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Kamran Akmal

Kamran Akmal Biography

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Kamran Akmal (born 13 January 1982 in Lahore) is a Pakistani cricketer who has played 38 Test matches and 88 ODIs for Pakistan. He is a quick-scoring batsman and a wicket-keeper, who has achieved four centuries and two fifties in 31 Test innings. However, his first century was vital - his 109 from the number eight position at Mohali, coming in with Pakistan in a lead of 39 against India in the first Test, ensured that the visitors could draw the match. His form against the touring English in 2005 made him one of the most important players in the team. Naturally, he is a batsman that plays lower down the order but has sometimes opened in both Test and One-day cricket. As an opener he has scored two back to back centuries in ODIs against England. Coming in lower down the order in Test matches, he played one memorable innings. He saved Pakistan from a score of 39/6, scoring a century, to a competitive 245 which helped Pakistan win the match and series. His batting was highly productive in early 2006 as he scored seven international hundreds within the space of 6 months. Since his tour of England in Summer 2006 however his batting form dwindled and steadily become worse. His wicket-keeping also worsened and dropped many catches on both the England tour and on a tour to South Africa in early 2007. Since then he did not score an international hundred until the Bangladeshi tour of Pakistan in 2008. Kamran Akmal was dropped for the Asia Cup 2008 as a result of his poor batting form and very poor keeping. He was replaced by Sarfraz Ahmed who has performed very well the domestic level. Kamran was named in the 30 man probable squad for the 2008 ICC Champions Trophy. On 12 November 2008, Akmal hit two consecutive 6s in the last over. As a result Pakistan won the first ODI in Abu Dhabi against West Indies. Akmal was also signed on to the Rajasthan Royals, and played in the inaugural season of the IPL. He played five matches in the tournament, as wicket-keeper and top-order batsman, including the final of the tournament against the Chennai Super Kings. He took two catches in the first innings, however he was run out for six runs during the Royal's chase. The Royals went on to win the tournament after a thrilling finish.
Current age 29 years 6 days

Batting style Right-hand bat

Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Relation Brother - Adnan Akmal, Brother - Umar Akmal
Kamran Akmal may well be the most emphatic proof of cricket's changed priorities post Adam Gilchrist. Sides now search for an explosive batsman who can change a day, an innings, a phase with the bat and so long as you can identify right wicketkeeping glove from left, the place is yours.
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Kamran Akmal may well be the most emphatic proof of cricket's changed priorities post Adam Gilchrist. Sides now search for an explosive batsman who can change a day, an innings, a phase with the bat and so long as you can identify right wicketkeeping glove from left, the place is yours.There has been little doubt about Akmal's batting. The purity of his drives and the strength of his cutting and pulling, particularly on slower subcontinent surfaces, has always held a strong allure. And when it comes together as it did one January morning in Karachi against India - one of the Test innings of that decade - he makes it in the side as a batsman alone.

Kamran Akmal

Umar Akmal

Umar Akmal Biography

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Full name Umar Akmal

Born May 26, 1990, Lahore, Punjab

Major teams Pakistan, Lahore Lions, Pakistan Under-19s, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited

Playing role Middle-order batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Fielding position Occasional wicketkeeper

Relation Brother – Kamran Akmal, Adnan Akmal

Umar Akmal is a Pakistani cricketer. He made his ODI debut on 1 August 2009 against Sri Lanka and made his Test debut against New Zealand on 23 November 2009. He is a right-handed batsman and a part time spinner. Like his two brothers, Adnan and Kamran, Umar has kept wicket for the national team.
Personal life

Umar is the youngest brother of Adnan Akmal and Kamran Akmal who are also cricketers, both wicket-keepers.
Career

Early career

Umar represented Pakistan in the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia. After his success at the U-19 level he earned himself a first class contract and played the 2007-08 season of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, representing the Sui Southern Gas team. He is considered a future asset for Pakistan cricket. He is an aggressive style cricketer. In only his sixth first class match he smashed 248 off just 225 deliveries, including four sixes. He followed that up with an unbeaten 186 in his 8th first class match, off just 170 balls. He fared less well in his second season of first class cricket, with a string of low scores batting at number 3. He found form in the final few matches of the 2008/09 season and then in the RBS T20 tournament thus getting the selectors nod to play for Pakistan A side on their tour to Australia A.

Australia A tour

Umar came to prominence during the Australia A tour in June/July 2009. In the two Test matches he recorded scores of 54, 100*, 130, 0. In the ODI series that followed Umar continued his fine form with a century in the opening ODI encounter off just 68 deliveries. These performances made him gather considerable praise from the media who were there to witness him and calls began to grow about his inclusion in the ODI series for the main Pakistan side against Sri Lanka.
Test career

Umar made his Test debut against New Zealand at Dunedin on 23 November 2009. On the third day of his debut test, Umar Akmal hit 129 runs from 160 balls becoming only the second Pakistani to score a hundred on debut away from home after Fawad Alam. This feat also made him the first Pakistani batsman to score both his maiden Test and ODI century away from home, following his ODI century against Sri Lanka. The innings was noted as special due to Pakistan’s tough position in the match and the hundred partnership which Akmal was involved in alongside his elder brother Kamran. He followed up the century in the first innings with a fifty in the second innings.

In only his second Test match he was moved up the order to the crucial spot of number 3, where he struggled initially but managed to counter-attack the hostile bowling with his natural flair, making 46 before he was undone by an inswinger by Daryl Tuffey. In the second innings he was moved down the order to his usual batting spot of number 5 as captain Mohammed Yousuf chose to bat at number 3 himself, and Akmal looked his usual aggressive self throughout his innings of 52 which came off only 33 balls. He had his first failure in the first innings of the third test at Napier where he was caught in the gully for a duck but scored a rearguard 77 in the second, promoting him to the leading run scorer of the series. Akmal finished the tour with 400 runs at an average of 57.14.

Umar Akmal’s early success was briefly tarnished by a controversy during Pakistan’s 2009–10 tour of Australia. It was widely reported that Umar had feigned an injury to protest the dropping of older brother Kamran for the final Test match against Australia. Umar denied such rumors and played in the final match without his brother. He was later fined 2-3 million rupees by the PCB for breaching his contract and speaking to the media without approval.
ODI and Twenty20 career

In an interview, Umar said “My own dream is to one day play for Pakistan alongside Kamran Bhai (Brother) and I’m working hard to try and achieve that goal”. Akmal was selected in Pakistan’s squad for the One Day International Series against Sri Lanka in July/August 2009. Having missed out on the first ODI Umar made his debut in the second match of the series replacing Mohammad Yousuf in the middle order. In only his second career ODI Umar scored his maiden ODI fifty. Umar followed up his maiden fifty by scoring a century in the very next match. For this match winning effort he was awarded his first career Man of the Match award. His exploits in Sri Lanka earned him a place in Pakistan’s champions trophy squad. He played two good innings. His 41 not out against West Indies was a match winning knock and landed him his second career Man of the Match award. His next big innings came in the semi final against New Zealand, where he scored a brisk 55 in a losing effort, before he was wrongly given out by umpire Simon Taufel, who later apologized. Despite the fact that Umar Akmal is not a wicket-keeper he kept wicket for Pakistan temporarily in the third ODI against England in 2010 from the 27th over onwards because his elder brother Kamran was being diagnosed for an injury to his finger. Umar Akmal scored 71 runs from 52 balls in his debut World Cup match and was named Man of the Match.

In February 2012 Pakistan faced England in four ODIs. Pakistan’s brittle batting meant the team management chose to play Umar as a wicket-keeper based on his batting, though his brother Adnan was considered the better ‘keeper. The result of choosing the less accomplished glovesman was that in the first two matches Umar Akmal missed opportunities to dismiss Ravi Bopara and Alastair Cook early in their innings, and they respectively went on to score a half-century and a century.
Batting and fielding averages
    Mat     Inns     NO     Runs     HS     Ave     BF     SR     100     50     4s     6s     Ct     St
Tests     16     30     2     1003     129     35.82     1520     65.98     1     6     117     17     12     0
ODIs     62     55     7     1830     102*     38.12     2150     85.11     1     14     143     28     27     2
T20Is     29     28     4     682     64     28.41     570     119.64     0     4     51     19     23     2
First-class     51     86     7     3787     248     47.93     5221     72.53     8     22     472     56     43     0
List A     87     79     10     2593     104     37.57     3018     85.91     3     18     195     45     41     2
Twenty20     59     56     11     1391     68*     30.91     1086     128.08     0     8     135     33     40     2
Bowling averages
    Mat     Inns     Balls     Runs     Wkts     BBI     BBM     Ave     Econ     SR     4w     5w     10
Tests     16     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -
ODIs     62     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -
T20Is     29     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -
First-class     51     4     96     54     1     1/0     1/0     54.00     3.37     96.0     0     0     0
List A     87     2     24     13     0     -     -     -     3.25     -     0     0     0
Twenty20     59     1     24     36     1     1/36     1/36     36.00     9.00     24.0     0     0     0
Umar Akmal News

WT20: India outclass Pakistan in World Twenty20 opener 22 Mar 2014

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WT20: Pakistan bundled out for 71 by South Africa in warm-up 20 Mar 2014

Full Scorecard: Pakistan vs South Africa WT20 Warm up in Fatullah FATULLAH: Pakistan batsmen failed to make a good score against South Africa as they were bowled out for a mere 71 in 17.3 overs in their day and night warm-up match against South Africa in the fifth World Twenty...
Pakistan beat New Zealand by 7 wickets in WT20 Warmup 17 Mar 2014

Full Scorecard: Pakistan vs New Zealand Warmup Match In Pictures: Pakistan vs New Zealand Warmup T20 World Cup Match Follow: T20 World Cup 2014 | Schedule | Points Table Kamran Akmal and Mohammad Hafeez made the difference with stroke-filled half-centuries to guide Pakistan to...
`National hero` Akmal cleared in traffic violation case after cop `forgives` him 15 Mar 2014

Johannesburg : Pakistani wicketkeeper-batsman Umar Akmal has reportedly been absolved of all charges in a traffic violation case after the concerned police officer forgave him, saying that the player is a ”national hero”. Akmal was arrested in February for violating traffic ru...
Pakistan in good shape for World T20: Misbah 11 Mar 2014

Islamabad : Pakistan cricket captain Misbah-ul-Haq believes that his players are in good shape to perform in the upcoming World Twenty20 Championship to be held in Bangladesh from the middle of March this year. Returning home after ending up as runners-up in the Asia Cup, Misb...
Pak shifts focus to World T20 following Asia Cup loss 10 Mar 2014

Islamabad : Pakistan reportedly shifts focus to the upcoming World Twenty20 following the Asia Cup loss to Sri Lanka as a result of Pakistan”s failed bowling attack despite speculations over the team”s fragile batting line ahead of the tournament. Sri Lanka chased down Pakista...
Sri Lanka thump Pakistan for Asia Cup title 8 Mar 2014

Dhaka : Opener Lahiru Thirimanne hit a magnificent century to help Sri Lanka thump Pakistan by five wickets to regain the Asia Cup title in Dhaka on Saturday. Full Scorecard: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Asia Cup Final 2014 Asia Cup | IPL T20 7 2014 | T20 World Cup The left-hander n...
Malinga, Thirimanne stars Sri Lankas Asia Cup final triumph 8 Mar 2014

Dhaka : Pacer Lasith Malinga captured a five-wicket haul while opener Lahiru Thirimanne scored a century to help Sri Lanka record a convincing five-wicket victory against Pakistan in the summit clash of Asia Cup here at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. Chasing a total...
Sri Lanka gear up for Asia Cup final with win over Bangladesh 6 Mar 2014

Dhaka – Sri Lanka battled hard to beat hosts Bangladesh by three wickets in the final league match of the Asia Cup in Dhaka on Thursday, reaching the final with a perfect record. Sri Lanka, who will meet defending champions Pakistan in the final on Saturday, restricted Bangla...
Akmal”s father ends sons traffic fiasco with written apology 6 Mar 2014

Islamabad : Pakistan cricket star Umar Akmal”s father reportedly tendered a written apology to the traffic warden, with whom Akmal had entered into a scuffle last month, ending the tiff between Lahore”s traffic police and Akmal. Akmal”s father has reportedly submitted a writte...

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Shahid Affiridi

Shahid Affiridi Bio Graphy

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Nickname: Lala
D.O.B: March 1,1980,Khyber Agency,Karachi,Pakistan
Height: 5ft 11in (1.8M)
Family: Wife Nadiya Afridi, Daughter:Aqsa,Ansha,Ajwa
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Wrist Spin
Education: ..........College, University of Karachi
Interests: Golf, Swimming, Squash, Hunting

International Team: Pakistan
County Team: Hampshire
IPL Team: Deccan Chargers

Of Shahid Afridi it can safely be said that cricket never has and never will see another like him. To say he is an allrounder is to say Albert Einstein was a scientist; it tells a criminally bare story.

For a start, the slant of his all-round skills only became clear ten years into his career; he is a leg-spinning allrounder. Variety is his calling and as well as a traditional leg-break, he has two googlies, a conventional offie and a lethal faster one, though this is increasingly rare. All come with the threat of considerable, late drift. He fairly hustles through overs, which in limited-over formats is a weapon in itself and the package is dangerous.
In 2009 Afridi became one of the World’s most expensive cricketers in the IPL auction.Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi is a cricket player for the Pakistan National team. He exploded on to the cricket scene by scoring the fastest century in ODIs in his very first innings. He was initially selected as a bowler but after his big hitting in his 1st innings, he focused more on his batting. In recent years he has gone back to focusing on his bowling . His style of play is best suited to the shortest form of the game T20s.

Achievements:
Career Highlights of SHAHID AFRIDI :(1) On 4 October 1996, playing his maiden international innings, Afridi hit the fastest One-Day century off 37 balls against Sri Lanka in Nairobi. His innings included 28 runs off one of Sanath Jayasuriya's overs, whose record he broke.(2) Youngest player in history to make an ODI century at just 16 years and 217 days with his 37 ball ton against Sri Lanka. It included 11 sixes and 6 fours. (3) Made a half-century from 26 balls and took 3 second-innings wickets in Pakistan's series- drawing Test victory against India in March 2005.(4) Holds the joint record with Brian Lara for the third fastest ODI century off 45 balls in April 2005 against India. This actually was the first match that witnessed the Indian cricketer-turned-commentator Ravi Shastri make him the nickname Boom Boom Afridi. (5) Equal highest aggregate sixes scored in the 50-over game, shared the legendary Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya, and he the most sixes per innings record.(6) Scored four consecutive sixes off a Harbhajan Singh over in a Test match against India in January 2006, matching a feat that Kapil Dev achieved in 1990.(7) Was the First player to score 12 runs off one ball, by hitting the roof of the Millennium Stadium. This took place in a game of Power Cricket. (8) Holds four of the top eight fastest ODI half centuries, twice completed in 18 balls and twice in 20 balls. He has also scored a half century of just 21 balls.(9) Made 32 runs off a Malinga Bandara over in an ODI game at Abu Dhabi in 2007. He struck four consecutive sixes and it was the 2nd most expensive over in ODI history.(10) Afridi is only third player in ODI history to achieve the combination of 5000 runs and 200 wickets. The other players being Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya and South African Jacques Kallis. (11) Bernie Geoffrion, a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach was also nicknamed "Boom Boom" Geoffrion

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Umar Gul

Umar Gul Biography

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Contents [hide]
1 Personal life
2 Career
2.1 Early career
2.2 Test matches
2.3 Twenty20
2.4 One Day Internationals
2.5 Batting-skills
2.6 Injuries
3 Five-wicket hauls
3.1 ODI Five-wicket hauls
3.2 Twenty20 International five-wicket hauls
3.3 Test cricket Five-wicket hauls
4 References
5 External links
Personal life

Gul was born in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan he was born in a middle-class family and frequently played tape-ball cricket. People on the street encouraged Gul to become an international cricketer as they saw his superb bowling. On October 2010 Gul's family announced that he was to wed a Dubai Doctor. The doctor is from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province and she was born there as well.[5][6][7] On 30 May 2012, Pakistan Army raided Umar Gul's house in Peshawar and arrested his brother on the charge of hiding a wanted militant.[8]
Career

Early career
Gul was first called up for the team in April 2003, playing four one-day matches at the Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup against Zimbabwe, Kenya and Sri Lanka,[9] where he took four wickets, and he was in and out of the one-day team after that tournament. However, he played the whole of the 2003–04 home series against Bangladesh, making his Test debut and taking 15 wickets in the three Tests, and took the second-most wickets of any Pakistani bowler in the series, behind Shabbir Ahmed with 17. However, Shoaib Akhtar, who took 13 in third place, only played two of the Tests.
Gul was retained for the ODIs against Bangladesh, taking a List A best five for 17 in nine overs in the third match, and ended with 11 wickets in the 5–0 series win. However, he could still not command a regular spot, playing three of Pakistan's nine next ODIs before finally getting dropped after one for 36 against New Zealand.
Test matches
He was recalled and played two Tests after that taking four wickets in a drawn Test against New Zealand before coming in as replacement for Shabbir Ahmed in the second Test of the three-Test series against India. After coming on as first-change bowler, Gul dismissed Virender Sehwag in his second over, and then bowled unchanged for 12 overs either side of lunch to take five Indian top order wickets - including Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar, who both had Test batting averages above 50, as did Sehwag. Gul finished with five for 31 in his spell, earning him commendation from Cricinfo journalist Dileep Premachandran, who praised his "control of line and length",[10] and he was also named Man of the Match despite conceding runs at five an over in the second innings in a nine-wicket win.
After a length injury lay-off, which kept him out of international cricket for nearly two years, Gul returned to the Pakistan fold in 2006. Firstly with quiet away series against Sri Lanka then followed by a tour to England in 2006. Gul was quickly made the lead bowler in the side due to the injuries to other front line bowlers. Gul to 18 wickets in four tests, justifying the selectors faith in him.
Later in 2006, against West Indies at home, Gul had perhaps his most successful test series. He took 16 wickets in 3 tests, including notable spells of reverse swing bowling. He was responsible for breaking Ramnaresh Sarwan's toe with a dipping yorker.
Test appearances however remained few and far between due to injuries and lack of test cricket for Pakistan.
In February 2009, Gul recorded his best test figures in the Pakistan team, taking 6 for 135 on an otherwise flat pitch.
In July 2010, Pakistan faced England at Trent Bridge and were 147/9 in their first innings. Gul scored 30* before the day was called off due to bad light. He returned the next day with Mohammad Asif and batted with intent to add another 35 runs in five overs. This saw Pakistan avoid the follow-on against England and therefore survive an innings defeat.[11]
Gul then suffered a hamstring injury in the second test when he was touring England in 2010 he was ruled out for three weeks that meant he would miss the remaining two tests. However Gul managed to recover and became fit enough to play in the fourth test[12] However they decided to rest Gul for the final test match despite the fact that he had recovered quicker than expected.
His next chance to play test cricket came against South Africa in November 2010 when he took 3 wickets in a first innings and triggered a South African collapse of 380 on a flat wicket. He took the crucial wicket with an excellent inswinger against AB de Villiers[13]
Twenty20
With injuries limiting Gul's test cricket participation, he made a distinct change to his bowling set-up. Making a focus on bowling in the late overs of T20. He got his opportunity with the absence of Shoaib Akhtar and Abdul Razzaq in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 held in South Africa. He was generally used by Pakistan from the 13th over onwards and finished the tournament with 13 wickets, making him the leading wicket taker ahead of Shahid Afridi and RP Singh.
In the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, he performed excellently, earning the mantle from at least one pundit of "the outstanding seam bowler of the World Twenty20".[14] His five-wicket haul for just six runs when Pakistan dismantled New Zealand won especial acclaim. The spell made him the first bowler in history to take a five wickets in a Twenty20 international, and he held the record of best T20I bowling figures until 8 August 2011, when surpassed by Ajantha Mendis (6/16).[15] Mutterings were made about a possible correlation between ball tampering and the exorbitant amounts of reverse-swing he was able to extract, but he denied them categorically: "Whenever an Asian bowler performs and uses the reverse-swing, the Western cricketing countries raise the issue of ball-tampering against them."[16]
He was also part of the Pakistan team that lifted the trophy at Lord's while also finishing as the leading wicket taker of the tournament for the second consecutive time.[17]
He gained a lot of wickets bowled, in particular with late reverse swinging yorkers, which dip late to slide under the bat and leave little room for batsmen to maneuver the ball. Consequently he has also an excellent economy rate in this format of the game.
In February 2008, Gul signed with the Indian Premier League and was drafted by Shahrukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders franchise for US $150,000.[18] He played in six matches, taking 12 wickets at an average of 15.33,[19] including a player of the match award in Kolkata's final game in which Gul took 4-23 and scored 24 runs from 11 balls.[20]
In December 2008 Gul signed with the Western Warriors to compete in the Australian domestic 2008-09 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash tournament.[21] He performed very well in his debut match for the Warriors, taking 4 wickets for 15 runs in a losing side. He was amongst the most successful bowlers in the competition despite not being available for the entire tournament he finished second top wicket taker with 12 wickets.[22]
Internationally, Gul has taken 47 wickets in just 32 games at an average of 14.65, a truly outstanding statistic. He is the second leading wicket-taker in Twenty20 Internationals behind teammate Shahid Afridi
One Day Internationals
Gul appeared in all three of Pakistan's group matches in the 2007 World Cup taking four wickets with an economy rate of 3.13, only Shane Bond of those to deliver 100 balls was more economical.[23] He also appeared in all of Pakistan's matches at the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 taking 3/15 of 4 overs in the semi-final victory over New Zealand. He took three wickets in the final to finish as the tournament's leading wicket-taker.[24]
Batting-skills
Despite the fact that Gul is a bowler he can perform well as a lower order batsman and has proved that he has the ability to score runs quickly he finest moment with the bat came in a test match vs England in August 2010 when Pakistan were at 103/7 and Gul came into bat he scored 29 of 30 deliveries when play was ended on that day however two more wickets had fallen and the team were at 148/9 by night-time Pakistan would need 11 runs to avoid the follow-on. Gul then came and with his number 10 partner Mohammad Asif; Gul scored 34 runs in just 11 deliveries however his partner Mohammad Asif was run out at the other end and Gul ended on 65*.
Injuries
However, Gul was then ruled out of the third Test with a back injury which kept him out of cricket for an entire year. He returned to play two games at the 2004–05 Faysal Bank T20 Cup, and played some matches for Pakistan A and a Pakistan XI in warm-up games before the Test matches against England the following season, but he was not selected for the matches and has instead played three matches with Peshawar at the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.
Gul had signed a one year contract with Gloucestershire to play in 2007, but the Pakistan Cricket Board failed to give them their permission.[25]
Shortly after making a six-month come-back from a shoulder injury in July 2010 Gul picked up a hamstring injury against England in August but it wasn't too serious and he only missed the two Test matches.
Five-wicket hauls

Umar Gul, after taking five-for in Twenty20 International Cricket, became the first ever bowler to own five wickets haul in a

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Abdul Razzaq

Abdul Razzaq Biography

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Full name:    Abdul Razzaq
Born:    2nd December 1979, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Batting:    Right-hand batsman
Bowling:    Right-arm fast-medium
Biography:    He changed his name from Abdur Razzaq in 2002
Teams:    Pakistan (Test: 1999/00-2006/07); Pakistan (ODI: 1996/97-2011/12); Asian Cricket Council XI (ODI: 2004/05-2005/06); Pakistan (World Cup: 1999-2010/11); Pakistan (Int Twenty20: 2006-2013/14); Pakistan (Twenty20 World Cup: 2009-2012/13); Lahore City (Main FC: 1996/97-1998/99); Khan Research Laboratories (Main FC: 1997/98-1998/99); Lahore Blues (Main FC: 2000/01); Pakistan International Airlines (Main FC: 2001/02); Middlesex (Main FC: 2002-2003); Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (Main FC: 2003/04-2013/14); Lahore (Main FC: 2003/04); Lahore Ravi (Main FC: 2006/07); Worcestershire (Main FC: 2007); Surrey (Main FC: 2008); Khan Research Laboratories (Main ListA: 1997/98); Pakistan International Airlines (Main ListA: 2001/02); Middlesex (Main ListA: 2002-2003); Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (Main ListA: 2002/03-2013/14); Lahore (Main ListA: 2003/04); Worcestershire (Main ListA: 2007); Leicestershire (Main ListA: 2012); Leicestershire (Champions League: 2011/12); Middlesex (Main Twenty20: 2003); Lahore Lions (Main Twenty20: 2004/05-2012/13); Surrey (Main Twenty20: 2008); Sialkot Stallions (Main Twenty20: 2009/10); Hampshire (Main Twenty20: 2010); Leicestershire (Main Twenty20: 2011-2012); Melbourne Renegades (Main Twenty20: 2011/12); Duronto Rajshahi (Main Twenty20: 2011/12); Wayamba United (Main Twenty20: 2012); Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (Main Twenty20: 2013); Pakistan A (Other FC: 1997-1998/99); Combined XI (Pakistan) (Other FC: 1997/98); Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan's XI (Other FC: 1997/98); Pakistanis (Other FC: 1999/00-2006); Pakistan (Other FC: 1999/00-2006/07); Pakistan (Other ListA: 1996/97-2011/12); Pakistan A (Other ListA: 1997-1998/99); Pakistanis (Other ListA: 1999/00-2010); Asian Cricket Council XI (Other ListA: 2004/05-2005/06); Pakistanis (Other Twenty20: 2004/05-2010); Pakistan (Other Twenty20: 2006-2013/14); Pakistan Under-19s (Under-19 Test: 1996/97-1997/98); Pakistan Under-19s (Under-19 ODI: 1996/97-1997/98); Pakistan Under-19s (Under-19 two innings: 1996/97-1997/98); Pakistan Under-19s (Under-19 limited overs: 1996/97-1997/98); All teams
Middlesex cap: 2002
Worcestershire cap: 2007
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Test Career Batting and Fielding (1999/00-2006/07)
    M    I    NO    Runs    HS    Ave    100    50    SRate    Ct
Pakistan    46    77    9    1946    134    28.61     3    7    41.04     15
Test Career Bowling (1999/00-2006/07)
    Balls    Mdns    Runs    Wkts    BB    Ave    5wI    10wM    SRate    Econ
Pakistan    7008    219    3694    100    5-35    36.94     1    0    70.08     3.16
First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1996/97-2013/14)
    M    I    NO    Runs    HS    Ave    100    50    Ct
Overall    123    193    28    5371    203*    32.55     8    29    33
First-Class Career Bowling (1996/97-2013/14)
    Balls    Mdns    Runs    Wkts    BB    Ave    5wI    10wM    SRate    Econ
Overall    19206    559    11155    355    7-51    31.42     13    2    54.10     3.48
ODI Career Batting and Fielding (1996/97-2011/12)
    M    I    NO    Runs    HS    Ave    100    50    SRate    Ct
Pakistan    261    225    57    5031    112    29.94     3    23    81.65     35
Asian Cricket Council XI    4    3    0    49    38    16.33     0    0    53.26     0
Overall    265    228    57    5080    112    29.70     3    23    81.24     35
ODI Career Bowling (1996/97-2011/12)
    Balls    Mdns    Runs    Wkts    BB    Ave    4wI    5wI    SRate    Econ
Pakistan    10851    107    8452    268    6-35    31.53     8    3    40.48     4.67
Asian Cricket Council XI    90    0    112    1    1-18    112.00     0    0    90.00     7.46
Overall    10941    107    8564    269    6-35    31.83     8    3    40.67     4.69
List A Career Batting and Fielding (1996/97-2013/14)
    M    I    NO    Runs    HS    Ave    100    50    Ct
Overall    334    288    67    6558    112    29.67     3    35    49
List A Career Bowling (1996/97-2013/14)
    Balls    Mdns    Runs    Wkts    BB    Ave    4wI    5wI    SRate    Econ
Overall    14195    125    11384    379    6-35    30.03     13    4    37.45     4.81
International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2006-2013/14)
    M    I    NO    Runs    HS    Ave    100    50    SRate    Ct
Pakistan    32    29    10    393    46*    20.68     0    0    116.61     2
International Twenty20 Career Bowling (2006-2013/14)
    Balls    Mdns    Runs    Wkts    BB    Ave    4wI    5wI    SRate    Econ
Pakistan    339    2    395    20    3-13    19.75     0    0    16.95     6.99
Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2003-2013/14)
    M    I    NO    Runs    HS    Ave    100    50    SRate    Ct
Overall    137    121    27    2524    109    26.85     1    9    131.59     19
Twenty20 Career Bowling (2003-2013/14)
    Balls    Mdns    Runs    Wkts    BB    Ave    4wI    5wI    SRate    Econ
Overall    2415    3    3073    133    4-13    23.10     2    0    18.15     7.63
Under-19 Test Career Batting and Fielding (1996/97-1997/98)
    M    I    NO    Runs    HS    Ave    100    50    Ct
Pakistan Under-19s    12    21    1    692    134    34.60     1    4    3
Under-19 Test Career Bowling (1996/97-1997/98)
    Balls    Mdns    Runs    Wkts    BB    Ave    5wI    10wM    SRate    Econ
Pakistan Under-19s    2711    72    1429    64    7-53    22.32     4    1    42.35     3.16
Under-19 ODI Career Batting and Fielding (1996/97-1997/98)
    M    I    NO    Runs    HS    Ave    100    50    Ct
Pakistan Under-19s    17    15    1    349    142    24.92     1    1    5
Under-19 ODI Career Bowling (1996/97-1997/98)
    Balls    Mdns    Runs    Wkts    BB    Ave    4wI    5wI    SRate    Econ
Pakistan Under-19s    901    19    613    28    4-24    21.89     1    0    32.17     4.08