ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has dominated and made headlines with the T20 cricketformat ever since its inception. It is only fitting that most of therecords in T20 cricket belong to Pakistani players.
The latest entry to the list of T20 records is Mohammad Hafeez. ThePakistani veteran has become the first cricketer to score 1,500 runs in T20international cricket and take 50 wickets alongside.
Hafeez took his 46th wicket back in 2014 and since then, had beenstruggling with his bowling action. He was later barred from bowling onnumerous occasions which delayed his progress. He resumed bowling andpicked up three more wickets before being banned again.
The off-spinner recently got cleared for bowling again. He made hiscomeback for the tri-series against Zimbabwe and Australia and only neededtwo balls to reach to 50 wicket mark.——————————
Currently, Hafeez’s tally stands at 1,665 runs and 51 wickets. Of all thebatsmen who have scored over 1,500 runs, no one has taken more wickets thanHafeez (51) and Shoaib Malik (27).
Only 5 players have crossed the mark of 1,000 T20I runs and 50 wickets,which are as following:Player Matches Runs Bat Avg. 50s Wickets Bowl Avg. EconShahid Afridi 99 1,416 17.92 4 98 24.45 6.63Shakib Al Hasan 66 1,265 21.81 6 77 21.01 6.75Mohammad Hafeez 82 1,665 22.50 9 51 23.00 6.66Dwayne Bravo 66 1,142 24.30 4 52 28.27 8.46Thisara Perera 73 1,020 23.72 2 50 30.52 9.10
Mohammad Hafeez has been a reliable all-rounder for Pakistan cricket. Hehas led Pakistan in all three formats and maintains a great all-roundrecord in Tests, ODIs and T20Is.