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Mohammad Hafeez

Pakistan

Full name Mohammad Hafeez

Born October 17, 1980, Sargodha, Punjab

Current age 29 years 39 days

Major teams Pakistan, Faisalabad, Faisalabad Wolves, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sargodha, Sui Gas Corporation of Pakistan

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	11	21	1	677	104	33.85	1490	45.43	2	3	89	3	4
ODIs	48	48	1	874	92	18.59	1503	58.15	0	4	101	8	20
T20Is	9	9	0	182	46	20.22	149	122.14	0	0	23	4	5
First-class	127	210	7	6814	180	33.56			15	33			106
List A	131	131	6	4200	137*	33.60			5	27			61
Twenty20	46	46	5	1141	79*	27.82	796	143.34	0	7	140	36	16

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	11	14	750	319	4	1/11	1/11	79.75	2.55	187.5	0	0	0
ODIs	48	45	1721	1278	38	3/17	3/17	33.63	4.45	45.2	0	0	0
T20Is	9	7	132	182	7	2/19	2/19	26.00	8.27	18.8	0	0	0
First-class	127		8807	4087	137	8/57		29.83	2.78	64.2		4	1
List A	131		5785	4058	123	4/23	4/23	32.99	4.20	47.0	2	0	0
Twenty20	46	40	774	855	37	3/5	3/5	23.10	6.62	20.9	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Pakistan v Bangladesh at Karachi, Aug 20-24, 2003 scorecard
Last Test	Pakistan v South Africa at Karachi, Oct 1-5, 2007 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Sharjah, Apr 3, 2003 scorecard
Last ODI	Pakistan v South Africa at Lahore, Oct 18, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	India v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Sep 24, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1998/99
Last First-class	Karachi Whites v Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited at Karachi, Nov 21-24, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1998/99
Last List A	Australia A v Pakistan A at Brisbane, Jul 16, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Australia A v Pakistanis at Adelaide, Jan 13, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Australia A v Pakistan A at Brisbane, Jul 18, 2009 scorecard

Profile

An opening batsman and a handy offspin bowler, Hafeez was one of the young players that the Pakistan selectors turned to after the team's abysmal display in the 2003 World Cup. His performances in Sharjah and in the NatWest Challenge in England indicated that Hafeez could well be a long-term prospect - he showed good technique and temperament at the top of the order and bowled his offspinners tidily, but most impressive was his performance in the field. Patrolling the point and covers region with feverish alertness, he saved plenty of runs and pulled off an amazing catch. His organised approach towards batting ensured that he got an opportunity in the Test team in the three-Test series against Bangladesh. He didn't do badly either, scoring a half-century on debut, and then stroking his first hundred in his second Test. However, his form then dipped alarmingly in the ODIs against South Africa, leading to his exclusion from the Test squad. Soon after he was dropped from the ODI squad as well. He has remained on the fringes of the national squad however with a string of impressive domestic performances, coupled with useful hands for the Pakistan A squad. He was called back to the ODI side in 2005 but failed to achieve any significant results. A spanking century for Pakistan A against Australia A in the Top End Series in Australia during the summer of 2006, allied with the exacerbtion of Pakistan's opening problems on the tour to England, meant that Hafeez returned for the Oval Test annd amidst all debris, his calm and signficant 95 was all but forgotten. He has been adequate rather than spectacular though given the problems Pakistan have with openers, Hafeez is likely to remain involved for some time even with an ordinary average.
Osman Samiuddin February 2007