Wasim Akram Test record against England
1987-06-04 – 2001-05-31 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 18 Test matches against England with recorded batting or bowling figures: 25 batting innings and 30 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 | 25 | 462 | 21 | 22.00 | 56.41 |
| Bowling | 30 | 1,748 | 57 | 30.66 | 69.85 |
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: 2.63 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 3,982.
Batting milestones in this sample: 0 centuries and 0 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 819.
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
- 1987157 runs
- 1992118 runs
- 199698 runs
- 20006 runs
- 200183 runs
- 198718 wickets
- 199221 wickets
- 199611 wickets
- 20002 wickets
- 20015 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 | 4 | 83 | 36 | 27.66 | 74.77 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 111 | 3 | 5 | 49.40 | 2.83 | 104.40 |
| 2000 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3.00 | 21.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 61.50 | 2.08 | 177.00 |
| 1996 | 3 | 5 | 98 | 40 | 24.50 | 44.95 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 218 | 5 | 11 | 31.81 | 2.73 | 69.81 |
| 1992 | 4 | 7 | 118 | 45 | 19.66 | 50.86 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 232 | 7 | 21 | 22.00 | 2.73 | 48.23 |
| 1987 | 7 | 6 | 157 | 43 | 26.16 | 68.26 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 230 | 11 | 18 | 31.44 | 2.56 | 73.61 |
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 | 5 | 83 | 20.75 | 59.71 | 7 | 4 | 56.25 |
| Away | 14 | 20 | 379 | 22.29 | 55.73 | 23 | 53 | 28.73 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v England · Old Trafford
- Highest recorded innings · 45* runs
Test v England · Lord's
- First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v England · Old Trafford
- Best recorded bowling · 6/67
Test v England · Kennington Oval
- Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Old Trafford
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-05-31 | Old Trafford | 4 | - | - | 2 | 59 |
| 2001-05-31 | Old Trafford | 3 | 36 | 41 | - | - |
| 2001-05-31 | Old Trafford | 2 | - | - | 1 | 89 |
| 2001-05-31 | Old Trafford | 1 | 16 | 32 | - | - |
| 2001-05-17 | Lord's | 3 | 12 | 13 | - | - |
| 2001-05-17 | Lord's | 2 | 19 | 25 | - | - |
| 2001-05-17 | Lord's | 1 | - | - | 2 | 99 |
| 2000-11-29 | Iqbal Stadium | 4 | - | - | 0 | 13 |
| 2000-11-29 | Iqbal Stadium | 3 | 4 | 10 | - | - |
| 2000-11-29 | Iqbal Stadium | 2 | - | - | 1 | 69 |
| 2000-11-29 | Iqbal Stadium | 1 | 1 | 12 | - | - |
| 2000-11-15 | Gaddafi Stadium | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 2000-11-15 | Gaddafi Stadium | 2 | 1 | 6 | - | - |
| 2000-11-15 | Gaddafi Stadium | 1 | - | - | 0 | 40 |
| 1996-08-22 | Kennington Oval | 3 | - | - | 3 | 67 |
| 1996-08-22 | Kennington Oval | 2 | 40 | 81 | - | - |
| 1996-08-22 | Kennington Oval | 1 | - | - | 3 | 83 |
| 1996-08-08 | Headingley | 3 | 7 | 48 | - | - |
| 1996-08-08 | Headingley | 2 | - | - | 3 | 106 |
| 1996-08-08 | Headingley | 1 | 7 | 12 | - | - |
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.