| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arfan Akram | |||
| Born | 17 November 1983 Leytonstone, Essex, England |
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| Batting style | Right hand batsman | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm leg break | |||
| Relations | Adnan Akram (twin brother) | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2010–present | Unicorns | |||
| 2006–2010 | MCC | |||
| 2003–2005 | Cambridge University CCE | |||
| 2002–2003 | Essex Cricket Board | |||
| First-class debut | 12 April 2003 Cambridge University CCE v Essex County Cricket Club | |||
| Last First-class | 1 June 2005 Cambridge University CCE v Middlesex | |||
| List A debut | 12 September 2002 Essex CB v Surrey CB | |||
| Last List A | 16 May 2010 Unicorns v Glamorgan | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | List A | ||
| Matches | 8 | 3 | ||
| Runs scored | 308 | 18 | ||
| Batting average | 28 | 9.00 | ||
| 100s/50s | 1/– | –/– | ||
| Top score | 110 | 10* | ||
| Balls bowled | 151 | – | ||
| Wickets | 5 | – | ||
| Bowling average | 26.40 | – | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | – | – | ||
| 10 wickets in match | – | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 3/41 | – | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 3/– | 0/– | ||
| Source: CricketArchive, 18 May 2010 | ||||
Arfan Akram (born 17 November 1983) is an English first class cricketer who plays for Unicorns.
Akram previously played for Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, Essex Cricket Board and Second XI cricket for Essex and Derbyshire.[1] Akram continued playing amateur cricket as captain of Wanstead and Snaresbrook CC, alongside his twin brother Adnan; and played for the MCC since 2006.
In 2010, Akram was selected as one of 21 players to form the first Unicorns squad to take part in the Clydesdale Bank 40 domestic limited overs competition against the regular first-class counties. The Unicorns were made up of 15 former county cricket professionals and 6 young cricketers looking to make it in the professional game.[2]