LEGENDWALLS
Lahore produced a left-arm bowler with every angle, every length and both directions of swing.

WASIMAKRAM

The left-arm fast-bowling master of swing, reverse swing and match-defining spells.

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Discover the story
Wasim Akram in a cricket portrait
PAKISTANTHE SULTAN OF SWING
THE LEGACYThe same wrist could bend the new ball and make the old one reverse.
LAHORE · PAKISTAN1966 — ∞
Test wicketsODI wicketsInternational hat-tricksWorld Cup championTest wicketsODI wicketsInternational hat-tricksWorld Cup champion
01

Origin
and identity

Lahore produced a left-arm bowler with every angle, every length and both directions of swing.

Akram's fast arm, late movement and command of the crease made him dangerous with any ball. He could attack the stumps at pace or create edges through subtle changes of angle.

His two decisive wickets in the 1992 World Cup final remain the perfect miniature of his genius: different batters, different deliveries, same over.

02

A defining
career arc

PLACES · MOMENTS · ERAS

SIX SCENES.
ONE LEGACY.

1
1966
The beginning

Lahore

Wasim Akram was born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

2
1985
Test debut

Auckland

He debuted against New Zealand at eighteen.

3
1985
Ten-wicket arrival

Dunedin

In only his second Test, he took ten wickets.

4
1992
World Cup final

Melbourne

Two brilliant deliveries broke England's chase.

5
1996
First Test hat-trick

Sheikhupura

He became the first Pakistan bowler with two ODI hat-tricks and later added two in Tests.

6
2003
Five hundred

World Cup

He became the first bowler to take 500 ODI wickets.

03

Completed
milestones

NOT JUST RECORDS.
LANDMARKS.

01414

Test wickets

A Pakistan record when he retired

02502

ODI wickets

First bowler to reach 500

034

International hat-tricks

Two in Tests and two in ODIs

041992

World Cup champion

Player of the Match in the final

These are completed, source-backed milestones; changing live totals are intentionally excluded.

STYLE · INFLUENCE · MEMORY

MAKE THE AIR
MOVE WITH YOU.

Akram expanded the vocabulary of fast bowling and remains the reference point for left-arm swing at its most creative.

04

Editorial
references

PRIMARY & AUTHORITATIVE SOURCES

FACTS WITH
A PAPER TRAIL.

01ICC Hall of Fame — Wasim Akram02Wikimedia Commons — Wasim Akram.jpg and licence

Editorial facts and completed milestones last reviewed on August 8, 2026. This independent tribute does not imply endorsement.