Article_WasimAkram_completes-400wickets

Pakistani allrounder Wasim Akram completed his 400 Test wickets when he had Russell Arnold caught by Mohammad Akram in Sri Lanka's second innings at Colombo SSC. Wasim became only fourth bowler to reach this landmark after New Zealand�s Richard Hadlee, India�s Kapil Dev and West Indies� Courtney Walsh. Wasim now enjoys the unique distinction of taking 400 wickets in both forms of cricket - Tests as well as ODIs.

Wasim Akram : Performance against each country :

Opponents         Tests     Balls    Mdns     Runs     Wkts     Best      Ave.    5WI 10WM     SR

Australia              13      2990     102       1288       50       6-62     25.76      4       1        59.80
England               14      3106     110       1378       50       6-67     27.56      2       0        62.10
India                   12      2928     104       1303       45       5-96     28.86      2       0        65.10
New Zealand         9      2526     106        1021      60       7-119   17.01      6       2         42.10
South Africa          4       846       35          386      13       4-42     29.69      0       0        65.10
Sri Lanka             17     2857     135        1179      56       5-43     20.48      2       0         50.00
West Indies          17     3550     121        1645      79       6-61     20.82      4       1         44.90
Zimbabwe            10     2401      96           997     47       6-48      21.21      4       1        51.10
Home                  38     7404     276         3250    152      6-48      21.38      8       1        48.70
Away                  58   13800     533         5947    248      7-119     23.97    16       4        55.64
Total                   96   21204     809         9197    400      7-119     22.99    24       5        53.01

Chronology of each milestone :

Wicket    Batsman (Country)       Venue          Season        Test #

1st     John Wright (NZ)        Auckland        1984-85         1st
50th    David Gower (Eng)       Manchester      1987            16th
100th   Terry Alderman (Aus)    Melbourne       1989-90         30th
150th   Robin Smith (Eng)       Lord�s          1992            41st
200th   Richard deGroen (NZ)    Auckland        1993-94         51st
250th   Grant Flower (Zim)      Bulawayo        1994-95         60th
300th   Alan Mullally (Eng)     The Oval        1996            70th
350th   Neil Johnson (Zim)      Peshawar        1998-99         82nd
400th   Russel Arnold (SL)      Colombo SSC     1999-00         96th

Mode of Dismissals :

                   Home    Away   Total
Bowled              41      58     99
Caught by fielder   25      90    115
Caught & Bowled      2       2      4
Caught by 'keeper   27      41     68
LBW                 57      57    114
Total              152     248    400

Favourite Dismissals :

9 times :       Krish Srikkanth (Ind)
8 times :       Curtly Ambrose (WI)
7 times :       Grant Flower (Zim)
6 times :       Malcolm Marshall (WI),Courtney Walsh (WI)

This is how the four most successful bowlers in Test cricket reached every progressive milestone of 50 wickets :

                50   100 150 200 250 300    350     400     450
Richard Hadlee 14   25   34   44   56   61     69      80      X
Kapil Dev       16   25   39   50   65   83     100     115     X
Courtney Walsh 14   29   44   58   70   80     96      107     118
Wasim Akram     16   30   41   51   60   70     82      96      X

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