| Lancashire Cricket Captains: David Lloyd, Wasim Akram, Brian Statham, A. N. Hornby, Stuart Law, Glen Chapple, Warren Hegg, John Crawley Contributor(s): Source Wikipedia (Author), Books, LLC (Editor), Books, LLC (Created by) |
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ISBN: 1155709454 ISBN-13: 9781155709451 Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series OUR PRICE: $14.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| Publisher Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: A. N. Hornby, Archie MacLaren, Bob Barber, Brian Statham, Clive Lloyd, Cyril Washbrook, David Hughes (cricketer), David Lloyd (cricketer), Frank Hayes (cricketer), Glen Chapple, Jack Bond, Jack Sharp, Joe Blackledge, John Abrahams, John Crawley, Ken Cranston, Ken Grieves, Mark Chilton, Mike Watkinson, Myles Kenyon, Neil Fairbrother, Nigel Howard, Peter Eckersley (cricketer), Stuart Law, Warren Hegg, Wasim Akram. Excerpt: Wasim Akram (Punjabi: born 3 June 1966) is a former Pakistani cricketer. He is a left arm fast bowler and left-handed batsman who represented the Pakistan national cricket team in Test cricket and One Day International (ODI) matches. Akram is regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in the history of cricket. He holds the world record for most wickets in List A cricket with 881 and is second only to Sri Lankan off-spin bowler, Muttiah Muralitharan in terms of ODI wickets with 502. He is considered to be one of the founders and perhaps the finest exponent of reverse swing bowling. He was the first bowler to reach the 500-wicket mark in ODI cricket during the 2003 World Cup. In 2002 Wisden released its only list of best players of all time. Wasim was ranked as the best bowler in ODI of all time with a rating of 1223.5, ahead of Allan Donald, Imran Khan, Waqar Younis, Joel Garner, Glen McGrath and Muralitharan. Wasim has taken 23 4-wicket hauls in ODI in 356 matches he played. On 30 September 2009, Akram was one of five new members inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. He is the current bowling coach of Kolkata Knight Riders. Akram was born in Lahore, Pakistan on 3 June 1966, to a moderately affluent middle-class Arain family. He was educated at Islamia College in Lahore, where he played as an opening bowler and batsman. Like several other Pakistani cricketers during the 1980s, his inclusion into the national side was at the behest of a senior player in the team, which in Akram's case, was Javed Miandad. At the age of 30, Akram was diagnosed with diabetes. "I remember what a shock it was because I was a healthy sportsman with no history of diabetes in my family, so I didn't expect it at all. It seemed strange that it happened to me when I was 30, but it was a very stressful time and doctors said that can trigger it." Since then he has actively sought to be involved in various awareness campaigns for diabetes. Akram married Huma in 1995. They had two sons Ta |
