The genuine quick who used the reverse swing as the weapon to demolish opponent batting order Sarfraz Nawaz was born on December 1, 1970, at Lahore. His bowling was the dictionary of young budding fast bowlers till now. He is a complete bowler with great arm action, swing and pace. He was lethal on his day and has got the ability to destroy the opponent batting order.
Bowling Averages of Sarfraz Nawaz
| Mat | Inns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | 5w | 10 | |
| Tests | 55 | 95 | 5798 | 177 | 9/86 | 11/125 | 32.75 | 2.49 | 4 | 1 |
| ODIs | 45 | 45 | 1463 | 63 | 4/27 | 4/27 | 23.22 | 3.63 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 299 | – | 24750 | 1005 | 9/86 | – | 24.62 | 2.66 | 46 | 4 |
| List A | 228 | – | 6662 | 319 | 5/15 | 5/15 | 20.88 | 3.46 | 3 | 0 |
He is one who discovered the art of swing bowling played a pivotal role in Pakistan’s maiden series win against arch-rivals India and England during 1978-79. He is a pillar of Pakistan’s bowling line-up from 1969 to 1984 and was instrumental for Pakistan emerging as a fast bowling hub at the international cricketing arena. 6.6 inches tall and lanky fast bowler made his debut against England in 1969 and played his final test match against same England in 1984. His mesmerizing spell of 7/4 in 6.2 overs against Australia was still remembered and it is the pure evidence of how lethal he is.
He has played 55 test matches in his career that span over 15 years and took 177 wickets at an average of 32.75. He is a handy lower order batsman too and has scored over 1000 runs with the bat. He has also got 4 half-centuries under his belt. He also played county cricket for Nottinghamshire during 1977 and 1980.
He was the major reason for Pakistan’s triumph against Australia, England, and India during that time. He also made his mark in one-day internationals too as he accounted 63 wickets in 45 matches for Pakistan. After his retirement in 1984, he joined in politics and served as an independent member of the provincial assembly of Punjab. He was again in headlines by his allegations against the Pakistani player’s involvement spot-fixing scandals that led to the death of Bob Wolmer during 2007 world cup.
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