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Full name Imran Nazir
Born December 16, 1981, Gujranwala, Punjab
Current age 26 years 300 days
Major teams Pakistan,Asia XI,ICL Pakistan XI,Lahore Badshahs,National Bank of Pakistan,Pakistan Reserves,Sheikhupura Cricket Association,Sialkot Cricket Association,Water and Power Development Authority
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
8
13
0
427
131
32.84
730
58.49
2
1
63
4
4
0
ODIs
74
74
2
1784
160
24.77
2224
80.21
2
9
214
32
24
0
T20Is
10
9
1
201
59
25.12
134
150.00
0
1
18
13
3
0
First-class
98
160
9
4897
164
32.43
7
25
73
0
List A
137
137
3
3625
160
27.05
7
15
59
0
Twenty20
25
23
4
604
76*
31.78
379
159.36
0
3
71
31
6
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
74
4
49
48
1
1/3
1/3
48.00
5.87
49.0
0
0
0
T20Is
10
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
98
311
269
5
3/61
53.80
5.18
62.2
0
0
List A
137
331
306
11
3/34
3/34
27.81
5.54
30.0
0
0
0
Twenty20
25
1
1
0
1
1/0
1/0
0.00
0.00
1.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Lahore, Mar 4-8, 1999 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v Pakistan at Sharjah, Oct 11-12, 2002 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Visakhapatnam, Mar 27, 1999 scorecard
Last ODI
India v Pakistan at Jaipur, Nov 18, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
South Africa v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Feb 2, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I
India v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Sep 24, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1998/99
Last First-class
National Bank of Pakistan v Habib Bank Limited at Karachi, Dec 13-16, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
1998/99
Last List A
India v Pakistan at Jaipur, Nov 18, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Lahore Eagles v Sialkot Stallions at Lahore, Apr 26, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20
India v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Sep 24, 2007 scorecard
Profile
Another of Pakistan's prodigiously gifted players, but the suspicion was that Imran Nazir offers more genuine promise than most. An opener who is particularly strong off the back foot, he loves forcing through the covers. An aggressive approach has had him labelled as a one-day player, but Imran didn't fare badly in his first few Tests. Eventually, however, his technique and lack of footwork was found out rather cruelly by Glenn McGrath and Co in two Tests against Australia. Imran was then upstaged by the likes of Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Hameed, Imran Farhat and Taufeeq Umar, but a series of consistent domestic performances saw him recalled to the national squad against South Africa in 2006-07. A typically explosive 39-ball 57 saw him get selected for the 2007 World Cup squad though three failures in that series took the gloss off a touch. He is one of the best fielders in Pakistan, though, and is supposed to be the first Pakistani to cartwheel (while intercepting a square cut).
A career-best 160 against Zimbabwe in the World Cup saw Nazir being retained for the following tours to Abu Dhabi and Scotland while also being selected for training camps held in Pakistan. Nazir was also named in the squad for the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship and was awarded a central contract in July 2007 before representing Pakistan in the home ODI series against South Africa. He later joined the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League.
Kamran Abbasi February 2008
