PLAYER CAREER

Shoaib Akhtar

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Pakistan1997–2011

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	46	67	67	67	1997-11-29	2007-12-08
ODI	149	78	78	78	1998-03-28	2011-03-08
T20I	13	6	6	6	2006-08-28	2010-12-28

224Internationals

959Career runs

0Centuries

444Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 46
Innings: 67
Runs: 544
Average: 10.07
Strike rate: 41.43
Highest score: 47
Not outs: 13
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 11
4s: 53
6s: 22
Balls faced: 1,313

Bowling

Matches: 46
Innings: 82
Balls: 8,143
Maidens: 237
Runs conceded: 4,574
Wickets: 178
Average: 25.69
Economy: 3.37
Strike rate: 45.74
Best innings: 6/11
Best match: 11/78
4 wickets: 10
5 wickets: 12
10 wickets: 2

Fielding

Matches: 46
Innings: 86
Catches: 12
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 12
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 12
Dismissals / inns: 0.139
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 163
Innings: 84
Runs: 394
Average: 8.95
Strike rate: 73.23
Highest score: 43
Not outs: 40
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 11
4s: 27
6s: 12
Balls faced: 538

Bowling

Matches: 163
Innings: 162
Balls: 7,764
Maidens: 99
Runs conceded: 6,169
Wickets: 247
Average: 24.97
Economy: 4.76
Strike rate: 31.43
Best innings: 6/16
Best match: 6/16
4 wickets: 6
5 wickets: 4
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 163
Innings: 162
Catches: 20
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 20
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 20
Dismissals / inns: 0.123
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

T20I

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 15
Innings: 6
Runs: 21
Average: 7.00
Strike rate: 131.25
Highest score: 8*
Not outs: 3
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 1
4s: 2
6s: 1
Balls faced: 16

Bowling

Matches: 15
Innings: 15
Balls: 318
Maidens: 3
Runs conceded: 432
Wickets: 19
Average: 22.73
Economy: 8.15
Strike rate: 16.73
Best innings: 3/38
Best match: 3/38
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 15
Innings: 15
Catches: 2
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 2
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 2
Dismissals / inns: 0.133
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

211 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2011-03-08	New Zealand v Pakistan	ODI	New Zealand won by 110 runs
2011-02-26	Sri Lanka v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 11 runs
2011-02-05	New Zealand v Pakistan	ODI	New Zealand won by 57 runs
2011-02-03	New Zealand v Pakistan	ODI	Pakistan won by 41 runs
2011-01-22	New Zealand v Pakistan	ODI	New Zealand won by 9 wickets
2010-12-28	New Zealand v Pakistan	T20I	New Zealand won by 39 runs
2010-12-26	New Zealand v Pakistan	T20I	New Zealand won by 5 wickets
2010-11-08	Pakistan v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 57 runs
2010-11-05	Pakistan v South Africa	ODI	Pakistan won by 1 wickets
2010-11-02	Pakistan v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 2 runs
2010-10-31	Pakistan v South Africa	ODI	Pakistan won by 1 wickets
2010-10-29	Pakistan v South Africa	ODI	South Africa won by 8 wickets

Pakistan

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

19971 runs
199837 runs
199932 runs
200035 runs
20012 runs
2002122 runs
200317 runs
2004114 runs
200585 runs
200692 runs
20077 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19972 wickets
199816 wickets
199916 wickets
200011 wickets
20011 wickets
200242 wickets
200330 wickets
200426 wickets
200517 wickets
20064 wickets
200713 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 11 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2007	4	5	7	4	1.75	18.91	1	0	37	7	13	25.69	3.06	50.23
2006	3	3	92	47	46.00	80.70	13	4	114	4	4	63.25	3.87	98.00
2005	4	7	85	38	14.16	33.73	7	5	252	7	17	28.64	3.64	47.17
2004	6	11	114	28	10.36	35.51	10	5	321	10	26	28.34	3.82	44.50
2003	4	4	17	15	4.25	42.50	0	2	40	8	30	12.36	2.56	28.96
2002	9	13	122	37	11.09	55.70	12	4	219	16	42	17.02	3.25	31.42
2001	1	2	2	2	2.00	13.33	0	0	15	1	1	64.00	3.36	114.00
2000	2	4	35	26	11.66	30.97	4	2	113	4	11	21.63	3.50	37.00
1999	5	9	32	8	4.57	39.02	2	0	82	9	16	36.62	3.75	58.56
1998	7	8	37	11	9.25	31.35	4	0	118	14	16	45.06	3.18	85.00
1997	1	1	1	1	1.00	50.00	0	0	2	2	2	34.00	3.09	66.00

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

199844 runs
199912 runs
200025 runs
20015 runs
200212 runs
2003122 runs
200447 runs
20053 runs
200612 runs
20071 runs
200928 runs
201018 runs
20113 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

19985 wickets
199935 wickets
200023 wickets
200117 wickets
200236 wickets
200326 wickets
200431 wickets
20057 wickets
20069 wickets
200711 wickets
20094 wickets
201019 wickets
20115 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 13 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2011	5	3	3	2	3.00	30.00	0	0	10	5	5	45.80	6.02	45.60
2010	13	11	18	6	3.60	58.06	1	1	31	13	19	32.05	5.16	37.26
2009	6	3	28	25	14.00	107.69	4	1	26	6	4	60.00	6.00	60.00
2007	5	2	1	1	0.50	33.33	0	0	3	5	11	20.63	4.82	25.63
2006	4	2	12	10	12.00	57.14	0	1	21	4	9	18.66	4.66	24.00
2005	6	2	3	3	1.50	60.00	0	0	5	6	7	35.00	5.61	37.42
2004	22	11	47	27	6.71	85.45	5	0	55	22	31	28.90	4.87	35.58
2003	17	12	122	43	15.25	102.52	10	6	119	17	26	26.34	4.53	34.88
2002	23	9	12	3	2.00	33.33	0	0	36	23	36	22.05	4.44	29.77
2001	8	4	5	3	1.66	50.00	0	0	10	8	17	17.64	5.60	18.88
2000	15	8	25	9	25.00	34.72	2	0	72	15	23	21.26	4.53	28.13
1999	20	9	12	4	6.00	42.85	0	0	28	20	35	19.97	4.29	27.91
1998	5	2	44	36	44.00	70.96	4	0	62	5	5	41.40	5.30	46.80

T20I

T20I · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

20071 runs
201020 runs

T20I · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20061 wickets
20072 wickets
20081 wickets
20090 wickets
201011 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons

T20I archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2010	8	5	20	8	6.66	133.33	2	1	15	8	11	22.63	8.30	16.36
2009	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	1	0	N/A	9.00	N/A
2008	2	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	2	1	71.00	10.14	42.00
2007	1	1	1	1	N/A	100.00	0	0	1	1	2	15.00	7.50	12.00
2006	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	1	1	31.00	7.75	24.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1997-11-29
First available scorecard
Test v West Indies · Rawalpindi
1998-02-26
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v South Africa · Durban
2002-05-01
Best recorded bowling · 6/11
Test v New Zealand · Lahore
2006-01-21
Highest recorded innings · 47 runs
Test v India · Iqbal Stadium
2011-03-08
Latest available scorecard
ODI v New Zealand · Pallekele International Cricket Stadium