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Full name Taufeeq Umar
Born June 20, 1981, Lahore, Punjab
Current age 27 years 78 days
Major teams Habib Bank Limited,ICL Pakistan XI,Lahore,Lahore Badshahs,Pakistan Reserves
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Relations Uncle - Pervez Akhtar
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
25
46
2
1729
135
39.29
3852
44.88
4
9
251
3
33
0
ODIs
19
19
1
447
81*
24.83
778
57.45
0
3
47
1
9
0
First-class
98
168
7
6189
176
38.44
11
37
106
0
List A
102
102
13
3568
151*
40.08
8
17
67
0
Twenty20
7
7
1
251
100*
41.83
172
145.93
1
1
30
4
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
25
7
78
44
0
-
-
-
3.38
-
0
0
0
ODIs
19
3
72
85
1
1/49
1/49
85.00
7.08
72.0
0
0
0
First-class
98
742
411
12
3/33
34.25
3.32
61.8
0
0
List A
102
1187
1083
30
5/39
5/39
36.10
5.47
39.5
0
1
0
Twenty20
7
4
72
73
7
4/11
4/11
10.42
6.08
10.2
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v Bangladesh at Multan, Aug 29-31, 2001 scorecard
Last Test
England v Pakistan at Leeds, Aug 4-8, 2006 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Oct 27, 2001 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v Pakistan at Sydney, Feb 6, 2005 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1998/99
Last First-class
Sialkot v Habib Bank Limited at Muridke, Nov 1-3, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
1997/98
Last List A
Pakistan Cricket Board XI v South Africans at Lahore, Oct 16, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Australia A v Pakistanis at Adelaide, Jan 13, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Faisalabad Wolves v Lahore Lions at Karachi, Mar 3, 2006 scorecard
Profile
A left-hand opener from Lahore, Taufeeq Umar first made his mark in the Lombard World Under-15 Challenge in England in 1996. He made 87 against England in the semi-final, and in the final, which Pakistan lost to India, he opened with Hasan Raza, who was to play Test cricket shortly afterwards. A front-foot player who drives well, Taufeeq is nonetheless a good cutter. He can also bowl some handy offspin. Taufeeq could not have asked for an easier initiation into international cricket - he played his first Test against Bangladesh, and duly notched up a hundred to become the eighth player to score a century on Test debut for Pakistan. But far more impressive were his subsequent performances - an 88 against a top-class Australian attack was followed by a flawless 135 against South Africa at Cape Town. On those bouncy pitches, Taufeeq had ample time to play the seamers. He did not get much opportunity in the World Cup, but showed himself to be an absolute asset in Pakistan's home series against South Africa, scoring a hundred and three fifties in four innings.
Yet, as a result of Pakistan's lack of patience with their openers, he was axed a few Tests later after a string of moderate performances. Since then he has been in and out - more out - of the team. When he has been given a chance since, he has looked understandably nervous but given that no opener in Pakistan has been allowed to settle into the side, the door remains ajar.
