Fawad Alam Biography
Fawad Alam (born 8 October 1985 in Karachi) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer.He is primarily a left handed batsman but bowls handy slow left-arm orthodox.His father Tariq had a long first class career in Pakistan. Making his first classdebut at the age of 17, Fawad played with Pakistan Customs and Karachi. Heimpressed enough to be selected to play in the U-19 World Cup, which Pakistanwon. Fawad starred in the 2006-07 domestic season, finishing as the fifthhighest run scorer in the Quaid-e-Azam trophy. He took a 5 wicket haul in theTwenty20 Cup final which earned him Man of the Match and was also named Man ofthe Series, Best Batsman and Best Bowler. After Pakistan's disappointing WorldCup campaign, Alam was drafted into a 16 man squad for a One Day Internationalseries against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi. His debut in the 3rd ODI was one toforget, he was caught and bowled by Dilhara Fernando for a first ball duck.Hissecond One-day International was a better experience, as he contributed 32unbeaten runs down the order as Pakistan beat India by 31 runs in Jaipur. Inbetween those two matches, he travelled to South Africa as part of Pakistan'ssquad for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 tournament. He played in the semi-final,taking two wickets against New Zealand, one a superb caught and bowled effortto dismiss Lou Vincent, as Pakistan progressed to the final, for which he wasnot selected. In Asia Cricket Cup in June 2008, he scored his maiden halfcentury against Hong Kong. In that match, Pakistan's top oder was ripped byHong Kong bowlers before Fawad and another team mate Sohail Tanvir set up a 100runs partnership for the 8th wicket. Sohail ended at 59 while Fawad Alam remained unbeaten at 63. However, hewas unexpectedly dropped for the Sri Lanka series in Januray 2009.
Fawad Alam (born 8 October 1985 in Karachi) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer.He is primarily a left handed batsman but bowls handy slow left-arm orthodox.His father Tariq had a long first class career in Pakistan. Making his first classdebut at the age of 17, Fawad played with Pakistan Customs and Karachi. Heimpressed enough to be selected to play in the U-19 World Cup, which Pakistanwon. Fawad starred in the 2006-07 domestic season, finishing as the fifthhighest run scorer in the Quaid-e-Azam trophy. He took a 5 wicket haul in theTwenty20 Cup final which earned him Man of the Match and was also named Man ofthe Series, Best Batsman and Best Bowler. After Pakistan's disappointing WorldCup campaign, Alam was drafted into a 16 man squad for a One Day Internationalseries against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi. His debut in the 3rd ODI was one toforget, he was caught and bowled by Dilhara Fernando for a first ball duck.Hissecond One-day International was a better experience, as he contributed 32unbeaten runs down the order as Pakistan beat India by 31 runs in Jaipur. Inbetween those two matches, he travelled to South Africa as part of Pakistan'ssquad for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 tournament. He played in the semi-final,taking two wickets against New Zealand, one a superb caught and bowled effortto dismiss Lou Vincent, as Pakistan progressed to the final, for which he wasnot selected. In Asia Cricket Cup in June 2008, he scored his maiden halfcentury against Hong Kong. In that match, Pakistan's top oder was ripped byHong Kong bowlers before Fawad and another team mate Sohail Tanvir set up a 100runs partnership for the 8th wicket. Sohail ended at 59 while Fawad Alam remained unbeaten at 63. However, hewas unexpectedly dropped for the Sri Lanka series in Januray 2009.
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