Saqlain breaks all kinds of records (7 June 1999)

Saqlain Mushtaq has broken all kinds of records by taking the 200th wicket of his Limited Overs International career

07-Jun-1999

7 June 1999

Saqlain breaks all kinds of records

Atul Kahate

Saqlain Mushtaq has broken all kinds of records by taking the 200th wicket of his Limited Overs International career. He has not only become 10th bowler and third from pakistan to take 200 wickets, he has also done the following:

He has taken his 200 wickets in 5485 balls - the least so far. The previous record belonged to Waqar Younis (5886).

His 104 matches is also the least number of matches to reach 200 wickets, overtaking Allan Donald's 117.

At 22 years and 158 days, he is the youngest to take 200 wickets, overtaking Waqar again (26 years and 113 days).

His career started on 29 September 1995, so, his 200th wicket came when his career span was 3 years and 249 days, the fastest at the time of the 200th wicket, beating Waqar again (6 years and 147 days).

Thus, Saqlain has comfortably beaten Waqar Younis in all of these. The following tables depict the details.

Table (A) Saqlain against all opponents

Vs Mts Balls Mdns Runs Wkt Avge BB 4 5 R/100 RpO S/R B/W

Ind 32 1622 14 1190 53 22.45 5/ 45 2 1 73.37 4.38 103.97 30.60 SL 19 973 5 751 34 22.09 4/ 33 2 0 77.18 4.61 105.80 28.62 Zim 8 388 1 279 21 13.29 4/ 28 2 0 71.91 4.10 90.38 18.48 WI 12 660 5 426 20 21.30 4/ 17 2 0 64.55 3.87 97.55 33.00 NZ 8 454 3 309 18 17.17 5/ 44 0 1 68.06 3.91 93.28 25.22 Aus 7 401 5 232 17 13.65 5/ 29 0 1 57.86 3.27 81.44 23.59 Ban 4 201 5 115 13 8.85 5/ 35 0 2 57.21 3.19 72.68 15.46 Eng 6 342 2 238 11 21.64 4/ 26 1 0 69.59 4.18 100.68 31.09 SA 6 348 4 261 9 29.00 3/ 34 0 0 75.00 4.50 108.92 38.66 Ken 1 60 1 27 3 9.00 3/ 27 0 0 45.00 2.70 65.00 20.00 Sco 1 36 0 46 1 46.00 1/ 46 0 0 127.78 7.67 163.78 36.00

Home 19 1030 7 733 41 17.88 5/ 44 2 1 71.17 4.19 96.29 25.12 Away 85 4455 38 3141 159 19.75 5/ 29 7 2 70.50 4.23 98.12 28.01

Tot 104 5485 45 3874 200 19.37 5/ 29 9 5 70.62 4.23 97.73 27.42

Table (B) Saqlain's Milestones

Milestone Mts Balls Age Period Milestone reached 50 28 1439 19/309 1/ 36 Zim Peshawar 03 Nov 1996 100 53 2797 20/134 1/226 SL Gwalior 12 May 1997 150 78 4074 21/ 18 2/110 Ind Dhaka 16 Jan 1998 200 104 5485 22/158 3/249 RSA Nottingham 05 Jun 1999

Table (C) The 200th wicket

No Player Team Mts Bls Age Period Milestone reached 1 Saqlain Mushtaq Pak 104 5485 22/158 3/249 RSA Nottingham 05 Jun 1999 2 Waqar Younis Pak 118 5886 26/113 6/147 Ind Bangalore 09 Mar 1996 3 AA Donald SA 117 6198 32/221 7/201 Zim Chelmsford 29 May 1999 4 Wasim Akram Pak 145 7384 26/272 8/100 SL Sharjah 02 Mar 1993 5 CJ McDermott Aus 136 7413 30/279 11/ 13 SL Melbourne 18 Jan 1996 6 J Srinath Ind 147 7669 29/ 70 7/ 23 SL Sharjah 09 Nov 1998 7 CEL Ambrose WI 146 7805 33/258 9/ 87 SL Port-of-Spain 06 Jun 1997 8 A Kumble Ind 147 7927 27/344 8/155 Zim Bulawayo (2) 26 Sep 1998 9 Kapil Dev Ind 166 8375 32/289 13/ 22 WI Sharjah 22 Oct 1991 10 CA Walsh WI 180 9496 35/ 43 12/337 Pak Sharjah 12 Dec 1997

Contributed by: Atul Kahate (akahate@yahoo.com)

Source :: Atul Kahate

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