Wajahatullah Wasti (

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: وجاہت اللہ واسطی; born 11 November 1974) is a Pakistani cricketer. He is member of The National Selection Committee

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. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. Wasti played in six

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between February 1999 and May 2000, but soon found himself out of the side after much criticism on his performance. In just his second Test, he scored 133 and 121 not out against Sri Lanka at Lahore. He was a part of the Pakistan squad which finished as

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at the

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. His best ODI performance was a classy, stroke-filled 84 against

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in the

semifinal, which Pakistan won by nine wickets. Wasti took 123 balls to make that score, carving 10 boundaries and a six on the way. Wasti has not played international cricket since May 2000.

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