Waqar completes 300 wickets in ODI's

Pakistan's Waqar Younis became second bowler in One-Day Inter-nationals to complete 300 wickets when he trapped Neil McKenzie plumb lbw in the last league match of CocaCola Cup. Waqar was playing his 186th match. The only other bowler with 300 plus wickets in shorter version of the game is the fellow Pakistani Wasim Akram, who, infact,is the only one to have taken 400 wickets (417 wickets from his 297 appearances).Wasim reached this milestone in his 208th match, aged 30 years 149 days and in 11 years 342 days time while Waqar took only 186 matches at 28 years 133 days and in 10 years 166 days.

Waqar's bowling performances in ODIs at a glance :

Opponents Mts Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Best 5W Ave. SR RPO

Australia 20 1007 12 776 18 3-55 0 43.11 55.9 4.62 England 9 482 4 413 16 4-73 0 25.81 30.1 5.14 India 25 1124 12 835 35 5-31 1 23.85 32.1 4.46 NewZealand 24 1191 16 754 61 6-30 5 12.36 19.5 3.80 South Africa 21 1147 5 939 35 5-25 1 26.82 32.8 4.91 SriLanka 38 1859 18 1494 61 6-26 2 24.49 30.5 4.82 WestIndies 36 1718 24 1341 52 5-52 1 25.78 33.0 4.68 Zimbabwe 9 422 8 317 14 3-14 0 22.64 30.1 4.51 Holland 1 60 0 26 4 4-26 0 6.50 15.0 2.60 Kenya 1 60 2 31 2 2-31 0 15.50 30.0 3.10 UAE 1 42 1 33 1 1-33 0 33.00 42.0 4.71 Bangladesh 1 54 1 36 2 2-36 0 18.00 27.0 4.00 Home 39 1808 16 1386 62 5-11 3 22.35 29.2 4.60 Away 58 3062 32 2352 89 6-30 2 26.42 34.4 4.61 Neutral 89 4296 55 3257 150 6-26 5 21.71 28.6 4.55 Total 186 9166 103 6995 301 6-26 10 23.23 30.5 4.58

This is how Waqar reached every progressive milestone of 50 wickets :

Wicket # Reached On Victim Match # Age Period Yrs/days Yrs/days 1st v WI,Sharjah,17-10-1989 Desmond Haynes 2nd 17/335 0/4 50th v WI,Karachi,09-11-1990 Gus Logie 27th 18/358 1/35 100th v Zim,Sharjah,01-02-1993 Ali Shah 59th 21/77 3/110 150th v Aus,Multan,14-10-1994 Mark Waugh 91st 22/332 5/- 200th v Ind,Bangalore,09-03-1996 Ajay Jadeja 118th 24/114 6/147 250th v WI,Sydney,14-01-1997 Carl Hooper 148th 25/59 7/92 300th v SA,Sharjah,28-03-2000 Neil McKenzie 186th 28/133 10/166

Mode of dismissals

Type Home Away Neutral Total

Bowled 22 38 53 113 LBW 12 12 38 62 Caught 27 39 59 125 Stumped 1 0 0 1 Total 62 89 150 301