Inzamam’s dubious distinction

On April 5, during the second match of the six-match ODI series against India at Visakhapatnam, Pakistan’s Inzamam-ul-Haq equalled a dubious world record of one-day cricket history. By getting himself run-out for the 38th time in his ODI career, the Pakistan captain equalled the tally of his former teammate Wasim Akram to become the poorest runner between the wickets in the shorter version of the game. Curiously enough, Inzamam has also ran his partners out no less than 30 times in ODI’s. This gives him a total of 68 run-outs, out of the 633 partnerships he had with different players in his 338 match career. Interestingly, Australian Steve Waugh and Sri Lankan Arjuna Ranatunga precede Inzamam in terms of most run-outs in partnerships. Another current Pakistani batsman Yousuf Youhana who has a uncanny knack of running himself or his partners out every now and then is already part of this dubious list with 56 total run-outs and counting! For reader’s interest the accompanying tables have the complete details.Click to see the Tables