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Mohammad Hafeez Biography

Full Name: Mohammad Hafeez

Date of Birth: Oct 17, 1980, Sargodha, Punjab

Major Team: Pakistan, Faisalabad, Faisalabad Wolves, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sargodha, Sui Gas Corporation of Pakistan

Playing Roll: All Rounder

Batting Style: Right

Bowling Style: Right-arm offbreak

Mohammad Hafeez is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. Hafeez generally opens the batting and is also skillful boundary fielder. Hafeez was one of the several young all-rounders the Pakistani cricket team turned to after their poor Cricket World Cup display in 2003, in which they were eliminated in the first round. Hafeez scored a half-century on his Test debut against Bangladesh, and in his following Test hit a century. His form with bat and ball would then drop considerably and in late-2003 he was dropped from the Test squad, and soon after the ODI side. With strong domestic performances as well as good showings for the Pakistan A, he remained on the fringes of a recall in 2004. Hafeez returned to the ODI side in 2005 and despite not contributing with the bat, his bowling performances were impressive. In the 2006 Top End Series held in Australia, Hafeez smashed a century for Pakistan A. With Pakistan struggling to find a solid opening pair for Test cricket, Hafeez was recalled for the tour of England. His return to Test cricket was made at The Oval and he scored a fluent 95. Later that year in November, Hafeez retained his place in the side for their home series against the West Indies. After getting starts in the first two Test he would go on to score his 2nd Test century in the 3rd Test in Karachi.

Full name Mohammad Hafeez Born October 17, 1980, Sargodha, Punjab Current age 30 years 94 days Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm offbreak Mohammad Hafeez Picture Major teams Pakistan, Faisalabad, Faisalabad Wolves, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sargodha, Sui Gas Corporation...

Major teams Pakistan, Faisalabad, Faisalabad Wolves, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sargodha, Sui Gas Corporation of Pakistan.

Mohammad Hafeez Profile

An opening batsman and a handy offspin bowler, Hafeez was one of the young players that the Pakistan selectors turned to after the team’s abysmal display in the 2003 World Cup. His performances in Sharjah and in the NatWest Challenge in England indicated that Hafeez could well be a long-term prospect – he showed good technique and temperament at the top of the order and bowled his offspinners tidily, but most impressive was his performance in the field. Patrolling the point and covers region with feverish alertness, he saved plenty of runs and pulled off an amazing catch. His organised approach towards batting ensured that he got an opportunity in the Test team in the three-Test series against Bangladesh. He didn’t do badly either, scoring a half-century on debut, and then stroking his first hundred in his second Test. However, his form then dipped alarmingly in the ODIs against South Africa, leading to his exclusion from the Test squad. Soon after he was dropped from the ODI squad as well. He has remained on the fringes of the national squad however with a string of impressive domestic performances, coupled with useful hands for the Pakistan A squad. He was called back to the ODI side in 2005 but failed to achieve any significant results. A spanking century for Pakistan A against Australia A in the Top End Series in Australia during the summer of 2006, allied with the exacerbtion of Pakistan’s opening problems on the tour to England, meant that Hafeez returned for the Oval Test annd amidst all debris, his calm and signficant 95 was all but forgotten. He has been adequate rather than spectacular though given the problems Pakistan have with openers, Hafeez is likely to remain involved for some time even with an ordinary average.

An opening batsman and a handy offspin bowler, Hafeez was one of the young players that the Pakistan selectors turned to after the team's abysmal display in the 2003 World Cup. His performances in Sharjah and in the NatWest Challenge in England indicated that Hafeez could well be a long-term prospect - he showed good technique and temperament at the top of the order and bowled his offspinners tidily, but most impressive was his performance in the field. Patrolling the point and covers region with feverish alertness, he saved plenty of runs and pulled off an amazing catch. His organised approach towards batting ensured that he got an opportunity in the Test team in the three-Test series against Bangladesh. He didn't do badly either, scoring a half-century on debut, and then stroking his first hundred in his second Test. However, his form then dipped alarmingly in the ODIs against South Africa, leading to his exclusion from the Test squad. Soon after he was dropped from the ODI squad as well. He has remained on the fringes of the national squad however with a string of impressive domestic performances, coupled with useful hands for the Pakistan A squad. He was called back to the ODI side in 2005 but failed to achieve any significant results. A spanking century for Pakistan A against Australia A in the Top End Series in Australia during the summer of 2006, allied with the exacerbtion of Pakistan's opening problems on the tour to England, meant that Hafeez returned for the Oval Test annd amidst all debris, his calm and signficant 95 was all but forgotten. He has been adequate rather than spectacular though given the problems Pakistan have with openers, Hafeez is likely to remain involved for some time even with an ordinary average.

Mohammad Hafeez Batting, Fielding and Bowling

The above stats are as per date of this post.

Mohammad Hafeez Career

Test:

2003-2011

ODI:

2003-2010

T20:

2006-2010

IPL:

2008-2008

Mohammad Hafeez Test

Debut:

Pakistan Vs Bangladesh at National Stadium, Karachi – Aug 20, 2003

Last played:

Pakistan Vs New Zealand at Seddon Park, Hamilton – Jan 07, 2011

Mohammad Hafeez ODI

Debut:

Pakistan Vs Zimbabwe at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah – Apr 03, 2003

Last played:

Pakistan Vs South Africa at Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium, Dubai – Nov 08, 2010

Mohammad Hafeez T20

Debut:

Pakistan Vs England at County Ground, Nevil Road, Bristol – Aug 28, 2006

Last played:

Pakistan Vs New Zealand at AMI Stadium, Christchurch – Dec 30, 2010

Mohammad Hafeez IPL

Debut:

Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore – Karnataka – Apr 18, 2008

Last played:

Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Rajasthan Royals at Eden Gardens, Kolkata (Calcutta) – May 20, 2008

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International Debut: 2003

Batting and fielding records

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

Test 16 31 1 886 104 29.53 1852 47.84 2 4 116 4 6 -

ODI 80 75 2 1850 121 25.34 2782 66.50 2 10 211 18 27 -

T20I 23 18 0 304 46 16.89 271 112.18 - - 42 5 8 -

Bowling records

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

Test 16 24 1356 561 14 3/23 3/37 40.07 2.48 96.86 - - -

ODI 80 69 2765 2034 60 3/17 3/17 33.90 4.41 46.08 - - -

T20I 23 17 288 360 10 2/9 2/9 36.00 7.50 28.80 - - -

Career Statistics

Test Debut: Pakistan v Bangladesh at Karachi, 20-24, Aug 2003

ODI Debut: Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Sharjah, Apr 03, 2003

Twenty20 Debut: England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006

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Zulqarnain Haider Biography Photos Videos Wallpapers 2011

Zulqarnain Haider Biography

Zulqarnain Haider

Pakistan

Full Name: Zulqarnain Haider

Date of Birth: Apr 23, 1986, Lahore

Major Team: Pakistan, Lahore Blues, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited, Pakistan Under-19s, Rawalpindi

Playing Roll: Wicket Keeper

Batting Style: Right

Zulqarnain Haider is a former Pakistan under 19's wicketkeeper and currently plays for the Pakistan national cricket team. He is generally regarded as being the reserve keeper to Kamran Akmal. The right hander represents both Lahore Blues and Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited in Pakistani domestic cricket.

There was a time when it was not at all certain that Zulqarnain Haider, a tall and lanky wicketkeeper from Lahore, would ever build on his debut, which came in a heavy loss in a Twenty20 against South Africa in February 2007. But after some good domestic results he found a place on the 2010 England tour as Kamran Akmal's understudy, and when the senior keeper's lapses became too frequent, Haider was given a Test debut at Edgbaston. He was out to his first ball feathering a catch behind, but his characterful and determined 88 in the second innings formed the basis of a fightback.

That innings was testament to his character as his road to the top has been made in difficult personal circumstances. He took part in the Under-15 World Cup in England in the summer of 2000 at the age of 13. Four years later, at the Under-19 World Cup in Dhaka, he scored a vital 23 not out from 18 balls, and claimed three catches, as Pakistan took the title in the final against West Indies.

A broken finger after his Test debut ruled him out for the remainder of the tour and then his career appeared to come to an extraordinary, and worrying, end when he fled the one-day series against South Africa in UAE for London claiming he had received death threats following the fourth ODI. He sought asylum in London fearing for his safety, but returned to Pakistan eventually in 2011.

In his first public comments since fleeing from Dubai and arriving in London on Monday, Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider has confirmed that he received threats from unidentified people following his team's one-wicket win in the fourth ODI against South Africa and was told to get in line for the fifth match. As a result of the threats Haider - who is seeking some sort of protection in the UK - has announced his retirement from cricket.

"The way my situation is right now I am retiring from international cricket," Haider (24) said. "There is too much pressure on me, I have received threats, my family has received threats."

The issue of threats brings the matter within the ICC's purview, and its chief executive Haroon Lorgat said the governing body was in regular contact with the PCB. "Clearly this is in the first instance a team matter for Pakistan cricket but the ICC is willing to provide assistance to the PCB and the player," said Lorgat. "We understand his plight if reports are indeed true, but we can only help if he is willing to engage with us."

Lorgat did concede, though, that Haider erred in not informing the ACSU. "I think we have to build the confidence amongst the players that the right thing to do is to speak to the ACSU officials if they have got anything that they want to declare," he told ESPNcricinfo. "I don't think it was wise of him to have done what he did, because it doesn't solve the problems for him as well and the right thing would have been to speak to the ACSU."

Haider outlined his encounter with the person who approached him, without giving too much detail. "When I went out of the hotel to eat dinner once, he came up. He was alone but I felt there were two to three people behind him. I can describe him. He spoke Urdu but I cannot describe the accent accurately. He said you will make lots of money if you join us and help us. If not, then staying in the team could be difficult and we can make things difficult for you. I don't know why I was approached and others weren't."

Speaking to Geo, a leading Pakistani news channel, Haider was guarded about events of the previous 24 hours but seemed to indicate that he had sought some kind of "protection" from British authorities. He is thought to have been detained at Heathrow by immigration authorities for nearly four hours, before he moved to an undisclosed location.

"The fourth ODI, the things I was told to do I didn't, and the fifth ODI, what they wanted done I didn't do," Haider said. "That is why I did what seemed right to me and I came here. I can't tell what kind of threats I received to the country because my family is still in Pakistan."

When asked further about the nature of these threats and who they might have come from, Haider was unwilling and unable to reveal much more. "I am not accusing anyone of being a match-fixer. I only got one guy telling me that if you can't do this or that, there will be problems, or fix the fourth of fifth ODI. I don't want to say who it is, neither do I know so much about who it is. I have only played two-three ODIs." Asked specifically if he thought players within the team were involved, he said, "I am not saying they are or are not. Only God knows that. But I did what I thought was better for everyone. I just didn't want to sell my country, my mother. The country is like your mother and if you sell that you are nothing."

Haider also confirmed that he took his passport from the team management on the pretext of buying a SIM card for his mobile and left on Monday morning. Questions have been raised by a number of former players and board officials themselves about why he didn't approach the board first to report the threats, as is required by the anti-corruption code of conduct. "I felt if I told them, it would get worse for me and my family so I thought to come here. I know about British rules as I have been coming here for the last nine to ten years. They protect you.

"If I had told the PCB or players, it would've gotten out and then who knows? I don't feel it would've been better to tell anyone or authorities there. If I had told any of the other players, it might have put them in trouble also."

Though he didn't confirm that he had sought asylum in the UK, he did strongly indicate that he was seeking some form of protective status. "I cannot say where I am. I am not in a detention centre. Immigration authorities helped me a lot. The British government is such that if you are on the right path, they will protect you. They have rules [as far as asylum is concerned] and you can't enter until you have given reasons why. Immigration asked me what I would do. According to the rules they said go like this but hire a government lawyer. I don't have money right now to hire a private one but if this is the cost of walking on the right path, then so be it, I will bear it."

As the interview went on, Haider became emotional, ending it with a plea that his family - currently in Lahore - be helped and protected. "Help my family somehow. If it can be done, send my family here. For their security. I have my daily wages from the South Africa series and that is it. I will communicate with someone to see if they can help me financially."

International Debut: 2007

Batting and fielding records

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

Test 1 2 0 88 88 44.00 201 43.78 - 1 15 - 2 -

ODI 4 4 2 48 19* 24.00 68 70.59 - - 3 - 1 1

T20I 3 3 0 23 17 7.67 30 76.67 - - 1 - - 1

Bowling records

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

Test 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -

ODI 4 - - - - - - - - - - - -

T20I 3 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Career Statistics

Test Debut: England v Pakistan at Birmingham, 06-09, Aug 2010

ODI Debut: Pakistan v South Africa at Abu Dhabi, Oct 29, 2010

Twenty20 Debut: South Africa v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Feb 02, 2007

Batting and fielding averages

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

Tests 1 2 0 88 88 44.00 201 43.78 0 1 15 0 2 0

ODIs 4 4 2 48 19* 24.00 68 70.58 0 0 3 0 1 1

T20Is 3 3 0 23 17 7.66 30 76.66 0 0 1 0 0 1

First-class 71 109 18 3166 161 34.79 3 18 217 8

List A 65 48 6 676 90 16.09 1089 62.07 0 2 71 18

Twenty20 9 7 0 78 35 11.14 62 125.80 0 0 5 2 3 3

Bowling averages

Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10

Tests 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -

ODIs 4 - - - - - - - - - - - -

T20Is 3 - - - - - - - - - - - -

First-class 71 24 26 0 - - - 6.50 - 0 0 0

List A 65 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Twenty20 9 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Pakistan's sports minister Ijaz Hussain Jakhrani, however, said the country's government didn't support Haider's actions. "The government will not support any move from Zulqarnain to get asylum in the UK. We don't support his actions and believe he should have come to us if he was under threat from anyone," Jakhrani said. "He didn't have confidence in the national team management or board (PCB). We don't want to interfere in the internal matters of the board but we certainly want to know why this has happened as it affects the image of the country."

ESPNcricinfo understands the PCB discussed various options of dealing with the matter, including contacting the high commission in the UK and asking them to offer Haider protection. This suggestion, however, was overruled. Haider's family in Lahore said he has not been in touch with them since his arrival in the UK.

Osman Samiuddin is Pakistan editor of Cricinfo

First-class debut 2003/04

Last First-class England v Pakistan at Birmingham, Aug 6-9, 2010 scorecard

List A debut 2001/02

Last List A Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai (DSC), Nov 5, 2010 scorecard

Twenty20 debut Lahore Lions v Karachi Dolphins at Karachi, Feb 24, 2006 scorecard

Last Twenty20 Pakistan v South Africa at Abu Dhabi, Oct 27, 2010 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard

0c/0s, 19* Pakistan v South Africa Dubai (DSC) 5 Nov 2010 ODI # 3067

1c/1s, 11 Pakistan v South Africa Dubai (DSC) 2 Nov 2010 ODI # 3064

0c/0s, 6 Pakistan v South Africa Abu Dhabi 31 Oct 2010 ODI # 3063