.10
India 12 2928 104 1303 45 5-96 28.86 2 0 65.10
New Zealand 9 2526 106 1021 60 7-119 17.01 6 2 42.10
South Africa 4 846 35 386 13 4-42 29.69 0 0 65.10
Sri Lanka 17 2857 135 1179 56 5-43 20.48 2 0 50.00
West Indies 17 3550 121 1645 79 6-61 20.82 4 1 44.90
Zimbabwe 10 2401 96 997 47 6-48 21.21 4 1 51.10
Home 38 7404 276 3250 152 6-48 21.38 8 1 48.70
Away 58 13800 533 5947 248 7-119 23.97 16 4 55.64
Total 96 21204 809 9197 400 7-119 22.99 24 5 53.01
Chronology of each milestone :
Wicket Batsman (Country) Venue Season Test #
1st John Wright (NZ) Auckland 1984-85 1st
50th David Gower (Eng) Manchester 1987 16th
100th Terry Alderman (Aus) Melbourne 1989-90 30th
150th Robin Smith (Eng) Lord's 1992 41st
200th Richard deGroen (NZ) Auckland 1993-94 51st
250th Grant Flower (Zim) Bulawayo 1994-95 60th
300th Alan Mullally (Eng) The Oval 1996 70th
350th Neil Johnson (Zim) Peshawar 1998-99 82nd
400th Russel Arnold (SL) Colombo SSC 1999-00 96th
Mode of Dismissals :
Home Away Total Bowled 41 58 99 Caught by fielder 25 90 115 Caught & Bowled 2 2 4 Caught by 'keeper 27 41 68 LBW 57 57 114 Total 152 248 400
Favourite Dismissals :
9 times : Krish Srikkanth (Ind) 8 times : Curtly Ambrose (WI) 7 times : Grant Flower (Zim) 6 times : Malcolm Marshall (WI),Courtney Walsh (WI)
This is how the four most successful bowlers in Test cricket reached
every progressive milestone of 50 wickets :
50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 Richard Hadlee 14 25 34 44 56 61 69 80 X Kapil Dev 16 25 39 50 65 83 100 115 X Courtney Walsh 14 29 44 58 70 80 96 107 118 Wasim Akram 16 30 41 51 60 70 82 96 X