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Wahab Riaz stats

Data through 17 March 2023Last updated 17 March 2023

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 2 February 2008 to 17 March 2023. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Wahab Riaz played 27 Tests, 89 ODIs, 36 T20Is for Pakistan in the data, between 2008 and 2023. Wahab Riaz took 232 T20 league wickets in the data (average 22.21, economy 7.78, best 5/8).

International matches

152

Tests 27 · ODIs 89 · T20Is 36

International runs

1,185

0 hundreds

International wickets

233

3 five-wicket hauls

T20 league & domestic matches

182

837 runs

Best bowling

5/8

T20 (leagues & domestic)

Teams played for

Pakistan 2008–2020 · 152Peshawar Zalmi 2016–2023 · 87Barbados Royals 2017–2018 · 18Derbyshire 2018 · 12Comilla Victorians 2019 · 10St Lucia Kings 2021 · 10Galle Gladiators 2022 · 9Cape Town Blitz 2019 · 7Dhaka Platoon 2019 · 7Khulna Tigers 2023 · 7Essex 2016 · 5Jaffna Kings 2021 · 5

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Wahab Riaz batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Test	27	41	5	306	39	8.50	727	42.1	0	9	32	5
ODI	89	65	14	725	54*	14.22	840	86.3	3	12	54	29
T20I	36	18	6	154	30*	12.83	123	125.2	0	2	10	7
T20 (leagues & domestic)	182	109	42	837	53	12.49	649	129.0	1	14	68	38

Runs per year

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Wahab Riaz: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2008	4
2010	130
2011	57
2012	8
2013	203
2014	85
2015	313
2016	231
2017	134
2018	259
2019	269
2020	97
2021	131
2022	52
2023	49

Year-by-year batting (35 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	50
2008	ODI	4	4	1.33	28.6	3	0
2010	ODI	4	48	12.00	154.8	21	0
2010	T20I	3	48	48.00	141.2	30	0
2010	Test	4	34	8.50	33.7	27	0
2011	ODI	7	28	7.00	58.3	17	0
2011	T20I	1	6	6.00	100.0	6	0
2011	Test	5	23	11.50	36.5	11	0
2012	ODI	1	8	–	38.1	8	0
2013	ODI	13	203	18.45	76.9	47	0
2014	ODI	6	35	7.00	68.6	14	0
2014	T20I	1	16	16.00	80.0	16	0
2014	Test	2	34	17.00	43.6	17	0
2015	ODI	14	204	20.40	98.1	54	2
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	30	15.00	136.4	12	0
2015	T20I	2	21	10.50	161.5	21	0
2015	Test	10	58	6.44	38.7	21	0
2016	ODI	5	36	9.00	72.0	14	0
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	81	40.50	147.3	22	0
2016	T20I	5	10	3.33	45.5	4	0
2016	Test	14	104	7.43	43.2	39	0
2017	ODI	2	23	11.50	82.1	17	0
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	12	40	5.71	80.0	23	0
2017	T20I	2	25	12.50	208.3	24	0
2017	Test	5	46	9.20	55.4	16	0
2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	17	252	19.38	144.0	53	1
2018	Test	1	7	–	63.6	7	0
2019	ODI	7	76	12.67	120.6	45	0
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	23	174	12.43	158.2	29	0
2019	T20I	3	19	19.00	172.7	12	0
2020	ODI	2	60	30.00	96.8	52	1
2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	28	4.67	82.4	13	0
2020	T20I	1	9	9.00	180.0	9	0
2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	12	131	18.71	131.0	28	0
2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	52	4.73	88.1	13	0
2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	12	49	9.80	111.4	10	0

Wahab Riaz bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	49	5,018	2,864	83	5/63	7/134	34.51	3.42	60.5	5	2	118
ODI	88	4,222	4,051	116	5/46	–	34.92	5.76	36.4	6	1	19
T20I	35	710	971	34	3/18	–	28.56	8.21	20.9	0	0	2
T20 (leagues & domestic)	180	3,971	5,152	232	5/8	–	22.21	7.78	17.1	6	1	8

Wickets per year

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Wahab Riaz: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2008	11
2010	15
2011	33
2012	0
2013	8
2014	20
2015	61
2016	66
2017	42
2018	42
2019	65
2020	20
2021	42
2022	17
2023	23

Year-by-year bowling (36 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2008	ODI	5	10	20.20	5.03	3/22
2008	T20I	1	1	7.00	3.50	1/7
2010	ODI	4	5	42.80	5.78	2/43
2010	T20I	4	1	58.00	7.25	1/22
2010	Test	4	9	28.44	3.59	5/63
2011	ODI	12	23	20.87	5.24	5/46
2011	T20I	1	2	12.00	6.00	2/24
2011	Test	8	8	40.50	3.48	3/38
2012	ODI	2	0	–	8.82	0/47
2013	ODI	14	8	66.50	5.72	2/42
2014	ODI	8	13	30.46	6.16	4/65
2014	T20I	1	1	15.00	7.50	1/15
2014	Test	2	6	27.33	3.64	3/76
2015	ODI	20	32	27.44	5.26	4/45
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	3	27.33	7.45	1/12
2015	T20I	5	6	30.17	9.05	2/38
2015	Test	13	20	36.25	3.14	4/66
2016	ODI	8	7	58.14	5.93	2/28
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	17	23.65	8.04	3/17
2016	T20I	11	13	25.38	8.15	3/18
2016	Test	14	29	34.45	3.70	5/88
2017	ODI	4	2	130.00	7.72	1/62
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	18	25	17.24	6.93	3/24
2017	T20I	4	4	27.00	7.71	1/6
2017	Test	6	11	28.64	3.18	4/41
2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	34	42	21.40	7.13	3/27
2018	Test	2	0	–	3.00	0/39
2019	ODI	9	11	43.55	6.17	3/46
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	36	52	17.88	7.01	5/8
2019	T20I	3	2	45.00	8.18	1/26
2020	ODI	2	5	21.20	5.39	4/41
2020	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	11	26.55	8.15	3/21
2020	T20I	5	4	39.50	9.39	2/26
2021	T20 (leagues & domestic)	28	42	21.69	8.83	4/17
2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	20	17	38.35	8.75	3/37
2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	18	23	24.04	8.32	4/14

Wahab Riaz against each team

vs England vs West Indies vs New Zealand vs Australia vs Sri Lanka vs South Africa vs Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	50
England	Test	13	121	10.08	43.2	39	0
Sri Lanka	Test	7	75	10.71	36.6	17	0
Australia	Test	7	59	9.83	49.6	30	0
West Indies	Test	7	35	5.83	43.8	11	0
New Zealand	Test	4	7	3.50	25.9	7	0
South Africa	ODI	13	173	13.31	83.2	45	0
Zimbabwe	ODI	5	130	32.50	103.2	54	2
Australia	ODI	6	91	15.17	85.0	45	0
West Indies	ODI	9	73	10.43	73.7	19	0
England	ODI	7	71	14.20	74.7	33	0
Bangladesh	ODI	6	71	14.20	104.4	51	1
New Zealand	ODI	7	42	14.00	71.2	14	0
India	ODI	4	12	3.00	52.2	8	0
Sri Lanka	ODI	5	9	3.00	56.2	5	0
New Zealand	T20I	7	63	21.00	131.2	30	0
West Indies	T20I	3	31	10.33	172.2	24	0
Australia	T20I	3	16	8.00	76.2	16	0
Islamabad United	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	160	22.86	156.9	33	0
Quetta Gladiators	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	91	15.17	137.9	22	0
Lahore Qalandars	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	54	7.71	93.1	17	0
Galle Gladiators	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	35	11.67	112.9	27	0
Multan Sultans	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	31	5.17	100.0	9	0
Jamaica Tallawahs	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	28	9.33	82.4	26	0
Karachi Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	23	3.29	100.0	11	0
Trinbago Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	10	10.00	125.0	8	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
England	Test	14	25	36.08	3.61	5/63
West Indies	Test	10	16	31.00	3.33	5/88
Sri Lanka	Test	7	16	25.38	3.10	4/41
Australia	Test	7	11	43.73	3.79	4/89
Bangladesh	Test	4	7	34.14	3.32	3/55
New Zealand	Test	6	6	46.50	3.13	3/38
Zimbabwe	ODI	11	21	19.57	4.82	4/41
West Indies	ODI	16	18	37.61	5.56	3/38
South Africa	ODI	13	13	44.62	5.89	3/45
New Zealand	ODI	9	12	40.75	5.93	3/51
Sri Lanka	ODI	6	11	28.82	5.98	4/65
Bangladesh	ODI	6	10	20.30	4.53	4/59
India	ODI	7	10	40.90	7.30	5/46
Australia	ODI	7	7	44.14	6.02	2/54
England	ODI	9	7	68.57	6.18	3/43
West Indies	T20I	7	7	27.71	7.46	2/24
England	T20I	5	7	18.86	7.33	3/18
New Zealand	T20I	8	6	36.33	9.98	3/34
Zimbabwe	T20I	4	5	26.60	8.31	2/37
Australia	T20I	3	3	27.67	9.22	2/35
Sri Lanka	T20I	3	3	29.00	7.25	1/26
Bangladesh	T20I	3	2	38.50	7.70	1/7
Quetta Gladiators	T20 (leagues & domestic)	20	35	15.40	7.09	3/17
Islamabad United	T20 (leagues & domestic)	19	25	21.60	7.52	4/17
Lahore Qalandars	T20 (leagues & domestic)	18	23	21.13	7.35	3/17
Karachi Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	16	19	25.26	8.00	3/24
Multan Sultans	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	9	54.33	9.62	2/19
Colombo Stars	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	7	19.14	8.55	4/26
Rangpur Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	7	12.43	7.57	4/14
Trinbago Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	7	26.00	8.53	2/24
Jamaica Tallawahs	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	6	27.83	9.11	3/32
Chattogram Challengers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	6	12.50	6.43	4/36
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	6	25.00	6.72	2/36
St Lucia Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	6	15.83	6.63	3/35
Dhaka Dynamites	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	5	14.60	6.64	3/28
Guyana Amazon Warriors	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	4	28.75	7.67	2/16
Galle Gladiators	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	4	24.75	9.90	2/31

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	27	257	14.28	33
Shere Bangla National Stadium	17	162	13.50	51
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	16	139	10.69	33
National Stadium, Karachi	19	105	8.75	28
Zayed Cricket Stadium	11	96	16.00	33
The Gabba	4	91	30.33	54
Trent Bridge	4	89	22.25	53
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	6	82	20.50	52
Old Trafford	3	74	24.67	39
County Ground, Bristol	9	66	16.50	15

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	41	56	25.93	4.69
Shere Bangla National Stadium	25	33	26.06	6.35
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	24	31	27.48	5.05
National Stadium, Karachi	25	27	30.26	7.19
Gaddafi Stadium	19	26	23.12	7.42
Zayed Cricket Stadium	18	21	33.67	5.51
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	12	17	25.35	7.74
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	8	16	11.88	6.48
Kennington Oval	6	14	23.64	4.64
Warner Park	14	14	32.00	7.06

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	100	72	138.9	3	1360	53	7.55
T20	Middle	154	163	94.5	10	1604	85	7.04
T20	Death	737	537	137.2	66	1717	128	8.83
ODI	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	384	9	5.58
ODI	Middle	197	308	64.0	12	2871	48	4.99
ODI	Death	528	532	99.2	39	967	59	8.09

How Wahab Riaz was dismissed

Caught90 (54%)
Bowled33 (20%)
Run out24 (14%)
Lbw14 (8%)
Caught and bowled4 (2%)
Stumped1 (1%)

How Wahab Riaz took wickets

Caught314
Bowled116
Lbw24
Caught and bowled7
Hit wicket4

Last 20 innings

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Wahab Riaz: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
21 Feb 2022	1
6 Dec 2022	4
7 Dec 2022	9
11 Dec 2022	1
17 Dec 2022	13
18 Dec 2022	13
19 Dec 2022	3
21 Dec 2022	2
7 Jan 2023	10
9 Jan 2023	2
13 Jan 2023	5
24 Jan 2023	0
28 Jan 2023	6
17 Feb 2023	1
20 Feb 2023	10
23 Feb 2023	8
26 Feb 2023	0
7 Mar 2023	0
10 Mar 2023	7
16 Mar 2023	0

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
16 Mar 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Islamabad United	0*	1	not out	Gaddafi Stadium
10 Mar 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Multan Sultans	7*	2	not out	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
7 Mar 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Lahore Qalandars	0	1	caught	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
26 Feb 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Lahore Qalandars	0	2	caught	Gaddafi Stadium
23 Feb 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Islamabad United	8	7	bowled	National Stadium, Karachi
20 Feb 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Quetta Gladiators	10*	12	not out	National Stadium, Karachi
17 Feb 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Multan Sultans	1	2	bowled	Multan Cricket Stadium
28 Jan 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Comilla Victorians	6*	5	not out	Sylhet International Cricket Stadium
24 Jan 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Dhaka Dominators	0*	0	not out	Shere Bangla National Stadium
13 Jan 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rangpur Riders	5*	6	not out	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
9 Jan 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chattogram Challengers	2*	3	not out	Shere Bangla National Stadium
7 Jan 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Dhaka Dominators	10	3	caught	Shere Bangla National Stadium
21 Dec 2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Colombo Stars	2	4	bowled	R Premadasa Stadium
19 Dec 2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Dambulla Aura	3	4	caught	R Premadasa Stadium
18 Dec 2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Jaffna Kings	13	15	run out	R Premadasa Stadium
17 Dec 2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Dambulla Aura	13	8	caught	R Premadasa Stadium
11 Dec 2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Colombo Stars	1*	1	not out	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
7 Dec 2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kandy Falcons	9	7	caught	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
6 Dec 2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Jaffna Kings	4	3	run out	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
21 Feb 2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Lahore Qalandars	1	1	run out	Gaddafi Stadium

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Mdns	Ground
17 Mar 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Lahore Qalandars	1/20	3	0	Gaddafi Stadium
16 Mar 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Islamabad United	0/28	2	0	Gaddafi Stadium
10 Mar 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Multan Sultans	1/32	4	0	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
8 Mar 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Quetta Gladiators	1/56	4	0	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
7 Mar 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Lahore Qalandars	3/17	4	1	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
1 Mar 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Karachi Kings	0/36	4	0	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
26 Feb 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Lahore Qalandars	2/45	4	0	Gaddafi Stadium
23 Feb 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Islamabad United	0/33	3	0	National Stadium, Karachi
20 Feb 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Quetta Gladiators	0/25	4	0	National Stadium, Karachi
17 Feb 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Multan Sultans	0/44	4	0	Multan Cricket Stadium
14 Feb 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Karachi Kings	2/34	4	0	National Stadium, Karachi
28 Jan 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Comilla Victorians	1/36	4	0	Sylhet International Cricket Stadium
24 Jan 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Dhaka Dominators	1/20	3	0	Shere Bangla National Stadium
20 Jan 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chattogram Challengers	4/36	4	0	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
17 Jan 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rangpur Riders	4/14	4	0	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
13 Jan 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rangpur Riders	2/24	3.3	0	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
9 Jan 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chattogram Challengers	0/21	4	0	Shere Bangla National Stadium
7 Jan 2023	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Dhaka Dominators	1/32	4	0	Shere Bangla National Stadium
21 Dec 2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Colombo Stars	0/26	3.5	0	R Premadasa Stadium
19 Dec 2022	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Dambulla Aura	0/36	4	0	R Premadasa Stadium

Batter vs bowler matchups

Batters Wahab Riaz bowled to most

Joe Root vs Wahab Riaz323 balls
Alastair Cook vs Wahab Riaz286 balls

Frequently asked questions

How many wickets has Wahab Riaz taken in Tests?

83 wickets in 49 innings at an average of 34.51, economy 3.42, best figures 5/63.

How many wickets has Wahab Riaz taken in ODIs?

116 wickets in 88 innings at an average of 34.92, economy 5.76, best figures 5/46.

How many runs has Wahab Riaz scored in Tests?

306 runs in 41 innings (27 matches) at an average of 8.50 and a strike rate of 42.1, in the data from 2010 to 2018.

How many runs has Wahab Riaz scored in ODIs?

725 runs in 65 innings (89 matches) at an average of 14.22 and a strike rate of 86.3, in the data from 2008 to 2020.

How many runs has Wahab Riaz scored in T20Is?

154 runs in 18 innings (36 matches) at an average of 12.83 and a strike rate of 125.2, in the data from 2008 to 2020.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.