Monday 3 October 2011

Umar Akmal

Umar Akmal Biography
As explosive starts to one’s International careers go, few can rival Umar Akmal. He announced himself with scores of 66 and 102* within his first 3 ODI innings at Sri Lanka in 2009; in addition to a 129 and 75 on Test debut at New Zealand. 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

Umar Akmal became the first-ever Pakistani to have scored a Test century on debut, on foreign soil.
Along with Kamran and Adnan, the Akmals are the 4th blood brothers to feature for Pakistan in the 60 odd years of cricket history.
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Umar Akmal ki Shamat by Amanat Chan

Fight Between Umar Akmal & Brad Haddin 19/03/2011

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