Umar Akmal

Umar Akmal Biography

Full Name : Umar Akmal 

Date of Birth : 26th May 1990

Place of Birth : Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan 

Batting Style : Right Hand Bat 

Role : Batsman
ODI Shirt No. : 96

Umar Akmal is a Pakistani cricketer.  Umar Akmal  made his ODI debut on 1 August 2009 against Sri Lanka and made his Test debut against New Zealand on 23 November 2009.

Personal Life

Umar is the youngest brother of Adnan Akmal and Kamran Akmal who are also cricketers. While his brothers are specialistwicket keepers, he is a right-handed batsman and a part time spinner.  Umar Akmal  can also keep wicket - in recent times he has kept wicket for Pakistan in the shorter forms of the game.

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.  Umar Akmal  is considered a future asset for Pakistan cricket.  Umar Akmal  is an aggressive style cricketer. In only his sixth first class match he smashed 248 off just 225 deliveries, including four sixes.  Umar Akmal  followed that up with an unbeaten 186 in his 8th first class match, off just 170 balls.  Umar Akmal  fared less well in his second season of first class cricket, with a string of low scores batting at number 3.  Umar Akmal  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.

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Fight Between Umar Akmal & Brad Haddin

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