Naeem Akhtar
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Naeem Akhtar is a former Pakistani cricket
er. Akhtar was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium
. He was born at Lyallpur
, Punjab
.
Akhtar made his first-class
debut for Rawalpindi
against Peshawar
in the 1990/91 season. Akhtar represented the main Rawalpindi team in first-class cricket from 1990/91 to 2003/04 in 57 first-class matches, as well as Rawalpindi A
and Rawalpindi A
. He also represented Khan Research Laboratories in 32 first-class matches. His final first-class match came in the 2003/04 season for Rawalpindi against Quetta
. Throughout his first-class career, Akhtar was noted as a consistent all-rounder
. With the bat he scored 3,013 runs at a batting average
of 21.99, with 10 half centuries and 2 centuries
, one of which included his career first-class high score of 157*
against Allied Bank Limited
in the 1998/99 season. With the ball, he took 322 wickets at an impressive bowling average
of 21.46, with 17 five wicket hauls and 2 ten wicket hauls in a match, one of which came when he took 10 wickets in a single innings against Peshawar
in 1995/96.
Akhtar also mde his debut in List A cricket for Rawalpindi in the 1990/91 season against Peshawar. Akhtar represented the main Rawalpindi team in List A cricket 50 times from the 1990/91 to 2000/01 season. In addition, he also represented Rawalpindi A
in 11 matches and Khan Research Laboratories in 35 matches from the 1997/98 to 2001/02 season. During the 1999 English cricket season
, Akhtar played a single List A match for Cornwall
against Cumberland
in the 1999 NatWest Trophy
. He also played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy
match against the Somerset Cricket Board
. In 2002, he played a single List A match for the Derbyshire Cricket Board
against the Middlesex Cricket Board
in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
, which was held in 2002; This was his final List A match. In his total of 99 List A matches, he scored 1,430 runs at an average of 21.34, with a 6 half centuries and a high score of 81. With the ball he took 123 wickets at an average of 23.83, with a single five wicket haul which gave him best figures of 5/20.
Despite a notable career in domestic cricket, Akhtar never represented the Pakistan national cricket team, although he did make a single List A appearance for Pakistan A
in December 1995 against England A
.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. Akhtar was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
. He was born at Lyallpur
Faisalabad
Faisalabad , formerly known as Lyallpur, is the third largest metropolis in Pakistan, the second largest in the province of Punjab after Lahore, and a major industrial center in the heart of Pakistan. Before the foundation of the city in 1880, the area was very thinly populated. The population has...
, Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)
Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...
.
Akhtar made his first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
debut for Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi cricket team
Rawalpindi cricket team are a first-class cricket side which compete in Pakistani domestic cricket.- Players :* It has following notable players*Shoaib Akhtar*Sohail Tanvir*Yasir Arafat*Kamran Sheeraz-External links:*...
against Peshawar
Peshawar cricket team
The Peshawar cricket team is a Pakistani first-class cricket team from Peshawar, also known as the Panthers.It plays in first-class domestic competitions...
in the 1990/91 season. Akhtar represented the main Rawalpindi team in first-class cricket from 1990/91 to 2003/04 in 57 first-class matches, as well as Rawalpindi A
Rawalpindi cricket team
Rawalpindi cricket team are a first-class cricket side which compete in Pakistani domestic cricket.- Players :* It has following notable players*Shoaib Akhtar*Sohail Tanvir*Yasir Arafat*Kamran Sheeraz-External links:*...
and Rawalpindi A
Rawalpindi cricket team
Rawalpindi cricket team are a first-class cricket side which compete in Pakistani domestic cricket.- Players :* It has following notable players*Shoaib Akhtar*Sohail Tanvir*Yasir Arafat*Kamran Sheeraz-External links:*...
. He also represented Khan Research Laboratories in 32 first-class matches. His final first-class match came in the 2003/04 season for Rawalpindi against Quetta
Quetta Bears
The Quetta Bears are a Pakistan Super League team, based in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. The team was established in 2006 and its home ground is Ayub National Stadium. The team is one of several proposed franchises for the Pakistan Super League...
. Throughout his first-class career, Akhtar was noted as a consistent all-rounder
All-rounder
An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a few batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are considered specialists...
. With the bat he scored 3,013 runs at a batting average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
of 21.99, with 10 half centuries and 2 centuries
Century (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, a batsman reaches his century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. The term is also included in "century partnership" which occurs when two batsmen add 100 runs to the team total when they are batting together. A century is regarded as a landmark score for...
, one of which included his career first-class high score of 157*
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
against Allied Bank Limited
Allied Bank Limited cricket team
Allied Bank Limited cricket team are a first-class cricket side which compete in Pakistani domestic cricket.-External links:*...
in the 1998/99 season. With the ball, he took 322 wickets at an impressive bowling average
Bowling average
Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...
of 21.46, with 17 five wicket hauls and 2 ten wicket hauls in a match, one of which came when he took 10 wickets in a single innings against Peshawar
Peshawar cricket team
The Peshawar cricket team is a Pakistani first-class cricket team from Peshawar, also known as the Panthers.It plays in first-class domestic competitions...
in 1995/96.
Akhtar also mde his debut in List A cricket for Rawalpindi in the 1990/91 season against Peshawar. Akhtar represented the main Rawalpindi team in List A cricket 50 times from the 1990/91 to 2000/01 season. In addition, he also represented Rawalpindi A
Rawalpindi cricket team
Rawalpindi cricket team are a first-class cricket side which compete in Pakistani domestic cricket.- Players :* It has following notable players*Shoaib Akhtar*Sohail Tanvir*Yasir Arafat*Kamran Sheeraz-External links:*...
in 11 matches and Khan Research Laboratories in 35 matches from the 1997/98 to 2001/02 season. During the 1999 English cricket season
1999 English cricket season
The 1999 English cricket season saw the Sunday League changed to a new format National League with games played midweek under floodlight.-Honours:*County Championship - Surrey*NatWest Trophy - Gloucestershire*National League - Lancashire...
, Akhtar played a single List A match for Cornwall
Cornwall County Cricket Club
Cornwall County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Cornwall and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
against Cumberland
Cumberland County Cricket Club
Cumberland County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Cumberland and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
in the 1999 NatWest Trophy
1999 NatWest Trophy
The 1999 NatWest Trophy was the 19th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 4 May and 29 August 1999...
. He also played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy
MCCA Knockout Trophy
The Minor Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the Minor Counties in English cricket...
match against the Somerset Cricket Board
Somerset Cricket Board
The Somerset Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Somerset.From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List-A status.-External links:*...
. In 2002, he played a single List A match for the Derbyshire Cricket Board
Derbyshire Cricket Board
The Derbyshire Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Derbyshire.From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List-A status.-External links:*...
against the Middlesex Cricket Board
Middlesex Cricket Board
The Middlesex Cricket Board was formed in 1996. It is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Middlesex.The Board of the MCB consists of four representatives nominated by the Middlesex County Cricket Club, three nominated by other specific affiliated associations,...
in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
The 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy was an English county cricket tournament, held between 29 August 2002 and 30 August 2003. The competition was won by Gloucestershire who beat the Worcestershire by 7 wickets at Lord's.-Format:...
, which was held in 2002; This was his final List A match. In his total of 99 List A matches, he scored 1,430 runs at an average of 21.34, with a 6 half centuries and a high score of 81. With the ball he took 123 wickets at an average of 23.83, with a single five wicket haul which gave him best figures of 5/20.
Despite a notable career in domestic cricket, Akhtar never represented the Pakistan national cricket team, although he did make a single List A appearance for Pakistan A
Pakistan A cricket team
The Pakistan A cricket team is a national cricket team representing Pakistan. It is the 'second-tier' of international Pakistan cricket, below the full Pakistan national cricket team. Matches played by Pakistan A are not considered to be Test matches or One Day Internationals, instead receiving...
in December 1995 against England A
England A cricket team
The England Lions cricket team is a cricket team representing England and Wales. It is the "second-tier" of international English cricket below the full England cricket team, and is largely intended as a way for promising young cricketers to gain experience of playing international cricket...
.
External links
- Naeem Akhtar at CricinfoCricinfoESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...
- Naeem Akhtar at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...