Asia Cup 2018: India-Pakistan Sharjah XI

Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram took two hattricks in important matches, and is the highest wicket taker on this ground.

The Sultan of Swing is also the highest wicket taker at Sharjah. The first bowler to take 500 ODI wickets, became a phenomenon after his two hattricks in Sharjah in 1989 and 1990. In both the hattricks, all batsmen were clean bowled without even managing to get any part of their body or bat.

In the last final played between India and Pakistan at Sharjah, Wasim almost got his third ODI hattrick with opposite number Azharuddin plumb in front - a front foot no-ball depriving him of the wicket. This happened less than a month before the 1999 World Cup. In Sharjah, Wasim has 122 wickets from 77 matches at an average of 19.51.