Basil Akram

Basil Akram
Personal information
Full name Basil Mohammad Ramzan Akram
Born 23 February 1993
Waltham Forest, Essex, England
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm Fast medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–present Loughborough MCCU
2014–present Hampshire (squad no. 46)
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 1 1
Runs scored 37 1
Batting average 18.50 1
100s/50s 0/0 –/–
Top score 36 1
Balls bowled 102 12
Wickets 2 0
Bowling average 44.00
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 2/82
Catches/stumpings –/– 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 September 2014

Basil Mohammad Ramzan Akram (born 23 February 1993) is an English cricketer. Born at Waltham Forest, Essex, Akram is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium.

Having represented Essex at youth level and not making the grade, Akram represented Nottinghamshire playing for the Second XI before turning out for Loughborough MCCU for the start of the 2014 season. He made his first-class debut for them in a Universities match against Sussex beginning on 1 April 2014. In the first innings of this match Akram was able to achieve the best figures of his career so far of 2/82 from 14 overs dismissing opener Luke Wells (38) and Matt Prior (43) in this innings. In the second innings Akram only bowled 3 overs conceding 6 runs leading to him finishing with match figures of 2/88. He proved himself to be a capable batsmen in this game also by scoring 36 runs in the first innings before being dismissed by Wells. In the first innings of this game he was dismissed for 1 by James Anyon. The match was drawn.

Akram's performance is this game alerted Hampshire and he was selected to feature for their Second XI. His performances here led to him being awarded a Development Contract by the county for the remainder of the 2014 season. He also made his List A debut in a Royal London 50-over match against Yorkshire on 21 August 2014. Batting first Akram only scored 1 run before being dismissed by Adil Rashid. His bowling is this match was also poor finishing with figures of 0/24 from only 2 overs in a match that Yorkshire won by 6 wickets.

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