Pakistan Cricket Players: Umar Akmal

Umar Akmal Biography

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Umar Akmal

Pakistan

Full Name: Umar Akmal

Date of Birth: May 26, 1990, Lahore, Punjab

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

Playing Roll: Batsman

Batting Style: Right

International Debut: 2009

Batting and fielding records

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

Test 16 30 2 1003 129 35.82 1520 65.99 1 6 117 17 12 -

ODI 71 62 9 2001 102* 37.75 2381 84.04 1 16 159 32 31 2

T20I 43 40 7 874 64 26.48 741 117.95 - 4 67 23 31 2

Bowling records

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

Test 16 - - - - - - - - - - - -

ODI 71 - - - - - - - - - - - -

T20I 43 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Career Statistics

Test Debut: New Zealand v Pakistan at Dunedin, 24-28, Nov 2009

ODI Debut: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Dambulla, Aug 01, 2009

Twenty20 Debut: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo, Aug 12, 2009

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. (Minimum of 40 matches)