Umar Akmal
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| Full name | Umar Akmal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 3 August 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Umar Akmal (born 26 May 1990 in Lahore) is a Pakistani cricketer. He made his ODI debut on August 1, 2009 against Sri Lanka.
Personal life
Umar is the youngest brother of Adnan Akmal and Kamran Akmal who are also cricketers. While his brothers are wicket keepers, he is a right-hand bat and a slow bowler.
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.
International career
Speaking exclusively to Pakpassion, Umar said "My own dream is to one day play for Pakistan alongside Kamran Bhai and I'm working hard to try and achieve that goal". [1] This dream came true for Umar when he was selected in Pakistan's squad for the One Day International Series against Sri Lanka in 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. He had an average debut but showed signs of brilliance. In only his second career ODI Umar scored his maiden ODI fifty. Umar followed up his maiden fifty by scoring a brilliant century in the very next match. For this match winning effort he was awareded his first career Man of the Match award. [2]On his way to the landmark he displayed great shot selection and temperament. All signs point to a brilliant cricketer in the making.
External links
References
- ^ Pakpasion.net Exclusive Interview Pakpassion.net
- ^ Umar and Iftikhar script crushing win Cricinfo