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Inzamam scales a new peak by Muhammad Asim

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Inzamam-ul-Haq woke up on September 19, 2004 to realize that he was now no more anybody but somebody in international cricket. His already big stature grew huge in size in a matter of just 24 hours. The 34-year-old Pakistan captain scaled a new peak of his ODI career when he reached 23 during his 41-run knock in ICC Champions Trophy match against India at Edgbaston. He became only the second player after Indian maestro Sachin Tendulkar to complete 10000 runs in one-day international cricket. It was the 299th innings of his 322nd LOI match. Tendulkar who became the first ever batsman to cross the five-figure mark, did so in his 266th match (and 259th innings) against Australia at Indore on March 31, 2001. Tendulkar required 11 years and 103 days to reach the milestone of 10000 runs as compared to Inzamam who took 12 years and 305 days to reach his batting apogee. (Note: The Graphical analysis shows how many innings Inzamam and Tendulkar took to achieve each multiple of 1000 runs).

Born on March 3, 1970 at Multan, the burly Inzamam made his ODI international debut against West Indies on November 22, 1991 in the second game of the three match series. Two months after his ODI debut, Sri Lanka toured Pakistan and Inzamam had a wonderful series. He scored his maiden century in Multan in the 4th ODI and another one in the next match at Rawalpindi. Imran Khan was so impressed by the young batsman that he decided to select him for the World Cup in Australia. Inzamam didn't exactly live up to his expectations as his performance throughout the tournament was ordinary, but Imran kept on encouraging him and guided him. It was not until the semifinal of the World Cup that Inzamam proved his potential. Chasing a huge total of 263, Inzamam coming in at number six position played a stunning innings of 60 off just 37 balls. Pakistan made it into the finals and eventually went on to win the World Cup. Inzamam made another priceless contribution in the final with a quick fire 42 off 35 balls.

After that Inzamam had a little decline as he was not consistent with his scoring. But slowly and gradually Inzamam cemented his position in the Pakistan side for his subtlety, versatility and powerful batting. The 6ft 2in right-hander became Pakistan's main middle-order batsman and effectively proved his worth in both styles of the game. Inzamam had been a player who was never tried hard to bring out the best in him. As Imran always tells about Inzamam, he could always have been much better. But now as the captain of the Pakistan team he is developing into a more mature player. For the benefit of readers here are the complete statistical details of Inzamams ODI career.

A statistical survey of Inzamam-ul-Haqs ODI batting career

														
Opponents       Mt     Inn     No        BF    Runs      Avg     Hs   100s     90s     50s      0s
Australia       29      29      3       1183    793     30.50    91*    -       1       6       3
Bangladesh      16      13      5        602    577     72.13    77     -       -       7       -
England         19      17      3        663    530     37.86    79     -       -       6       3
Hong Kong        1       -      -         -      -        -      -      -       -       -       -
India           53      50      7       2432   1871     43.51   123     4       1       8       2
Kenya            2       1      1         31     14       -      14*    -       -       -       -
Namibia          1       1      -         15      4      4.00     4     -       -       -       -
Netherlands      2       2      1         16     18     18.00    18*    -       -       -       1
New Zealand     45      42      5       1683   1283     34.68   137*    1       -       9       3
Scotland         1       1      -         50     12     12.00    12     -       -       -       -
South Africa    32      31      3       1318    893     31.89    85     -       -       6       2
Sri Lanka       60      55      7       2865   2211     46.06   118*    4       -      15       -
UAE              2       1      1         47     50       -      50*    -       -       1       -
West Indies     39      38      4       1859   1121     32.97    90*    -       1      10       2
Zimbabwe        25      22      3       1192    798     42.00   116*    1       1       4       2
Total          327     303     43      13939  10192     39.20   137*   10       4      72      18

		Modes of dismissals
              Bld      Ct      Ct      Ct    Ct &      HW     LBW      RO      St
                               WK     fld     Bld
Australia       3      12       5       6       1       -       6       3       2
Bangladesh      1       5       -       5       -       -       1       -       1
England         2       8       2       5       1       -       3       1       -
Hong Kong       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -
India           7      26      10      15       1       -       5       4       1
Kenya           -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -
Namibia         1       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -
Netherlands     -       -       -       -       -       -       1       -       -
New Zealand     7      18       4      14       -       -       3       6       3
Scotland        -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       1
South Africa    4      10       7       3       -       1       4       8       1
Sri Lanka       4      33       5      25       3       -       3       6       2
UAE             -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -
West Indies     2      22       5      15       2       -       3       7       -
Zimbabwe        1      14       3       9       2       -       1       2       1
Total          32     148      41      97      10       1      30      37      12

Performance at each batting position

#	Inn	No	BF	Runs	Avg	Hs	100s	90s	50s	0s
1	12	-	721	516	43.00	117	2	-	3	1
2	61	9	2975	2033	39.10	137*	2	3	15	4
3	138	18	6436	4805	40.04	123	6	1	34	8
4	74	14	3198	2422	40.37	85	-	-	19	5
5	15	1	446	344	24.57	60	-	-	1	-
6	3	1	163	72	36.00	37	-	-	-	-

How, when and where Inzamam reached his each milestone

Mt	Runs	Age	Vs	Date
1	1	21-264	WI	22 Nov 1991
34	1000	22-335	Zim	01 Feb 1993
59	2000	24-48	NZ	20 Apr 1994
90	3000	25-214	SL	03 Oct 1995
131	4000	27-35	SL	07 Apr 1997
160	5000	28-39	SA	11 Apr 1998
186	6000	29-86	NZ	28 May 1999
219	7000	30-47	WI	19 Apr 2000
244	8000	31-96	Eng	07Jun 2001
291	9000	33-190	BD	09 Sep 2003
322	10000	34-200	Ind	19 Sep 2004

Year by year performance

Year	Mt	Inn	No	BF	Runs	Avg	Hs	100s	90s	50s	0s	Ct
1991	2	2	-	119	80	40.00	60	-	-	1	-	1
1992	28	27	1	1017	818	31.46	117	2	-	4	2	11
1993	21	21	5	1133	808	50.50	90*	-	2	6	1	3
1994	28	27	5	1325	901	40.95	137*	1	1	8	-	5
1995	17	16	2	880	699	49.93	116*	1	-	5	1	5
1996	25	23	3	652	503	25.15	67	-	-	2	-	5
1997	30	27	4	1316	891	38.74	85	-	-	7	1	8
1998	20	18	1	910	669	39.35	116*	1	-	4	2	8
1999	29	28	4	1572	1106	46.08	107	1	1	10	1	13
2000	34	32	7	1589	1074	42.96	121*	1	-	9	2	11
2001	17	16	3	852	646	49.69	118*	1	-	4	2	6
2002	33	29	3	1104	743	28.58	68	-	-	4	2	9
2003	18	16	4	447	418	34.83	64*	-	-	3	2	8
2004	25	21	1	1023	836	41.80	123	2	-	5	2	2

Leading run-scorers in ODIs [9000 runs or more] [6]

Player	For	Mt	Inn	No	BF	Runs	Avg	Hs	100s	90s	50s	0s
Tendulkar, SR	Ind	339	330	32	15601	13415	45.02	186*	37	8	69	15
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak	327	303	43	13934	10192	39.20	137*	10	4	72	18
Jayasuriya, ST	SL 	332	323	14	11117	9853	31.92	189	18	4	57	25
Ganguly, SC	Ind	262	253	20	13128	9789	42.01	183	22	5	58	12
Azharuddin, M	Ind	334	308	54	12679	9378	36.92	153*	7	7	58	9
de Silva, PA	SL	308	296	30	11451	9284	34.90	145	11	9	64	17

Graphical Analysis
Tendulkar vs Inzamam: How they reached each progressive milestone of 1000 runs.

All statistical research has been updated till October 18, 2004.

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A statistical survey of Inzamam-ul-Haqs ODI batting career