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Imran Nazir (Punjabi: عمران نذیر) (born 16 December 1981) is a Pakistani batsman in cricket who represented the Pakistan national cricket team in Test cricket, One Day International and Twenty20 cricket matches.

Career[link]

Nazir made his debut in Test cricket on March 1999, against Sri Lanka at Lahore in Pakistan and a few days later, he made his One Day International debut against the same opposition at Visakhapatnam in India. He played in 8 Test matches between 1999–2002 and secured a spot in the Pakistan squad since 2002. He also played in One Day International arena, but he could never cement his place in the squad. The emergence of several Pakistan opening batsmen such as Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Hameed, Taufeeq Umar and Salman Butt kept him out of the national side. However he displayed excellent cricketing performances in First class cricket.

Nazir made his return to the national team in the second One Day International against South Africa in February 2007 during Pakistan's tour of South Africa. He impressed the Pakistan national selectors with his innings of 57 runs from just 39 deliveries, though he struggled to score runs during the rest of the tournament.

Nazir was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2007 World Cup. He scored 160 runs against Zimbabwe in Pakistan's last match during the 2007 Cricket World Cup, after being knocked out by Ireland.

It was the second highest score by a Pakistani batsman and the eighth highest score by any batsman in World Cup history and his 8 sixes equaled the World Cup record of Australian batsman, Ricky Ponting.^[1] It was also the highest runs he scored in List A cricket.^[2] He now remains a regular member of Pakistan's Twenty20 squads.

In 2008, Nazir signed for the Indian Cricket League and played for the Lahore Badshahs. He scored 111 runs not out, off just 44 deliveries, against the Hyderabad Heroes in the third of the best of three finals of the tournament and helped his team to victory. After signing up for the Indian Cricket League, his chances of ever playing again for Pakistan looked slim. However, on 2 February 2009, a Pakistani court suspended the ban on Indian Cricket League players,^[3] which paved the way for Nazir to make a return to the One Day International and Twenty20 squad during their tour of Sri Lanka in August 2009. He was given another chance against New Zealand int two T20I's held in Dubai which Pakistan won 2-0. Next time, he was given a chance against Australia in only T20I in Australia but could not bat much. He showed the same form against England in February 2010 in two T2OI's and was consequently dropped from the Pakistani side.^{[citation needed]} Since then, he has played two National T20 cups. He was selected for the Hong Kong Sixes tournament 2010 in Hong Kong as a member of Pakistani squad. There again, he showed very bad form but worst of all, in the final which was inevitably in Pakistan's favor was lost due Imran Nazir's bowling. 46 was required from the last 8-ball over but Imran Nazir gave away 48 runs in 7 balls.^{[citation needed]}

In Twenty20 games he has a bowling average of 1.00 and in his 8 deliveries he has 3 wickets a strike rate of less than 3. He has also played for Dhaka Dynamites in Bangladesh's NCL T20 Bangladesh. He is currently playing for Dhaka Gladiators in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). He has played 7 matches in BPL and has scored 207 runs with an average of 41.4 runs per game. He has a Strike Rate of 150. His highest score is 58 and he has scored 2 Half Centuries in this tournament and has hit 21 4s and 9 6s.^{[citation needed]}

Charity Work[link]

In May 2011 Nazir made a surprise guest appearance at a charity cricket match at Luton Town Football Club between a football legends team and Luton Pakistanis CC. The event was staged to promote community cohesion in the town, as well as raise money for a cancer charity.^[4]

Achievement[link]

Test cricket centuries[link]

#	Runs	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
[1]	131	West Indies	Bridgetown, West Indies	Kensington Oval	1 May 2000[5]
[2]	127	New Zealand	Lahore, Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	18 May 2002[6]

One Day International centuries[link]

#	Runs	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
[1]	105*	Zimbabwe	Grenada, West Indies	Queen's Park	15 April 2000[7]
[2]	160	Zimbabwe	Kingston, West Indies	Sabina Park	21 March 2007[8]

References[link]

1. ^ Cricinfo - A new high for Nazir
2. ^ Cricket Archive
3. ^ Ban Suspended, Zee News retrieved on 2 February 2009
4. ^ http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/sport/football/luton-town-hatters/kenilworth_road_bowled_over_by_twenty20_extravaganza_1_2738733
5. ^ Imran Nazir 1st Test century. ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved on 15-01-2012
6. ^ Imran Nazir 2nd Test century. ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved on 15-01-2012
7. ^ Cricinfo - Records - One-Day Internationals - Youngest player to score a hundred. ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved on 15-01-2012
8. ^ Imran Nazir 1st ODI century. ESPNCricinfo.com. Retrieved on 15-01-2012

External links[link]

• Player profile: Imran Nazir from ESPNcricinfo

v t e Pakistan squad – 2007 Cricket World Cup 1 Inzamam-ul-Haq (c) 2 Younis Khan 3 Azhar Mahmood 4 Danish Kaneria 5 Iftikhar Anjum 6 Imran Nazir 7 Kamran Akmal (wk) 8 Mohammad Hafeez 9 Mohammad Sami 10 Mohammad Yousuf 11 Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 12 Shahid Afridi 13 Shoaib Malik 14 Umar Gul 15 Yasir Arafat Coach: Woolmer Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Asif and Abdul Razzaq were named in the original squad but injuries led to them being withdrawn. Mushtaq Ahmed acted as temporary coach for Pakistan's final group game following the death of Bob Woolmer.

v t e Pakistan squad – 2007 ICC World Twenty20 Runners-Up 1 Salman Butt 2 Shahid Afridi 3 Imran Nazir 4 Shoaib Malik 5 Iftikhar Anjum 6 Misbah-ul-Haq 7 Kamran Akmal 8 Fawad Alam 9 Mohammad Asif 10 Yasir Arafat 11 Sohail Tanvir 12 Abdur Rehman 13 Umar Gul 14 Younis Khan 15 Mohammad Hafeez Coach: Geoff Lawson Shoaib Akhtar was replaced by Sohail Tanvir due to a dressing room incident before the tournament.

Fawad Alam
فواد عالم

Personal information
Full name	Fawad Alam
Born	(1985-10-08) 8 October 1985 (age 26) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	All rounder
International information
National side	Pakistan
Test debut (cap 196)	12 July 2009 v Sri Lanka
Last Test	24 November 2009 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 156)	22 May 2007 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	8 November 2010 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2003-2006	Pakistan Customs
2003-Present	Karachi Dolphins
2006-2007	Karachi Harbour
2006-Present	National Bank of Pakistan
2008-2009	Sind Dolphins
2012-present	Duronto Rajshahi
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	3	20	80	84
Runs scored	250	450	6375	2619
Batting average	41.66	45.00	57.43	44.38
100s/50s	1/0	0/3	15/34	3/15
Top score	168	64	296*	127
Balls bowled	0	362	1994	2235
Wickets	–	4	27	44
Bowling average	–	83.00	35.59	42.70
5 wickets in innings	–	0	0	1
10 wickets in match	–	n/a	0	-
Best bowling	–	1/8	4/27	5/53
Catches/stumpings	3/–	6/–	38/–	37/–
Source: Cricinfo, 12 February 2012

Fawad Alam (Urdu: فواد عالم, born 8 October 1985) 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.

Career[link]

Making his first class debut at the age of 17, Fawad played with Pakistan Customs and Karachi. He impressed enough to be selected to play in the U-19 World Cup, which Pakistan won.

Fawad starred in the 2006–07 domestic season, finishing as the fifth highest run scorer in the Quaid-e-Azam trophy. He took a 5 wicket haul in the Twenty20 Cup final which earned him Man of the Match and was also named Man of the Series, Best Batsman and Best Bowler.

After Pakistan's disappointing World Cup campaign, Alam was drafted into a 16 man squad for a One Day International series against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi. His debut in the 3rd ODI was one to forget, he was caught and bowled by Dilhara Fernando for a first ball duck.

Fawad Alam batting against Somerset during the 2010 tour of England.

His second One-day International was a better experience, as he contributed 32 unbeaten runs down the order as Pakistan beat India by 31 runs in Jaipur.

In between those two matches, he traveled to South Africa as part of Pakistan's squad 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 effort to dismiss Lou Vincent, as Pakistan progressed to the final, for which he was not selected. In Asia Cricket Cup in June 2008, he scored his maiden half century against Hong Kong. In that match, Pakistan's top order was ripped by Hong Kong bowlers before Fawad and another team mate Sohail Tanvir set up a 100 runs partnership for the 8th wicket. Sohail ended at 59 while Fawad Alam remained unbeaten at 63*. However he was unexpectedly dropped for the Sri Lanka series in January 2009.

In July 2009, Fawad became the first Pakistani cricketer to score a Test century on debut away from home, and the tenth to score a century on debut. In the second innings of the Second test against Sri Lanka, Fawad scored 168 this is the second highest score on debut for Pakistan, before this Yasir Hameed scored 170 in 2003 in Karachi. He along with Captain Younis Khan scored 200 runs for the second wickets partnership, breaking the previous record of 151 runs between Mohsin Khan and Majid Khan at Lahore in 1981-82. It was also highest partnership for Pakistan against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.^[1] This is also 15 highest score on Test debut.^[2] This is also the highest score by a Pakistani on debut on losing side. Previously it was by Younis Khan.^[3] He currently plays his cricket for Lincolnshire ECB Premier league side Woodhall Spa Fawad Alam got married on 22 November 2011 in Karachi.

T20 Quadrangular, Canada[link]

In October 2008, he was selected for the quadrangular Twenty20 International tournament to be played in Canada between Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Zimbabwe and hosts Canada In the 4th match of the tournament, he hit 23* from just 8 balls with 3 huge sixes and supported the captain Shoaib Malik and guided the team to an exclusive victory by the margin of 3 wickets. In that match, he also got the wicket of SHT Kandamby.

In the very next match against Zimbabwe, he got 3/7 from 3 overs. In that tournament he got 5 wickets and has proved to be a handy all-rounder. In the Final against Sri Lanka, he was dismissed on just 2 runs but he also got 1 wicket in that match.

Plans for the world cup and beyond[link]

Alam was picked to play against England in 2010 and wanted to make the most of his opportunity to get picked for the two upcoming tours and then be selected for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. He also stated that he had played a little bit of club cricket in England to help him get used to the english conditions and to train for the tour.^[4] Alam scored well in the first two matches but his major break came in the third One-Day International when he increased his top score to 64.

Test centuries[link]

Test Centuries of Fawad Alam
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
[1]	168	1	Sri Lanka	Colombo, Sri Lanka	PSS	2009

Career Best Performances[link]

as of 7 September 2010

	Batting				Bowling
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season
Tests	168	Pakistan v  Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	2009	n/a
ODI	64	Pakistan v  England	The Oval, London	2008	1-8	Pakistan v  Hong Kong	Karachi	2008
T20I	28	Pakistan v  England	Dubai	2009	3-7	Pakistan v  Zimbabwe	Ontario	2008
FC	296*	National Bank of Pakistan v Pakistan Customs	Karachi (National Bank)	2009	4-27	Karachi Harbour v Hyderabad	Hyderabad	2005
LA	127	Karachi Dolphins v Rawalpindi Rams	Karachi	2007	5-53	Karachi Dolphins v Rawalpindi Rams	Karachi	2007
T20	70	Karachi Dolphins v Abbottabad Rhinos	Lahore	2009	5-27	Karachi Dolphins v Sialkot Stallions	Karachi	2006

References[link]

1. ^ "Fawad Alam's Eighth [sic] Highest on test debut". 2009-04-14. http://www.mynews.in/fullstory.aspx?storyid=21461. Retrieved 2009-04-15. 
2. ^ "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Most runs in debut match". http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284185.html. Retrieved 2009-04-15. 
3. ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records". Cricinfo. http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;debut_or_last=1;filter=advanced;orderby=runs;result=2;team=7;template=results;type=batting. Retrieved 2009-04-15. 
4. ^ "Fawad Alam announced his world cup plans". Cricinfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2010/content/current/story/473988.html. Retrieved 2010-08-25. 

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Fawad Alam

• Player profile: Fawad Alam from ESPNcricinfo

v t e Pakistan squad – 2007 ICC World Twenty20 Runners-Up 1 Salman Butt 2 Shahid Afridi 3 Imran Nazir 4 Shoaib Malik 5 Iftikhar Anjum 6 Misbah-ul-Haq 7 Kamran Akmal 8 Fawad Alam 9 Mohammad Asif 10 Yasir Arafat 11 Sohail Tanvir 12 Abdur Rehman 13 Umar Gul 14 Younis Khan 15 Mohammad Hafeez Coach: Geoff Lawson Shoaib Akhtar was replaced by Sohail Tanvir due to a dressing room incident before the tournament.

v t e Pakistan squad – 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Winners (1st Title) 1 Younis Khan 2 Abdul Razzaq 3 Ahmed Shehzad 4 Fawad Alam 5 Iftikhar Anjum 6 Misbah-ul-Haq 7 Kamran Akmal (wk) 8 Mohammad Amir 9 Saeed Ajmal 10 Salman Butt 11 Shahid Afridi 12 Shahzaib Hasan 13 Shoaib Malik 14 Umar Gul 15 Yasir Arafat 16 Sohail Tanvir Coach: Intikhab Alam Shoaib Akhtar and Yasir Arafat were named in the original squad but injuries led to them being withdrawn. Abdul Razzaq was sent as a replacement for Yasir Arafat.

v t e Pakistan squad – 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Semi-Finalists 1 Shahid Afridi (c) 2 Abdul Razzaq 3 Abdur Rehman 4 Fawad Alam 5 Hammad Azam 6 Kamran Akmal (wk) 7 Khalid Latif 8 Misbah-ul-Haq 9 Mohammad Amir 10 Mohammad Asif 11 Mohammad Hafeez 12 Mohammad Sami 13 Saeed Ajmal 14 Salman Butt 15 Umar Akmal Coach: Waqar Younis Umar Gul and Yasir Arafat were named in the original squad but injuries led to them being withdrawn. Abdur Rehman and Mohammad Sami were sent as their replacements.