pakistani cricket player: Inzamam ul Haq

Inzamam ul Haq Biography
Full name: Inzamam-ul-Haq
Born: March 3, 1970, Multan, Punjab
Current age: 41 years 269 days
Major teams: Pakistan, Asia XI, Faisalabad,ICC World XI,ICL Pakistan XI,Lahore Badshahs,Multan,National Bank of Pakistan, Rawalpindi,United Bank Limited,Yorkshire
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Slow left-arm orthodox

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	120	200	22	8830	329	49.60	16345	54.02	25	46	1105	48	81	0
ODIs	378	350	53	11739	137*	39.52	15812	74.24	10	83	971	144	113	0
T20Is	1	1	1	11	11*	-	15	73.33	0	0	0	1	0	0
First-class	245	393	58	16785	329	50.10			45	87			172	0
List A	458	430	69	13746	157*	38.07			12	97			128	0
Twenty20	2	2	1	32	21	32.00	37	86.48	0	0	2	1	0	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	120	1	9	8	0	-	-	-	5.33	-	0	0	0
ODIs	378	6	58	64	3	1/0	1/0	21.33	6.62	19.3	0	0	0
T20Is	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	245		2704	1295	38	5/80		34.07	2.87	71.1		2	0
List A	458		896	740	30	3/18	3/18	24.66	4.95	29.8	0	0	0
Twenty20	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

Test debut	England v Pakistan at Birmingham, Jun 4-8, 1992 scorecard
Last Test	Pakistan v South Africa at Lahore, Oct 8-12, 2007 scorecard
ODI debut	Pakistan v West Indies at Lahore, Nov 22, 1991 scorecard
Last ODI	Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Kingston, Mar 21, 2007 scorecard
Only T20I	England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006 scorecard
First-class debut	1985/86
Last First-class	Pakistan v South Africa at Lahore, Oct 8-12, 2007 scorecard
List A debut	1988/89
Last List A	Kent v Yorkshire at Canterbury, Sep 9, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Australia A v Pakistanis at Adelaide, Jan 13, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20	England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
-	ICL Pak XI	v ICL World XI	Ahmedabad	26 Nov 2008	Other T20
24	ICL Pak XI	v ICL India XI	Ahmedabad	24 Nov 2008	Other T20
-	Lahore	v ICL Hyd	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2008	Other T20
10	Lahore	v ICL Hyd	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2008	Other T20
5	Lahore	v ICL Hyd	Ahmedabad	13 Nov 2008	Other T20
62	Lahore	v Chennai	Ahmedabad	10 Nov 2008	Other T20
31	Lahore	v Chennai	Ahmedabad	9 Nov 2008	Other T20
27*	Lahore	v Dhaka	Ahmedabad	7 Nov 2008	Other T20
-	Lahore	v Chandigarh	Panchkula	2 Nov 2008	Other T20
12, 1/22	Lahore	v Delhi Giants	Gurgaon	26 Oct 2008	Other T20

Profile
Inzamam-ul-Haq is a symbiosis of strength and subtlety. Power is no surprise, but sublime touch is remarkable for a man of his bulk. He loathes exercise and often looks a passenger in the field, but with a willow between his palms he is suddenly galvanised. He plays shots all round the wicket, is especially strong off his legs, and unleashes ferocious pulls and lofted drives. Imran Khan rates him the best batsman in the world against pace. Early on he is vulnerable playing across his front pad or groping outside off stump. He uses his feet well to the spinners, although this aggression can be his undoing. Inzi keeps a cool head in a crisis and has succeeded Javed Miandad as Pakistan's premier batsman, but his hapless running between wickets is legendary and most dangerous for his partners. There were no such problems against New Zealand at a boiling Lahore in 2001-02, when Inzamam belted 329, the second-highest Test score by a Pakistani and the tenth-highest by anyone. However, he was then dogged by poor form, scoring just 16 runs in Pakistan's ill-fated World Cup campaign in 2003. He was dropped from the team briefly, but then roared back to form, scoring a magnificent unbeaten 138 and guiding Pakistan to a thrilling one-wicket win against Bangladesh at Multan. He was rewarded with the captaincy of the team, and despite leading them to victory in the Test series in New Zealand, question-marks about his leadership qualities surfaced when Pakistan were beaten in both the Test series and the one-dayers against India. But the selectors persevered with him and this bore results when he took a team thin on bowling resources to India and drew the Test series with a rousing performance in the final Test, Inzamam's 100th. After scoring a magnificent 184, Inzamam led the team astutely on a tense final day and took Pakistan to victory. Since that day, Inzamam has gone from strength to strength as captain and premier batsman. By scoring a hundred against West Indies in June 2005, he kept up a remarkable record of matchwinning centuries, amongt the best of modern-day batsmen. A magnificent year ended with Inzamam leading his team to triumph over Ashes-winning England; personally the series was arguably his best ever. He never failed to make a fifty, scored twin centuries at Faisalabad for the first time, going past Miandad as Pakistan's leading century-maker and joining him as only the second Pakistani with 8000 Test runs. As captain, he never looked more a leader, uniting a young, inexperienced team and turning them, once again, into a force to matter globally. The turn of the year brought contemplation; he missed the Test victory over India at Karachi with a persistent back injury. The subsequent ODI thrashing also raised concerns about Inzamam as ODI captain, none of which were entirely wiped away during ODI and Test wins in Sri Lanka. Pakistan were then beaten comprehensively in the Test series in England though all was forgotten - including Inzamam's own poor form - by events at The Oval. There, Inzamam, astonishingly for a man perceived as so insouciant, became the most controversial figure in cricket for a week, leading his side off the field in protest at charges of ball tampering made by umpires Billy Doctrove and Darrell Hair. They refused to come out at first, then delayed the start before eventually forfeiting the Test, the first time in the history of the game. In Pakistan, he became a national hero, saviour of a country's pride and honour. He was banned for four ODIs and returned to lead the side to a series-win over West Indies followed by a disappointing Test series in South Africa, and then quit the one-day game after Pakistan were eliminated from the World Cup at the first hurdle, an event overshadowed by the death of Bob Woolmer. Even though he expressed his desire to be part of the Test team, Inzamam was not offered a central contract in July and, according to a few, might signal the end of his illustrious international career.

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