The top five records are listed for each category, except for the team wins, losses, draws and ties, all round records and the partnership records. Tied records for fifth place are also included. Explanations of the general symbols and cricketing terms used in the list are given below. Specific details are provided in each category where appropriate. All records include matches played for Pakistan only, and are correct as of November 2020[update].
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Player or umpire is currently active in ODI cricket
As of 18 March 2024[update], Pakistan has played 970 ODI matches resulting in 512 victories, 428 defeats, 8 ties and 21 no results for an overall winning percentage of 52.78[4]
In a bilateral series winning all matches is referred to as whitewash. First such event occurred when West Indies toured England in 1976. Pakistan have recorded 20 such series victories.[9]
The highest innings total scored in ODIs came in the match between England and Australia in June 2018. Playing in the third ODI at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, the hosts posted a total of 481/6.[10] The fourth ODI against Zimbabwe in July 2018 saw Pakistan set their highest innings total of 399/1.[11]
An ODI match is won when one side has scored more runs than the total runs scored by the opposing side during their innings. If both sides have completed both their allocated innings and the side that fielded last has the higher aggregate of runs, it is known as a win by runs. This indicates the number of runs that they had scored more than the opposing side. If the side batting last wins the match, it is known as a win by wickets, indicating the number of wickets that were still to fall.[25]
The greatest winning margin by runs in ODIs was New Zealand's victory over Ireland by 290 runs in the only ODI of the 2008 England tour. The largest victory recorded by Pakistan was during the Pakistan's tour of Ireland in 2016 by 255 runs.[26]
The greatest winning margin by balls remaining in ODIs was England's victory over Canada by 8 wickets with 277 balls remaining in the 1979 Cricket World Cup. The largest victory recorded by Pakistan is during the Pakistan's tour of Zimbabwe in 2018 when they won by 9 wickets with 241 balls remaining.[28]
A total of 55 matches have ended with chasing team winning by 10 wickets with West Indies winning by such margins a record 10 times.[29] Pakistan have won an ODI match by this margin on four occasions.[27]
South Africa holds the record for the highest successful run chase which they achieved when they scored 438/9 in response to Australia's 434/9.[30] Pakistan's highest innings total while chasing is 349 in a successful run chase against Australia at Lahore, Pakistan during the Australia tour of Pakistan in 2022.[31]
The narrowest run margin victory is by 1 run which has been achieved in 31 ODI's with Australia winning such games a record 6 times.[32] Pakistan's has achieved any victory by 1 run on two occasions.[33]
The narrowest winning margin by balls remaining in ODIs is by winning of the last ball which has been achieved 36 times with both South Africa winning seven times. Pakistan has achieved a victory by this margin on five occasions.[34]
The narrowest margin of victory by wickets is 1 wicket which has settled 55 such ODIs. Both West Indies and New Zealand have recorded such victory on eight occasions. Pakistan has won the match by a margin of one wicket on seven occasions.[35]
The greatest winning margin by balls remaining in ODIs was England's victory over Canada by 8 wickets with 277 balls remaining in the 1979 Cricket World Cup. The largest defeat suffered by Pakistan was against West Indies in South Africa during the 1992-93 Total International Series when they lost by 7 wickets with 225 balls remaining.[28]
Pakistan have lost an ODI match by a margin of 10 wickets on three occasions with most recent being during the fifth match of the Pakistan's tour of West Indies in 2011.
The narrowest winning margin by balls remaining in ODIs is by winning of the last ball which has been achieved 36 times with both South Africa winning seven times. Pakistan has suffered loss by this margin three times.[34]
A tie can occur when the scores of both teams are equal at the conclusion of play, provided that the side batting last has completed their innings.[25]
There have been 37 ties in ODIs history with Pakistan involved in 8 such games.[4]
A run is the basic means of scoring in cricket. A run is scored when the batsman hits the ball with his bat and with his partner runs the length of 22 yards (20 m) of the pitch.[38]
India's Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs in ODIs with 18,246. Second is Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka with 14,234 ahead of Ricky Ponting from Australia in third with 13,704. Inzamam-ul-Haq is the leading Pakistani on this list.[39]
A half-century is a score of between 50 and 99 runs. Statistically, once a batsman's score reaches 100, it is no longer considered a half-century but a century.
Andre Russell of West Indies holds the record for highest strike rate, with minimum 500 balls faced qualification, with 130.22.[119]Shahid Afridi is the Pakistani with the highest strike rate.
James Franklin of New Zealand's strike rate of 387.50 during his 31* off 8 balls against Canada during 2011 Cricket World Cup is the world record for highest strike rate in an innings. Shahid Afridi holds the top three positions for a Pakistan player in this list.[121]
Tendulkar holds the record for most runs scored in a calendar year with 1894 runs scored in 1998. Saeed Anwar scored 1595 runs in 1996, the most for a Pakistan batsmen in a year.[123]
A duck refers to a batsman being dismissed without scoring a run.[127]Sanath Jayasuriya has scored the equal highest number of ducks in ODIs with 34 such knocks. Pakistan's Shahid Afridi with 30 ducks is second on the all-time list (he has 29 ducks for Pakistan and 1 for Asia XI).[128]
Bowling figures refers to the number of the wickets a bowler has taken and the number of runs conceded.[161]
Sri Lanka's Chaminda Vaas holds the world record for best figures in an innings when he took 8/19 against Zimbabwe in December 2001 at Colombo (SSC). Shahid Afridi holds the Pakistani record for best bowling figures.[162]
A bowler's bowling average is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of wickets they have taken.
Afghanistan's Rashid Khan holds the record for the best career average in ODIs with 18.54. Joel Garner, West Indiancricketer, and a member of the highly regarded late 1970s and early 1980s West Indies cricket teams, is second behind Rashid with an overall career average of 18.84 runs per wicket. Saqlain Mushtaq is the highest ranked Pakistani when the qualification of 2000 balls bowled is followed.[183]
A bowler's economy rate is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of overs they have bowled.[127]
West Indies' Joel Garner, holds the ODI record for the best career economy rate with 3.09. Pakistan's sarfraz Nawaz, with a rate of 3.63 runs per over conceded over his 45-match ODI career, is the highest Pakistani on the list.[185]
A bowler's strike rate is the total number of balls they have bowled divided by the number of wickets they have taken.[127]
The top bowler with the best ODI career strike rate is South Africa's Lungi Ngidi with strike rate of 23.2 balls per wicket. Saqlain Mushtaq is the highest ranked Pakistani in this list.[187]
A five-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking five wickets in a single innings.[191]Waqar Younis with 13 such hauls has the most hauls among all the bowlers.[192]
The best strike rate in an inning, when a minimum of 4 wickets are taken by the player, is shared by Sunil Dhaniram of Canada, Paul Collingwood of England and Virender Sehwag of India when they achieved a strike rate of 4.2 balls pr wicket. Mudassar Nazar during his spell of 4/27 achieved the best strike rate for a Pakistani bowler.[196]
The worst figures in an ODI came in the 5th One Day International between South Africa at home to Australia in 2006. Australia's Mick Lewis returned figures of 0/113 from his 10 overs in the second innings of the match.[198][199] The worst figures by a Pakistani is 0/110 that came off the bowling of Wahab Riaz in the third ODI against England at Nottingham.[200]
Mick Lewis also holds the dubious distinction of most runs conceded in an ODI during the aforementioned match. Riaz holds the most runs conceded distinction for Pakistan.[201]
In cricket, a hat-trick occurs when a bowler takes three wickets with consecutive deliveries. The deliveries may be interrupted by an over bowled by another bowler from the other end of the pitch or the other team's innings, but must be three consecutive deliveries by the individual bowler in the same match. Only wickets attributed to the bowler count towards a hat-trick; run outs do not count.
In ODIs history there have been just 49 hat-tricks, the first achieved by Jalal-ud-Din for Pakistan against Australia in 1982.
The wicket-keeper is a specialist fielder who stands behind the stumps being guarded by the batsman on strike and is the only member of the fielding side allowed to wear gloves and leg pads.[215]
A wicket-keeper can be credited with the dismissal of a batsman in two ways, caught or stumped. A fair catch is taken when the ball is caught fully within the field of play without it bouncing after the ball has touched the striker's bat or glove holding the bat,[216][217] Laws 5.6.2.2 and 5.6.2.3 state that the hand or the glove holding the bat shall be regarded as the ball striking or touching the bat while a stumping occurs when the wicket-keeper puts down the wicket while the batsman is out of his ground and not attempting a run.[218]
Pakistan's Moin Khan is fifth in taking most dismissals in ODIs as a designated wicket-keeper with Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara and Australian Adam Gilchrist heading the list.[219]
Ten wicket-keepers on 15 occasions have taken six dismissals in a single innings in an ODI. Adam Gilchrist of Australia alone has done it six times. Sarfaraz Ahmed is the only Pakistani wicket keeper to have achieved this.[225]
The feat of taking 5 dismissals in an innings has been achieved by 49 wicket-keepers on 87 occasions including 2 Pakistanis.[226]
Caught is one of the nine methods a batsman can be dismissed in cricket.[a] The majority of catches are caught in the slips, located behind the batsman, next to the wicket-keeper, on the off side of the field. Most slip fielders are top order batsmen.[231][232]
India's Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most ODI matches played with 463, with former captains Mahela Jayawardene and Sanath Jayasuriya being second and third having represented Sri Lanka on 443 and 441 occasions, respectively. Shahid Afridi is the most experienced Pakistan players having represented the team on 393 occasions.[246]
Tendulkar also holds the record for the most consecutive ODI matches played with 185. He broke Richie Richardson's long standing record of 132 matches.[248]
Ricky Ponting, who led the Australian cricket team from 2002 to 2012, holds the record for the most matches played as captain in ODIs with 230 (including 1 as captain of ICC World XI team). 1992 Cricket World Cup winning Pakistan skipper Imran Khan has led Pakistan in 139 matches, the most for any player from his country.[249]
The youngest player to play in an ODI match is claimed to be Hasan Raza at the age of 14 years and 233 days. Making his debut for Pakistan against Zimbabwe on 30 October 1996, there is some doubt as to the validity of Raza's age at the time.[251][252]
In cricket, two batsmen are always present at the crease batting together in a partnership. This partnership will continue until one of them is dismissed, retires or the innings comes to a close.
A wicket partnership describes the number of runs scored before each wicket falls. The first wicket partnership is between the opening batsmen and continues until the first wicket falls. The second wicket partnership then commences between the not out batsman and the number three batsman. This partnership continues until the second wicket falls. The third wicket partnership then commences between the not out batsman and the new batsman. This continues down to the tenth wicket partnership. When the tenth wicket has fallen, there is no batsman left to partner so the innings is closed.
The highest ODI partnership by runs for any wicket is held by the West Indian pairing of Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels who put together a second wicket partnership of 372 runs during the 2015 Cricket World Cup against Zimbabwe in February 2015. This broke the record of 331 runs set by Indian pair of Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid against New Zealand in 1999[259]
An asterisk (*) signifies an unbroken partnership (i.e. neither of the batsmen was dismissed before either the end of the allotted overs or the required score being reached). Last updated: 11 October 2022[261]
An umpire in cricket is a person who officiates the match according to the Laws of Cricket. Two umpires adjudicate the match on the field, whilst a third umpire has access to video replays, and a fourth umpire looks after the match balls and other duties. The records below are only for on-field umpires.
Aleem Dar of Pakistan holds the record for the most ODI matches umpired with 231. Rudi Koertzen of South Africa is behind at 208 matches. They are followed by New Zealand's Billy Bowden who officiated in 200 matches.[262]
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