Saqlain Mushtaq has broken all kinds of records by taking the 200th wicket of his Limited Overs International career. He has not only become 10th bowler and third from pakistan to take 200 wickets, he has also done the following:

1. He has taken his 200 wickets in 5485 balls - the least so far. The previous record belonged to Waqar Younis (5886).

2. His 104 matches is also the least number of matches to reach 200 wickets, overtaking Allan Donald's 117.

3. At 22 years and 158 days, he is the youngest to take 200 wickets, overtaking Waqar again (26 years and 113 days).

4. His career started on 29 September 1995, so, his 200th wicket came when his career span was 3 years and 249 days, the fastest at the time of the 200th wicket, beating Waqar again (6 years and 147 days).

Thus, Saqlain has comfortably beaten Waqar Younis in all of these. The following tables depict the details.

Table (A) Saqlain against all opponents

Vs   Mts  Balls Mdns Runs  Wkt Avge    BB    4  5  R/100  RpO   S/R     B/W

Ind   32  1622   14  1190  53  22.45  5/ 45  2  1  73.37  4.38 103.97  30.60
SL    19   973    5   751  34  22.09  4/ 33  2  0  77.18  4.61 105.80  28.62
Zim    8   388    1   279  21  13.29  4/ 28  2  0  71.91  4.10  90.38  18.48
WI    12   660    5   426  20  21.30  4/ 17  2  0  64.55  3.87  97.55  33.00
NZ     8   454    3   309  18  17.17  5/ 44  0  1  68.06  3.91  93.28  25.22
Aus    7   401    5   232  17  13.65  5/ 29  0  1  57.86  3.27  81.44  23.59
Ban    4   201    5   115  13   8.85  5/ 35  0  2  57.21  3.19  72.68  15.46
Eng    6   342    2   238  11  21.64  4/ 26  1  0  69.59  4.18 100.68  31.09
SA     6   348    4   261   9  29.00  3/ 34  0  0  75.00  4.50 108.92  38.66
Ken    1    60    1    27   3   9.00  3/ 27  0  0  45.00  2.70  65.00  20.00
Sco    1    36    0    46   1  46.00  1/ 46  0  0 127.78  7.67 163.78  36.00

Home  19  1030    7   733  41  17.88  5/ 44  2  1  71.17  4.19  96.29  25.12
Away  85  4455   38  3141 159  19.75  5/ 29  7  2  70.50  4.23  98.12  28.01

Tot  104  5485   45  3874 200  19.37  5/ 29  9  5  70.62  4.23  97.73  27.42


Table (B) Saqlain's Milestones

Milestone Mts Balls    Age    Period            Milestone reached
 50        28  1439    19/309  1/ 36    Zim  Peshawar        03 Nov 1996
100        53  2797    20/134  1/226    SL   Gwalior         12 May 1997
150        78  4074    21/ 18  2/110    Ind  Dhaka           16 Jan 1998
200       104  5485    22/158  3/249    RSA  Nottingham      05 Jun 1999


Table (C) The 200th wicket

No  Player            Team Mts Bls    Age     Period      Milestone reached
  1 Saqlain Mushtaq   Pak  104  5485  22/158  3/249   RSA Nottingham    05 Jun 1999
  2 Waqar Younis      Pak  118  5886  26/113  6/147   Ind Bangalore     09 Mar 1996
  3 AA Donald         SA   117  6198  32/221  7/201   Zim Chelmsford    29 May 1999
  4 Wasim Akram       Pak  145  7384  26/272  8/100   SL  Sharjah       02 Mar 1993
  5 CJ McDermott      Aus  136  7413  30/279 11/ 13   SL  Melbourne     18 Jan 1996
  6 J Srinath         Ind  147  7669  29/ 70  7/ 23   SL  Sharjah       09 Nov 1998
  7 CEL Ambrose       WI   146  7805  33/258  9/ 87   SL  Port-of-Spain 06 Jun 1997
  8 A Kumble          Ind  147  7927  27/344  8/155   Zim Bulawayo (2)  26 Sep 1998
  9 Kapil Dev         Ind  166  8375  32/289 13/ 22   WI  Sharjah       22 Oct 1991
 10 CA Walsh          WI   180  9496  35/ 43 12/337   Pak Sharjah       12 Dec 1997

Contributed by: Atul Kahate (akahate@yahoo.com)