Famous cricket players of Pakistan: Wahab Riaz

• Wahab Riaz, the left-arm fast-medium bowler of Pakistan cricket team is considered to be the most improved fast bowler. He is considered to be the crucial back-up to Umar Gul and Shoaib Akhtar.
• Wahab Riaz has the variety in bowling. He can throw slower bowls, prolonged spell of Yorkers and bouncers. This makes him an ideal selection for Pakistan cricket team.
• Wahab Riaz made his ODI debut in Pakistan cricket team on February 2, 2008 against Zimbabwe. Wahab has played 16 one day international cricket matches in which he took 26 wickets with an economy rate of 5.28. The best bowling figure of Wahab Riaz is 3/22 which was against Bangladesh.
• Wahab Riaz made his test debut against England on August 18, 2010. Wahab Riaz has played 5 test matches in which he took 13 wickets. The best test bowling figure of Wahab Riaz is 5/63 in an innings and 6/103 in a test match.
• The performance of Wahab Riaz has been phenomenal in ODI as he has been able to pick up 19 wickets at an average of 16.47. He is playing his very first World Cup and is doing a great job along with Umar Gul and Shoaib Akhtar.
• Wahab Riaz has become an important bowler in Pakistan Cricket Team whose bowling squad is these days ruled by world class wicket taking spinners like Saeed Ajmal and Shahid Afridi.