Wednesday 30 November 2011

Shoaib Malik

Shoaib Malik Biography:
Full Name: Shoaib Malik
Date of Birth: Feb 01, 1982, Sialkot, Punjab
Major Team: Pakistan, Asia XI, Delhi Daredevils, Gloucestershire, Gujranwala Cricket Association, Pakistan International Airlines, Pakistan Reserves, Sialkot Cricket Association, Sialkot Stallions
Playing Roll: Batsman
Batting Style: Right
Bowling Style: Right-arm offbreak
Shoaib Malik (born 1 February 1982 in Sialkot) is a Pakistan cricketer. He made his One-Day International debut in 1999 against the West Indies and his Test debut in 2001 against Bangladesh. He started his career as just an off spinner, and is now regarded as a useful bowling all-rounder with a batting average in the mid 30s in both Test and ODI cricket. Malik is regarded as a flexible player. He is capable of hitting big shots but is also capable of rotating the strike with good placement. He has a strike rate of 77.23 runs per 100 balls, which compares favourably to players such as Rahul Dravid and Inzamam ul-Haq. His most brazen display of \"power hitting\" came in 2003 against South Africa when he scored 82 from 41 balls. As is required of most modern players he also has displayed good defensive batting at times. He has taken over 100 ODI wickets at an average under 35 and economy rate below 4.5. His bowling action has come under scrutiny (particularly his doosra) but he has had elbow surgery to correct this. In Tests, he has a better batting average against Sri Lanka and South Africa than other nations. In ODIs he has a better batting average against India, South Africa, and the West Indies than his overall career average. During his Test career, Malik has batted at 5 different positions and he has the unusual record of batting at every position except 11th in ODIs. Pakistan's problems in finding a reliable opening pair have led to Malik being used as an opener in Test and ODI matches.

International Debut: 1999

Batting and fielding records

	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St

Test	32	54	6	1606	148*	33.46	3617	44.40	2	8	209	13	16	-

ODI	199	178	21	5222	143	33.26	6660	78.41	7	31	434	59	69	-

T20I	36	35	7	658	57	23.50	582	113.06	-	2	55	13	14	-

Bowling records

	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Eco	SR	4W	5W	10W

Test	32	37	2245	1291	21	4/42	4/94	61.48	3.45	106.90	1	-	-

ODI	199	161	6516	4972	137	4/19	4/19	36.29	4.58	47.56	1	-	-

T20I	36	19	270	293	16	2/7	2/7	18.31	6.51	16.88	-	-	-

Shoaib Malik

Shoaib Malik 125 v India asia cup 2008

Shoaib Malik cracking Six to Murli

Imran Nazir

Imran Nazir Biography
Full name     Imran Nazir
Born     16 December 1981 (age 29)
Gujranwala, Pakistan
Batting style     Right hand bat
Bowling style     Right arm leg break
Role     Batsman
ODI shirt no.     16
Career statistics
Competition     Test     ODI     T20I     F-C
Matches     8     79     16     106
Runs scored     427     1,895     324     5336
Batting average     32.84     24.61     23.14     32.54
100s/50s     2/1     2/9     0/2     7/30
Top score     131     160     59     164
Balls bowled     –     49     49     424
Wickets     –     1     1     7
Bowling average     –     48.00     48.00     48.42
5 wickets in innings     –     0     0     0
10 wickets in match     –     0     0     0
Best bowling     –     1/3     1/3     3/61
Catches/stumpings     4/–     26/–     4/0     76/0
Imran Nazir an other gift of Allah for the Pakistan in the cricket player’s team. But the distrust was that as he offers more genuine promise than most. He is predominantly strong off the back foot, loves forcing all the way through the covers. His hostile behavior towards his cricket passion has had him made as a one-day player. In the initial period of his entrance he couldn’t perform well in his first few Tests.

Ultimately, on the other hand, Glenn McGrath and Co noticed his method and deficient of footwork rather cruelly in two Tests matches against Australia. The preference of Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Hameed, Imran Farhat and Taufeeq Umar moved him upward level, which enhance his career charm and He became National squad against South Africa in 2006-07 because of the consistency in performances in in-land matches. And he was selected for World Cup 2007 team on his volatile performance 39-ball 57-scores, but his three failure match series won’t polish his performance and become a slight decline of his image in the Pakistani people. Over all his performance made him one of the best fielders in the Pakistan cricket team, so he is considered as to be the 1st Pakistani to flip-flop (while intercepting a square cut).

His career-best performance of 160 adjacent to Zimbabwe in the World Cup retained him for the following such tours to Abu Dhabi and Scotland whereas Imran also is being elected for Pakistani cricket training camps. Then he was selected in Twenty20 World Championship and rewarded by a “Central Contract” in July 2007 before representing Pakistan in the home ODI series in opposition to South Africa. Later-on he coupled with the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League and performed very well for the Lahore Badshahs, but when the PCB pardoned players to have severed ties with the ICL, Imran Nazir was soon called back into the ODI side.

Imran Nazir

Imran Nazir Out Class Batting (83 of 38 balls)

Imran Nazir 111 - 11 6s 7 4s - ICL part 2 3Final LHR vs HYD

Umar Akmal

Umar Akmal Biography
As explosive starts to one’s International careers go, few can rival Umar Akmal. He announced his entry with scores of 66 and 102* within his first 3 ODI innings (at Sri Lanka, 2009) in addition to a 129 and 75 on Test debut (at New Zealand, 2009). Those performances weren’t a surprise. At first class level, Akmal was renowned for his big scores amassed in quick time. 7 years prior to his debut, Umar’s elder brother Kamran had already gotten his taste of international cricket. By 2010, the siblings featured regularly, in tandem for Pakistan.

As a fearless, middle-order batsman, throughout Pakistan’s disappointing spree of series losses against Sri Lanka in 2009 and later at Australia in early 2010, Umar Akmal’s ascendance was one of their few positives. But as the series in Australia progressed, complacency began to creep into Akmal’s Test form, which started to dip. In ODIs though, a hundred and five fifties by his 18th outing maintained a steady average. It was enough to justify an inclusion in Pakistan’s 2010 T20 World Cup squad. He finished the tournament as Pakistan’s 3rd highest-run getter towards their semi-final run.

While still protected as a batsman, featuring at 3-down, in a Pakistan side that lacks specialist batsmen with the temperament for all forms of the game, Umar Akmal is their most proven rookie to fill the void for the years to come.

Fast Facts:

Akmal’s total of 204 runs on his Test debut (against New Zealand) is the 8th highest ever.
It’s also the second highest for a Pakistani debutant behind Yasir Hameed’s 275 in 2003.
Akmal’s 129 on Test debut is the 4th highest for a Pakistani, making him one of only 7 players from his country to score a century on debut. Among those on the list, Akmal is the only centurion to have achieved the feat on foreign soil.
It took Umar Akmal 38 matches (6 Tests, 18 ODIs and 14 T20s) until playing for Pakistan in Pakistan, the third most behind teammate Mohammad Aamer (41) and Sri Lankan Greame Labrooy (53).
Along with brother Kamran Akmal, the Akmals are the 4th blood brothers to feature for Pakistan in the 60-odd years of cricket history.

Among top order batsmen, Akmal has the 4th best strike rate overall (Test, ODI and T20) for Pakistani players.

Umar Akmal

Umar Akmal 102 off 72 First ODI century, VS Sri Lanka

Umar Akmal quick runs in under 19 world cup match

Muhammad Amer

Muhammad Amer Biography:
Muhammad Aamir (born 13 April 1992) is a Pakistani left-arm fast-medium bowler, hailing from Gujar Khan, Punjab. He is a highly thought of young prospect, making his international debut at the age of just 17 at 2009 World T20 and played in every match in the process of helping Pakistan win the World Cup. Aamir was youngest player to be competing in the tournament.[1] His debut was against England. He is mainly noted for his whippy action which generates notably quick pace and swing.

Records:

Batting and fielding records

	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St

Test	14	28	6	278	30*	12.64	1017	27.34	-	-	32	1	-	-

ODI	15	11	4	163	73*	23.29	205	79.51	-	1	18	3	6	-

T20I	21	7	2	41	21*	8.20	38	107.89	-	-	1	3	3	-

Bowling records

	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Eco	SR	4W	5W	10W

Test	14	27	2867	1484	51	6/84	7/106	29.10	3.11	56.22	2	3	-

ODI	15	14	735	547	22	4/28	4/28	24.86	4.47	33.41	1	-	-

T20I	21	21	438	514	26	3/23	3/23	19.77	7.04	16.85	-	-	-

Muhammad Amer

Mohammad Amir Mindblowing Bowling

Mohammad Amir 6 wickets in 2 overs

England in Test

Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar Biography:
Shoaib Akhtar (born 13 August 1975 in Rawalpindi, Punjab) is a Pakistani cricketer, and amongst the fastest bowler in the world, earning him the name Rawalpindi Express. He set a world record by clocking 100mph twice. His ability to bowl fast yorkers, well disguised slow balls, swinging deliveries, and sharp bouncers made him lethal even on dead pitches. However, he has never been far from controversy, often accused of not being a team player. Shoaib was sent back home from a tour in Australia in 2005. A year later he was embroiled in a drug scandal after testing positive for a banned substance. However, the ban imposed on him was lifted on appeal. In September 2007, Shoaib was banned by the PCB for an indefinite period for the alleged brawl with his team-mate Mohammad Asif. The ban was finally lifted but injuries and his attitude problem have kept him more off the field than on it.

Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar best Wickets & Bouncers

Shoaib Akhtar Destroyed Sachin Tendulkar in IPL

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`s best century

Inzamam-ul-Haq 100 vs INDIA 2004 Karachi

Abdul Razzaq

Abdul Razzaq Biography:
Abdul Razzaq (Urdu: عبد الرزاق) (born 2 December 1979, Lahore, Punjab) is a Pakistani cricketer and member of the Indian Cricket League since 2007. Razzaq is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler. His bowling, at one time rapid, has now seen an increase on line and length, although sacrificing some pace. He emerged onto the world cricket scene in November 1996 when he made his One Day International debut against the touring Zimbabweans at his home ground in Lahore a month short of his seventeenth birthday.

Records:

Batting and fielding records

	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St

Test	47	77	9	1946	134	28.62	4741	41.05	3	7	230	23	15	-

ODI	265	226	57	4995	112	29.56	6160	81.09	3	22	372	123	35	-

T20I	26	22	9	331	46*	25.46	261	126.82	-	-	17	18	2	-

Bowling records

	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Eco	SR	4W	5W	10W

Test	47	76	7008	3694	100	5/35	7/155	36.94	3.16	70.08	4	1	-

ODI	265	251	10833	8475	267	6/35	6/35	31.74	4.69	40.57	8	3	-

T20I	26	17	297	333	17	3/13	3/13	19.59	6.73	17.47	-	-	-