Profile "Umar Akmal"

Umar Akmal

Pakistan

Full name Umar Akmal

Born May 26, 1990, Lahore, Punjab

Current age 21 years

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

Playing role Middle-order batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Fielding position Occasional wicketkeeper

Relation Brother - Kamran Akmal, Brother - Adnan Akmal

Umar Akmal

Statistics before July 03-2011

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	15	29	2	988	129	36.59	66.71	1	6	115	17	12	0
ODIs	43	39	6	1249	102*	37.84	87.34	1	8	98	21	18	0
T20Is	22	21	3	571	64	31.72	120.46	0	4	41	18	18	1
First-class	46	79	7	3346	248	46.47	71.92	7	20	410	53	41	0
List A	68	63	9	2012	104	37.25	87.55	3	12	150	38	32	0
Twenty20	46	43	8	1114	68*	31.82	129.38	0	7	107	30	35	1

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T20Is	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	46	1	6	10	0	-	-	-	10.00	-	0	0	0
List A	68	2	24	13	0	-	-	-	3.25	-	0	0	0
Twenty20	46	1	24	36	1	1/36	1/36	36.00	9.00	24.0	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	New Zealand v Pakistan at Dunedin, Nov 24-28, 2009
Last Test	West Indies v Pakistan at Basseterre, May 20-24, 2011
ODI debut	Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Dambulla, Aug 1, 2009
Last ODI	Ireland v Pakistan at Belfast, May 30, 2011
T20I debut	Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (RPS), Aug 12, 2009
Last T20I	West Indies v Pakistan at Gros Islet, Apr 21, 2011
First-class debut	Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited v Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited at Peshawar, Oct 26-28, 2007
Last First-class	West Indies v Pakistan at Basseterre, May 20-24, 2011
List A debut	Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited v Water and Power Development Authority at Sheikhupura, Mar 22, 2008
Last List A	Ireland v Pakistan at Belfast, May 30, 2011
Twenty20 debut	Lahore Lions v Quetta Bears at Lahore, Oct 4, 2008
Last Twenty20	Lahore Lions v Rawalpindi Rams at Faisalabad, Jun 30, 2011

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
8	Lahore Lions	v R Rams	Faisalabad	30 Jun 2011
8	Lahore Lions	v Hawks	Faisalabad	29 Jun 2011
20	Lahore Lions	v Leopards	Faisalabad	27 Jun 2011
43*	Lahore Lions	v S Stallions	Faisalabad	25 Jun 2011
60*	Pakistan	v Ireland	Belfast	30 May 2011
-	Pakistan	v Ireland	Belfast	28 May 2011
56, 30	Pakistan	v West Indies	Basseterre	20 May 2011
33, 47	Pakistan	v West Indies	Providence	12 May 2011
26	Pakistanis	v Guyana BP XI	Georgetown	8 May 2011
24	Pakistan	v West Indies	Providence	5 May 2011

Profile

The runs didn't cease to flow for Umar Akmal, the younger brother of Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran and Adnan, in his maiden first-class season. In a triumphant 2007-08 for Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited, Umar failed to score in his first outing but then went on to amass 855 runs from nine matches in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, at an average of 77.72 and an impressive strike-rate of 90.18. He showed a penchant for both brisk and big scoring, with knocks of 248 off 225 balls and 186 off 170. In January 2008, he was picked in Pakistan's Under-19 team for the World Cup in Malaysia. He was the leading run-getter - with 255 runs at a strike-rate of 123.18 - in a tri-nation tournament involving England and Sri Lanka in the lead-up to the World Cup. A successful tour of Australia with Pakistan A was followed up a maiden international call-up for the ODIs in Sri Lanka, and Umar started off with a half-century in his second game and a power-packed hundred in his third. A Test call-up was inevitable and he gave an optimistic glimpse into the future of Pakistan cricket, with a century on debut, under pressure followed by a string of consistent scores in New Zealand.