Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistan

Shoaib Akhtar, a former Pakistan cricketer, was born on Aug 13, 1975. As of 2026, he is 51 years old and remains a prominent figure in cricket. Shoaib Akhtar is a Right Handed batter and one of the greatest batters in the game.

Shoaib Akhtar's cricket career spanned an impressive period from 1997 to 2007, during which he made significant contributions to the sport. His time on the field showcased his skills and dedication, leaving a lasting impact on the game.

In his Test career, Shoaib Akhtar has played 46 matches in his Test career and he took 178 wickets, with an average of 25.70, conceding nearly 3.37 runs per over with a best individual figure of 11/78.

In Shoaib Akhtar's Odi career, has played 163 matches to date in his Odi career and he took 247 wickets, with an average of 24.98, conceding nearly 4.77 runs per over with a best individual figure of 6/16.

Shoaib Akhtar has played 15 matches to date in his T20 career and he took 19 wickets, with an average of 22.74, conceding nearly 8.15 runs per over with a best individual figure of 3/38.

Shoaib AkhtarPakistan

Born: Aug 13, 1975 (50 years)
Period: (1997-2007)
Batting Style: Right Handed
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast

Batting Career Summary

	MAT	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	4s	6s	CT	ST
TEST	46	13	544	47	10.07	41.46	53	22	-	-
ODI	163	40	394	43	8.95	73.23	27	12	-	-
T20	15	3	21	8*	7.00	131.25	2	1	-	-
IPL	3	0	2	2	2.00	28.57	0	0	-	-

Bowling Career Summary

	MAT	Ov	M	Wkts	AVG	ECON	Best	5w
TEST	46	1357.1	238	178	25.70	3.37	6/11	12
ODI	163	1294.0	99	247	24.98	4.77	6/16	4
T20	15	53.0	3	19	22.74	8.15	3/38	0
IPL	3	7.0	0	5	10.80	7.71	4/11	0

Home/Away By Year By Opponent By Position

Home/Away Record (Batting)

TEST ODI T20

Venue	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	CT
Home	28	5	375	47	16.30	6
Away	39	8	169	27	5.45	5
Overall	67	13	544	47	10.07	12

Venue	MAT	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	CT
Home	32	4	77	36	7.70	65.25	2
Away	131	36	317	43	9.32	75.48	18
Overall	163	40	394	43	8.95	73.23	20

Venue	MAT	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	The Hundred	50	CT	ST
Away	15	3	21	8*	7.00	131.25	0	0	2	0
Overall	15	3	21	8*	7.00	131.25	0	0	2	0

Home/Away Record (Bowling)

TEST ODI T20

Venue	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	5w	10w
Home	647.3	113	83	2198	26.48	3.39	46.81	6/11	5	1
Away	709.4	125	95	2376	25.01	3.35	44.82	6/30	7	1
Overall	1357.1	238	178	4574	25.70	3.37	45.75	6/11	12	2

Venue	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	4w
Home	255.5	19	46	1299	28.24	5.08	33.37	6/16	4
Away	1038.1	80	201	4870	24.23	4.69	30.99	5/19	6
Overall	1294	99	247	6169	24.98	4.77	31.43	6/16	10

Venue	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	4w
Away	53.0	3	19	432	22.74	8.15	16.74	3/38	0
Overall	53	3	19	432	22.74	8.15	16.74	3/38	0

By Year Record (Batting)

TEST ODI T20

Year	MAT	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	CT
1997	1	1	0	1	1	1.00	1
1998	7	8	4	37	11	9.25	3
1999	5	9	2	32	8	4.57	0
2000	2	4	1	35	26	11.67	1
2001	1	2	1	2	2*	2.00	0
2002	9	13	2	122	37	11.09	2
2003	4	4	0	17	15	4.25	0
2004	6	11	0	114	28	10.36	2
2005	4	7	1	85	38	14.17	2
2006	3	3	1	92	47	46.00	0
2007	4	5	1	7	4	1.75	1
Overall (11)	46	67	13	544	47	10.07	12

Year	MAT	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	CT
1998	5	2	1	44	36	44.00	70.97	1
1999	21	9	7	12	4*	6.00	42.86	3
2000	15	8	7	25	9*	25.00	34.72	3
2001	8	4	1	5	3	1.67	50.00	1
2002	26	9	3	12	3*	2.00	33.33	4
2003	20	14	6	151	43	18.88	101.34	2
2004	23	11	4	47	27*	6.71	85.45	1
2005	11	6	1	36	15	7.20	102.86	1
2006	4	2	1	12	10	12.00	57.14	1
2007	5	2	0	1	1	0.50		0
2009	6	3	1	28	25	14.00	107.69	0
2010	13	11	6	18	6*	3.60	58.06	3
2011	6	3	2	3	2*	3.00	30.00	0
Overall (13)	163	84	40	394	43	8.95	73.23	20

Year	MAT	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	CT
2006	1	0	0	0	0			1
2007	2	1	1	1	1*			0
2008	3	0	0	0	0			1
2009	1	0	0	0	0			0
2010	8	5	2	20	8*	6.67	133.33	0
Overall (5)	15	6	3	21	8*	7.00	131.25	2

By Year Record (Bowling)

TEST ODI T20

Year	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	5w	10w
1997	22.0	4	2	68	34.00	3.09	66.00	2/47	0	0
1998	226.4	36	16	721	45.06	3.18	85.00	5/43	1	0
1999	156.1	23	16	586	36.63	3.75	58.56	4/47	0	0
2000	67.5	9	11	238	21.64	3.51	37.00	5/75	1	0
2001	19.0	4	1	64	64.00	3.37	114.00	1/64	0	0
2002	220.0	51	42	715	17.02	3.25	31.43	6/11	3	0
2003	144.5	29	30	371	12.37	2.56	28.97	6/30	3	2
2004	192.5	26	26	737	28.35	3.82	44.50	5/60	3	0
2005	133.4	20	17	487	28.65	3.64	47.18	5/71	1	0
2006	65.2	17	4	253	63.25	3.87	98.00	2/70	0	0
2007	108.5	19	13	334	25.69	3.07	50.23	4/36	0	0
Overall (11)	1357.1	238	178	4574	25.70	3.37	45.75	6/11	12	2

Year	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	4w
1998	39.0	4	5	207	41.40	5.31	46.80	3/44	0
1999	168.5	17	38	710	18.68	4.21	26.66	4/37	1
2000	107.5	13	23	489	21.26	4.53	28.13	3/9	0
2001	53.3	1	17	300	17.65	5.61	18.88	5/19	1
2002	199.4	15	39	856	21.95	4.29	30.72	6/16	2
2003	166.1	12	33	757	22.94	4.56	30.21	4/46	2
2004	188.5	14	31	906	29.23	4.80	36.55	4/36	1
2005	86.1	8	13	461	35.46	5.35	39.77	5/54	1
2006	36.0	3	9	168	18.67	4.67	24.00	4/28	1
2007	47.0	2	11	227	20.64	4.83	25.64	4/43	1
2009	40.0	2	4	240	60.00	6.00	60.00	2/42	0
2010	118.0	6	19	609	32.05	5.16	37.26	3/39	0
2011	43.0	2	5	239	47.80	5.56	51.60	2/42	0
Overall (13)	1294	99	247	6169	24.98	4.77	31.43	6/16	10

Year	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	4w
2006	4.0	0	1	31	31.00	7.75	24.00	1/31	0
2007	7.0	0	4	52	13.00	7.43	10.50	2/22	0
2008	10.0	0	3	82	27.33	8.20	20.00	2/11	0
2009	2.0	0	0	18		9.00		0/18	0
2010	30.0	3	11	249	22.64	8.30	16.36	3/38	0
Overall (5)	53	3	19	432	22.74	8.15	16.74	3/38	0

By Position Record (Batting)

TEST ODI T20

Position	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	CT
5	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
7	1	0	38	38	38.00	1
8	4	1	17	15	5.67	0
9	17	1	210	47	13.13	1
10	29	3	221	37	8.50	6
11	15	8	58	9*	8.29	2
Overall	67	13	544	47	10.07	12

Position	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	CT
6	1	0	5	5	5.00	100.00	0
8	2	0	9	6	4.50	75.00	0
9	15	5	184	36	18.40	84.02	2
10	20	6	75	27*	5.36	83.33	1
11	46	29	121	43	7.12	57.08	6
Overall	84	40	394	43	8.95	73.23	20

Position	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	CT
9	1	1	1	1*		100.00	0
10	3	1	9	5*	4.50	100.00	0
11	2	1	11	8*	11.00	183.33	0
Overall	6	3	21	8*	7.00	131.25	2

By Opponent Record (Batting)

TEST ODI T20

Team	MAT	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	CT
Australia	10	17	3	85	27	6.07	2
Bangladesh	3	3	0	18	15	6.00	0
England	4	7	2	87	38	17.40	2
India	10	14	2	151	47	12.58	1
New Zealand	2	2	0	37	37	18.50	0
South Africa	5	7	2	18	6	3.60	1
Sri Lanka	5	9	2	79	26	11.29	2
West Indies	3	3	0	25	20	8.33	1
Zimbabwe	4	5	2	44	16	14.67	3
Overall (9)	46	67	13	544	47	10.07	12

Team	MAT	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	CT
ACA Africa XI	3	2	0	21	15	10.50	95.45	0
Australia	26	17	10	101	36	14.43	66.89	3
Bangladesh	7	2	1	4	3	4.00	40.00	2
England	18	12	4	64	43	8.00	116.36	5
India	28	10	7	20	9*	6.67	45.45	1
Kenya	4	0	0	0	0			1
Namibia	1	1	1	3	3*		100.00	0
Netherlands	2	1	1	26	26*		96.30	1
New Zealand	22	10	5	89	27*	17.80	89.00	0
Scotland	1	0	0	0	0			0
South Africa	15	13	4	40	11*	4.44	68.97	2
Sri Lanka	20	12	5	24	5	3.43	41.38	3
West Indies	7	3	1	1	1	0.50	11.11	1
Zimbabwe	9	1	1	1	1*			1
Overall (14)	163	84	40	394	43	8.95	73.23	20

Team	MAT	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	CT
Australia	3	1	0	0	0	0.00		0
Bangladesh	1	1	1	1	1*		100.00	0
Canada	1	0	0	0	0			0
England	3	1	0	4	4	4.00	100.00	1
Kenya	1	0	0	0	0			0
New Zealand	2	2	2	13	8*		185.71	0
South Africa	2	1	0	3	3	3.00	150.00	0
Sri Lanka	2	0	0	0	0			1
Overall (8)	15	6	3	21	8*	7.00	131.25	2

By Opponent Record (Bowling)

TEST ODI T20

Year	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	5w	10w
Australia	291.5	43	31	1105	35.65	3.79	56.48	5/21	3	0
Bangladesh	94.5	21	17	258	15.18	2.72	33.47	6/50	1	1
England	137.4	22	18	482	26.78	3.50	45.89	5/71	1	0
India	289.0	56	28	966	34.50	3.34	61.93	4/47	0	0
New Zealand	46.5	12	17	89	5.24	1.90	16.53	6/11	3	1
South Africa	117.3	14	16	391	24.44	3.33	44.06	5/43	1	0
Sri Lanka	165.5	23	24	606	25.25	3.65	41.46	5/60	2	0
West Indies	82.0	22	12	246	20.50	3.00	41.00	5/24	1	0
Zimbabwe	131.4	25	15	431	28.73	3.27	52.67	4/75	0	0
Overall (9)	1357.1	238	178	4574	25.70	3.37	45.75	6/11	12	2

Year	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	4w
ACA Africa XI	25.3	4	6	106	17.67	4.16	25.50	2/16	0
Australia	194.4	12	32	1113	34.78	5.72	36.50	5/25	1
Bangladesh	52.0	5	10	184	18.40	3.54	31.20	3/30	0
England	162.5	11	34	822	24.18	5.05	28.74	5/54	3
India	238.5	20	41	1098	26.78	4.60	34.95	4/36	1
Kenya	23.0	6	2	68	34.00	2.96	69.00	2/17	0
Namibia	8.0	1	4	46	11.50	5.75	12.00	4/46	1
Netherlands	15.0	3	4	40	10.00	2.67	22.50	3/26	0
New Zealand	176.2	11	35	821	23.46	4.66	30.23	6/16	2
Scotland	6.0	2	3	11	3.67	1.83	12.00	3/11	0
South Africa	124.5	7	27	637	23.59	5.10	27.74	4/43	2
Sri Lanka	156.1	10	29	736	25.38	4.71	32.31	3/11	0
West Indies	51.4	3	10	230	23.00	4.45	31.00	2/18	0
Zimbabwe	59.1	4	10	257	25.70	4.34	35.50	2/22	0
Overall (14)	1294.0	99	247	6169	24.98	4.77	31.43	6/16	10

Year	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	4w
Australia	8.0	0	1	81	81.00	10.13	48.00	1/29	0
Bangladesh	4.0	0	2	30	15.00	7.50	12.00	2/30	0
Canada	3.0	0	2	11	5.50	3.67	9.00	2/11	0
England	12.0	2	4	72	18.00	6.00	18.00	2/23	0
Kenya	3.0	0	2	22	11.00	7.33	9.00	2/22	0
New Zealand	8.0	0	4	80	20.00	10.00	12.00	3/38	0
South Africa	8.0	1	3	65	21.67	8.13	16.00	2/29	0
Sri Lanka	7.0	0	1	71	71.00	10.14	42.00	1/31	0
Overall (8)	53.0	3	19	432	22.74	8.15	16.74	3/38	0