Sorry bro , just had to do this
Lions gotta have their fill !!!
pop gun Afridi is a lion?
A supposed destroyer of bowling attacks is a better bowler than he is batsman. He scores very fast but not very many, that he has more 4wi (8) than 100s (6) says it all. Scoring 22.38 runs per innings at an SR of 113.85 won't win many games, last 100 he scored was against Bangladesh 19 innings ago and he stopped averaging 30+ 305 innings ago.
Still, for a batsman turned bowler he has a good ODI wickets haul
1. 523 wkts : Muttiah Muralitharan (345 ODIs)
2. 502 wkts : Wasim Akram (356 ODIs)
3. 416 wkts : Waqar Younis (262 ODIs)
4. 400 wkts : Chaminda Vaas (322 ODIs)
5. 393 wkts : Shaun Pollock (303 ODIs)
6. 381 wkts : Glenn McGrath (250 ODIs)
7. 338 wkts : Brett Lee (195 ODIs)
8. 337 wkts : Anil Kumble (271 ODIs)
9. 322 wkts : Sanath Jayasuriya (444 ODIs)
10. 315 wkts : Javagal Srinath (229 ODIs)
11. 306 wkts : Shahid "pop gun" Afridi (315 ODIs)
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283193.html
In an exclusive "300 club", although most have played a humungous number of ODIs so most doesn't necessarily make them the best. Looking at the list it would appear Gough is our top wicket taker in ODIs, that our entries played mid-100s in terms of ODIs shows how much less experienced our players tend to be.