5 Pakistan Cricket facts that sound fake but are actually true
One can’t afford to take a backseat when Pakistan are plying their trade at the international level.
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2. Wasim Akram has a higher best Test individual score than Sachin Tendulkar
With 916 scalps, Wasim Akram remains Pakistan’s leading all-time wicket-taker across formats. But the fact that he was a handy lower-order batter can’t be undermined. In fact, the southpaw has the highest Test score greater than that of Tendulkar.
The Master Blaster notched his highest Test total of an unbeaten 248 against Habibul Bashar’s Bangladesh in 2004 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka. Akram, on the other hand, got his highest Test score of an unbeaten 257 against Zimbabwe back in 1996.
At the Sheikhupura Stadium, Akram got the Player of the Match award for his batting. At number eight, he played at a strike rate of 70.79 and his knock was laced with 22 fours and 12 sixes. Overall, Akram has three centuries and 13 half-centuries combining 460 international matches.
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