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Kamran Akmal Biography

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Kamran akmal an aggressive Pakistani Criketer was born on 13^th January 1982. He opens his eyes in a family in Lahore , Punjab . Kamran Akmal who has played Test matches , ODI and T20 For Pakistan Team as a Wicket-keeper Batsman. He is a key wicket keeper of Pakistan team. But due to some scandals , indignities and around ruthless activities in team , he has been throw down out many times from the team . Kamran Akmal may well be the most forceful proof of cricket's changed priorities column by Adam Gilchrist . Sides now search for an explosive batsman who can change a day, an innings, a phase with the bat and so long with keeping gloves.

Allegations And Scandals :

In the 2nd Test match against Australia , Akmal dropped four catches in the Australian innings, three of those coming from Mike Hussey. Hussey went on to score 134*and was involved in a massive 9th wicket partnership .Pakistan eventually went on to lose the match by 36 runs in the second innings. Later it was alleged that he, along with pace bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan were involved in match fixing, and were questioned by Pakistan Cricket Board and subsequently dropped for the Twenty20 series against England.

Later that in early September 2010 ICC sent an official notice to Pakistan wicket keeper Kamran Akmal telling him that he is under investigation for allegedly fixing the Sydney Test also.

Wicket Keeping Error :

Kamran Akmal has been constantly criticized for the lack of his stability in wicket-keeping. He has been dropped out many times due to his poor keeping. But due to the un availability of a decent wicket keeper , later some times Akmal again has to comeback in the team to block the space of wicket keeper.

Career :

Kamran Akmal started his international career in November 2002 with a Test match which Pakistan won at Harare Sports Club. He played his First ODI against Zimbabwe in 2002 and started his T20 career against England in 2006.The purity of his drives and the strength of his cutting and pulling, particularly on slower subcontinent surfaces, has always held a strong allure. And when it comes together as it did one January morning in Karachi against India - one of theTest innings of that decade - he makes it in the side as a batsman alone. He played a great knock of 100 runs in Mohali against India like a lone survivor.

His form against the touring English in 2005 made him one of the most important players in the team. Naturally, he is a batsman that plays lower down the order but has sometimes opened in both Test and One-day cricket. As an opener he has scored two back to back centuries in ODIs against England. Coming in lower down the order in Test matches, he played one memorable innings. He saved Pakistan from a score of 39/6, scoring a century, to a competitive 245 which helped Pakistan win the match and the series. His batting was highly productive in early 2006 as he scored seven international hundreds within the space of 6 months. Since his tour of England in Summer 2006 however his batting form dwindled and steadily become worse. His wicket-keeping also worsened and dropped many catches on both the England tour and on a tour to South Africa in early 2007. He then scored an international hundred in the Bangladeshi tour of Pakistan in 2008. He later moved to have some injuries and did not play for some days but later he was again brought into the team. Akmal was part of the Pakistan team that won the T20 World Cup in 2009. He was notable for his quick stumpings, dismissing 4 batsmen in one match against Netherlands.

On 12 November 2008, Akmal hit two consecutive 6s in the last over. As a result Pakistan won the first ODI in Abu Dhabi against West Indies.

On 17 July 2010, Akmal was appointed the vice-captain of the Pakistani test squad but later removed because of his alleged involvement in spot fixing.

Quote En Quote :

· I would give Wolverine a set of inners [gloves] and back him to catch more with those hands.

Kerry O'Keeffe on Kamran Akmal after the Pakistan wicketkeeper dropped four catches during the second innings at the SCG

· If his batting was as good as Don Bradman's, he couldn't score enough runs to make up for what he costs them with his keeping

Ian Chappell's pithy description of Kamran Akmal's glovework

Stats :

BATTING RECORDS :

TEST : Matches 53 Runs 2648 Average 30.79 Hundreds 6 Fifties 12 HS 158

ODI : Matches 154 Runs 3168 Average 26. 18 Hundreds 5 Fifties 10 HS 124