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Waqar joins 300 wickets club

Pakistan pace bowler Waqar Younis, with 300 wickets at the end of the Sri Lanka's first innings of the ongoing Colombo Test match, joins the exclusive club of bowlers who have taken over 300 wickets in Test matches. He is the third Pakistani bowler to do so after Imran Khan and Wasim Akram.

A statistical analysis of the bowlers record.

300th TEST WICKETS FOR PAKISTANI WAQAR YOUNIS
	M	B	Md	R	W	Ave	Best	5wi	10M	SR	ER
Australia	9	1586	55	825	24	34.38	4/69	-	-	66.08	3.12
England	8	1746	54	988	38	26.00	5/52	3	-	45.95	3.40
India	4	642	19	390	8	48.75	4/80	-	-	80.25	3.65
New Zealand	9	2259	103	1008	62	16.26	7/76	5	2	36.44	2.68
South Africa	5	896	30	478	20	23.90	6/78	1	1	44.80	3.20
Sri Lanka	10	1618	37	956	47	20.34	6/34	4	1	34.43	3.55
West Indies	11	1859	40	1087	47	23.13	5/46	3	-	39.55	3.51
Zimbabwe	9	1995	73	1004	54	18.59	7/91	5	1	36.94	3.02
Total	65	12601	411	6736	300	22.45	7/76	21	5	42.00	3.21


Wickets Taken:
At Home:	148 (29 matches)
Away:	152 (36 matches)


First Innings:	181
Second Innings:	119


Batsmen dismissed on most occasions:
Mark Greatbatch	NZ	8
Graeme Hick	ENG	5
Chris Pringle	NZ	5
Richie Richardson	WI	5
Carl Hooper	WI	5
Andy Flower	ZIM	5
Ken Rutherford	NZ	5
Sanath Jayasuria	SL	5


Mode of Dismissals:
	NOS	%
Bowled	85	28.33
Ct by fielder	69	23.00
Ct by Keeper	47	15.66
Ct & Bld	6	2.00
LBW	93	31.00
Total	300


Category of victims as per batting order:
OP	64
3rd	37
4th	26
5th	27
6th	33
7th	24
8th	24
9th	27
10th	20
11th	18
%Top order (1-6)	62.33%


Category of victims as per batting style:
RHB	LHB	Total
219	81	300

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