Shoaib Akhtar

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Shoaib Akhtar is a former Pakistani fast bowler renowned as one of the fastest and most fearsome pace bowlers in cricket history.

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instanceOf cricketer
human
battingPosition lower order
battingStyle right-handed
bowlingSpeedRecord 161.3 km/h
bowlingSpeedRecordContext fastest recorded delivery in international cricket
bowlingSpeedRecordMatch Pakistan vs England, 2003 Cricket World Cup NERFINISHED
bowlingStyle right-arm fast
countryOfCitizenship Pakistan NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1975-08-13
familyName Akhtar NERFINISHED
fullName Shoaib Akhtar NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Shoaib NERFINISHED
hasYouTubeChannel Shoaib Akhtar Official NERFINISHED
internationalDebutAgainst West Indies NERFINISHED
internationalDebutFormat Test
internationalDebutYear 1997
knownFor aggressive pace and intimidation
being one of the fastest bowlers in cricket history
fast bowling
languageSpoken Punjabi
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
league Indian Premier League NERFINISHED
nationality Pakistani
nickname Rawalpindi Express NERFINISHED
occupation cricket commentator
television personality
odiDebutAgainst Zimbabwe NERFINISHED
odiDebutFormat ODI
odiDebutYear 1998
odiFiveWicketHauls 4
odiMatchesPlayed 163
odiWickets 247
participatedIn 1999 Cricket World Cup NERFINISHED
2003 Cricket World Cup NERFINISHED
2011 Cricket World Cup NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Punjab, Pakistan NERFINISHED
Rawalpindi NERFINISHED
playedFor Pakistan national cricket team NERFINISHED
playedForDomesticTeam Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan NERFINISHED
Durham NERFINISHED
Khan Research Laboratories NERFINISHED
Nottinghamshire NERFINISHED
Rawalpindi NERFINISHED
Worcestershire NERFINISHED
playedForFranchise Kolkata Knight Riders NERFINISHED
religion Islam
retiredFromInternationalCricket 2011
role bowler
sport cricket
t20iDebutAgainst England NERFINISHED
t20iDebutFormat T20I
t20iDebutYear 2006
t20iMatchesPlayed 15
t20iWickets 19
testFiveWicketHauls 12
testMatchesPlayed 46
testWickets 178

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