Wasim Akram Test record against Australia
1990-01-12 – 1999-11-26 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 13 Test matches against Australia with recorded batting or bowling figures: 24 batting innings and 21 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.
| Discipline | Innings | Runs | Wickets / outs | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 24 | 562 | 22 | 25.54 | 52.23 |
| Bowling | 21 | 1,288 | 50 | 25.76 | 59.80 |
Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. A hyphen means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.
Bowling economy: 2.58 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 2,990.
Batting milestones in this sample: 1 centuries and 2 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 1,076.
How the record developed
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
- 1990197 runs
- 199493 runs
- 199568 runs
- 199850 runs
- 1999154 runs
- 199017 wickets
- 19949 wickets
- 199514 wickets
- 19985 wickets
- 19995 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 6 | 154 | 52 | 30.80 | 58.77 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 262 | 5 | 5 | 55.00 | 3.04 | 108.20 |
| 1998 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 35 | 16.66 | 30.48 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 164 | 3 | 5 | 44.40 | 2.81 | 94.80 |
| 1995 | 3 | 6 | 68 | 33 | 11.33 | 45.03 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 151 | 5 | 14 | 19.50 | 2.22 | 52.57 |
| 1994 | 2 | 4 | 93 | 45 | 31.00 | 50.54 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 184 | 3 | 9 | 22.22 | 2.82 | 47.22 |
| 1990 | 3 | 5 | 197 | 123 | 39.40 | 62.53 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 315 | 5 | 17 | 18.70 | 2.34 | 47.88 |
Home, away and neutral conditions
Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.
| Setting | Matches | Bat inns | Runs | Bat avg | Bat SR | Bowl inns | Wickets | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 4 | 7 | 143 | 23.83 | 41.09 | 6 | 14 | 30.14 |
| Away | 9 | 17 | 419 | 26.18 | 57.55 | 15 | 36 | 24.05 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- Best recorded bowling · 6/62
Test v Australia · Melbourne Cricket Ground
- First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Highest recorded innings · 123 runs
Test v Australia · Adelaide Oval
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · WACA Ground
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-11-26 | WACA Ground | 3 | 52 | 40 | - | - |
| 1999-11-26 | WACA Ground | 2 | - | - | 1 | 55 |
| 1999-11-26 | WACA Ground | 1 | 5 | 30 | - | - |
| 1999-11-18 | Bellerive Oval | 4 | - | - | 1 | 68 |
| 1999-11-18 | Bellerive Oval | 3 | 31 | 74 | - | - |
| 1999-11-18 | Bellerive Oval | 2 | - | - | 1 | 51 |
| 1999-11-18 | Bellerive Oval | 1 | 29 | 77 | - | - |
| 1999-11-05 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 4 | - | - | 0 | 14 |
| 1999-11-05 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 3 | 28 | 28 | - | - |
| 1999-11-05 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 2 | - | - | 2 | 87 |
| 1999-11-05 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 1 | 9 | 13 | - | - |
| 1998-10-22 | National Stadium, Karachi | 3 | - | - | 1 | 60 |
| 1998-10-22 | National Stadium, Karachi | 2 | 35 | 90 | - | - |
| 1998-10-22 | National Stadium, Karachi | 1 | - | - | 1 | 51 |
| 1998-10-01 | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium | 3 | 15 | 71 | - | - |
| 1998-10-01 | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium | 2 | - | - | 3 | 111 |
| 1998-10-01 | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium | 1 | 0 | 3 | - | - |
| 1995-11-30 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 4 | - | - | 2 | 25 |
| 1995-11-30 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 3 | 5 | 26 | - | - |
| 1995-11-30 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 2 | - | - | 4 | 50 |
This opposition study uses available scorecards in Crickrida’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.