Imran Nazir

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Imran Nazir Pakistan (Pak)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Legbreak
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	8	68
Runs scored	427	1674
Batting average	32.84	25.36
100s/50s	2/1	2/9
Top score	131	160
Balls bowled	-	49
Wickets	-	1
Bowling average	-	48.00
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	-	1/3
Catches/stumpings	4/-	19/-
As of March 14, 2007 Source: Cricinfo.com

Imran Nazir (Urdu: عمران نذیر) (born December 31, 1981 in Lahore) is a Pakistani cricketer who represents his country at international level as an attacking right handed opening batsman.

Contents 1 International Career 2 Style 3 Test Hundreds 4 ODI Hundreds 5 External links 6 References

[edit] International Career

Imran Nazir played his 8 Test matches between 1999 and 2002 during which time he was a regular in the ODI side. Since 2002 he played the occasional one day game for Pakistan but could never cement his spot in the side. The emergence of opening batsman such as Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Hameed, Taufeeq Umar and Salman Butt has kept him out of the national side but with consistent performances in domestic cricket he has remained on the fringes.

Nazir made his return to the side in the 2nd ODI against South Africa in February 2007 during Pakistan's tour of South Africa. He impressed with 57 off just 39 deliveries and despite stuggling for the rest of the series.

Nazir was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2007 World Cup. He smashed 160 against Zimbabwe in Pakistan's last match for the 2007 World cup after being knocked out by Ireland. It was the highest ever score by a Pakistani batsman in World Cup history and his 8 sixes equalled the World Cup record of Ricky Ponting^[1].

[edit] Style

Imran is an aggressive batsmenplayer who can terrorize bowling attacks when at his best. He can hit the ball tremendously hard and is especially good at powerfully putting away the bad balls. An accurate timer of the ball, he has the ability to carry out his natural game regardless of the match situation but is quite liable to get out quicker as the pressure builds upon him. He is also a orthodox leg spinner but very rarely does he have the opportunity to bowl, or maybe he is not tempted by the prospect of bowling.

[edit] Test Hundreds

• 131 vs West Indies at Kensington Oval on the 18th of May 2000
• 127 vs New Zealand at Gadaffi Stadium on the 1st of May 2002

[edit] ODI Hundreds

• 160 vs Zimbabwe at Kingston Park on the 21st of March 2007
• 105* vs Zimbabwe at National Cricket Stadium on the 15th of April 2000 Became the second youngest centurion in ODI history ^[2]

[edit] External links

• Player Profile: Imran Nazir from Cricinfo

[edit] References

1. ^ http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/286615.html
2. ^ http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/ODIS/BATTING/ODI_YOUNGEST_CENTURIONS.html

	Pakistan squad - 2007 Cricket World Cup
1 Inzamam | 2 Younis | 3 Azhar | 4 Kaneria | 5 Rao | 6 Imran | 7 Kamran | 8 Hafeez | 9 Sami | 10 Yousuf | 11 Rana Naved | 12 Afridi | 13 Malik | 14 Umar | 15 Arafat | Coach: Woolmer Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif were named in the original squad but withdrew from the tournament. Mushtaq Ahmed acted as temporary coach for Pakistan's final group game following the death of Bob Woolmer.