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Full name Usman Afzaal
Born June 9, 1977, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Current age 31 years 91 days
Major teams England,Northamptonshire,Nottinghamshire,Surrey
Nickname Trevor
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Height
6 ft 0 in
Education Manvers Pierrepoint School, South Notts College
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
3
6
1
83
54
16.60
137
60.58
0
1
12
0
0
0
First-class
204
352
38
11998
168*
38.21
28
63
96
0
List A
170
159
23
5012
132
36.85
6
32
44
0
Twenty20
40
38
6
677
64*
21.15
623
108.66
0
2
74
14
6
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
3
1
54
49
1
1/49
1/49
49.00
5.44
54.0
0
0
0
First-class
204
7977
4428
83
4/101
53.34
3.33
96.1
0
0
List A
170
1449
1429
53
4/49
4/49
26.96
5.91
27.3
1
0
0
Twenty20
40
10
135
166
5
2/15
2/15
33.20
7.37
27.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v Australia at Birmingham, Jul 5-8, 2001 scorecard
Last Test
England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 23-27, 2001 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class debut
1995
Last First-class
Kent v Surrey at Canterbury, Sep 4-7, 2008 scorecard
Durham v Nottinghamshire at Chester-le-Street, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Surrey v Middlesex at The Oval, Jun 27, 2008 scorecard
Profile
A cocky, bare-knuckle batsman, Usman Afzaal caught the eye in June 2000 with a vicious 151 against Worcestershire, specifically Glenn McGrath. A year later, in the middle of an England finger crisis, he found himself in the team for the first Ashes Test. He failed twice, but regained his place at Headingley, hit an emotional fifty at The Oval, and was chosen for England's tour to India, where he carried the drinks with pride and good humour. But he incurred the wrath of the coach, Duncan Fletcher, when he reported in New Zealand above what was considered to be his best fighting weight and has been out of favour since.
Well organised and at his best against pace, he straight-drives like an angel, even if the rest of his game wouldn't gain many points for artistic merit. He dreams of being an allrounder, but at the moment his left-arm spin acts mostly as a partnership-breaker. His talents don't extend to the field where he most resembles a bear at an aerobics class. A devout Muslim, he has a strong affinity with Pakistan, and in October 2000 led a group of Nottinghamshire teenagers on tour to Lahore.
In 2004 he opted for a change and moved down to Northants where he has continued to be a solid batsman in both Championship and one-day cricket. However, despite topping 1000 runs in 2005 and 2006 his international days are seemingly behind him.
Still, he's got a few more years in him as a domestic player: after leaving Northants at the end of 2007, he signed a three-year deal at Surrey, which will see him play Division One cricket in 2008.
