Pakistan Cricket Players: Mohammad Hafiz

Mohammad Hafiz biography

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Mohammad Hafeez (born 17 October 1980 at Sargodha) is a Pakistani Cricket player. He is currently captain of the Pakistan National Cricket Team in T20 format. He is a right-hand opening batsman and a right-arm offspin bowler. Hafeez usually opens the batting and forms part of bowling attack. In 2012/2013 he has been ranked as the top all-rounder according to the ICC Player Rankings in T20 format. He is known for his intelligent batting but also aggressive shot plays when needed.[2]

He was the fourth international player signed to the Caribbean Premier League and the first Pakistani player to be named to the new Twenty20 tournament.[3]

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1 Early international career 2003 – 2006

2 International recall 2010

3 Appointed T20 captain

4 Test centuries

5 One Day International centuries

6 References

Early international career 2003 – 2006[edit]

Mohammad Hafeez Cheena was one of several young all-rounders that the Pakistani cricket team turned to in order to revitalise their side after their poor display in 2003 World Cup following their elimination in the first round. His form with both bat and ball was inconsistent and in late-2003 he was dropped from the Test squad and subsequently the ODI side. Following strong domestic performances, as well as displaying good form for the Pakistan A side, he remained on the fringes of a recall in 2004.

Hafeez returned to the ODI side in 2005 and despite poor form with the bat, his bowling performances were impressive. In the 2006 series held in Australia, Hafeez smashed his first century for Pakistan. With Pakistan struggling to find a solid opening pair for the Test side, he was recalled for the tour of England. His return to Test cricket was made at The Oval where he scored a fluent 95. Subsequently Hafeez retained his place in the side for their home series against the West Indies in November of that year. After getting out early after good starts in the first two Tests he went on to score his second Test century in the third Test in Karachi. However his form remained inconsistent and he was unable to command a regular place in either the Test or ODI side over the next 5 years.