Pakistani Cricket Players: Umar Gul

Umar Gul Biography

Source(google.com.pk)
Full name Umar Gul

Born April 14, 1984, Peshawar, North-Western Frontier Province

Current age 30 years 165 days

Major teams Pakistan, Gloucestershire, Habib Bank Limited, Kolkata Knight Riders, North West Frontier Province, North West Frontier Province Panthers, Pakistan A, Pakistan International Airlines, Peshawar, Peshawar Panthers, Sussex, Uva Next, Western Australia

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Umar Gul
Batting and fielding averages
    Mat     Inns     NO     Runs     HS     Ave     BF     SR     100     50     4s     6s     Ct     St
Tests     47     67     9     577     65*     9.94     1204     47.92     0     1     63     20     11     0
ODIs     124     63     17     451     39     9.80     637     70.80     0     0     36     13     15     0
T20Is     56     25     8     164     32     9.64     153     107.18     0     0     11     10     18     0
First-class     87     113     15     1170     65*     11.93             0     1             20     0
List A     175     87     26     630     39     10.32             0     0             21     0
Twenty20     126     66     16     467     32     9.34     438     106.62     0     0     30     27     34     0
Bowling averages
    Mat     Inns     Balls     Runs     Wkts     BBI     BBM     Ave     Econ     SR     4w     5w     10
Tests     47     90     9599     5553     163     6/135     9/164     34.06     3.47     58.8     12     4     0
ODIs     124     122     5782     4966     173     6/42     6/42     28.70     5.15     33.4     4     2     0
T20Is     56     56     1131     1340     80     5/6     5/6     16.75     7.10     14.1     4     2     0
First-class     87         16780     9487     341     8/78         27.82     3.39     49.2     19     18     2
List A     175         8233     6927     243     6/42     6/42     28.50     5.04     33.8     5     2     0
Twenty20     126     126     2683     3244     179     5/6     5/6     18.12     7.25     14.9     8     2     0
Career statistics
Test debut     Pakistan v Bangladesh at Karachi, Aug 20-24, 2003 scorecard
Last Test     South Africa v Pakistan at Cape Town, Feb 14-17, 2013 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut     Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Sharjah, Apr 3, 2003 scorecard
Last ODI     Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Dhaka, Mar 8, 2014 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut     Kenya v Pakistan at Nairobi (Gym), Sep 4, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I     Pakistan v West Indies at Dhaka, Apr 1, 2014 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut     2001/02
Last First-class     Habib Bank Limited v Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited at Lahore, Jan 14-17, 2014 scorecard
List A debut     2002/03
Last List A     Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Dhaka, Mar 8, 2014 scorecard
Twenty20 debut     Hyderabad Hawks v Peshawar Panthers at Lahore, Apr 25, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20     Faisalabad Wolves v Islamabad Leopards at Karachi, Sep 26, 2014 scorecard
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl     Team     Opposition     Ground     Match Date     Scorecard
1/29, 1     Leopards     v Wolves     Karachi     26 Sep 2014     T20
3/24     Leopards     v L Eagles     Karachi     25 Sep 2014     T20
0, 1/27     Leopards     v P Panthers     Karachi     23 Sep 2014     T20
1/12     Leopards     v AJK Jaguars     Karachi     22 Sep 2014     T20
1/10     Khyber     v Sind     Karachi     10 Aug 2014     T20
1*, 0/20     Khyber     v Punjab (Pak)     Peshawar     8 Aug 2014     T20
0/16     M.C.C.     v ROW XI     Lord's     5 Jul 2014     Other OD
0/29, 4     Pakistan     v West Indies     Dhaka     1 Apr 2014     T20I # 397
3/30     Pakistan     v Bangladesh     Dhaka     30 Mar 2014     T20I # 392
2/29     Pakistan     v Australia     Dhaka     23 Mar 2014     T20I # 381
Profile

The least-hyped but most successful and assured Pakistan pace product of the last few years, Umar Gul is the latest in Pakistan's assembly-line of pace-bowling talent. He had played just nine first-class matches when called up for national duty in the wake of Pakistan's poor 2003 World Cup. On the flat tracks of Sharjah, Gul performed admirably, maintaining excellent discipline and getting appreciable outswing with the new ball.

He isn't express but bowls a very quick heavy ball and his exceptional control and ability to extract seam movement marks him out. Further, his height enables him to extract bounce on most surfaces and from his natural back of a length, it is a useful trait. His first big moment in his career came in the Lahore Test against India in 2003-04. Unfazed by a daunting batting line-up, Gul tore through the Indian top order, moving the ball both ways off the seam at a sharp pace. His 5 for 31 in the first innings gave Pakistan the early initiative which they drove home to win the Test.

Unfortunately, that was his last cricket of any kind for over a year as he discovered three stress fractures in his back immediately after the Test. The injury would have ended many an international career, but Gul returned, fitter and sharper than before in late 2005. He returned in a Pakistan shirt against India in the ODI series at home in February 2006 and in Sri Lanka showed further signs of rehabilitation by lasting both Tests but it was really the second half of 2006, where he fully came of age. Leading the attack against England and then the West Indies as Pakistan's main bowlers suffered injuries, Gul stood tall, finishing Pakistan's best bowler.

Since then, as Mohammad Asif and Shoaib Akhtar have floundered, Gul has become Pakistan's spearhead and one of the best fast bowlers in the world. He is smart enough and good enough to succeed in all three formats and 2009 proved it: he put together a patch of wicket-taking in ODIs, on dead pitches in Tests (including a career-best six-wicket haul against Sri Lanka) and established himself as the world's best Twenty20 bowler, coming on after the initial overs and firing in yorkers on demand.

He had hinted at that by being leading wicket-taker in the 2007 World Twenty20; over the next two years he impressed wherever he went, in the IPL for the Kolkatta Knight Riders and in Australia's domestic Twenty20 tournament. Confirmation came on the grandest stage: having poleaxed Australia in a T20I in Dubai with 4-8, he was the best bowler and leading wicket-taker as Pakistan won the second World Twenty20 in England. The highlight was 5-6 against New Zealand, the highest quality exhibition of yorker bowling. He is not a one-format pony, however, and will remain a crucial cog in Pakistan's attack across all formats