Bangalore: In the world of cricket who has not heard of the famous trio? - Worrell, Weekes and Walcott, better known as the three Ws of West Indies. However there is another set of two Ws who are also popular the world over.

While the three Ws had become a threat to the bowlers of their opponent countries during their stay at the wicket in test cricket, the two Ws of Pakistan - Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis have proved to be a thorn to the batsmen all over the world by their sheer pace, swing, line and length not only in Tests but also in Limited Overs cricket.

Though both of them have passed the cricket prime age of 30 years, the cobra sting is still very much existent in their bowling in both versions of the game till date.

While the older and much more experienced Wasim Akram has the distinction of being the only one to take 400 or more wickets in both Tests and Limited Over Internationals, Waqar Younis has proved that his credentials are still in tact by taking his 400th wicket in the first of the scheduled Five Limited Over Internationals against South Africa.

He accomplished this feat at Durban on 08.12.2002 in his 252nd match. It may be interesting to note here that both these bowlers did not take a wicket in their debut match.

While Wasim Akram conceded 31 runs in his 4 overs against New Zealand at Faisalabad on 23.11.1984, he did not bowl in his 2nd match, against New Zealand at Auckland in the Rothman's Cup on 17.02.1985; in his 3rd match of his career, against India he conceded 38 runs in 8.5 overs without taking a wicket at Melbourne on 20.02.1985.

He finally had his first victim in his 4th match, during his spell of 5/21 in 8 overs against Australia at MCG on 24.02.1985 in the Benson & Hedges World Series Championship.

On the other hand Waqar Younis too was not successful in taking a wicket in his debut match at Sharjah on 14.10.1989 against West Indies and conceded 14 runs in 4 overs. However, he tasted success in his 2nd match, against the same opponent at the same venue on 17.10.1989 when he took 3/28 in his 9 overs.

Waqar has achieved the bowling milestones quicker than Wasim Akram. His best bowling of 7/36 has been recorded against England at Leeds on 17.06.2001. His best performance at home is 5/11 against New Zealand at Peshawar on 04.11.1990.

Presented hereunder are some of the statistics relating to the bowling careers of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis in the Limited Over Internationals updated to the first match against South Africa on 08.12.2002 at Durban.

However Waqar Younis had to be contented with his personal milestone only as his team suffered defeat in this match.

4 or more wickets in an innings in Limited Over Internationals
WASIM AKRAM
Instances	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Vs	Venue	Date
1	8	1	21	5	Aus	Melbourne	24 Feb 1985
2	9	1	28	4	SL	Colombo	11 Mar 1986
3	9	2	19	4	Ban	Moratuwa	31 Mar 1986
4	8.1	0	25	4	Aus	Perth	02 Jan 1989
5	9.4	1	38	5	WI	Sharjah	14 Oct 1989
6	9.2	0	32	4	NZ	Christchurch	18 Mar 1992
7	9	1	46	4	WI	Perth	04 Dec 1992
8	9	1	19	5	NZ	Wellington	26 Dec 1992
9	10	1	24	4	SL	Sharjah	02 Feb 1993
10	10	3	24	4	SL	Sharjah	04 Feb 1993
11	6.1	0	16	5	SA	East London	15 Feb 1993
12	7.3	2	18	4	WI	Arnos Vale	30 Mar 1993
13	10	1	40	4	WI	Sharjah	01 Nov 1993
14	7	1	15	5	Zim	Karachi	24 Dec 1993
15	7.3	0	23	4	NZ	Auckland	06 Mar 1994
16	9	0	35	4	Ind	Toronto	18 Sep 1996
17	10	0	42	4	SL	Sharjah	08 Nov 1996
18	10	1	25	4	Aus	Melbourne	16 Jan 1997
19	8	0	33	4	SA	Lahore	02 Nov 1997
20	9.4	1	43	4	SL	Benoni	15 Apr 1998
21	9.5	1	40	4	Aus	Headingley	23 May 1999
22	7	0	22	4	Zim	Bulawayo	24 Nov 2002
WAQAR YOUNIS
Instances	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Vs	Venue	Date
1	10	2	39	4	SL	Bellerive	15 Feb 1990
2	10	0	42	4	Ind	Sharjah	27 Apr 1990
3	10	1	26	6	SL	Sharjah	29 Apr 1990
4	9	2	20	5	NZ	Sharjah	01 May 1990
5	6.4	2	11	5	NZ	Peshawar	04 Nov 1990
6	6	1	16	5	NZ	Sialkot	06 Nov 1990
7	8	0	52	5	WI	Karachi	09 Nov 1990
8	9	0	48	4	WI	Sharjah	17 Oct 1991
9	10	1	39	4	WI	Sharjah	21 Oct 1991
10	11	0	73	4	Eng	Trent Bridge	20 Aug 1992
11	10	0	25	5	SA	Durban	09 Feb 1993
12	9.4	1	30	6	NZ	Auckland	13 Mar 1994
13	10	0	32	4	NZ	Port Elizabeth	13 Dec 1994
14	10	0	52	4	SA	Durban	17 Dec 1994
15	8.4	1	33	4	NZ	East London	19 Dec 1994
16	10	0	26	4	Net	Lahore	26 Feb 1996
17	10	0	62	4	SL	Pedang	02 Apr 1996
18	8.5	0	52	5	SL	Nairobi	04 Oct 1996
19	10	1	44	6	NZ	Sharjah	13 Nov 1996
20	10	1	43	4	WI	Sydney	18 Jan 1997
21	10	1	31	5	Ind	Sharjah	26 Mar 2000
22	10	0	62	4	SA	Sharjah	31 Mar 2000
23	8	0	49	4	SL	Sharjah	08 Apr 2001
24	10	0	36	7	Eng	Headingley	17 Jun 2001
25	8	0	59	6	Aus	Trent Bridge	19 Jun 2001
26	10	0	38	5	SA	Tangier	12 Aug 2002