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Wasim Akram was nominated by North America Cricket Authority of New York<\/strong><\/p>\n Wasim Akram<\/b> \u00a0born 3 June 1966) is a Pakistani cricket commentator<\/a>, coach<\/a>, and former cricketer<\/a> and captain<\/a> of the Pakistan national cricket team<\/a>. Akram is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time, and several critics regard him as the greatest left-arm fast bowler in cricket history. He is often revered as The Sultan of Swing<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0In October 2013, Wasim Akram was the only Pakistani cricketer to be named in an all-time Test World XI<\/a>\u00a0 to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack\u00a0<\/a><\/i><\/sup><\/p>\n A left-arm fast bowler<\/a> who could bowl with significant pace, he holds the world record for most wickets in List A cricket<\/a>, with 881, and he is second only to Sri Lankan off-spin<\/a> bowler Muttiah Muralitharan<\/a> in terms of ODI<\/a> wickets, with 502 in total. He is considered to be one of the founders, and perhaps the finest exponent of, reverse swing<\/a> bowling.<\/sup><\/sup><\/sup><\/p>\n He was the first bowler to reach the 500-wicket mark in ODI cricket, and he did so during the 2003 World Cup<\/a>. In 2002, Wisden released its only list of best players of all time. Wasim was ranked as the best bowler in ODI of all time, with a rating of 1223.5, ahead of Allan Donald<\/a>, Imran Khan<\/a>, Waqar Younis<\/a>, Joel Garner<\/a>, Glenn McGrath<\/a> and Muralitharan<\/a>.<\/sup> Wasim took 23 four-wicket hauls in 356 ODI matches played.\u00a0<\/sup>On 30 September 2009, Akram was one of five new members inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame<\/a>.<\/sup><\/sup> He was the bowling coach of Kolkata Knight Riders<\/a>.[19]<\/a><\/sup> However, he took a break from the position for IPL 6<\/a>, citing a need to spend more time with family in Karachi,<\/sup> and he took a further break from IPL 2017<\/a>; he was replaced by Lakshmipathy Balaji.<\/p>\n He was working as director and bowling coach of Islamabad United<\/a> in Pakistan Super League<\/a> until he left to join Multan Sultans<\/a> in August 2017.<\/sup> In October 2018, he was named in the Pakistan Cricket Board<\/a>‘s seven-member advisory cricket committee.\u00a0<\/sup> In November 2018, he joined PSL franchisee Karachi Kings as a President. <\/sup><\/p>\n