Aamir Sohail

Aamir Sohail Biography

Full name        Mohammad Aamer Sohail Ali

Born                September 14, 1966, Lahore, Punjab

Current age    45 years 80 days

Major teams  Pakistan, Allied Bank, Habib Bank Limited, Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Somerset

Batting style   Left-hand bat

Bowling style  Slow left-arm orthodox

Other Commentator

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	47	83	3	2823	205	35.28	5103	55.32	5	13	383	8	36	0
ODIs	156	155	5	4780	134	31.86	7297	65.50	5	31			49	0
First-class	195	331	17	12213	205	38.89			29	50			153	0
List A	261	256	10	7852	134	31.91			9	50			92	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	47	46	2383	1049	25	4/54	4/44	41.96	2.64	95.3	1	0	0
ODIs	156	125	4836	3703	85	4/22	4/22	43.56	4.59	56.8	1	0	0
First-class	195		12063	5983	157	7/53		38.10	2.97	76.8		2	1
List A	261		7840	5969	179	4/11	4/11	33.34	4.56	43.7	7	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	England v Pakistan at Birmingham, Jun 4-8, 1992
Last Test	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Peshawar, Mar 5-9, 2000
ODI debut	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Dec 21, 1990
Last ODI	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Lahore, Feb 19, 2000
First-class span	1983-2001
List A span	1983-2000

Profile

A combative left-hand opener, Aamer Sohail was a predominantly back-foot player whose forte was improvisation. He loved to attack, and almost found it impossible to control his aggression. He showed no fear, epitomised by his baiting of Venkatesh Prasad in a 1996 World Cup quarter-final in front of a hostile Bangalore crowd. He was an effective left-arm spinner, more a one-day bowler than a Test wicket-taker. Aamir played a big part in Pakistan's World Cup triumph in 1992, and famously told Ian Botham that he might want to send his mother-in-law in to bat after Botham was controversially given out for 0 in the final. He captained Pakistan at the height of the match-fixing controversy, and was one of the whistle-blowers. His career suffered as a result, and he left the international scene early to work in broadcasting, where he might have tried harder to suppress his personal prejudices.

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