Pakistani Cricket Players Biography Wallpapers : 2013

Thursday, 24 October 2013

Abdul Razzaq Biography

Abdul Razzqa Biography

Full name Abdul Razzaq

Born December 2, 1979, Lahore, Punjab

Current age 33 years 326 days

Major teams Pakistan, Asia XI, Duronto Rajshahi, Hampshire, Hampshire 2nd XI, Hyderabad Heroes, ICL Pakistan XI, Khan Research Labs, Lahore, Lahore Lions, Leicestershire, Melbourne Renegades, Middlesex, Pakistan International Airlines, Surrey, Worcestershire, Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited

Also known as Abdur Razzaq

Playing role Allrounder

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	46	77	9	1946	134	28.61	4741	41.04	3	7	230	23	15
ODIs	265	228	57	5080	112	29.70	6252	81.25	3	23	382	124	35
T20Is	30	27	10	383	46*	22.52	320	119.68	0	0	20	21	2
First-class	120	188	27	5279	203*	32.78			8	28			33
List A	330	284	67	6440	112	29.67			3	34			49
Twenty20	135	119	27	2514	109	27.32	1901	132.24	1	9	218	107	19

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	46	76	7008	3694	100	5/35	7/155	36.94	3.16	70.0	4	1	0
ODIs	265	254	10941	8564	269	6/35	6/35	31.83	4.69	40.6	8	3	0
T20Is	30	21	333	381	20	3/13	3/13	19.05	6.86	16.6	0	0	0
First-class	120		19023	11080	352	7/51		31.47	3.49	54.0		13	2
List A	330		14099	11280	377	6/35	6/35	29.92	4.80	37.3	13	4	0
Twenty20	135	124	2409	3059	133	4/13	4/13	23.00	7.61	18.1	2	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v Pakistan at Brisbane, Nov 5-9, 1999 scorecard
Last Test	Pakistan v West Indies at Karachi, Nov 27-Dec 1, 2006 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Lahore, Nov 1, 1996 scorecard
Last ODI	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Dubai (DSC), Nov 18, 2011 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	Australia v Pakistan at Colombo (RPS), Oct 2, 2012 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1996/97
Last First-class	Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited v Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited at Rawalpindi, Nov 2-5, 2012 scorecard
List A debut	1996/97
Last List A	Leicestershire v Australians at Leicester, Jun 21, 2012 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Surrey v Middlesex at The Oval, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Khan Research Labs v Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited at Karachi, Jul 20, 2013 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
2/12	Chuis	v Rwenzori	Nairobi	11 Aug 2013	Other T20
57, 2/10	Chuis	v Nile Knights	Nairobi	10 Aug 2013	Other T20
55, 2/28	Chuis	v Rwenzori	Nairobi	9 Aug 2013	Other T20
1/10, 56*	Chuis	v Nyatis	Nairobi	9 Aug 2013	Other T20
2/33, 0	Chuis	v Rwenzori	Nairobi (Club)	8 Aug 2013	Other T20
1/23	Chuis	v Nyatis	Nairobi	7 Aug 2013	Other T20
0/26, 46	ZTBL	v Khan RL	Karachi	20 Jul 2013	T20
8, 2/19	Lahore Lions	v Wolves	Lahore	9 Dec 2012	T20
0, 2/24	Lahore Lions	v Stags	Lahore	8 Dec 2012	T20
1/22, 14*	Lahore Lions	v S Stallions	Lahore	7 Dec 2012	T20

Profile

Abdul Razzaq was once rapid enough to open the bowling and remains composed enough to bat anywhere, though he is discovering that the lower-order suits him nicely. His bowling - the reason he was first noticed - is characterised by a galloping approach, accuracy, and reverse-swing. But it is his batting that is more likely to win matches. He boasts a prodigious array of strokes and is particularly strong driving through cover and mid-off off both front and back foot. He has two gears: block or blast. Cut off the big shots and Razzaq gets bogged down, although patience is his virtue as he demonstrated in a match-saving fifty against India in Mohali in 2005. Just prior to that he had also played a bewilderingly slow innings in Australia, scoring four runs in over two hours. When the occasion demands it though, as ODIs often do, he can still slog with the best of them: England were pillaged for a 22-ball 51 at the end of 2005. and then again for nearly 60 runs in the last three overs of an ODI in September the following year.

It has hardly been smooth sailing though through his career. He suffered a slump, particularly in his bowling, between 2002 and 2004 when, though his place in the team wasn't under threat, there was uncertainty over how best to use him. But there were signs he was rediscovering some of his old guile if not his pace and nip. And if the pitch is in anyway helpful to seam - as it was in his first and only Test five-wicket haul at Karachi in 2004 or against India at the same venue in January 2006 - he can be a proper danger. Though Kamran Akmal's hundred overshadowed all in the Karachi win over India, Razzaq's performance was easily his most emphatic as an allrounder: he scored 45 and 90 as well as taking seven wickets in the match. A combination of injuries and poor form put his Test place into question and a knee injury days before the 2007 World Cup meant Pakistan missed his presence in a disastrous campaign.

A lackluster comeback to international cricket against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi and mediocre performance in the practice matches saw Razzaq being omitted from the 15-man squad for the Twenty20 World Championship and consequently announce his retirement from international cricket. He then went on to sign for Worcestershire towards the end of the county season as well as signing up with the Indian Cricket League, which ruled him out of Pakistan contention. He took back his decision to retire but committed himself to the ICL for two seasons, during which he served the Hyderabad Heroes as one of their star players.

After a global amnesty and quitting the ICL, he was welcomed back to the Pakistan fold for the World Twenty20 in England and made an immediate impact as Pakistan won the tournament. His Test comeback also looked set to be complete after he was included in Pakistan's 15-man squad for the tour of Sri Lanka in June. Early in his career he promised to be Pakistan's most complete allrounder since Imran Khan, and though for a variety of reasons he hasn't translated that into achievement, his country wouldn't mind having just a very solid allrounder.
Osman Samiuddin June 2009

Abdul Razzaq

Wednesday, 23 October 2013

Imran Nazer Biography

Imran Nazir, Cricketers is famous for Cricket, Pakistani celebrity. Born on 16 December, 1981

Imran Nazir is a Pakistani right handed batsman in cricket who represented the Pakistan national cricket team in Test cricket, One Day International and Twenty20 cricket matches.

Career

Nazir made his debut in Test cricket on March 1999, against Sri Lanka at Lahore in Pakistan and a few days later, he made his One Day International debut against the same opposition at Visakhapatnam in India. He played in 8 Test matches between 1999–2002 and secured a spot in the Pakistan squad since 2002. He also played in One Day International arena, but he could never cement his place in the squad. The emergence of several Pakistan opening batsmen such as Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Hameed, Taufeeq Umar and Salman Butt kept him out of the national side. However he displayed excellent cricketing performances in First class cricket.

Nazir made his return to the national team in the second One Day International against South Africa in February 2007 during Pakistan's tour of South Africa. He impressed the Pakistan national selectors with his innings of 57 runs from just 39 deliveries, though he struggled to score runs during the rest of the tournament.

Nazir was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2007 World Cup. He scored 160 runs against Zimbabwe in Pakistan's last match during the 2007 Cricket World Cup, after being knocked out by Ireland.

It was the second highest score by a Pakistani batsman and the eighth highest score by any batsman in World Cup history and his 8 sixes equaled the World Cup record of Australian batsman, Ricky Ponting. It was also the highest runs he scored in List A cricket. He now remains a regular member of Pakistan's Twenty20 squads.

In 2008, Nazir signed for the Indian Cricket League and played for the Lahore Badshahs. He scored 111 runs not out, off just 44 deliveries, against the Hyderabad Heroes in the third of the best of three finals of the tournament and helped his team to victory. After signing up for the Indian Cricket League, his chances of ever playing again for Pakistan looked slim. However, on 2 February 2009, a Pakistani court suspended the ban on Indian Cricket League players, which paved the way for Nazir to make a return to the One Day International and Twenty20 squad during their tour of Sri Lanka in August 2009. He was given another chance against New Zealand int two T20I's held in Dubai which Pakistan won 2-0. Next time, he was given a chance against Australia in only T20I in Australia but could not bat much. He showed the same form against England in February 2010 in two T2OI's and was consequently dropped from the Pakistani side. Since then, he has played two National T20 cups and shown really bad form. He was selected for the Hong Kong Sixes tournament 2010 in Hong Kong as a member of Pakistani squad. There again, he showed very bad form but worst of all, in the final which was inevitably in Pakistan's favor was lost due Imran Nazir's bowling. 46 was required from the last 8-ball over but Imran Nazir gave away 48 runs in 7 balls.

In Twenty20 games he has an extraordinary bowling average of 1.00 and in his 8 deliveries he has 3 wickets a strike rate of less than 3. He has also played for Dhaka Dynamites in Bangladesh's NCL T20 Bangladesh.

Achievement

Test cricket centuries
He scored 131 runs against the West Indies at Bridgetown in the Caribbean on 18 May 2000.
He scored 127 runs against New Zealand at Lahore in Pakistan on 1 May 2002.

One Day International centuries
He scored 160 runs against Zimbabwe at Kingston Park in West Indies on 21 March 2007
He scored 105 runs not out against Zimbabwe at National Cricket Stadium in Morocco on 15 April 2000 and became the second youngest batsman to score a century in a One Day International match

Imran Nazer

Misbah Ul Haq Biography

Misbah Ul Haq

Misbah ul Haq is a professional Pakistani Cricketer, who was born on May 28, 1974 in Mianwali, Punjab. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm leg-break bowler. He graduated in Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Management and Technology, Lahore.

On March 8, 2001, Misbah ul Haq made his Test debut for his national side in a match against New Zealand at Auckland. A few years later, during the 2007 tour to India, he scored his first Test century, a 161 not out in a match against India that rescued his team from follow-on. He carried on this good form and scored his second ton in the same series with an unbeaten 133 in the third test, later being his career best. In the following year, Misbah ul Haq was named as the vice-captain of the national side and was also rewarded with a grade A contract. He had a prolific run that year by scoring 458 runs in his last 5 Test match innings for Pakistan and in particular he averaged a staggering 152.67 against India. As of 2008, Misbah ul Haq has scored 671 runs from 10 Tests at an average that is just under 42.

Misbah ul Haq made his One Day International (ODI) debut against New Zealand at Lahore on April 27, 2002, which his side won by 66 runs. Following this victory, he was included in the squad for the Tri-nation tournament in Nairobi, Kenya in 2002.

During this tournament, he made two fifties from the three innings and was appreciated for his skillful batting technique and his ability to keep his calmness in pressure situation. He had a spectacular 2008 season by scoring 190 Runs at an average of 63.33 from his last five ODIs. Since then, Misbah ul Haq has scored 1,085 runs from 40 ODIs at an average of 38.75 with a career best score of 76.

In 2007, Misbah ul Haq made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against Bangladesh on September 2, in which his side won by 30 runs. He was named in the squad for the inaugural edition of the International Cricket Council (ICC) World T20. During this tournament,

Misbah ul Haq was named Man of the Match for his blistering knock of 66 runs from 44 deliveries that helped his side defeat Australia in a Super 8s match. He played a crucial role in his sides’ entry to final and was an integral part of the side that finished as runners-up in this tournament. As of 2008, Misbah ul Haq has scored a total of 338 from 10 T20Is at a staggering average of 67.60 with a career best of 87 not out.

In 2008, Misbah ul Haq signed with the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore for a contract worth $125,000. During the first season of IPL, he played 8 games, scored 117 runs and his highest score is 47 not out, which came against Delhi DareDevils in a league match.

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Umer Gul Biography

Umer Gul

Full name Umar Gul

Born April 14, 1984, Peshawar, North-Western Frontier Province

Major teams Pakistan, Gloucestershire, Habib Bank Limited, Kolkata Knight Riders, North West Frontier Province, North West Frontier Province Panthers, Pakistan A, Pakistan International Airlines, Peshawar, Peshawar Panthers, Western Australia

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
The least-hyped but most successful and assured Pakistan pace product of the last few years, Umar Gul is the latest in Pakistan's assembly-line of pace-bowling talent. He had played just nine first-class matches when called up for national duty in the wake of Pakistan's poor 2003 World Cup. On the flat tracks of Sharjah, Gul performed admirably, maintaining excellent discipline and getting appreciable outswing with the new ball.

He isn't express but bowls a very quick heavy ball and his exceptional control and ability to extract seam movement marks him out. Further, his height enables him to extract bounce on most surfaces and from his natural back of a length, it is a useful trait. His first big moment in his career came in the Lahore Test against India in 2003-04. Unfazed by a daunting batting line-up, Gul tore through the Indian top order, moving the ball both ways off the seam at a sharp pace. His 5 for 31 in the first innings gave Pakistan the early initiative which they drove home to win the Test.

Unfortunately, that was his last cricket of any kind for over a year as he discovered three stress fractures in his back immediately after the Test. The injury would have ended many an international career, but Gul returned, fitter and sharper than before in late 2005. He returned in a Pakistan shirt against India in the ODI series at home in February 2006 and in Sri Lanka showed further signs of rehabilitation by lasting both Tests but it was really the second half of 2006, where he fully came of age. Leading the attack against England and then the West Indies as Pakistan's main bowlers suffered injuries, Gul stood tall, finishing Pakistan's best bowler.

Since then, as Mohammad Asif and Shoaib Akhtar have floundered, Gul has become Pakistan's spearhead and one of the best fast bowlers in the world. He is smart enough and good enough to succeed in all three formats and 2009 proved it: he put together a patch of wicket-taking in ODIs, on dead pitches in Tests (including a career-best six-wicket haul against Sri Lanka) and established himself as the world's best Twenty20 bowler, coming on after the initial overs and firing in yorkers on demand.

He had hinted at that by being leading wicket-taker in the 2007 World Twenty20; over the next two years he impressed wherever he went, in the IPL for the Kolkatta Knight Riders and in Australia's domestic Twenty20 tournament. Confirmation came on the grandest stage: having poleaxed Australia in a T20I in Dubai with 4-8, he was the best bowler and leading wicket-taker as Pakistan won the second World Twenty20 in England. The highlight was 5-6 against New Zealand, the highest quality exhibition of yorker bowling. He is not a one-format pony, however, and will remain a crucial cog in Pakistan's attack across all formats.