Previous Lancashire County Cricket captain Wasim Akram is being awarded honorary fellowship from University of Central Lancashire for his contribution to the sports amid his profession. The left arm bowler started his cricketing vocation at the club, where he spent through 11 successful years as both player and captain.
"It’s a massive honour and a privilege for me to receive this Honorary Fellowship," he said.
"I never thought I would be wearing academic robes so to get this award from such a fantastic University is absolutely overwhelming. I love Lancashire, I enjoyed playing for Lancashire, I still have a house here, I come back to visit my friends and everyone is so friendly. The people are so hard-working and that is what I learned from my time playing here, you have to work hard to achieve success." Wasim Akram added
Akram made his Test debut for Pakistan in 1985 and holds the record for taking the most wickets in a World Cup, being one of only three bowlers to have taken four hat-tricks in International Cricket and the highest scorer by a number eight batsman in Test cricket. He also holds a Pakistani record of taking 414 wickets in 104 matches in Test Cricket, 502 One Day Internationals (ODI) wickets, and he remains the first bowler in International Cricket who has taken 400 wickets in both forms of cricket.
A UCLan representative said, Wasim Akram's exhibitions for Lancashire County Cricket Club will dependably be recollected with awesome affection.
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