Highest Wicket Takers In ODI Cricket Matches

The history of cricket has seen many fabulous bowlers like Malcolm Marshall of West Indies, Imran Khan and Wasim Akram of Pakistan, Shane Warne and Glenn Mcgrath of Australia, Kapil Dev of India, Shaun Pollock of South Africa etc. But the best bowlers who hunted most batsmen in their career are enlisted here. These bowlers are the best and the highest wicket takers in One Day International Cricket matches.

Players	Country	Wkts	Matches	Balls	Best	Economy
M Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	534	350	18811	7-30	3.94
Wasim Akram	Pakistan	502	356	18186	5-15	3.91
Waqar Younis	Pakistan	416	262	12698	7-36	4.7
WPUJC Vaas	Sri Lanka	400	322	15775	8-19	4.2
SM Pollock	South Africa	393	303	15712	6-35	3.69
GD McGrath	Australia	381	250	12970	7-15	3.9
B Lee	Australia	380	220	11171	5-22	4.77
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	347	347	15156	6-38	4.62
A Kumble	India	337	271	14496	6-12	4.32
ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	323	445	14874	6-29	4.8

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Saeed Ajmal becomes number one ODI bowler

KARACHI: Just days after getting snubbed by the ICC over the shortlist for world player of the year award, Saeed Ajmal has grabbed the top position on the list of ODI bowlers.

The off-spinner on Thursday moved up two places to replace teammate Mohammad Hafeez as the number-one ranked bowler in One-day Internationals.

The latest ICC Player Rankings incorporate both the Pakistan-Australia and England-South Africa ODI series.

Ajmal was the highest wicket-taker in the series against Australia. He picked 10 wickets at an economy rate of 3.41 with an average of 9.9 in the series. His overall rating of 759 is his career-best.

Ajmal is at the centre of a dispute between Pakistan Cricket Board and ICC after the bowler was ignored in the shortlists for ICC awards in spite of his brilliant performances during the last 12 months.

Meanwhile, Hafeez – Pakistan’s Twenty20 captain — has slipped to second position in the bowlers’ table. The allrounder achieved his career-best rating of 762 during the series, but finally ended at 747. However, Hafeez has moved up a place to second in the ICC Player Rankings for allrounders with a career-best rating of 413.

South Africa paceman Lonwabo Tsotsobe, who headed the bowlers’ table before the two series began, is now ranked third.

Other bowlers dropping down the rankings include Morne Morkel in fifth (down by one), Steven Finn in sixth (down by one), Shahid Afridi in 19th (down by three) and Sohail Tanvir in 56th (down by nine).

South Africa paceman Dale Steyn has re-entered the top 10 in the bowlers’ table. He has moved up four places to 10th.

The other bowlers to make upward movements include Mitchell Johnson in 18th (up by one) Wayne Parnell in 44th (up by 16), Abdur Rehman in 61st (up by 12), Mitchell Starc in 76th (up by 55), Jade Dernbach in 79th (up by 10), Ravi Bopara in 80th (up by 27) and James Pattinson in 87th (up by 47).

South Africa’s Hashim Amla, who was the highest run-getter on either side in the series against England with 335 runs, has consolidated his position as the number-one ranked batsman, followed by Virat Kohli in second position and AB de Villiers in third.

Jonathan Trott in fifth (up by two) and Michael Clarke in seventh (up by one) have also made gains in the top ten of the latest batting table. Michael Hussey, meanwhile, is now tenth in the table, moving up four places.

The other batsmen to make upward movements include Mohammad Hafeez in 42nd (up by one), George Bailey in 49th (up by 21), Azhar Ali in 52nd (up by 21), Asad Shafiq in 55th (up by seven) and Nasir Jamshed in 78th (up by 35).

Pakistan wicketkeeper batsman Kamran Akmal has re-entered the rankings at 78th.

The ICC Player Rankings for allrounders is still headed by Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan.

Meanwhile, there has been no change in the ICC ODI Championship table, with England retaining the number-one position. England will hold the position until at least January 2013, when it travels to India for a five-match ODI series.

Australia’s 2-1 series win over Pakistan has gained them one rating point to retain fourth position in the table. Pakistan stay at sixth after losing one rating point.

Source: http://www.thenews.com.pk

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Pakistan outplay Australia by 7 wickets in 2nd ODI

ABU DHABI: Pakistan beat Australia by seven wickets in the second one-day international here on Friday, levelling the three-match series by 1-1 at Abu Dhabi Stadium.

Opener Nasir Jamshed hit an attractive 97 to set Pakistan on course for chasing a 249-run total in 43.4 overs. Michael Hussey topscored for Australia with 61 while Saeed Ajmal took 4-32.
The third match will be played in Sharjah on Monday. (AFP)

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Top 10 Highest ODI Wicket Taking Bowlers

Number of legend bowlers has showed their talent and some are still in the ground. History of cricket is full with too many talented bowlers but in them Some are memorable and their performance can not be forgettable. Top of the batsmen did not feel easy to face some bowlers. These bowlers are so dangerous and have taken the most wickets in their career. We have here the collection of Top 10 Highest Wicket Taking Bowlers.

1. M Muralitharan (SL) 

He was a spin master. He created too much trouble for the batsmen in his career. He joined his national team in 1993 and got retired in 2011. He played 350 matches anD got 534 wickets. He got  4 wickets 15 times and 5 wickets 10 times.

2. Wasim Akram (Pak) 

A legend in the world of cricket Wasim Akram is ranked at number 2 with his wickets 502. He was the first man who made the world record of highest wicket taker. He has a long career started from 1984 and he got retired in 2003. He was known as the master of swing. He got 4 wickets 17 times and 5 wickets 6 times.

3. Waqar Younis (Pak)

Waqar became famous with his in swinging yorker and fastest speed.He  is ranked here at number 3rd with his wickets 416. He was the fear for any batsman. In his career from 1989 to 2003 he played 262 matches. he got 4 wickets 17 times and 5 wickets 6 times. He is also known as “Bore wala express”.

4. Chaminda Vaas (SL)  

Main strike bowler of Sri Lanka Chaminda Vass has got 400 wickets with playing 322 matches. He is ranked at number 4. he got 4 wickets 9 times and 5 wickets 4 times in a match. His career started in 1994 and was ended in 2008.

5. Shaun Pollock (SA)  

shaun pollock did a superb job in his career. He has a span of 1996 to 2008. In his career he played 303 matches and got 393 wickets. He was so dangerous bowler with his tight line and length.

6. McGrath (Aus)

McGrath career was so bright. He was the consistent bowling line bowler. He created too much tension to the batsmen with his superb bowling. He has a long career from 1993 to 2007. In his 15 year’s career he played 250 matches and got 381 wickets. he got 4 wickets 9 times and 5 wickets 7 times in a match in his career

7. B Lee (Aus) 

Brett Lee is a destructive fastest bowler. He can damage the batting line of any team. With the help of his bowling speed he has got 380 wickets just in 200 matches. He started his career in 2000 ans is still performing. He got 4 wickets in a match 14 times and 5 wickets 9 times.

8. Shahid Afridi (Pak)

Shahid Afridi is still playing the cricket and has got yet 347 wickets in his career from 1996 to 2012. He played 347matches. He is a partnership breaker bowler. In his career he got 5 wickets 4 times and 4 wickets in a inning 8 times.His brief bowling information is given below. 

9. A Kumble (India) 

Indian Legend bowler Anil Kumble is included in this list he is ranked at number 9 with his 337 wickets. His careerWas started in 1990 and in 2007 he got retired. In his career he got 4 wickets 8 times and 5 wickets 2 times. Just viewthe bowling career of Kumble below.

10. ST Jayasuriya (SL)

Sri Lankan bowler ST Jawasuriya has got 323 wickets in his long career started from 1989 to 2011. In his career he played 445 matches. Jayasuriya got4 wickets in a inning 8 times and 5 wickets 4 times. The over all performance is given below.   


 

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Top 10 Fastest ODI Centuries

Cricket is one of the world’s most famous game. So many people love cricket. There are different format of cricket and ODI is most favorite format of cricket. We see different players showing their abilities and heart touching strokes all around the ground. It is not easy to make fast century against the world’s best bowlers. But in the cricket history some of the players done it beautifully. Here we are providing the list of top ten fastest ODI centuries till 2012.

1.Shahid Afridi.(Pakistan) 37 balls

A dangerous player of Pakistan Shahid Afridi made this record against sri lanka in 1996 by facing only 37 balls.He is famous all around the world with his nick BOOM BOOM. He is a brave hitter and so talented batsman with ability to turn the result of the match. The record of fastest century is in the hand of  shahid afridi till the last 16 years. he hit 11 sixes in this inning agaist the world good bowling line including Chaminda vass ,muralidharan, dharmacena.Pakistanwon this match by 82 runs.

2. Mark Boucher (Soucth Africa) 44 balls

 Mark boucher bat in a low order batting line. He  is a match winning batsman. He performed many times superbly and score many runs but in 2006 against Zimbabwehis inning made him the world’s 2^nd fastest century maker. He faced only 44 balls to achieve this heroic deed. He made 26 runs in a over against justice Chibhabha. In this matchsouth Africa scored 418 runs and Zimbabwean side all out at 171.

3. Brian Lara (west indies) 45 balls 

The stylish batsman Brian Lara. He is not now in the west indies team. But he had done a great work in his career. He was the famous captain of the west indies team. He made the world’s 3^rd fastest century againstBangladesh in 1996 by facing only 45 balls. A amazing thing about this century was that he hit only 4 sixes. It showed his class in placing the ball in a right place.

4.Shahid afridi (Pakistan) 45 balls

 This was the historical and remembering inning of shahid afridi. He again made the bullet century by facing only 45 balls against Inida in Kanpur. Every six of Afridi was big. This was the special fastest century because it was against India. India set the total of 250 but Afridi helped Pakistani team to achieve this target by 8 overs remaining. Afridi stroked 10 fours and 9 sixes in this inning. This was the 4^th fastest ODI century in the history of cricket.

5.Sanath Jayasuriya (sri lanka) 48 balls

 Sanath jayasuriya a sri lankan batsman is famous due to his aggressive batting style. He did not hesitate to hit the ball against any bowler. He opened the inning of his team and played so beautifully and aggressively many times. His contribution will be remembered all the times  in match winning  for his country. He made the world’s 5^th fastest century againstPakistan in 1996 by facing only 48 balls. This inning include 11 fours and 11 sixes. Pakistani team struggled well to achieve the target but Sri Lanka won this match by 34 runs.

6. Kevin O brien (Ireland) 50 balls

 New rising star in a cricket Kevin O Brien in 2011 world cup achieved the world’s 6^th fastest century. He faced only 50 balls.Ireland team did upset in this match by winning which stopped the chances of English team to go in quarter final game.England set the target of 327 and were assure after doing out the half of the Ireland team only on 111. but the Kevin changed the result of the match with his thriller inning.

7.Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) 53 balls

 Shahid afridi is again in this list at number 7 position in top ten fastest century makers list. This time he done it against Bangladesh by facing only 53 balls. He played this inning in Asia cup in Srilanka. His inning included only 4 sixes which made the total of 385 beating the Bangladeshi side by 139 runs. He made 124 runs off 60 balls.

8. Sanath Jayasuria (Sri Lanka) 55 balls

 Sanath Jayasuria again played a heart touching inning but it was against the Bangladesh which happened in asia cup 2011.He beated badly the Bangladesh bowlers all around the ground and made the 8^th fastest century by facing 55 balls. Which include 16 fours and 6 sixes . Sri Lanakan side made the huge total of 332 and they won this match by huge margin of 158 runs.

9.AB de Villiers (South Africa) 58 balls

 AB de Villiers showed his class against the strong Indian side. Which were playing with their world’s best bowlers. But de Villiers were not afraid and he crashed the Indian bowling line and reached on his century by playing only 58 balls. This was happened in Ahmadabad in 2010.

10.Varender sehwag (india) 60 balls

A well known and famous batsman of Indian cricket team Varender Sehwag is one of the dangerous and attacking opening batsman. He is a reliable batsman which have not fair against any bowling attack. He punished the new Zealand bowlers in 2009 when india toured to the new Zealand. He faced 60 balls and reached his century. He is at number 10 in the fastest century maker list.   
 

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