Wahab Riaz

Wahab Riaz

Wahab Riaz

Pakistan Pakistan

Overview

Full Name Wahab Riaz
Age 39y 164d
Born Friday, June 28, 1985, Pakistan
Batting Style Right Handed
Bowling Style Left-arm fast
Playing Role Bowler

Biography

Built tall and powerfully, all of Oval witnessed Wahab Riaz’s impeccable display of control over swing on his Test debut in 2010 – reminiscent of fellow left-arm contemporary, Chaminda Vaas, which toppled the English-top order as the home side succumbed five times to the left-arm seamer. To pile on further misery, Riaz added another 27 as a night watchman to aid Pakistan to level spoils.

Prior to his debut triumph, Riaz had 5 outings in the ODI version in 2008, two of those being costly spells against neighbours India and Sri Lanka. Yet, he averaged two wickets per innings, with ample international exposure to improve upon on the domestic front. In a side still looking to fix a settled bowling attack, Riaz’s sharp pace remains into national contention.

Debut
Pakistan vs England at London - Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Batting

Matches 27
Innings 41
Runs 306
100's - 50's 0 - 0
Sixes - Fours 5 - 32
Average 8.50
Strike Rate 42.09
Highest Score (vs England, 22/07/2016) 39

Bowling

Matches 27
Innings 49
Overs 836.2
Wickets 83
Economy Rate 3.42
Five-Wicket Haul Innings 2
Ten-Wicket Haul Innings 0
Best Figures (vs England, 18/08/2010) 5/63

Fielding

Catches 5
Stumpings 0
Run Outs 4

Career Wickets

29
24
16
8
Wickets
Years