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Taufeeq Umar

Pakistan

Full name Taufeeq Umar

Born June 20, 1981, Lahore, Punjab

Current age 28 years 155 days

Major teams Habib Bank Limited, ICL Pakistan XI, Lahore, Lahore Badshahs, Mumbai Champs, Pakistan Reserves

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Relation Uncle - Pervez Akhtar

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	25	46	2	1729	135	39.29	3852	44.88	4	9	251	3	33
ODIs	19	19	1	447	81*	24.83	778	57.45	0	3	47	1	9
First-class	105	180	8	6660	176	38.72			13	37			109
List A	102	102	13	3568	151*	40.08			8	17			67
Twenty20	7	7	1	251	100*	41.83	172	145.93	1	1	30	4	4

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	25	7	78	44	0	-	-	-	3.38	-	0	0
ODIs	19	3	72	85	1	1/49	1/49	85.00	7.08	72.0	0	0
First-class	105		790	440	12	3/33		36.66	3.34	65.8		0
List A	102		1187	1083	30	5/39	5/39	36.10	5.47	39.5	0	1
Twenty20	7	4	72	73	7	4/11	4/11	10.42	6.08	10.2	1	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	Habib Bank Limited v Sui Southern Gas Corporation at Rawalpindi, Nov 9-12, 2009 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.