Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stats & Career Records
Shoaib Akhtar is a bowler associated with Pakistan, with an international career span of 1997–2010. Across the normalized career records available here, Shoaib Akhtar has 959 runs and 444 wickets across Test, ODI and/or T20I formats where records are available.
Shoaib Akhtar Career Stats
Career figures are cross-checked against the independent scorecard-derived layer. Exact matches are verified automatically; small source under-counts are corrected only when the scorecard layer is complete and identity-safe.
| Format | Career | Matches | Innings | Runs | HS | Bat Avg | 50s | 100s | Wickets | BBI | Bowl Avg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ✓ verified | 1997–2007 | 46 | 67 | 544 | 47 | 10.07 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 6/11 | 25.70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career span1997–2007 Matches46 Innings67 Not outs13 Runs544 High score47 Batting average10.07 50s0 100s0 Balls bowled8,143 Maidens237 Runs conceded4,574 Wickets178 Best bowling6/11 Bowling average25.70 Catches12 Detailed TEST match analysisInnings67
Runs544
Bat Avg10.07
Strike Rate41.43
50s / 100s0 / 0
Wickets178
Bowl Avg25.70
Economy3.37
Top opponents in TEST
Recent TEST match performances
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| 1998–2007 | 163 | 84 | 394 | 43 | 8.95 | — | — | 247 | 6–16 | 24.97 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career span1998–2007 Matches163 Innings84 Not outs40 Runs394 High score43 Batting average8.95 Balls bowled7,764 Maidens99 Runs conceded6,169 Wickets247 Best bowling6–16 Bowling average24.97 Catches20 Detailed ODI match analysisInnings82
Runs382
Bat Avg8.88
Strike Rate72.08
50s / 100s0 / 0
Wickets247
Bowl Avg24.44
Economy4.75
Top opponents in ODI
Recent ODI match performances
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| ✓ verified | 2006–2010 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3/38 | 22.74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career span2006–2010 Matches15 Innings6 Runs21 High score8 Batting average7.00 50s0 100s0 Balls bowled318 Wickets19 Best bowling3/38 Bowling average22.74 Catches2 Stumpings0 Detailed T20I match analysisInnings6
Runs21
Bat Avg7.00
Strike Rate131.25
50s / 100s0 / 0
Wickets19
Bowl Avg22.74
Economy8.15
Top opponents in T20I
Recent T20I match performances
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Career rows are automatically cross-checked against the independent detailed-scorecard layer. Canonical team aliases are merged, representative-XI internationals are included for the same verified person, and conflicts are kept out of the verified state.
Detailed Data Coverage
The career total and the independent detailed-scorecard layer are compared format by format. A format is labelled Verified only when the corrected career total and detailed match total agree and the available runs/wickets reconcile.
| Format | Career matches | Detailed matches | Coverage | Cross-source check | Status |
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| TEST | 46 | 46 | 100.0% | Verified | Verified |
| ODI | 163 | 160 | 98.2% | Partial data | Partial |
| T20I | 15 | 15 | 100.0% | Verified | Verified |
Shoaib Akhtar Detailed Match Analysis
Historical enrichment is filling this automatically in the background. The merged detailed-scorecard layer currently covers 98.7% of the career-match total, with approximately 3 career matches still missing from the deep layer. Complete opponent, venue and year tables switch on automatically only after format-level coverage and career-total reconciliation pass.
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Shoaib Akhtar Dismissals & Head-to-Head
Historical scorecards and Cricsheet ball-by-ball are kept separate so career dismissal evidence is not mixed with delivery-level coverage.
Who dismissed whom
Easy read: 74 of 100 batting dismissals identify the bowler; 26 scorecards do not. Missing names are never guessed.
Source check: summary totals reconcile with the complete stored breakdown.
Head-to-head matchups
Coverage: the table is complete for the Cricsheet international matches available for this exact registry identity. Matches without delivery-level Cricsheet data are not invented or estimated.