adnan akmal Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
adnan akmal is a cricketer(sportsman) from Pakistan. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Adnan Akmal
Born
March 13, 1985, Lahore, Punjab
Age
38 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
Playing Role
Wicketkeeper Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 21 | 5 | - | - |
Inn | 29 | 4 | - | - |
Runs | 591 | 62 | - | - |
Avg | 24.62 | 20.67 | - | - |
SR | 44.07 | 69.66 | - | - |
HS | 64 | 27 | - | - |
NO | 5 | 1 | - | - |
100s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 3 | 0 | - | - |
4s | 73 | 3 | - | - |
6s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 21 | 5 | - | - |
Inn | - | - | - | - |
Balls | - | - | - | - |
Runs | - | - | - | - |
Wkt | - | - | - | - |
BBI | - | - | - | - |
BBM | - | - | - | - |
Eco | - | - | - | - |
Avg | - | - | - | - |
5W | - | - | - | - |
10W | - | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Kamran Akmal
- Umar Akmal
- Babar Azam
- Pakistan
- Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan
- Lahore Lions
- Multan
- North of Pakistan
- Pakistan Cricket Board Blues
- Pakistan Under-17s
- Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
He made his first-class debut in 2003 and has played over a 100 games. He was part of the Pakistan Under-17 side as well. With a lot of experience in the domestic circuit, the selectors trusted him ahead of his brother Kamran who was not doing well, and he replaced Zulqarnain Haider during South Africa’s visit to the UAE in 2010.
He debuted in the longest format first, on November 12 in Dubai. His highest score came against England when he batted really well with the lower-order to add 61 runs in Dubai which gave his bowlers the extra cushion to go for the kill against the Englishmen.
The knock gave him a lot of credit and he was rated very high by former Pakistani cricketers. He has two fifties so far in his career and a decent average of over 27. But as time went by, he lost his place to Kamran Akmal and then to Sarfraz Ahmed.
In and out of the side, Adnan featured in the home Test series against South Africa in 2013 but lost his place after the first Test against Sr Lanka in Dubai due to lack of form.
His ODI debut was against Zimbabwe when Pakistan toured the African nation in 2011. He has featured in four other games since then and has done fairly well in the limited opportunities that he has got. However, the selectors don't look up to him as a limited-overs material and has found it tough to get a breakthrough into the national side. He has played for a number of teams in the domestic circuit and is now representing Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited.
A strange quirk of fate prevented him from playing for Pakistan much earlier. In 2004, he and Kamran were both called up for a camp before a tri-nation series event. There confusion and chaos reigned and after much deliberation, Kamran was choosen over Adnan.
Adnan is considered to be the most accomplished wicket-keeper in the country and when the Late Bob Woolmer was in charge of Pakistan, he had reckoned that Adnan was the best pure keeper in the country.
By Ramakrishnan - March 2013
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
One of three brothers to play - and keep wickets - for Pakistan, Adnan is the best pure wicketkeeper of the trio; he replaced elder brother Kamran in the Test side when making his debut in October 2010 and he did nothing thereafter to dispel that assessment.
Had it not been for a selection miscommunication back in 2004, Adnan may have played for Pakistan much earlier and longer. Both Kamran and Adnan were called up by accident for a national camp before a tri-series tournament and after much confusion over who was wanted, Kamran was kept. The late Bob Woolmer, Pakistan's coach at the time, felt Adnan to be the best wicketkeeper in the country.
Consistent domestic success, however, and the continuing errors of Kamran kept him in the frame. Ultimately it took the flight of Zulqarnain Haider for him to earn a Test debut, but polished performances over four Tests justified the pick. In his fourth Test, against New Zealand in Wellington in January 2011, he took eight catches, but was then surprisingly dropped from the Test side, without explanation. He returned to the Test side later that year, hoping to get a longer run as specialist wicketkeeper.
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