Wasim Akram, Swing ka Sultan, The legendary All Rounder of Pakistani Cricket.

Wasim Akram got the fame which one can only dream of in the cricketing world. He can be labelled as the best fast bowler of all times. He did make the ball talk and walk with no one near him doing like this. He was the explosive and exciting genius who could change the situation of match with the ball and also with the bat. So he was also the best all-rounder of his time.

He started his test career against New Zealand at Auckland in January 1985 and played his last test against Bangladesh at Dhaka in January 2002. He started his one day career also against New Zealand but at Faisalabad in 1984 and he played his last one day against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo on March 4, 2003.

He was a dream cricketer. In bowling he had full control over swing and seam and he was such a maestro that he could bowl both ways in one delivery. He could threaten a bowler with his fast bouncer and also make him suspicious with his sudden slow ball so keeping the batsman at bay he could acheive his target.

He got 500-wicket milestone in 2003 in One day matches in World Cup. He was a handy batsman as well and could push the ball flying over the boundary many times in a match and so he was normally sent at the time of crisis and he delivered most of the times.

His best in batting was 257 against Zimbabwe in Sheikhupura in 1996. After Imran Khan he has been considered the best captain and leader of the cricket in Pakistan's cricket history. Some match fixing controversies dimmed his career to a little extent but overall he is respected quoted as a best all rounder in cricket world and especially in Pakistan.

His Bowling Average is as follows:

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	104	181	22627	9779	414	7/119	11/110	23.62	2.59	54.6	20	25	5
ODIs	356	351	18186	11812	502	5/15	5/15	23.52	3.89	36.2	17	6	0
First-class	257		50277	22549	1042	8/30		21.64	2.69	48.2		70	16
List A	594		29719	19303	881	5/10	5/10	21.91	3.89	33.7	34	12	0
Twenty20	5	5	114	121	8	2/19	2/19	15.12	6.36	14.2	0	0	0

He had a tragic incident of the untimely death of his wife Huma in 2009, but now after many years of her death he has married to an Australian 30-year-old girlfriend who is a former public relations consultant. Wasim Akram, now serves as an expert and analyst in many cricket events and also on TV Channels and is also regarded as Swing ka Sultan in one of his programs on air.