Imran Nazir

Pakistan|Opening Batter
Imran Nazir
INTL CAREER: 1999 - 2012
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Full Name

Imran Nazir

Born

December 16, 1981, Gujranwala, Punjab

Age

42y 94d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Legbreak

Playing Role

Opening Batter

Another of Pakistan's prodigiously gifted players, but the suspicion was that Imran Nazir offers more genuine promise than most. An opener who is particularly strong off the back foot, he loves forcing through the covers. An aggressive approach has had him labelled as a one-day player, but Imran didn't fare badly in his first few Tests.

Eventually, however, his technique and lack of footwork was found out rather cruelly by Glenn McGrath and Co in two Tests against Australia. Imran was then upstaged by the likes of Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Hameed, Imran Farhat and Taufeeq Umar, but a series of consistent domestic performances saw him recalled to the national squad against South Africa in 2006-07. A typically explosive 39-ball 57 saw him get selected for the 2007 World Cup squad though three failures in that series took the gloss off a touch. He is one of the best fielders in Pakistan, though, and is supposed to be the first Pakistani to cartwheel (while intercepting a square cut) . A career-best 160 against Zimbabwe in the World Cup saw Nazir being retained for the following tours to Abu Dhabi and Scotland while also being selected for training camps held in Pakistan. Nazir was also named in the squad for the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship and was awarded a central contract in July 2007 before representing Pakistan in the home ODI series against South Africa. He later joined the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League and did very well for the Lahore Badshahs, but when the PCB pardoned players to have severed ties with the ICL, Nazir was soon called back into the ODI side.
Osman Samiuddin July 2009

Imran Nazir Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests813042713132.8473058.492163440
ODIs79792189516024.61233981.012923532260
T20Is252415007221.73370135.13035922110
FC1392259717218533.20--1044--1050
List A1661663438618926.90--916--770
T20s1031011025429327.931707148.91018290121350

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests8------------
ODIs794494811/31/348.005.8749.0000
T20Is25------------
FC139-842638113/61-58.004.5476.5-00
List A166-579567223/343/3425.775.8726.3000
T20s1035262641/01/06.506.006.5000
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Photos of Imran Nazir

Imran Nazir collects the spoils after ZTBL cruised to victory in the Faysal Bank T20 Cup
Imran Nazir receiving his Man-of-the-Match award
Imran Nazir slashes one during his half-century
Imran Nazir pulls during his 20
Shane Watson had Imran Nazir caught at mid-off
Imran Nazir takes a breather during practice