Sarfraz Ahmed

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Sarfraz Ahmed
Player information
Born May 22, 1987 (age 33)
Karachi , Pakistan
height 1.70 m
Batting style Right handed
Bowling style Right handed off break
Player role Wicket keeper
Test debut (cap 198) January 14, 2010 v  AustraliaAustralia
Last test 16 October 2018 v  AustraliaAustralia
ODI debut (cap 156) November 18, 2007 v  IndiaIndia
Last ODI November 9, 2018 v  New ZealandNew Zealand
ODI shirt no. 54
T20I debut (cap 36) 19th February 2010 v  EnglandEngland
Last T20I November 4, 2018 v  New ZealandNew Zealand
T20I shirt no. 54
National teams
Years team
2005-2015 Karachi Dolphins
2005 - 2006 Karachi Harbor
2006 - 2008 Are
2006 - Pakistan International Airlines
2016 - Quetta Gladiators (squad no.54)
2017 - Yorkshire (squad no.56)
2017 Khulna Titans
Career statistics
Game form test ODI T20 FC
Games 43 95 53 143
Runs (total) 2,457 1,816 745 7,423
Batting average 39.00 33.01 28.65 40.78
100s / 50s 3/16 2/8 0/3 10/52
Highscore 112 105 89 * 213 *
Balls - 12 - 4th
Wickets - 0 - -
Bowling Average - - - 7.50
5 wickets in innings - - - -
10 wickets in play - - - -
Best bowling performance - - - -
Catches / stumpings 118/18 95/23 30/9 443/46
Source: ESPN Cricinfo , November 2, 2018 {{{year}}}

Sarfraz Ahmed (born May 22, 1987 in Karachi , Pakistan ) is a Pakistani cricketer who is a wicket-keeper - batsman of the Pakistani national player and is currently the captain of the Pakistani cricket team in all three game formats. After being established as the Twenty20 and 2017 ODI captain in 2016, he became Pakistan's 32nd Test Captain following the resignation of Misbah-ul-Haq . The greatest success as captain was winning the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 in June 2017. In March 2018 Sarfraz Ahmed was honored as the youngest Pakistani with the highest Pakistani civilian award, the Sitara-i-Imtiaz .

childhood and education

Sarfraz grew up in Karachi and, against his father's express will, spent a lot of time on the cricket field. At first he worked there as a bowler before turning to wicket-keeping. The resistance of the family broke when he was selected for the U15 youth selection of Zone VI in Karachi. His appearances there and in the subsequent U17 selection made the Pakistan Cricket Club aware of him. In 2004 he failed in the preselection for the U17 national team of Pakistan. However, his subsequent performances in the U19 selection of Karachi led to his being selected for the U19 national team. As captain of the U19 national team, he achieved his first major success by beating India in the final and winning the ICC U19 World Cricket Championship in 2006 . He was also promoted to the first-class team in Karachi .

International career

Start of career

In November 2007, Sarfraz was appointed to the national team as a backup for Kamran Akmal . He made his first appearance at the fifth ODI on the tour in India . His testing career began in the 2009/10 season when he was used on the Pakistani tour in Australia in the third test in Hobart after Kamran Akmal had previously shown poor performance. However, he was initially unable to establish himself for the regular team. It was not until the 2009/10 season that Sarfraz Ahmed managed to assert himself. In November 2011 he played in the ODI series on the tour against Sri-Lanka and in the subsequent series against Bangladesh and in the Asia Cup 2012 . The latter was seen as crucial for his career, as he has not been able to convince as a batsman and especially Adnan Akmal has great competition in the wicket keeper position. It was ultimately the tour against Sri Lanka in 2013/14 on which he was able to convince for the first time. His breakthrough in all three forms came in 2014. After scoring a Test Century within three months in Sri Lanka , against Australia and against New Zealand (100 runs in one innings), he became a regular in the national team. In 2015, Sarfraz was appointed to the squad for the 2015 Cricket World Cup , but was only used in the fifth game against South Africa . In the game against Ireland he scored his first ODI Century with 101 (not out) and thus justified his nomination.

Rise to the captain

After the tournament, Misbah-ul-Haq resigned as ODI captain and Sarfraz moved up to the position of vice captain for the limited overs formats. During the first test against Sri-Lanka in the 2015 season in Galle, he was the seventh Pakistani wicketkeeper to score 1000 runs. However, Sarfraz Ahmed was not nominated for the subsequent Twenty20 series, which was heavily criticized in the Pakistani media and by the association. Shortly thereafter, he was proposed as captain of the Twenty20 team. Shortly thereafter, he was voted into the ICC Test Team of the Year 2015. After the ICC World Twenty20 2016 in India , which was disappointing for the Pakistani team , he became the captain of the Twenty20 team as a replacement for Shahid Afridi . He filled this out for the first time on the tour in England in the 2016 season . The win there and the following win of the Twenty20 series against the West Indies consolidated his position in the team. Azhar Ali , who came under pressure after the defeat in the ODI series that followed in Australia in the winter , was replaced shortly afterwards by Sarfraz as ODI captain. As captain in both limited-overs forms, he was then able to lead the team in the West Indies . The big test followed at the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy in England, where he led the team to the title with a final victory over India. Thereupon, after Misbah-ul-Haq retired from his position as test captain, he was determined to be captain in all three forms of play. After the successfully designed Twenty20 series against a world selection , he took over the new role for the first time on the tour against Sri Lanka . His departure from the second Test there marked the first "home" Test Tour defeat for Pakistan since they had lost to South Africa ten years earlier . During the tour, it was revealed that the ICC opened an investigation when Sarfraz reported an attempted corruption after the third ODI in the series. The following season, the team achieved mixed results under his leadership. Above all, the team's elimination from the 2018 Asia Cup against Bangladesh was sharply criticized. In the tour against Australia at the beginning of the 2018/19 season , he was injured twice in the second test. He was hit in the arm by a ball on the first day, but was able to finish the day after a break in treatment. On the third day he was hit again, this time in the head. After complaining of a headache the following morning, he was taken to the hospital and the team won the test without him.

National career

After Sarfraz had initially played for Karachi, he moved to Pakistan International Airlines in 2007 . With them he succeeded in winning the RBS Pentangular Cup 2008/09 and the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2011/12 .

In the Pakistan Super League , Sarfraz was drafted by the Quetta Gladiators and was the team's captain in the 2016 season . Sarfraz Ahmed led his team to the final, but lost there to Islamabad United . In the 2018 season , the Sarfraz team lost in the final against Peshawar Zalmi . In the third edition of PSL, his team lost again to Peshawar Zalmi in the knockout phase .

In the 2017 season he played for Yorkshire in the English Twenty20 Cup .

Awards

  • Sitara-I-Imtiaz
  • PCB's Outstanding Player of the year: 2017
  • PCB's Spirit of cricket award: 2018

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sarfraz awarded Sitara-e-Imtiaz on Pakistan Day . In: ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b Nabeel Hashmi: Sarfaz's story: Missing the father that said no ( English ) The Express Tribune. January 16, 2015. Accessed November 10, 2018.
  3. ↑ Pakistan rush Sarfraz Ahmed to Australia ( English ) Cricinfo. January 6, 2010. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  4. ↑ Osman Samiuddin: Karachi association slams Pakistan team composition ( English ) Cricinfo. August 11, 2010. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  5. ↑ Nasir Jamshed, Sarfraz Ahmed in Pakistan squad ( English ) Cricinfo. March 3, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  6. ^ S Rajesh: Pakistan's hunt for a wicketkeeper-batsman ( English ) Cricinfo. January 24, 2014. Accessed November 10, 2018.
  7. ↑ Daniel Brettig: 'No choice' Sarfraz comes up trumps ( English ) Cricinfo. March 15, 2015. Accessed November 10, 2018.
  8. ↑ Umar Farooq: Azhar Ali named Pakistan ODI captain ( English ) Cricinfo. March 30, 2015. Accessed November 10, 2018.
  9. ↑ Dropping Sarfraz Ahmed: PCB seeks answer from Shahid Afridi . thenewstribe. August 5, 2015. Accessed August 24, 2016.
  10. ↑ Sarfraz should become next T20 captain: Waqar Younis . The Express Tribune. August 6, 2015. Accessed August 24, 2016.
  11. ^ Smith, Boult in ICC teams of the year ( English ) Cricinfo. December 2, 2015. Accessed November 10, 2018.
  12. ^ Sarfraz Ahmed named Pakistan's T20I captain . Cricinfo. April 5, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  13. ↑ Azhar Ali likely to lose ODI captaincy after 4-1 thumping ( English ) Cricinfo. January 26, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  14. ↑ Smashed, broken and crumbled: The tale of Pakistan's runaway success against a star-studded India exactly a year ago ( English ) June 18, 2018.
  15. ↑ Danyal Rasool: Sarfraz to lead Pakistan in all three formats ( English ) Cricinfo. July 4, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  16. ↑ Osman Samiuddin: Will try not to sweep in crucial moments again - Sarfraz ( English ) Cricinfo. October 10, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  17. ↑ Osman Samiuddin: Pakistan look to seniors to undo Abu Dhabi anomaly ( English ) Cricinfo. October 5, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  18. ↑ Umar Farooq: ICC investigates approach made on Sarfraz ( English ) Cricinfo. October 21, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  19. ↑ Osman Samiuddin and Umar Farooq: Sleepless Sarfraz feels the heat after Asia Cup exit ( English ) Cricinfo. September 27, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  20. ↑ Osman Samiuddin: Pakistan could call up Rizwan as substitute wicketkeeper for Sarfraz ( English ) Cricinfo. October 16, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  21. ↑ Osman Samiuddin: Sarfraz sent to hospital for precautionary scans ( English ) Cricinfo. January 29, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  22. ↑ Pakistan likely to call up additional wicketkeeper ( English ) Cricinfo. November 11, 2007. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  23. ↑ PIA clinch title with 59-run win ( English ) Cricinfo. April 1, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  24. ↑ PIA romp to seventh QEA title ( English ) Cricinfo. December 23, 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  25. ↑ Islamabad crowned PSL champions . The Express Tribune. February 24, 2016. Accessed August 24, 2016. (English)
  26. ↑ Sarfraz Ali: PSL 2017 final: Peshawar beat Quetta by 58 runs, crowned champions , Daily Pakistan. March 5, 2017. Accessed March 2, 2018. 
  27. ↑ Alagappan Muthu: Peshawar steal one-run win, Quetta knocked out . Cricinfo. March 20, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  28. ↑ George Dobell: Sarfraz joins Yorkshire for short T20 stint ( English ) Cricinfo. July 15, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  29. ↑ Sarfaraz bags outstanding player of the year at PCB awards 2017 . Dawn News. September 14, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  30. ↑ Fakhar Zaman steals PCB awards ceremony . Retrieved August 9, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Ahmed, Sarfraz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Pakistani cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Karachi , Pakistan