Akram is the only bowler to have achieved four hat-tricks in international cricket, with two each in Tests and One Day Internationals. He was the third of only four bowlers to have taken two Test cricket hat-tricks, the others being Hugh Trumble, Jimmy Matthews and Stuart Broad.

How many hat-tricks did Wasim Akram take?

Wasim Akram heads the list with four hat-tricks, while Mohammad Sami and Saqlain Mushtaq have two hat-tricks per piece. The remaining seven bowlers each have one international hat-trick to their credit. The 15 Pakistani hat-tricks consist of 5 in Test matches, 8 in ODIs and 2 in T20s.

Who has taken the most number of hat-tricks?

1. Lasith Malinga. The Sri Lankan pacer is the only bowler to have taken a hat-trick three times in his cricketing career.

Who was better Wasim or Waqar?

Wasim played productively as a cricketer longer. Waqar in his prime was a better bowler than Wasim statistically, his average was better as well as his strike rate between 90 and 94. However when Waqar lost his speed he lost his reverse swing as well unlike Akram who could still swing the ball both ways.

Who has taken 4 wickets in 4 balls?

WI hold their nerve in 5th T20I to clinch 3-2 series win. Holder's rare feat saw him join an exclusive club featuring Lasith Malinga, Rashid Khan and Curtis Campher. They are the only other bowlers in men's cricket to claim four wickets in four balls in T20Is.

Who has taken 6 balls 6 wickets?

Virandeep Singh Took 6 Wickets In 6 Balls | 6 wickets in 6 balls by Virandeep | Cricket World Record.

Who took 6 wickets in an over?

In this way, six wickets fell in his 6 balls. Malaysia's Under 19 cricketer Virandeep Singh completed his hat-trick in this over as well as the five-wicket haul. The wicket fell on every ball of this over and on every next new ball the new batsman was at the crease.

What was Waqar Younis fastest ball?

His fastest timed delivery in cricket was 153 km/h or 95.1 mph, a delivery he bowled against South Africa in 1993 but this was after he had suffered serious back injuries which had really reduced his bowling speeds.

Is Wasim Akram the greatest bowler of all time?

Wasim was ranked as the best bowler in ODI of all time, with a rating of 1223.5, ahead of Allan Donald, Imran Khan, Waqar Younis, Joel Garner, Glenn McGrath and Muralitharan. Wasim took 23 four-wicket hauls in 356 ODI matches played.

Who took first hattrick in IPL?

Lakshmipathy Balaji was the first bowler in IPL history to take a hat-trick.

Who has done double hat-trick?

Four players have taken at least two ODI hat-tricks in their careers: Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq of Pakistan, Chaminda Vaas of Sri Lanka and Kuldeep Yadav of India. (Akram therefore has four international hat-tricks in total).

Who is the king of Yorker?

The original yorker king in IPL is Lasith Malinga. He was the one who introduced the slow ball yorker to the cricket world. In recent times, Jasprit Bumrah, the Indian team spearhead, is known as the yorker king.

Who is King of Swing?

Sachin Tendulkar retired from cricket at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium, his home ground, bringing the curtains down on a glittering international career that spanned 24 years.

Who is the swing king of India?

Kumar rose to the opposition when an absence of quick bowling in India saw him move up the stepping stool. He is popular for his risky inswing bowling that unleashes destruction in the last part of the matches. He is named as the 'Swing King' in India.

Who bowled the slowest ball in cricket history?

Kasperek bowled perhaps the slowest delivery in the history of international cricket as her delivery clocked at 38 kmph.

How quick was Curtly Ambrose?

On Ambrose's last tour to England in 2000 he regularly measured 86 mph.

What is Jofra Archer fastest ball?

England pacer Archer, who has been out of the field since March this year due to an elbow injury, is one of the deadly pacers in international cricket currently. The right-arm pacer has often bowled balls crossing 150 kph. His fastest ever delivery is 153.62 kph.

Who is best spinner in the world?

Best Spinner in the World

• Muttiah Muralitharan. Muralitharan has been the best spinner, and possibly the best bowler, the world cricket has ever seen. ...
• Anil Kumble. One of the finest spinner for the Indian team in the ODI and Test circuit has to be the 2nd best in the rankings. ...
• Shane Warne. ...
• Shahid Afridi. ...
• Ravichandran Ashwin.

Who invented googly?

Bernard Bosanquet, died at his home in Surrey on October 12, the day before the 59th anniversary of his birth. A capable allround cricketer at Eton and Oxford and also for Middlesex, Bosanquet enjoyed chief claim to fame as the acknowledged inventor of the googly.

Who is the fastest 100 in ODI?

South Africa's AB de Villiers holds the record for the fastest one-day international (ODI) century of all time - he took just 31 balls to reach the milestone in a match against the West Indies in Johannesburg in 2015.