da dobrowin： Shoaib Akhtar’s 43 against England produced a number of interesting statistics
ICC CWC 2003 Media Information23-Feb-2003Shoaib Akhtar’s 43 against England produced a number of interesting statistics. Firstly, it is the highest score made by a number 11 batsman in an ODI:Highest scores by number 11 batsman in ODIs
Score Player For Against Venue Season43 Shoaib Akhtar Pakistan England Cape Town 2002/0337 J Garner West Indies India Manchester 198336 PJC Ongondo Kenya West Indies Nairobi 200134* C Pringle New Zealand West Indies Guwahati 1994/9534* Mushtaq Ahmed Pakistan South Africa Colombo-SSC 200033 Waqar Younis Pakistan South Africa Durban 1997/9831* SE Bond New Zealand India Auckland 2002/0330 ARC Fraser England West Indies Port-of-Spain 1997/9830 J Srinath India South Africa Sharjah 1999/0028 AJ Bichel Australia Sri Lanka Sydney 2002/03
Secondly, it provided only the 5th instance of a number 11 batsman being the top scorer in an innings in an ODI.
Score Total Player For Against Venue Season37 228 J Garner West Indies India Manchester 1983 #34* 171-9 C Pringle New Zealand West Indies Guwahati 1994/9536 192 PJC Ongondo Kenya West Indies Nairobi 200126 132 SE Bond New Zealand Australia Colombo-SSC 2002/0343 134 Shoaib Akhtar Pakistan England Cape Town 2002/03
Finally, it brought to an end a sequence of 33 consecutive innings without reaching double-figures in ODIs for Shoaib. He had scored 36 in his first ODI innings and then had 33 innings from 1998/99 to 2002/03 without reaching double-figures before this innings. Only Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) has had more consecutive innings without reaching double-figures – 34 between 1993/94 and 1997/98.