Mohammed Hafeez became the 27th Pakistani and 204th player overall to appear in 100 or more limited-overs international matches. The first one-day international match of the five-match series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Thursday night (June 7) was Mohammed Hafeez’s 100th one day international match. Hafeez who made his international debut against Zimbabwe at Sharjah on April 3, 2003, took nine years and 66 days to reach this landmark. Inzamam-ul-Haq (378 matches), Wasim Akram (356 matches), Shahid Afridi (343 matches), Saleem Malik (283 matches), Mohammad Yousuf (288 matches), Waqar Younis (262 matches), Abdur Razzaq (265 matches), Ijaz Ahmed (250 matches), Saeed Anwar (247 matches) Younis Khan (242 matches), Javed Miandad (233 matches), Moin Khan (219 matches), Shoaib Malik (203 matches), Rameez Raja (198 matches), Imran Khan (175 matches), Saqlain Mushtaq (169 matches), Rashid Latif (166 matches), Aaqib Javed (163 matches), Shoaib Akhtar (163 matches) Aamer Sohail (156 matches), Mushtaq Ahmed (144 matches), 399 34* 9.50 0 161 5/36 33.29 1 30 0 Azhar Mahmood (143 matches), Kamran Akmal (137 matches), Mudassar Nazar (122 matches), Umar Gul (107 matches) and Abdul Qadir (104 matches) were the other Pakistani player to appear in 100 or more one-day international matches before Hafeez.
Misbah-ul-Haq became the 10th Pakistani and 83rd fielder overall to take 50 or more catches in one-day internationals. Angelo Mathews’ catch off Mohammed Sami was Misbah-ul-Haq’s 50th inn 98th innings of 99th one day international match. Umar Gul became the 11th Pakistani bowler to take 25 or more wickets against Sri Lanka in one day internationals. The right-arm fast-medium bowler from Peshawar achieved this feat in his match 18th by dimissing Tillakaratne Dilshan, caught by Saeed Ajmal. Umar Gul received his fourth man of the match award in 107 one day international matches. It was his maiden such award in 18 one day internationals against Sri Lanka.
Fifty or more catches
for Pakistan in one-dayers
Player M I Ct Best
Younis Khan 242 235 121 4
Inzamam-ul-Haq 375 370 113 3
Shahid Afridi 338 333 111 2
Ijaz Ahmed 250 249 90 3
Wasim Akram 356 352 88 3
Saleem Malik 283 276 80 4
Shoaib Malik 203 201 70 2
Javed Miandad 233 229 70 3
Mohammad Yousuf 281 278 55 2
Misbah-ul-Haq 99 98 50 4
