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Ramis22-Feb-2002
On February 10, 2002 during the second Test match (no. 1588) betweenPakistan and West Indies played in Sharjah, Waqar Younis became the 13th bowlerto claim 350 wickets when he captured the wicket of Ryan Hinds. By achievingthis landmark in just 78 matches he became the fastest Pakistani to reach 350wickets in Test cricket. In this regard, Imran Khan, who achieved this featin 79 matches in 1989-90, held the previous record.
Waqar took just 14928 balls to take his 350th wicket. This places him at thetop of the list, above the late West Indian fast bowler Malcolm Marshall whoneeded 16340 balls to reach his 350 wickets in his 75th Test in 1990-91. Waqarbettered him by 1412 balls.
Waqar Younis who made his Test debut against India at Karachi took 12 yearsand 87 days to achieve this milestone at the age of 30 years and 86 days.
The following chart is a graphical representation of his career on a wicketsper match basis followed by detailed tabulations:
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Waqar Younis Career Statistics 21-02-2002
Country-wise break-up of Waqar Younis’s bowlingOpponentsMtOversMdnsRunsWktsAvgBestB/wR/o5w10wAustralia9264.2548252434.384/6966.083.12–Bangladesh354.281811810.066/5518.113.341-England11404.17013525027.045/5248.503.353-India410719390848.754/8080.253.64–NewZealand12482.312313136819.317/7642.572.7252SouthAfrica523.90149.230478206/7844.803.201 1SriLanka12330.35111505520.916/3436.053.4841WestIndies13363.24812835523.335/4639.643.533-Zimbabwe9332.36610045418.597/9136.943.025 1Home31997.4310615919.537/7637.63.11113Away451437 467418525.266/3446.63.25112Neutral253.39196824.504/4440.13.66Overall(9)782488.0469797635222.667/7642.413.21225
Bowlers with 350 or more Test wickets (13)BowlersCareerTestsOversMdnsRunsWktsAvgBestB/wR/o5w10wCAWalsh1984-011325004.211431268451924.447/3757.82.53223KapilDev1978-941314623.210571286743429.659/8363.92.78232RJHadlee1973-90863460.4809961143122.309/5250.82.63369SKWarne 1992-**984563.113231149343026.738/7163.62.51205WasimAkram 1985-**1043771.5869977741423.627/11954.62.59255CELAmbrose 1988-00983683.51001850240520.998/4554.52.30223MMuralitharan1992-**724025.21044951040423.549/5159.72.363310ITBotham 1977-921023549.37881087838328.408/3456.92.99274GDMcGrath 1993-**813247.4956829737722.018/3851.62.55223MDMarshall 1978-91812930.4611787637620.957/2246.72.68224ImranKhan 1971-92883106727825836222.818/5853.72.54236DKLillee 1971-84702834.1652849335523.927/8352.02.75237
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1989-**782488469797635222.667/7642.43.20225 **- players currently active in Test Cricket
Bowlersreaching 350 Test wickets in least matchesBowlersMtBallsRunsAvgB/wVsTestSeasonM Muralitharan(SL) 6621633867824.7961.81BD1st2001-02RJ Hadlee(NZ) 6917858787422.4350.88WI3rd1986-87DK Lillee(Aus) 7018288840523.9552.10Pak5th1983-84GD McGrath(Aus) 7417581744921.2850.23Eng4th2001MD Marshall(WI) 7516340732620.8146.42Aus4th1990-91Waqar Younis(Pak) 7814928797622.6642.41WI2nd2001-02Imran Khan(Pak) 7918738795322.6653.38Ind4th1989-90SK Warne(Aus) 8022419894625.5664.05Ind2nd1999-00Wasim Akram(Pak) 8218534798122.7452.80Zim1st1998-99IT Botham(Eng) 8318852933226.5153.56WI4th1985-86CEL Ambrose(WI) 8418737744221.2653.53SA4th1998-99CA Walsh(WI) 9620440909325.7657.90Pak3rd1997-98Kapil Dev(Ind) 100207841014028.8959.21Pak1st1989-90
Bowlers reaching350 Test wickets with least balls and best strike rateBowlersMtBallsRunsAvgB/wVsTestSeasonWaqar Younis(Pak) 7814928797622.6642.41WI2nd2001-02MD Marshall(WI) 7516340732620.8146.42Aus4th1990-91GD McGrath(Aus) 7417581744921.2850.23Eng4th2001RJ Hadlee(NZ) 6917858787422.4350.88WI3rd1986-87DK Lillee(Aus) 7018288840523.9552.10Pak5th1983-84Wasim Akram(Pak) 8218534798122.7452.80Zim1st1998-99Imran Khan(Pak) 7918738795322.6653.38Ind4th1989-90CEL Ambrose(WI) 8418737744221.2653.53SA4th1998-99IT Botham(Eng) 8318852933226.5153.56WI4th1985-86CA Walsh(WI) 9620440909325.7657.90Pak3rd1997-98Kapil Dev(Ind) 100207841014028.8959.21Pak1st1989-90M Muralitharan(SL) 6621633867824.7961.81BD1st2001-02SK Warne(Aus) 8022419894625.5664.05Ind2nd1999-00- balls calculatedto the end of that particular match in which the bowler took his 350th wicket
– All data updated to 21-02-2002