Shoaib Akhtar
Shoaib Akhtar — career overview
Shoaib Akhtar is a cricketer who represents Pakistan in international cricket as a bowler (Right Handed Bat, Right-arm fast bowler). In international cricket Shoaib Akhtar has appeared in 46 Tests (544 runs at 10.07); 163 ODIs (394 runs at 8.95); 15 T20Is (21 runs at 7.00). With the ball, Shoaib Akhtar has taken 449 international wickets across formats. Full batting and bowling records, recent form and milestones are shown below. Compare Shoaib Akhtar with other players using the player comparison tool, or see where Pakistan rank in the latest ICC rankings.
Batting & Fielding
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 46 | 67 | 13 | 544 | 47 | 10.07 | 1313 | 41.44 | - | - | 53 | 22 |
| ODI | 163 | 84 | 40 | 394 | 43 | 8.95 | 538 | 73.24 | - | - | 27 | 12 |
| T20I | 15 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 7.00 | 16 | 131.25 | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| IPL | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 2.00 | 7 | 28.58 | - | - | - | - |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 46 | 82 | 8143 | 4574 | 178 | 6/11 | 11/78 | 25.70 | 3.37 | 45.8 | 12 | 2 |
| ODI | 163 | 162 | 7764 | 6169 | 247 | 6/16 | 6/16 | 24.98 | 4.77 | 31.4 | 4 | - |
| T20I | 15 | 15 | 318 | 432 | 19 | 3/38 | 3/38 | 22.74 | 8.15 | 16.7 | - | - |
| IPL | 3 | 3 | 42 | 54 | 5 | 4/11 | 4/11 | 10.80 | 7.71 | 8.4 | - | - |
Format Performance
Batting — Runs & Average
Bowling — Wickets & Economy
Career Milestones
Shoaib Akhtar — Career Overview
Shoaib Akhtar is a bowler from Pakistan. Shoaib bats right handed bat and bowls right-arm fast. Specialist bowlers are judged on wickets, economy, and the ability to deliver in pressure overs — new ball, middle overs containment, or the death. Pace, control and the variations a bowler can call on under pressure define a long international career. Pakistan is one of the playing nations represented across the international and franchise calendar, with players drawn from the domestic system and the academy pathway into the senior side. International batting record — 46 Tests: 544 runs at an average of 10.07, strike rate 41.44; 163 ODIs: 394 runs at an average of 8.95, strike rate 73.24; 15 T20Is: 21 runs at an average of 7.00, strike rate 131.25. International bowling — 178 wickets in Test at 25.70, economy 3.37 and 12 5-fer; 247 wickets in ODI at 24.98, economy 4.77 and 4 5-fer; 19 wickets in T20I at 22.74, economy 8.15. Franchise leagues — the IPL, PSL, BBL, CPL, SA20 and others — make up an increasing share of the modern cricket calendar, with selection in these competitions shaping income, exposure and the pathway back into national squads. Career statistics in cricket are best read across formats: a Test average, an ODI strike rate and a T20I economy each tell a different part of the story, and modern selection often turns on how a player splits their time across red-ball and white-ball cricket within a packed annual schedule. Recent form, opposition strength and conditions at the venue also weigh heavily alongside the headline numbers. Our player database tracks Shoaib Akhtar's match-by-match appearances across the international and domestic calendar, with batting and bowling splits by format, opposition, venue and time period. Career milestones — highest score, best bowling figures, fastest fifty or hundred and notable franchise performances — sit alongside the running totals so the full arc of a career is easy to read in one view. On GeoCric you can dig into Shoaib Akhtar's career numbers, format-by-format breakdowns, batting and bowling averages, century and five-wicket counts, league appearances and recent form — refreshed against live match data and free to read.