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PLAYER BIO

Wahab Riaz

  • Matches

    661
  • Runs

    6023
  • Wickets

    1141
Role Bowler
Batting Style Right-hand bat
Bowling Style Left-arm fast
Nationality Pakistan
Nickname Wahab Riaz
DOB 28 June 1985

Wahab Riaz, a left-arm fast bowler, has the pace to trouble the best, but hasn't always combined it with consistency. He has benefited from Pakistan's chronic poor luck with fast bowlers: with Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif missing more than they play and Umar Gul injury-prone, Riaz came into national reckoning earlier than he might have reasonably expected. Since then he has had some good moments in international cricket, but consistency hasn't been his strongest suit. On his Test debut, against England at The Oval in 2010, Riaz took 5 for 63, becoming the ninth Pakistan bowler to take five on debut. Among his victims were Andrew Strauss, Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen. However, he had poor tours of New Zealand and West Indies in 2011, and was dropped from the Test side. As an ODI bowler he has been a wicket-taker but has also leaked plenty of runs. His ODI best came in a big game, when he took 5 for 46 against India in the World Cup semi-final in Mohali - among his wickets were Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni - but it wasn't enough to prevent defeat. Since then he has been in the mix in Pakistan's ODI side, even though his economy rate continues to be a concern.


BATTING AVERAGES

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s
Test 27 41 5 306 39* 8.50 727 42.09 0 0 32 5
ODI 80 57 13 607 54** 13.79 726 83.60 0 2 47 23
T20 220 124 47 1083 53* 14.06 847 127.86 0 1 87 40
F-C 136 193 31 2675 84* 16.51 0 0 10 0 0
List A 171 112 36 1226 77* 16.13 1499 81.78 0 4 0 0
T20I 27 14 4 126 30** 12.60 107 117.75 0 0 9 5

BOWLING AVERAGES

Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Test 27 49 5018 2864 83 5/63 7/134 34.50 3.42 60.4 3 2 0
ODI 80 79 3717 3543 102 5/46 5/46 34.73 5.71 36.4 4 1 0
T20 220 217 4675 5538 258 5/17 5/17 21.46 7.10 18.1 0 1 0
F-C 136 0 23328 12849 441 9/59 - 29.13 3.30 52.8 23 16 5
List A 171 0 7986 7164 229 5/24 5/24 31.28 5.38 34.8 8 5 0
T20I 27 27 543 723 28 3/18 3/18 25.82 7.98 19.3 0 0 0

CAREER STATISTICS

Test debut England v Pakistan at The Oval, Aug 18-21, 2010
Last Test Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Dubai (DSC), Oct 6-10, 2017
ODI debut Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura, Feb 2, 2008
Last ODI India v Pakistan at Birmingham, Jun 4, 2017
T20I debut Pakistan v Bangladesh at Karachi, Apr 20, 2008
Last T20I West Indies v Pakistan at Port of Spain, Apr 2, 2017
First-Class debut 2001/2002
Last First-Class Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited v Water and Power Development Authority at Karachi, Dec 21-25, 2017
List A debut 2001/2002
Last List A United Bank Limited v Water and Power Development Authority at Karachi, Jan 14, 2018