PAKISTANI CRICKET PLAYERS: 2011

Saturday 3 December 2011

Umar Akmal

Umar Akmal Biography
About Umar Akmal

Full name Umar Akmal

Born May 26, 1990, Lahore, Punjab

Current age 20 years 238 days

Batting style Right-hand bat

Fielding position Occasional wicketkeeper

Relation Brother - Kamran Akmal, Brother - Adnan Akmal
Umar Akmal Picture
Major teams Pakistan, Lahore Lions, Pakistan Under-19s, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited
Umar Akmal Profile
The runs didn't cease to flow for Umar Akmal, the younger brother of Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran and Adnan, in his maiden first-class season. In a triumphant 2007-08 for Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited, Umar failed to score in his first outing but then went on to amass 855 runs from nine matches in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, at an average of 77.72 and an impressive strike-rate of 90.18. He showed a penchant for both brisk and big scoring, with knocks of 248 off 225 balls and 186 off 170. In January 2008, he was picked in Pakistan's Under-19 team for the World Cup in Malaysia. He was the leading run-getter - with 255 runs at a strike-rate of 123.18 - in a tri-nation tournament involving England and Sri Lanka in the lead-up to the World Cup. A successful tour of Australia with Pakistan A was followed up a maiden international call-up for the ODIs in Sri Lanka, and Umar started off with a half-century in his second game and a power-packed hundred in his third. A Test call-up was inevitable and he gave an optimistic glimpse into the future of Pakistan cricket, with a century on debut, under pressure followed by a string of consistent scores in New Zealand.Umar Akmal Career

Test:
2009-2010

ODI:
2009-2010

T20:
2009-2010

Umar Akmal Test

Debut:
Pakistan Vs New Zealand at University Oval, Dunedin - Nov 24, 2009
Last played:
Pakistan Vs South Africa at Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium, Dubai - Nov 12, 2010

Umar Akmal ODI

Debut:
Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Rangiri - Aug 01, 2009
Last played:
Pakistan Vs South Africa at Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium, Dubai - Nov 08, 2010

Umar Akmal T20

Debut:
Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka at R.Premadasa Stadium (Khettarama), Colombo - Aug 12, 2009
Last played:
Pakistan Vs New Zealand at AMI Stadium, Christchurch - Dec 30, 2010

Umar Akmal

Umar Akmal Century on debut 129-Pakistan v New Zealand 1st test at Dunedin 2009

Great catch by our great talented batsmen Omer akmal ........ amazing ..

Umar Gul

Umar Gul Biography
Umar Gul(born 15 October 1984 in Peshawar) is a Pakistani cricketer who has played ten Test matches and 25 One Day Internationals for Pakistan as a specialist fast bowler. However, injury has prevented him from a long international career, as he was out of cricket for an entire season after his international debut. 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, 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. He played two Tests after that, however, 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 with 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\", 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. 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 Twenty20 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 was selected in Pakistan squad for the 2006 tour of England as a replacement to the injured Shoaib Akhtar. Gul had signed a one year contract with Gloucestershire to play in 2007, but the Pakistan Cricket Board failed to give them their permission. 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. 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. 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. He played in six matches, taking 12 wickets at an average of 15.33, 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. In December 2008 Gul signed with the Western Warriors to compete in the Australian domestic 2008-09 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash tournament. He performed very well in his debut match for the Warriors, taking 4 wickets for 15 runs in a losing side.

Umar Gul

umar gul best yorkers

Umar Gul Bouncer Surprised Yuvraj Singh

Kamran Akmal

Kamran Akmal Biography

One probably has to date back to Imtiaz Ahmed in the early 50s to find a Pakistani who wicket-keeper doubled up as an accomplished batsman. In Moin Khan and Rahid Latif, Kamran Akmal’s much-rotated predecessors, Pakistan too followed the sportwide trend of specialists behind the stumps with average batting ability. The arrival of Adam Gilchrist bucked the trend, and Kamran became Pakistan’s own wicket-keeper batsman. Still, doubts are often raised over Akmal’s ability with the glove, in contrast to his assured batting prowess. At one point, 4 dropped catches off Michael Hussey even led to matchfixing allegations. It rightly indicates towards Akmal primarily being a batsman who was later augmented to a glovesman.

Into just his third Test inning during his debut tour to Zimbabwe in 2002, Kamran Akmal notched his first International half-century. Only in early 2005 against West Indies was Akmal’s batting given additional exposure, sent as an opening partner to Imran Nazir (previously a lower order player) to face West Indies. A century ensued, Akmal’s career-first, and growing doubts over his shoddy wicket-keeping were set aside. Constant pressure to perform well with the bat as to find grace with his keeping shortcomings helped Akmal to 5 International tons (3 Test, 2 ODI) between November 2005 and January 2006. He played his first World Cup in 2007, in part of Pakistan’s poor showing at the Caribbean.

Riding on that purple patch between late 2005/early 2006, Akmal’s form deteriorated, in a slump that witnessed only 2 additional centuries in ODI and Tests each from 2006 to mid-2010. But his knack of scoring runs in quick time saw Kamran’s inclusion in the prolific Pakistani T20 side, helping his team to the T20 World Cup win in 2009. During the tournament, improvements were also evident in his keeping evidenced by his 4 stumpings against Netherlands. After two decades shifting keeping duties, Akmal’s stability behind the sticks is a welcome change for Pakistan.

Fast Facts

With over 5500 runs to his credit, Akmal is Pakistan’s highest run-getter for a wicket-keeper.

Those figures also inducts Akmal among the top 10 keepers in the world.

His 11 International centuries for Pakistan is more than twice as much as his Moin Khan, who is Pakistan’s second-highest ton-getter with 4.

Those 11 centuries are also tied fourth-highest among International wicketkeepers, same as MS Dhoni while training Adam Gilchrist, Andy Flower and Kumar Sangakkara.

As of 2010, with 307 catches and 70 International stumpings, Akmal is second best only to Moin Khan who has 341 and 93 respectively.

His 307 catches are more than Sri Lankan Romesh Kaluwitharana while his 70 stumpings pips him above even Australian Ian Healy.

The 5 in 15 (innings) 100s between November 2005 and Jan 2006 were the most for any batsman during that period. Ricky Pointing had as many tons in 20 innings, while Rahul Dravid scored 3 centuries in as many innings.

His career strike rate of 63.24 in Tests is the second highest for a Pakistani batsman behind Shahid Afridi.

It’s also fourth best among keepers, behind Adam Gilchrist, Don Tallon and Matt Prior.

Along with brother Umar Akmal, the Akmals are the 4th blood brothers to feature for Pakistan in the 60-odd years of Span:

Test: 2002-2010 ODI: 2002-2011 T20: 2006-2010 IPL: 2008-2008

Test

Debut:

Pakistan Vs Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club, Harare (Salisbury) - Nov 09, 2002

Last played:

Pakistan Vs England at Lord's, London - Aug 26, 2010

ODI

Debut:

Pakistan Vs Zimbabwe at Queen's Sports Club, Bulawayo - Nov 23, 2002

Last played:

Pakistan Vs India at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali - Mar 30, 2011

T20

Debut:

Pakistan Vs England at County Ground, Nevil Road, Bristol - Aug 28, 2006

Last played:

Pakistan Vs England at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff - Wales - Sep 07, 2010

IPL

Debut:

Rajasthan Royals Vs Kings XI Punjab at Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Chogan Stadium), Jaipur - Apr 21, 2008

Last played:

Rajasthan Royals Vs Chennai Super Kings at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai - Jun 01, 2008

Kamran Akmal

Kamran akmal great turnaround against west indies

Kamran Akmal Famous 100 against India

Saeed Ajmal

Saeed Ajmal biography

Full name Saeed Ajmal

Born October 14, 1977, Faisalabad, Punjab

Major teams Pakistan, Faisalabad, Islamabad Cricket Association, Khan Research Labs, Water and Power Development Authority

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Saeed Ajmal, an offspinner, received a call-up to the Pakistan squad for the Asia Cup at the age of 30 after an impressive domestic season with Khan Research Labs in 2007-08, during which he took 38 wickets in 12 first-class matches at an average of 29 apiece, and 12 wickets in nine list A games. He made an immediate impression with his subtle variations, unafraid to use the doosra. But his career took off with a series of ODI performances that bewildered Australia in Dubai and Abu Dhabi; he gave away few runs and his doosra was nigh-on unreadable. The ICC called him for his action, though it was cleared soon after. The pressure didn't get to him and immediately after, he played a crucial role in Pakistan's drive to the 2009 World Twenty20 title, regularly bottling up the middle overs with Shahid Afridi. He ended the joint second-highest wicket-taker in the tournament, with an exemplary economy rate as batsmen around the world struggled to pick a big turning doosra or even cope with his changes in flight, pace and angle. Consistent performances in the ODI version have quickly earned him a reputation for choking the runs in the middle overs with clever variations.

Saeed Ajmal

Saeed Ajmal 10 wickets against West Indies

Saeed Ajmal 3 Wickets Vs Aus 2010

Sunday 27 November 2011

Yousuf Youhana

Yousuf Youhana Biography
Mohammad Yousuf (formerly Yousuf Youhana, born 27 August 1974, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan) is a Pakistani cricketer who has been a member of the Pakistani national cricket team since 1998. He is best known for his achievement in 2006 when he broke the great West Indian batsman, Sir Vivian Richards', world record for the most Test runs in a single calendar year. Prior to his conversion to Islam in 2005, Yousuf was one of the few Christians to play in the Pakistan national cricket team. He made his Test debut against South Africa at Durban and ODI debut against Zimbabwe at Harare. He has scored over 9,000 ODI runs at an average of 43.63 (2rd highest batting average among Pakistani batsmen after Zaheer Abbas and 6,770 Test runs at an average of 55.49 (highest batting average amongst all Pakistani batsmen) with 23 Test centuries. He has the record of scoring the most runs without being dismissed in ODIs, 405 against Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe in 2002-03. He has also scored a 23-ball fifty in ODIs, and a 68-ball hundred. In Tests he has scored a 27-ball fifty, which is 3rd fastest by any player. He was top scorer during the successive years of 2002 and 2003 in the world in ODIs. In 2004, he scored a memorable 111 against the Australians in the Boxing Day Test. In December 2005, he scored 223 against England at Lahore, also earning him the man of the match award. Seven months later in July 2006, when Pakistan toured England, he scored 202 and 48 in the first Test, again earning himself the man of the match award. He followed up with 192 in the third Test at Headingley and 128 in the final Test at the Oval. Yousuf was named CNN-IBN�s Cricketer of the Year for 2006, ahead of the likes of Australian captain Ricky Ponting, West Indies Brian Lara, Australian spinner Shane Warne, South Africa�s bowling spearhead Makhaya Ntini and Sri Lanka�s Muttiah Muralitharan. He was selected as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in the 2007 edition. Yousuf became the fourth recipient of the ICC 'Test Cricketer of the Year' award for 2007, he scored 944 runs at an average of 94.40 including five centuries and two fifties in just 10 innings and that was enough to be awarded the honour ahead of Kevin Pietersen and Ricky Ponting. Yousuf was also named in the 2007 Test team of the Year alongside compatriot Mohammad Asif. A year that started on a promising note, Yousuf carried it forward to break two world records both held earlier by West Indian great Sir Vivian Richards. The 32-year-old smashed an unparalleled 1788 runs in just 11 Test matches with the help of nine centuries � his second record � taking him beyond the Windies great yet again. Yousuf is known for his ability to score runs at exceptional rate through his great technique and composed strokeplay. Although capable of hitting the ball hard, Yousuf is quick between the wickets, although he is prone to being run out. Yousuf is a skillful infielder, with a report prepared in late 2005 showing that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the ninth highest number of run-outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman. He is also distinguished by his characteristic celebration after hitting one hundred runs for his country, where he prostrates in thankfulness to Allah in the direction of Mecca. He has observed this act (known as the Sajdah) recently since his conversion to Islam.

Yousuf Youhana

Yousuf Youhana 111 vs Australia 1st test MCG 2004/05

Yousuf Youhana 73 Vs India 2004.flv

Wednesday 19 October 2011

Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram Biography
Full Name: Wasim Akram

Born: June 3, 1966, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Current Age: 44 Years 253 Days

Major Teams: Pakistan, Hampshire, Lahore, Lancashire, Pakistan Automobiles Corporation, Pakistan International Airlines

Batting Style: Left-Hand Bat

Bowling Style: Left-Arm Fast

Wasim Akram (born June 3, 1966 in Lahore, Punjab) is a former Pakistani cricketer. He was a left-arm fast bowler and left-handed batsman, who represented the Pakistani cricket team in Tests and One Day Internationals. Widely regarded as one of the finest fast bowlers ever, Akram holds world records for the most wickets taken in List A cricket (881), and is second only to Muttiah Muralitharan in terms of ODI wickets (502). He is considered to be one of the pioneers of reverse swing bowling.The revolutionary nature of reverse swing initially resulted in accusations of ball tampering, although reverse swing has now been accepted as a legitimate feature of the game. Akram's later career was also tarnished with accusations of match fixing, although these remain unproven.

Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram- The King Of Swing !!

Wasim Akram & Waqar Younis GREATEST COMPILATION VIDEO EVER!

Tuesday 18 October 2011

Inzamam-ul-Haq

Inzamam-ul-Haq Biography
Inzamam-ul-Haq (born 3 March 1970) is a Pakistani cricketer. He is considered to be one of Pakistan’s best batsmen.He is currently the captain of the Pakistani team.Test Debut: Pakistan v England at Birmingham, 1st Test, 1992. His career highlights are:

Scoring 60 in 37 balls against New Zealand in the semifinal of the 1992 World Cup to win the match that was nearly lost.
Scoring 329 against New Zealand in Lahore during a Test in the 2001-02 season (the twelfth highest score by a batsman)
Scoring 138* to deny Bangladesh victory at Multan.
Becoming the second batsman to score 10,000 runs in one-day inernationals (behind Sachin Tendulkar)
Scoring 184 in his 100th Test, against India at Bangalore in 2005.

Inzamam ul-Haq is well-known for his poor running between the wickets (as of May 2005, he has been run out a record 38 times in one-day internationals) and his ability to play shots around the ground. He has been described as looking “like a passenger in the field”.

He averages just over 50 runs per innings in tests and nearly 40 runs in one-day internationals with a strike rate of 53.65 and 74.20 respectively (figures current as of May 2004). He is called the best batsmen in the world against pace by Imran Khan. Inzamam is a giant that has a very soft touch for a man of his bulk. He usually bats at number three with his sidekick Yousuf Youhana.

He plays shots all round the wicket, is especially strong off his legs, and unleashes ferocious pulls and lofted drives.

Inzamam-ul-Haq

Inzamam-ul-Haq 100 vs INDIA 2004 Karachi

inzamam ul haq`s best century

Mohammad hafeez

Mohammad hafeez Biography
Mohammad Hafeez (born October 17, 1980 in Sargodha) is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. Hafeez generally opens the batting and is also skillful boundary fielder. Hafeez was one of the several young all-rounders the Pakistani cricket team turned to after their poor Cricket World Cup display in 2003, in which they were eliminated in the first round. Hafeez scored a half-century on his Test debut against Bangladesh, and in his following Test hit a century. His form with bat and ball would then drop considerably and in late-2003 he was dropped from the Test squad, and soon after the ODI side. With strong domestic performances as well as good showings for the Pakistan A, he remained on the fringes of a recall in 2004. Hafeez returned to the ODI side in 2005 and despite not contributing with the bat, his bowling performances were impressive. In the 2006 Top End Series held in Australia, Hafeez smashed a century for Pakistan A. With Pakistan struggling to find a solid opening pair for Test cricket, Hafeez was recalled for the tour of England. His return to Test cricket was made at The Oval and he scored a fluent 95. Later that year in November, Hafeez retained his place in the side for their home series against the West Indies. After getting starts in the first two Test he would go on to score his 2nd Test century in the 3rd Test in Karachi.

Mohammad hafeez

Mohammad Hafeez maiden century...

Mohammad Hafeez's 2 breathtaking sixes against NZ [HD]

Younis Khan

Younis Khan Biography
ovember 29, 1977, Mardan, North-West Frontier Province
Current age 33 years 202 days
Major teams Pakistan, Habib Bank Limited, Nottinghamshire, Peshawar Cricket Association, Rajasthan Royals, South Australia, Surrey, Warwickshire, Yorkshire
Also known as Younus Khan
Playing role Middle-order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium, Legbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 67 119 8 5617 313 50.60 10486 53.56 17 23 677 28 74 0
ODIs 223 215 21 6283 144 32.38 8371 75.05 6 42 494 51 113 0
T20Is 25 23 3 442 51 22.10 364 121.42 0 2 31 12 12 0
First-class 155 252 29 11262 313 50.50   35 46   165 0
List A 285 271 31 8202 144 34.17   10 53   153 0
Twenty20 53 50 8 1025 70 24.40 863 118.77 0 4 75 21 22 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 67 23 660 407 7 2/23 4/50 58.14 3.70 94.2 0 0 0
ODIs 223 17 254 249 3 1/3 1/3 83.00 5.88 84.6 0 0 0
T20Is 25 1 22 18 3 3/18 3/18 6.00 4.90 7.3 0 0 0
First-class 155  2928 1705 38 4/52  44.86 3.49 77.0  0 0
List A 285  1115 1060 28 3/5 3/5 37.85 5.70 39.8 0 0 0
Twenty20 53 6 98 124 6 3/18 3/18 20.66 7.59 16.3 0 0 0
Career statistics
Test debut Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi, Feb 26-Mar 1, 2000 scorecard
Last Test New Zealand v Pakistan at Wellington, Jan 15-19, 2011 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Feb 13, 2000 scorecard
Last ODI Ireland v Pakistan at Belfast, May 30, 2011 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, Dec 30, 2010 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut 1998/99
Last First-class New Zealand v Pakistan at Wellington, Jan 15-19, 2011 scorecard
List A debut 1998/99
Last List A Ireland v Pakistan at Belfast, May 30, 2011 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Australia A v Pakistanis at Adelaide, Jan 13, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20 New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, Dec 30, 2010 scorecard
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
64 Pakistan v Ireland Belfast 30 May 2011 ODI # 3158
1/10, 6* Pakistan v Ireland Belfast 28 May 2011 ODI # 3157
13 Pakistan v India Mohali 30 Mar 2011 ODI # 3147
- Pakistan v West Indies Dhaka 23 Mar 2011 ODI # 3142
31 Pakistan v Australia Colombo (RPS) 19 Mar 2011 ODI # 3139
13* Pakistan v Zimbabwe Pallekele 14 Mar 2011 ODI # 3132
0 Pakistan v New Zealand Pallekele 8 Mar 2011 ODI # 3123
6 Pakistan v Canada Colombo (RPS) 3 Mar 2011 ODI # 3116
72 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 26 Feb 2011 ODI # 3109
50 Pakistan v Kenya Hambantota 23 Feb 2011 ODI # 3105
Profile
Younis Khan is fearless, as befits his Pathan ancestry and will forever be remembered as the second Khan to bring home a world title for Pakistan: Younis was Pakistan's captain in the 2009 World Twenty20, leading a successful campaign with stark similarities to the one Imran Khan had led 17 years earlier. Younis retired from the format straight after, a graceful and dignified gesture from a complex but honest man

Younis Khan

Younis Khan 117 v India - 2nd ODI - 2007

Younis Khan Brillant Catch v England 2005.flv