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The ODI series between Pakistan and Zimbabwe would be remembered for a couple of rare world records.
Pakistan broke two and equalled one world record during the ODI series.
However, in just a few days' time, India and Sri Lankan all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya snatched two distinctions away from Pakistan.
Pakistan's run of world records began in the first one-dayer at Karachi when five home batsmen Nasir Jamshed (61), Younis Khan (79), Mohammad Yousuf (72), Shoaib Malik (63) and Misbah-ul-Haq (55 not out) -- struck half-centuries. It is pertinent to mention here that there have been 27 instances of four fifties in an innings in the past, nine of them in 2007 alone.
In reply to Pakistan's big total, three Zimbabwe batsmen -- Vusi Sibanda (59), Chamu Chibhabha (52) and Sean Williams (51 not out) also contributed 50 plus scores that made it eight fifties in the match.
+ The eight scores of 50 or more at Karachi was indeed a new ODI record. The previous record of seven had happened three times -- and interestingly all in the 2005-06 season.
+ Pakistan grabbed the most ODI caps world record for a short period. The green flag-bearers won the honour at Faisalabad and finished the series at Sheikhupura on February 2 as the leading team with 674 ODI games.
But after playing three games in the CB Series, India regained the world record on February 10 at Melbourne.
It means, the said record may turn into a shuttlecock in the future among three teams -- Pakistan, Australia and India, who as per February 20 2008, had 674, 674 and 678 ODI games respectively.
+ Former Sri Lankan captain Jayasuriya regained the most sixes world record at Canberra during his knock of 27 against India. However, Afridi, who is enjoying a clear edge over veteran Jayasuriya both age wise and sixes strike rate, would hopefully recapture this particular distinction in the next couple of ODIs and that too for a long time.
Here is a glance at Pakistan's dozens of ODI world records:
* Former Pakistan skipper Javed Miandad had a couple of interesting and almost unbreakable feats to his credit. His record of fifties in nine consecutive innings is still intact for the last 21 years. No batsman could go past six fifties in successive outings.
* Similarly, Miandad has two more unique distinctions of six World Cup appearances and the longest ODI career of 20 years and 272 days from 11 June 1975 to 9 March 1996. The next longest ODI career is 18 years, 352 days played by Aravinda de Silva.
It is interesting to note here that Miandad is probably the only player in ODI history, who began and wrapped up his ODI career with a World Cup game. Remember, the match against West Indies at Birmingham in the inaugural 1975 World Cup was Miandad's maiden ODI while the quarterfinal against India at Bangalore in 1996 World Cup was his final ODI appearance.
* Asian Bradman Zaheer Abbas, who was the first player to hit three ODI centuries in consecutive innings, was the fastest batsman to reach 2000 ODI runs. He grabbed this distinction in his 45th game in 1983.
* Pakistan had an equal share when it comes to most hundreds in an ODI. It was some ten years ago when Pakistan and Australia struck four centuries (two each) at Lahore in 1998-99. To date, the Lahore ODI remained the only game out of 2681 limited overs matches when four centuries were scored in an ODI.
* Pakistan's two giant Ws enjoyed great monopoly in world records relating to bowling department. The feats of most ODI wickets in a career and on a single ground belonged to great Wasim Akram. He topped both the tables with 502 and 122 wickets (at Sharjah Stadium). Waqar has 114 scalps at the same ground. Wasim also has most four-wicket hauls (17).
* Waqar registered best figures in an innings by a captain when he grabbed 7-36 against England at Leeds in 2001. The unwanted record for best figures when on the losing side goes to Imran Khan, who took 6-14 against India at Sharjah in 1985.
* Waqar had some other incomparable feats to his credit. He has most six-wicket (5) and five-wicket (13) hauls during his illustrious career. Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan, who has 455 wickets and 13 four-wicket hauls and is still playing, can catch Wasim Akram in race of career wickets and four-wicket hauls.
* In 1990, Waqar captured three five-wicket hauls (5-11 v NZ at Peshawar, 5-16 v NZ at Sialkot and 5-52 v WI at Karachi) in successive matches which was a peculiar incident in ODI history.
* The Burewala-born toe-crusher took four or more wickets in three successive matches on three different occasions -- (4-42 v Ind, 6-26 v SL and 5-20 v NZ in 1990), (5-11 v NZ, 5-16 v NZ and 5-52 v WI in 1990) and (4-32 v NZ, 4-52 v SA and 4-33 v NZ in 1994) which is also an unmatched feat.
* The record of the youngest bowler to take five wickets in an innings rests with Wasim Akram, who at the age of 18 years and 266 days took 5-21 against Australia at Melbourne in 1985.
* Wasim also bowled more balls than any other bowler in a career. He is far ahead with 18,186 balls than the next bowler Muralitharan, who has bowled so far 16,364 deliveries till the filing of this research-based write-up.
* The left-arm reverse swing master again tops the table when it comes to most runs conceded in career. Wasim gave away 11,812 runs, a little bit more than Jayasuriya's 11,168.
* Pakistani bowlers have as many as eight hat-tricks in ODIs out of 24. Australia and Sri Lanka are jointly placed second with three hat-tricks each.
* Pakistan's Waqar Younis dismissed Sanath Jayasuriya 13 times and Wasim Akram did the same with Desmond Haynes 12 times which is also considered a feat in ODI arena.
* If we do some research in ODI bowling history relating to mode of dismissals, we'll find that the two Ws put Pakistan on top in another table. Legendary Wasim cleaned up 176 batsmen during his career which was most by a bowler. Wasim is followed by Waqar, who uprooted 151 batsmen.
* Wasim also took most wickets (93) caught by a wicketkeeper and through LBW decision (92) followed by Waqar Younis, who won LBW decision against 73 batsmen.
* Troubled pacer Shoaib Akhtar also performed a world record for Pakistan when he hit 43 runs while batting at number 11 against England at Cape Town in 2003. Makhaya Ntini remains second with an unbeaten 42.
* The world record for most runs on a single ground belonged to burly Inzamam-ul-Haq, who gathered 2,464 runs at 50.28 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
* The distinction of most runs in a career without a hundred goes to former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram, who scored 3,717 runs in his 18-year career with a highest score of 86. Wasim's former teammate Moin Khan is at number two with 3,266 runs. His highest score was 72 not out.
* It won't be wrong if we call all-rounder Shahid Afridi as the master of strike rates. He grabbed the top place when it comes to highest career strike rate. Afridi scored his 5,369 runs at a strike rate of 110.95. So far he has faced just 4839 balls for his runs.
* Afridi also topped the list of highest strike rate holders in an innings. He scored his unbeaten 55 runs off just 18 balls with a massive strike rate of 305.55 against Netherlands at Colombo (SSC) in 2002.
* The list of youngest players to score a hundred in an ODI is again led by Afridi, who struck his maiden ton (102) at the age of 16 years and 217 days against Sri Lanka at Nairobi (Gym) in 1996. Interestingly, the next two youngest century makers -- Imran Nazir (18 years 121 days) and Saleem Elahi (18 years 312 days) -- also hailed from Pakistan.
* The honour of most sixes in an innings is shared by Pakistan's Shahid Afridi and ST Jayasuriya, who both hit 11 sixes each in an innings but the Pakistan master blaster deserves to be the owner of this world record on the basis of his better strike rate. Afridi smacked 11 sixes off just 40 balls during his all-time fastest knock of 102 against Sri Lanka at Nairobi in 1996 while Jayasuriya consumed 65 balls for same number of sixes during a knock of 134 runs against Pakistan at Singapore.
* Pakistan's charismatic off-spinner and founder of 'doosra' delivery Saqlain Mushtaq also won a couple of world distinctions for Pakistan. He reached the 100-wicket mark in 53 ODIs, one fewer than Kiwi pacer Shane Bond. Saqlain was also quickest to reach 200-wicket mark. He did so in just 104 games.
* The next two similar feats performed by Waqar Younis, who completed his 300 and 400 wickets in 186 and 252 One-day Internationals respectively.
* The distinction of youngest ODI player also went to Pakistan when Hasan Raza appeared in Quetta ODI against Zimbabwe in 1996 at the age of 14 years and 233 days.
* Pakistan have some unwanted distinctions to its credit as well. The two instances of most number of ducks in a one-dayer also belong to Pakistan and South Africa.Pakistan's six batsmen went back to pavilion without opening their account against England at Birmingham in 1987 and then in 1993 against West Indies at Cape Town.South Africa was the other team whose same number of batsmen got out for a duck against Australia at Sydney in 2002.
* Pakistan conceded a huge 59 extras against West Indies at Brisbane in 1989. 'Generous' Pakistan again conceded the same number of extras now against minnows Scotland at Chester-le-Street in 1999.
* The game between Pakistan and Scotland produced 96 extras at Chester-le-Street in 1999 which is most in a match.
* Most wides in an innings: Pakistan bowlers threw 37 wayward deliveries against West Indies at Brisbane in 1989. The second best figure of 33 wides also belonged to Pakistan who performed this 'feat' against Scotland at Chester-le-Street in 1999.
* Here is another unwanted distinction of most byes conceded in an innings. This 'feat' (20 byes) was performed by Ashraf Ali in 1980 against West Indies at Sialkot.
Pakistan broke two and equalled one world record during the ODI series.
However, in just a few days' time, India and Sri Lankan all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya snatched two distinctions away from Pakistan.
Pakistan's run of world records began in the first one-dayer at Karachi when five home batsmen Nasir Jamshed (61), Younis Khan (79), Mohammad Yousuf (72), Shoaib Malik (63) and Misbah-ul-Haq (55 not out) -- struck half-centuries. It is pertinent to mention here that there have been 27 instances of four fifties in an innings in the past, nine of them in 2007 alone.
In reply to Pakistan's big total, three Zimbabwe batsmen -- Vusi Sibanda (59), Chamu Chibhabha (52) and Sean Williams (51 not out) also contributed 50 plus scores that made it eight fifties in the match.
+ The eight scores of 50 or more at Karachi was indeed a new ODI record. The previous record of seven had happened three times -- and interestingly all in the 2005-06 season.
+ Pakistan grabbed the most ODI caps world record for a short period. The green flag-bearers won the honour at Faisalabad and finished the series at Sheikhupura on February 2 as the leading team with 674 ODI games.
But after playing three games in the CB Series, India regained the world record on February 10 at Melbourne.
It means, the said record may turn into a shuttlecock in the future among three teams -- Pakistan, Australia and India, who as per February 20 2008, had 674, 674 and 678 ODI games respectively.
+ Former Sri Lankan captain Jayasuriya regained the most sixes world record at Canberra during his knock of 27 against India. However, Afridi, who is enjoying a clear edge over veteran Jayasuriya both age wise and sixes strike rate, would hopefully recapture this particular distinction in the next couple of ODIs and that too for a long time.
Here is a glance at Pakistan's dozens of ODI world records:
* Former Pakistan skipper Javed Miandad had a couple of interesting and almost unbreakable feats to his credit. His record of fifties in nine consecutive innings is still intact for the last 21 years. No batsman could go past six fifties in successive outings.
* Similarly, Miandad has two more unique distinctions of six World Cup appearances and the longest ODI career of 20 years and 272 days from 11 June 1975 to 9 March 1996. The next longest ODI career is 18 years, 352 days played by Aravinda de Silva.
It is interesting to note here that Miandad is probably the only player in ODI history, who began and wrapped up his ODI career with a World Cup game. Remember, the match against West Indies at Birmingham in the inaugural 1975 World Cup was Miandad's maiden ODI while the quarterfinal against India at Bangalore in 1996 World Cup was his final ODI appearance.
* Asian Bradman Zaheer Abbas, who was the first player to hit three ODI centuries in consecutive innings, was the fastest batsman to reach 2000 ODI runs. He grabbed this distinction in his 45th game in 1983.
* Pakistan had an equal share when it comes to most hundreds in an ODI. It was some ten years ago when Pakistan and Australia struck four centuries (two each) at Lahore in 1998-99. To date, the Lahore ODI remained the only game out of 2681 limited overs matches when four centuries were scored in an ODI.
* Pakistan's two giant Ws enjoyed great monopoly in world records relating to bowling department. The feats of most ODI wickets in a career and on a single ground belonged to great Wasim Akram. He topped both the tables with 502 and 122 wickets (at Sharjah Stadium). Waqar has 114 scalps at the same ground. Wasim also has most four-wicket hauls (17).
* Waqar registered best figures in an innings by a captain when he grabbed 7-36 against England at Leeds in 2001. The unwanted record for best figures when on the losing side goes to Imran Khan, who took 6-14 against India at Sharjah in 1985.
* Waqar had some other incomparable feats to his credit. He has most six-wicket (5) and five-wicket (13) hauls during his illustrious career. Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan, who has 455 wickets and 13 four-wicket hauls and is still playing, can catch Wasim Akram in race of career wickets and four-wicket hauls.
* In 1990, Waqar captured three five-wicket hauls (5-11 v NZ at Peshawar, 5-16 v NZ at Sialkot and 5-52 v WI at Karachi) in successive matches which was a peculiar incident in ODI history.
* The Burewala-born toe-crusher took four or more wickets in three successive matches on three different occasions -- (4-42 v Ind, 6-26 v SL and 5-20 v NZ in 1990), (5-11 v NZ, 5-16 v NZ and 5-52 v WI in 1990) and (4-32 v NZ, 4-52 v SA and 4-33 v NZ in 1994) which is also an unmatched feat.
* The record of the youngest bowler to take five wickets in an innings rests with Wasim Akram, who at the age of 18 years and 266 days took 5-21 against Australia at Melbourne in 1985.
* Wasim also bowled more balls than any other bowler in a career. He is far ahead with 18,186 balls than the next bowler Muralitharan, who has bowled so far 16,364 deliveries till the filing of this research-based write-up.
* The left-arm reverse swing master again tops the table when it comes to most runs conceded in career. Wasim gave away 11,812 runs, a little bit more than Jayasuriya's 11,168.
* Pakistani bowlers have as many as eight hat-tricks in ODIs out of 24. Australia and Sri Lanka are jointly placed second with three hat-tricks each.
* Pakistan's Waqar Younis dismissed Sanath Jayasuriya 13 times and Wasim Akram did the same with Desmond Haynes 12 times which is also considered a feat in ODI arena.
* If we do some research in ODI bowling history relating to mode of dismissals, we'll find that the two Ws put Pakistan on top in another table. Legendary Wasim cleaned up 176 batsmen during his career which was most by a bowler. Wasim is followed by Waqar, who uprooted 151 batsmen.
* Wasim also took most wickets (93) caught by a wicketkeeper and through LBW decision (92) followed by Waqar Younis, who won LBW decision against 73 batsmen.
* Troubled pacer Shoaib Akhtar also performed a world record for Pakistan when he hit 43 runs while batting at number 11 against England at Cape Town in 2003. Makhaya Ntini remains second with an unbeaten 42.
* The world record for most runs on a single ground belonged to burly Inzamam-ul-Haq, who gathered 2,464 runs at 50.28 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
* The distinction of most runs in a career without a hundred goes to former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram, who scored 3,717 runs in his 18-year career with a highest score of 86. Wasim's former teammate Moin Khan is at number two with 3,266 runs. His highest score was 72 not out.
* It won't be wrong if we call all-rounder Shahid Afridi as the master of strike rates. He grabbed the top place when it comes to highest career strike rate. Afridi scored his 5,369 runs at a strike rate of 110.95. So far he has faced just 4839 balls for his runs.
* Afridi also topped the list of highest strike rate holders in an innings. He scored his unbeaten 55 runs off just 18 balls with a massive strike rate of 305.55 against Netherlands at Colombo (SSC) in 2002.
* The list of youngest players to score a hundred in an ODI is again led by Afridi, who struck his maiden ton (102) at the age of 16 years and 217 days against Sri Lanka at Nairobi (Gym) in 1996. Interestingly, the next two youngest century makers -- Imran Nazir (18 years 121 days) and Saleem Elahi (18 years 312 days) -- also hailed from Pakistan.
* The honour of most sixes in an innings is shared by Pakistan's Shahid Afridi and ST Jayasuriya, who both hit 11 sixes each in an innings but the Pakistan master blaster deserves to be the owner of this world record on the basis of his better strike rate. Afridi smacked 11 sixes off just 40 balls during his all-time fastest knock of 102 against Sri Lanka at Nairobi in 1996 while Jayasuriya consumed 65 balls for same number of sixes during a knock of 134 runs against Pakistan at Singapore.
* Pakistan's charismatic off-spinner and founder of 'doosra' delivery Saqlain Mushtaq also won a couple of world distinctions for Pakistan. He reached the 100-wicket mark in 53 ODIs, one fewer than Kiwi pacer Shane Bond. Saqlain was also quickest to reach 200-wicket mark. He did so in just 104 games.
* The next two similar feats performed by Waqar Younis, who completed his 300 and 400 wickets in 186 and 252 One-day Internationals respectively.
* The distinction of youngest ODI player also went to Pakistan when Hasan Raza appeared in Quetta ODI against Zimbabwe in 1996 at the age of 14 years and 233 days.
* Pakistan have some unwanted distinctions to its credit as well. The two instances of most number of ducks in a one-dayer also belong to Pakistan and South Africa.Pakistan's six batsmen went back to pavilion without opening their account against England at Birmingham in 1987 and then in 1993 against West Indies at Cape Town.South Africa was the other team whose same number of batsmen got out for a duck against Australia at Sydney in 2002.
* Pakistan conceded a huge 59 extras against West Indies at Brisbane in 1989. 'Generous' Pakistan again conceded the same number of extras now against minnows Scotland at Chester-le-Street in 1999.
* The game between Pakistan and Scotland produced 96 extras at Chester-le-Street in 1999 which is most in a match.
* Most wides in an innings: Pakistan bowlers threw 37 wayward deliveries against West Indies at Brisbane in 1989. The second best figure of 33 wides also belonged to Pakistan who performed this 'feat' against Scotland at Chester-le-Street in 1999.
* Here is another unwanted distinction of most byes conceded in an innings. This 'feat' (20 byes) was performed by Ashraf Ali in 1980 against West Indies at Sialkot.
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