Star Cricketer From Pakistan Muhammad Hafeez Biography

Muhammad Hafeez Biography:

Muhammad Hafeez

Hafeez is

Pakistan

’s star cricketer and represents

Pakistan

national team in Internatinal cricket and all three formats of cricket One Day International, Test and Twenty 20 International. He captained the

Pakistan

national team in Twenty 20 cricket. He is the regular part of

Pakistan

cricket team. He is known as Professor because of his intelligent cricket skills. Muhammad Hafeez is very good all round cricketer. He is right handed batsman and right arm off spin bowler and good fielder too. He was nominated by ICC as a top ICC all rounder player in ICC All-rounder Ranking. He plays domestic level cricket for Lahore Lions, Sargodha and Sui Gas Corporation of

Pakistan

. Hafeez and Nasir Jamshaid scored 224 runs partnership in 2012 Asia Cup and Hafeez made 105 runs.

Muhammad Hafeez Profile Details:

Full Name: Mohammad Hafeez
Nickname: Professor
Height : 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Birth Date: 17 October 1980
Birth Place: Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan
National Team: Pakistan
Domestic Side: Lahore Lions
Style Of Batting : Right-handed
Style Of Bowling: Right arm off spin
Role Of Play: All rounder
Test’s Debut: 20 August 2003 v Bangladesh
T20 Debut: 28 August 2006 v England
ODI’s Debut: 3 April 2003 v Zimbabwe
ODI squad no : 8

Comeback:

Muhammad Hafeez started his international career in 2003. He made his One Day International debut against

Zimbabwe

on 3 April, He made hi Test cricket debut against

Bangladesh

in 2003 on 20 August and he started his Twenty 20 international career against

England

on 28 August 2006.

He was recall in 2010 ICC Twenty 20 world cup. Although he was out of form he scored only 39 runs and took only 2 wickets but he was selected in

Pakistan

squad tour of

England

. He opened innings along with Kamran Akamal and played well in the series.

He scored 1000 runs and got 30 wickets in a calendar year and became the third ODI player of this achievement after Jaques Kallis and Sanath Jayasuriya. Hafeez and Nasir Jamshed made 224 runs partnership against

India

in Asia Cup 2012 and this is the best opening stand for

Pakistan

against

India

in ODI cricket and Hafeez scored 105 runs, and they broke the record of Saedd Anwer and Amir Sohail’s 144 runs.

Hafeez played a superb knock in tour of

India

in December 2012 and 2013. He helped

Pakistan

team to win the series by 2-1.

Muhammad Hafeez had very good series against

Sri Lanka

in December 2013 and made three centuries in the series and became the second Pakistani to score three centuries in a series after Zaheer Abbas.

Caribbean Premier League:

Muhammad Hafeez is the first Pakistani and 4^th International player who nominated for Caribbean Premier League of West Indies Twenty 20 league cricket and he represented Guyana Amazon Warriors in CPL.

Champions League Twenty 20:

Hafeez represented Lahore Lions in Champions League Twenty 20. They won stage matches in his captaincy and qualified for main stage but unfortunately could not reach to semi finals.

Achievements:

Muhammad Hafeez has scored 1000 and got 40 plus wickets in Twenty 20 and became the first player. He is the highest scorer in Twenty 20 cricket from

Pakistan

and at number 8 in international players. He was awarded in 2012 as PCB player of the year. He has most fifties in T20 in

Pakistan

’s players. As Pakistan T20 team captain he has most wins in T20 matches.