Umer Akmal Biography
As explosive starts to
one’s International careers go, few can rival Umar Akmal. He announced his
entry with scores of 66 and 102* within his first 3 ODI innings (at Sri Lanka,
2009) in addition to a 129 and 75 on Test debut (at New Zealand, 2009). Those
performances weren’t a surprise. At first class level, Akmal was renowned for
his big scores amassed in quick time. 7 years prior to his debut, Umar’s elder
brother Kamran had already gotten his taste of international cricket. By 2010,
the siblings featured regularly, in tandem for Pakistan.
As a fearless,
middle-order batsman, throughout Pakistan’s disappointing spree of series
losses against Sri Lanka in 2009 and later at Australia in early 2010, Umar
Akmal’s ascendance was one of their few positives. But as the series in
Australia progressed, complacency began to creep into Akmal’s Test form, which
started to dip. In ODIs though, a hundred and five fifties by his 18th outing
maintained a steady average. It was enough to justify an inclusion in
Pakistan’s 2010 T20 World Cup squad. He finished the tournament as Pakistan’s
3rd highest-run getter towards their semi-final run.
While still protected
as a batsman, featuring at 3-down, in a Pakistan side that lacks specialist
batsmen with the temperament for all forms of the game, Umar Akmal is their
most proven rookie to fill the void for the years to come.
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