Umer Akmal

Umer Akmal Biography

As explosive starts toone’s International careers go, few can rival Umar Akmal. He announced hisentry with scores of 66 and 102* within his first 3 ODI innings (at Sri Lanka,2009) in addition to a 129 and 75 on Test debut (at New Zealand, 2009). Thoseperformances weren’t a surprise. At first class level, Akmal was renowned forhis big scores amassed in quick time. 7 years prior to his debut, Umar’s elderbrother Kamran had already gotten his taste of international cricket. By 2010,the siblings featured regularly, in tandem for Pakistan.

As a fearless,middle-order batsman, throughout Pakistan’s disappointing spree of serieslosses against Sri Lanka in 2009 and later at Australia in early 2010, UmarAkmal’s ascendance was one of their few positives. But as the series inAustralia progressed, complacency began to creep into Akmal’s Test form, whichstarted to dip. In ODIs though, a hundred and five fifties by his 18th outingmaintained a steady average. It was enough to justify an inclusion inPakistan’s 2010 T20 World Cup squad. He finished the tournament as Pakistan’s3rd highest-run getter towards their semi-final run.

While still protectedas a batsman, featuring at 3-down, in a Pakistan side that lacks specialistbatsmen with the temperament for all forms of the game, Umar Akmal is theirmost proven rookie to fill the void for the years to come.

Umer Akmal

Umer Akmal

Umer Akmal

Umer Akmal

Umer Akmal

Umer Akmal

Umer Akmal

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Umer Akmal

Umer Akmal