Category Mohammad Hafeez

Jan 17 2017

پاکستان کی 12 سال بعد آسٹریلیا میں فتح

پاکستان کرکٹ ٹیم نے آسٹریلیا کو دوسرے ایک روزہ میچ میں 6 وکٹوں سے  شکست دے کر سیریز 1-1 سے برابر کردی۔ پاکستان نے آسٹریلیا کی سرزمین میں 12 سال بعد ایک روزہ میچ میں فتح حاصل کی جبکہ میلبرن میں 1985 کے بعد یہ پہلی کامیابی ہے۔ زخمی اظہرعلی کی جگہ کپتانی کرنے والے محمد حفیظ کو 72 بنا کر ٹیم کو کامیابی دلانے پر میچ کا بہترین کھلاڑی قرار دیا گیا۔

Dec 26 2016

جب پاکستان نے بھارت کا غرور خاک میں ملایا

سال 2012 کے آخری مہینے کے آخری ہفتے میں شدید کڑے سیکیورٹی حصار میں پاکستانی ٹیم سیریز کا افتتاحی میچ کھیلنے کیلئے بنگلور پہنچی جہاں اس کا پرتپاک استقبال کیا گیا۔ پاکستانی ٹیم ورلڈ کپ کے میچز کیلئے 2011 میں بھارت گئی تھی لیکن یہ دونوں ملکوں کے درمیان پانچ سال کے طویل وقفے کے بعد پہلی دوطرفہ سیریز تھی جس میں دو ٹی ٹوئنٹی اور تین ایک روزہ میچ شامل تھے۔
ہندوستان کو ہوم گراؤنڈ اور مضبوط ٹیم ہونے کی وجہ سے ماہرین کرکٹ سیریز کیلئے فیورٹ قرار دے رہے تھے اور قومی ٹیم کی کارکردگی سے بھی حالات کچھ ایسے ہی نظر آتے تھے۔ اس سلسلے میں ٹیم کے جوش کو بڑھانے کیلئے ‘آنے دو’ کی تھیم سے ہندوستانی ٹیم کا اشتہار بھی منظر عام پر آیا لیکن اس وقت کی ون ڈے چیمپیئن ہندوستانی ٹیم غرور میں پاکستانی طاقت کا درست اندازہ نہ لگا سکی. 25 دسمبر 2012 کو بنگلور میں پاکستان نے ٹاس جیت کر پہلے فیلڈنگ کا فیصلہ کیا اور محمد عرفان کو ٹی ٹوئنٹی ڈیبیو کرایا جبکہ ہندوستان کی جانب سے بھونیشور کمار نے بھی اپنا پہلا میچ کھیلا۔
گوتم گمبھیر 43 اور 42 رنز بنانے والے اجنکیا راہانے نے اپنی ٹیم کو 77 رنز کا عمدہ آغاز فراہم کیا لیکن گیارہویں اوور میں راہانے کے آؤٹ ہونے کے بعد ہندوستانی ٹیم پاکستان کی نپی تلی باؤلنگ کے سامنے ٹھہر نہ سکی اور وقفے وقفے سے گرنے والی وکٹوں کے سبب مقررہ اوررز میں نو وکٹ پر 133 رنز ہی بنا سکی۔ عمر گل تین وکٹیں لے کر سب سے کامیاب باؤلر رہے جبکہ سعید اجمل نے دو وکٹیں لیں۔ بظاہر آسان نظر آنے والے ہدف کے تعاقب میں پاکستانی ٹیم ابتدائی 14 گیندوں پر احمد شہزاد، ناصر جمشید اور عمر اکمل سے محروم ہو گئی اور اسکور بورڈ پر 12 کا ہندسہ پاکستانی ٹیم کی مشکلات میں اضافہ کرنے کیلئے کافی تھا۔
اس موقع پر پاکستان کے کپتان محمد حفیظ کا ساتھ نبھانے سابق کپتان سعیب ملک وکٹ پر آئے اور بتدریج اسکور کو آگے بڑھانا شروع کیا۔ دونوں کھلاڑیوں نے پراعتماد انداز میں بیٹنگ کی اور 106 رنز کی شراکت قائم کر کے پاکستانی ٹیم فتح کے بالکل قریب پہنچا دیا اور جب 118 کے اسکور پر حفیظ دو چھکوں اور چھ چوکوں سے مزین 61 رنز کی اننگز کھیلنے کے بعد آؤٹ ہوئے تو پاکستان کو فتح کیلئے 17 گیندوں پر مزید 16 رنز درکار تھے۔ پاکستان کو اس کے بعد کامران اکمل کی دفاعی بیٹنگ کے سبب مشکلات کا سامنا کرنا پڑ سکتا تھا جنہوں چھ گیندیں کھیل کر صرف ایک رن بنایا لیکن تین چھکوں اور تین چوکوں کی مدد سے 57 رنز کی اننگز کھیلنے والے شعیب ملک کی بدولت پاکستان نے دو گیندوں قبل ہدف تک رسائی حاصل کی۔
حفیظ کو ان کی شاندار کیپٹن اننگز پر میچ کا بہترین کھلاڑی قرار دیا گیا جبکہ بھونیشور کمار نے چار اوورز میں نو رنز کے عوض تین وکٹیں لے کر اپنے روشن مستقبل کی نوید سنائی۔ دونوں ٹیموں کے درمیان ٹی ٹوئنٹی سیریز تو برابر رہی لیکن اس کے باوجود ہندوستانی ٹیم خواب غفلت سے بیدار نہ ہوئی اور جب بیدار ہوئی تو ناصر جمشید کی لگاتار سنچریوں کی بدولت پاکستان ایک روزہ میچوں کی سیریز میں فتح اپنے نام کر کے ہندوستان کا غرور خاک میں ملا چکا تھا۔

Jan 15 2015

Sarfaraz Ahmed

Sarfaraz Ahmed (born 22 May 1987) is a Pakistani cricketer who captained Pakistan to victory at the Under 19 World Cup in 2006. He is a wicket-keeper and a right-handed batsman. He had played just 5 games for the Pakistan Under 19 cricket team before being selected as captain for the Under 19 Cricket World Cup. He plays first class cricket for Karachi. On 4/12/2014 Safraz Ahmed scored a brilliant 76 not out in a t20 match against New Zealand. At the same time Pakistan became the first team to reach 50 t20 wins. 
International career 
One Day International 
Sarfraz Ahmed was called up by Pakistan as cover for Kamran Akmal who had a finger injury in the one-day series betweenIndia and Pakistan in November 2007. He made his one day international debut in the final match of the series, on 18 November 2007. He kept well but didn’t get a chance to bat as Pakistan had won the match before he was needed to bat. In 2008, Sarfaraz Ahmed was selected ahead of Kamran Akmal for the Asia Cup. During the Asia Cup he impressed with his keeping skills but didn’t get a chance to show his batting skills.

Test 
He made his test match debut in Hobart on 14 January 2010, in the third test match against Australia, replacing Kamran Akmal who suffered an “error-ridden performance” in the second test.[1] After an unimpressive debut with the bat, he was dropped again after one match.
Return to International Cricket (2011) 
Sarfaraz Ahmed returned to the international team for the ODI series against Sri Lanka in November 2011. His impressive keeping and small cameos kept him in the team for the subsequent series against Bangladesh and the 2012 Asia Cup. He proved his worth with the bat in the final of the tournament where he scored a crucial 46 not out (the highest score from his team) as Pakistan won the match by 2 runs. He was consequently rewarded a Category C contract and selected for Pakistan’s next series against Sri Lanka, again for ODIs.
Jan 15 2015

Misbah-ul-Haq

Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi (born 28 May 1974 at Mianwali, Punjab) is a Pakistani cricketer. He is the current Test and One Day International (ODI) captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. He is a solid middle-order batsmen best known for his composure with the bat whilst also having the ability to be an aggressive big shot player when required. He is the top scorer in ODI cricket among those players who haven’t scored a century in ODI. Misbah has an MBA degree from theUniversity of Management and Technology in Lahore, Punjab.[1] He belongs to the popular tribe of Pashtun known as Niazitribe. 
Career
Related to the former Pakistan captain turned politician Imran Khan,[2] Misbah ul Haq was initially noticed for his technique and his temperament in the Tri-nation tournament in Nairobi, Kenya in 2002, as he scored two fifties in the three innings in which he played, however, over the next three Tests he played against Australia, he failed to score more than twenty runs and was soon dumped from the team. Having witnessed Pakistan being eliminated in the opening phase of the 2003 Cricket World Cup, Misbah was part of the changes made to the team in the aftermath of these results, but failed to make much of an impact and was soon dropped again.
Comeback
At the age of 33, Misbah was chosen to play in the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in 2007, filling the middle order spot vacated by Inzamam-ul-Haq. He had been regularly making runs in Pakistani domestic cricket and in the years before his recall he was consistently one of the top run scorers at each season’s end, with his first-class average briefly climbing above 50.
Misbah was one of the stars of the tournament, playing a large part in many thrilling run chases. The first was in the group stage against India where he scored a half century in a tied match. He was run out attempting the winning run off the last ball of the match. In their Super 8s encounter with Australia he was named Man of the Match with an unbeaten 66 off 42 deliveries to see his side home with 5 balls to spare. Another unbeaten innings in the semi final against New Zealand saw Pakistan book a spot in the final against India.
He played an instrumental role in Pakistan’s recovery in the inaugural 2007 ICC World Twenty20 final against arch-rivals India, with Four sixes. He hit the second legitimate ball of the last over for six. With 6 runs needed to win off 4 remaining balls, Misbah tried to scoop the ball over short fine leg, but was caught out by Sreesanth.
Misbah scored his first Test hundred against India at Kolkata in the 2nd Test of the 2007 series. After India managed 616 in their first innings, Pakistan were at 5 for 150 in reply and in danger of following on when Misbah and Kamran Akmal put together a match saving 207 run stand. Misbah finished on 161 not out. In the 3rd & final Test of the series, Misbah made another fluent century this time finishing on 133 not out.
2008 began with some high points for Misbah as he was elevated to the post of Vice – Captain of the Pakistan team and was awarded a Grade A Contract. Since returning to International Cricket for Pakistan, Misbah has gone through a sustained patch of prolific run scoring. In his last 5 Test Match innings for Pakistan, he has notched up 458 runs at a very high batting average of 152.67 against India. In his last 5 ODIs as well, Misbah has made 190 Runs at an average of 63.33 & in Domestic Cricket for Punjab, he has amassed an astounding 586 runs at an average of 195.33 with 2 centuries and his highest first-class score of 208*. He holds the record for having scored the most ODI fifties without ever having scored a century, which is 26, having surpassed New Zealand’s Andrew Jones’ 25. Misbah has completed his MBA.
Misbah was dropped from the team after the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 owing to a dismal performance with the bat, and missed the team’s controversial tour of England in August 2010. 
Captaincy
Due to the batting-collapses that Pakistan suffered during England tour 2010 and spot-fixing controversy, Misbah was recalled for the subsequent tour against South Africa in the UAE to lead as a captain of the team for test series. After resignation of Shahid Afridi as test captain and suspended captain Salman Butt due to spot-fixing scandal, Misbah was preferred over Younus Khan, Mohammad Yousuf and Kamran Akmal as captain. Wasim Akram stated that although the decision was surprising if Misbah bats and fields well everything else will go according to plan.  Former Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson stated that he believed Misbah has the best cricketing brain within Pakistan and he will do incredibly well in the plans for the captaincy  Misbah hit back at those who criticised the decision to appoint him captain and stated that he should be given a chance to prove himself[6] In his first match as test captain he set an example for his team when he scored 71* in a 168 run partnership with Younus Khan this helped Pakistan salvage a draw from the match. Misbah has led Pakistan in 33 test matches, winning 15, losing 9 with 8 draws. In 2012 Misbah led Pakistan to a clean sweep against the world number one ranked team England and also become only 2nd Pakistani captain to win the Asia Cup after Moin Khan. He has won 6 out of 10 series during his captaincy, winning series against New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, England and South Africa (a feat no Pakistani captain had been able to manage before Misbah), drawing against South Africa and the West Indies, and losing to South Africa and Sri Lanka.
Feb 27 2014

Umar Akmal

Umar Akmal born 26 May 1990) is a Pakistani cricketer. He made his ODI debut on 1 August 2009 against Sri Lanka and made his Test debut against New Zealand on 23 November 2009. He is a right-handed batsman and a part-time spinner. Like his two brothers, Adnan and Kamran, Umar has kept wicket for the national team. He was announced as a Franchise Player for the inaugural Caribbean Premier League alongside Pakistani teammates Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik

Personal life

Umar is the youngest brother of Adnan Akmal and Kamran Akmal who are also cricketers, both wicket-keepers.

Early career

Umar represented Pakistan in the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia. After his success at the U-19 level he earned himself a first class contract and played the 2007-08 season of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, representing the Sui Southern Gas team. He is considered a future asset for Pakistan cricket. He is an aggressive style cricketer. In only his sixth first class match he smashed 248 off just 225 deliveries, including four sixes.[2] He followed that up with an unbeaten 186 in his 8th first class match, off just 170 balls. He fared less well in his second season of first class cricket, with a string of low scores batting at number 3. He found form in the final few matches of the 2008/09 season and then in the RBS T20 tournament thus getting the selectors nod to play for Pakistan A side on their tour to Australia A.

Australia A tour

Umar came to prominence during the Australia A tour in June/July 2009. In the two Test matches he recorded scores of 54, 100*, 130, 0. In the ODI series that followed Umar continued his fine form with a century in the opening ODI encounter off just 68 deliveries. These performances made him gather considerable praise from the media who were there to witness him and calls began to grow about his inclusion in the ODI series for the main Pakistan side against Sri Lanka. Umar made his Test debut against New Zealand at Dunedin on 23 November 2009. On the third day of his debut test, Umar Akmal hit 129 runs from 160 balls becoming only the second Pakistani to score a hundred on debut away from home after Fawad Alam. This feat also made him the first Pakistani batsman to score both his maiden Test and ODI century away from home, following his ODI century against Sri Lanka. The innings was noted as special due to Pakistan’s tough position in the match and the hundred partnership which Akmal was involved in alongside his elder brother Kamran. He followed up the century in the first innings with a fifty in the second innings.
In only his second Test match he was moved up the order to the crucial spot of number 3, where he struggled initially but managed to counter-attack the hostile bowling with his natural flair, making 46 before he was undone by an inswinger by Daryl Tuffey. In the second innings he was moved down the order to his usual batting spot of number 5 as captain Mohammed Yousuf chose to bat at number 3 himself, and Akmal looked his usual aggressive self throughout his innings of 52 which came off only 33 balls. He had his first failure in the first innings of the third test at Napier where he was caught in the gully for a duck but scored a rearguard 77 in the second, promoting him to the leading run scorer of the series. Akmal finished the tour with 400 runs at an average of 57.14.
Umar Akmal’s early success was briefly tarnished by a controversy during Pakistan’s 2009–10 tour of Australia. It was widely reported that Umar had feigned an injury to protest the dropping of older brother Kamran for the final Test match against Australia. Umar denied such rumors and played in the final match without his brother. He was later fined 2-3 million rupees by the PCB for breaching his contract and speaking to the media without approval.[4]

ODI and Twenty20 career

In an interview, Umar said “My own dream is to one day play for Pakistan alongside Kamran Bhai (Brother) and I’m working hard to try and achieve that goal”.[5] Akmal was selected in Pakistan’s squad for the One Day International Series against Sri Lanka in July/August 2009. Having missed out on the first ODI Umar made his debut in the second match of the series replacing Mohammad Yousuf in the middle order. In only his second career ODI Umar scored his maiden ODI fifty. Umar followed up his maiden fifty by scoring a century in the very next match. For this match winning effort he was awarded his first career Man of the Match award.[6] His exploits in Sri Lanka earned him a place in Pakistan’s champions trophy squad. He played two good innings. His 41 not out against West Indies was a match winning knock and landed him his second career Man of the Match award.[7] 
His next big innings came in the semi final against New Zealand, where he scored a brisk 55 in a losing effort, before he was wrongly given out by umpire Simon Taufel, who later apologized.[8] Despite the fact that Umar Akmal is not a wicket-keeper he kept wicket for Pakistan temporarily in the third ODI against England in 2010 from the 27th over onwards because his elder brother Kamran was being diagnosed for an injury to his finger. Umar Akmal scored 71 runs from 52 balls in his debut World Cup match and was named Man of the Match.[9]In February 2012 Pakistan faced England in four ODIs. Pakistan’s brittle batting meant the team management chose to play Umar as a wicket-keeper based on his batting, though his brother Adnan was considered the better ‘keeper. The result of choosing the less accomplished glovesman was that in the first two matches Umar Akmal missed opportunities to dismiss Ravi Bopara and Alastair Cook early in their innings, and they respectively went on to score a half-century and a century.[10]

Health Issue

While he was playing for the Barbados Tridents, in the Caribbean Premier League, he had to spend a night in hospital after he suffered mild seizures. Following this, the PCB called him back for a complete medical checkup and also dropped him from the upcoming Zimbabwe tour. On 6 September 2013 he was cleared by a neurologist, saying that the seizure was possibly due to a lack of sleep.[11]
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