Ahmed Shahzad

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Ahmed Shehzad is young & talented opening batsman, he was born 23 November 1991. He is a Pakistani cricketer and plays domestic cricket for Habib Bank Limited. He made his One Day International debut for Pakistan on 24 April 2009 against Australia. Ahmed Shehzad aims to be a destructive batsman, likes to play big shots but sometime change his approach as well. Shehzad made his first appearance for Pakistan in a one-day international against Australia on 29 April 2009. In his first four matches he scored 4, 40, 43 and 19. These dependable performances intended that Shehzad made his Twenty20 debut against Australia then he was chosen for the Pakistan squad in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 where he only played one-game which was the opening game against England.

Shehzad played in the three-match Twenty20 series against New Zealand. After failing on batting at number 3 for these two matches Shehzad replaced Shahid Afridi as opener and scored his first Twenty20 half-century scoring 54 of just 34 balls. He scored 115 an ODI against New Zealand during the series and was given a place in the Pakistan world cup squad. So far, he played 19 ODI’s and scored 477 runs with batting average of 26.50 including 2 100’s. His highest score is 115. Whereas, he played 6 T20Is and scored 103 runs with batting average of 17.16 including 1 50’s. His highest score is 54. Ahmed Shehzad also played in Bangladesh Premier League, 2011/12 from Barisal Burners where he was flawless with his batting, scored 370 runs in 11 matches including 3 50’s and a century 113 not out, an inning to put his team in final. His talent and temperament shows that he is a deserving player to get a chance in Pakistan Cricket Team as an aggressive opening batsman for ODI’s and T20I’s matches.
Test career

Ahmed Shehzad was shortlisted for the Pakistan A match against South Africa in the UAE in October 2013. He scored a fifty in the game and was selected for one of the 3 remaining slots in the Test squad alongside Shan Masood and Asad Shafiq. He was, however, not selected in the playing XI in either of the 2 Tests against South Africa. Shehzad again selected for the three Tests against Sri Lanka, also in the UAE, starting on 31 December 2013, and stretching to January 2014. This was based on good showing in the limited overs leg of the tour. He debuted in the first Test, and was presented his first Test cap by Younis Khan. He scored 38 in the first innings and 55 in the second.[7] The match was drawn.

In his 3rd test match Shehzad scored a maiden century [8][9] aganinst Sri Lanka. He scored 147 run from 275 balls and batted for 339 minutes, hit 12 fours and a six

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Umar Akmal

Umar Akmal Biography

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Umar Akmal family belongs to cricket, his two brothers also a cricket. Umar Akmal is the young talent for the cricket of Pakistan. He was born on 26 May 1990 in Lahore, Pakistan. First he belongs to the under 19 cricket team of Pakistan and after winning the under 19 cricket world cup he get an unusual fame and got a chance to perform in the National cricket of Pakistan. He is a batsman and a professional wicket keeper as well.

Umar Akmal Wedding

Umar Akmal is the youngest brother of Kamran Akmal and elder brother of Adnan Akmal; all brothers are professionally wicket keeper and batsman. Umar Akmal married happily just few years back and now he lives happily

Umar Akmal Cricket Career

He started his professional career for the national cricket team of Pakistan by the debut against Srilanka in 1 August 2009. He gives debut in test match against the New Zealand on 23 November 2009. He is a right hand batsman and aggressive style player. He is the asset of Pakistani cricket team; in just first six matches he scored 248 runs in just 225 deliveries. He is a player who is responsible and well known his duties to make a match win for Pakistan. He played lots of t20 matches in which he also played very well as an young talent

Umar Akmal News Stories

Beside his national career, he also played for local T20 matches for different cities. He also represents his presence for the county cricket. Just after his success, Umar nominated for the franchise player of inaugural Caribbean Premier league alongside with famous other Pakistani player which are Muhammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik. He also appeared in many commercial like for Pepsi, Head n shoulder and others. He is the true rising and shining star for the cricket industry of Pakistan.
Umar Akmal Interview

In an interview he said that, his biggest dream is to play cricket along with Kamran Bhai. He loves his brother as well as his whole family. Being a young player he has lot of goals to achieve in his life. He want to become the captain for the Pakistan cricket team, he also want to see International cricket in Pakistan and very upset as per the current situation of Pakistan regarding cricket. Umar Akmal family is the true assets for the cricket industry of Pakistan.
 

 

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Kamran Akmal

Kamran Akmal Biography
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Kamran Akmal was born on 13 January 1982 in Lahore, Pakistan. He is a fine Pakistani cricketer who has played Tests, ODIs and T20Is for Pakistan as a wicket-keeper batsman. Kamran Akmal has two brothers, Adnan Akmal and Umar Akmal, who are also professional cricketers. He married in 2006 and lives with his wife, Aaiza, and their young daughter. Akmal was marked on to the Rajasthan Royals, and played in the inaugural season of the IPL. He is a quick-scoring batsman and a wicket-keeper, who has got 6 centuries in Test innings and 5 in ODI’s. His form against the touring English in 2005 made him one of the vital players in the team. His batting was greatly fruitful in early 2006 as he scored seven international hundreds within 6 months.

He was dropped for the Asia Cup 2008 consequently of his pitiable wicket-keeping. Akmal was named in the 30 man likely squad for the 2008 ICC Champions Trophy. He was part of the Pakistan team that won the T20 World Cup in 2009. On 17 July 2010, he was chosen the vice-captain of the Pakistani test squad however later removed owing to his alleged involvement in spot fixing. Kamran Akmal has been continually criticized for his lack of consistent wicket-keeping and nowadays he is out of Pakistan International Cricket Team. He played 53 test matches and scored 2648 runs with batting average of 30.79 including 6 100’s and 12 50’s. His highest score is 158 not out. He played 137 ODI’s and scored 2924 runs with batting average of 27.58 including 5 100’s & 9 50’s. His highest score is 124. Whereas, he played 38 T20Is and scored 704 runs with batting average of 23.46. His highest score is 73. Recently he played in Bangladesh Premier League BPL, 2011/12 from Sylhet Royals where he was faultless with his batting, scored 356 runs in 10 matches including 5 50’s.
Wicket-keeping

Kamran Akmal has been constantly criticized for his lack of consistent wicket-keeping. After another horrendous series behind the stumps against Sri Lanka in January 2009 journalists and former players called for his removal from the national team.[9] His wicket-keeping steadily improved, with a very strong showing in the 2009 T20 World Cup, including a world-record performance of four stumpings in a single match against the Netherlands. However during the second test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground he dropped four catches, including three chances from Michael Hussey in one session on Day 4. Hussey went on to score a match winning century with the Pakistan team losing in a shock result after dominating the first three days of play.[10][11] He was subsequently dropped for the third test, being replaced by Sarfraz Ahmed. After this tour Akmal saw a steady improvement in his wicket-keeping for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, 2010 Asia Cup and against Australia in July 2010 however the next test series against England saw Akmal drop three easy catches and miss a stumping. The match as a consolation saw Akmal take a superb catch of Kevin Pietersen before dropping a catch on the very next ball against Paul Collingwood. In the first innings Akmal dropped a catch of Eoin Morgan when he was on 23 who then went on to score 130.[12] Despite having another keeper, Zulqarnain Haider, in the squad, Pakistani captain Salman Butt announced it was too early in the series as only one match had been played to decide the fate of Kamran Akmal.[13]

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Umar Gull

Umar Gull Biography
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Umar Gull born 14 April 1984 in Peshawar. Umar Gull is a Pakistani right arm fast medium bowler in cricket who has played Test matches, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals for the Pakistani cricket team. He has gained fame as one of the most successful bowlers in Twenty20 cricket finishing as the leading wicket taker and bowler in both the 2007 and 2009 Twenty20 World Championship tournaments.

Personal life:

Gull 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 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, 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",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.

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, 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 the Villiers

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". His five-wicket haul for just six runs when Pakistan dismantled New Zealand won especial acclaim, making him the first bowler in history to take a five wickets in a Twenty20 international. 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.

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.

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.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. 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.

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 fellow 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.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.

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 delieveries 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 Twenty-20 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.

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.

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Abdul Razzaq

Abdul Razzaq Biography
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Abdul Razzaq (Urdu: عبد الرزاق, born 2 December 1979) is a Pakistani right arm fast-medium bowler and a right-handed batsman and a member of Pakistan cricket team. He emerged in international cricket in 1996 with his One Day International debut against Zimbabwe at his home ground in Gaddafi Stadium, Pakistan, just one month before his seventeenth birthday. He has played 265 ODIs and 46 Tests for Pakistan.
Early career

Razzaq made his One Day International debut in November 1996, against Zimbabwe, but had to wait just over three years to make his Test cricket debut for Pakistan, eventually doing so against Australia in Brisbane on November 1999. In the 1999–2000 Carlton and United Series, he rose to fame and was named man of the series for his all round performance. During a match in Hobart against India, Razzaq scored a half century and took five wickets. In the same tournament, he hit former Australian fast bowler, Glenn McGrath for 5 fours, which totaled to 20 runs in one over.
1999 Cricket World Cup

Razzaq became a regular member of his national side during the 1999 world cup held in England. During the event, he got the attention of selectors as he performed well both with the ball and bat. His brilliant performance with the bat came in the group match against Australia, where he went on to score his first half century making 60 runs in a long and stable partnership with Inzamam-ul-Haq, which helped Pakistan reach a defendable target of 275.[1] Pakistan went on to win the match by ten runs and as a result qualified for the Super Six stage.[1] With the ball, he made a brilliant performance against the tough West Indian cricket team by taking three wickets for 32 runs having three maiden overs, which proved decisive for Pakistan at Bristol.[2]
Temporary retirement in 2007

On 20 August 2007, Razzaq announced his retirement against his omission from the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 squad.[6] However, on 27 October 2007, Razzaq revoked his decision following discussions with his local cricket club and coach, saying, "Maybe I made that (decision to retire) in the heat of the moment."[7]

He signed up for the Indian Cricket League and played for the Hyderabad Heroes as one of their star players. He eventually severed ties with the league in September 2008 and returned to international cricket in June 2009, helping Pakistan win the 2009 ICC T20 World Cup.
Return in team: 2009 World Twenty20 Championship

In 2009, he was selected into Pakistan's squad for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 in England as a replacement for injured fast bowler Yasir Arafat, marking his return to International cricket and becoming the first Indian Cricket League player, whose ban was lifted by the Pakistan Cricket Board.[8] He played an important role in Pakistan's victory in the tournament, taking 5 wickets at an average of 14.80 and an economy rate of 5.92. His figures of 3 wickets for 20 runs, played a significant role in Pakistan's victory against Sri Lanka in the final. As a result, he along with another former Indian Cricket League player Mohammad Yousuf were awarded ‘A’ category mid-term central contracts by the Pakistan Cricket Board.[9]

In the 2009–2010 season, Razzaq missed out on the tours of New Zealand and Australia, due to injury. However he was selected in the two match Twenty20 International series against England in February 2010. His innings of 46 runs not out from 18 deliveries in the second match of the series, cemented Pakistan a victory, their first in eleven international outings.[10]

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Top all-round form (2010)

With players like Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf and Shoaib Malik suffering from selection issues, it was Razzaq who took up the role of a senior player in the Pakistan cricket team. He was selected in the squad for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 and performed admirably with the bat scoring five sixes during the tournament. Pakistan crashed out of the tournament after losing to Australia in the semi-final. Razzaq then took part in the 2010 Asia Cup.[12]

In July 2010, Razzaq played in the two T20Is against Australia as Pakistan won both matches comfortably. He wasn't selected for the Test series against Australia and England and next played in the September 2010 Twenty20 and ODI series against England. The Pakistan team had been surrounded by Spot-fixing allegations as the team lost both Twenty20 matches due to low morale. Razzaq missed the first two ODI's against England because of a back-strain as Pakistan lost both matches. He returned to the third ODI and scored 31 runs in a fruitful partnership with Shahid Afridi before Afridi was run out and Razzaq was subsequently caught in the deep square leg as Pakistan were bowled out for 241. England opened the innings strongly before Umar Gul removed six batsmen and Razzaq took two wickets to seal a 23-run victory for Pakistan.[13]

Razzaq's lower order destruction also became helpful for his domestic team the Lahore Lions as he scored 138 runs from his four innings including a superb 73* in the final to help guide his team to victory in the 2010-11 Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup.[14]

On 31 October 2010, in the second One Day International against South Africa, Razzaq played a match-winning innings of 109* off 72 balls at a strike rate of 151.38, his third One Day International century. The innings which contained seven fours and ten sixes saw Pakistan to a one-wicket win with one ball remaining and level the 5-match series 1–1.[15]
2011 Cricket World Cup
Razzaq was included in Pakistan's 15-man squad for the 2011 World Cup hosted by Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka between February and April. His role was to open the bowling and bat down the order. In his first two matches, he had faced just 10 balls,[17] however he scored 20 not out from 24 balls against Australia to guide Pakistan to victory, ending Australia's string of 34 matches in World Cups without defeat.[18]
Achievements

    He is one of 53 players, including 8 who have represented Pakistan, who have achieved the double of 1,000 Test runs and 100 Test wickets.[24]
    He is the youngest bowler to take a hat-trick, against Sri Lanka in 2000, at the age of 20.
    Has Batted at every position from an opener to No.11

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