Best Hitter of the world

Imran Nazir      

Pakistan

Full name Imran Nazir

Born December 16, 1981, Gujranwala, Punjab

Current age 32 years 54 days

Major teams Pakistan, Asia XI, Dhaka Gladiators, ICL Pakistan XI, Lahore Badshahs, National Bank of Pakistan, North West Frontier Province Panthers, Pakistan Reserves, Sheikhupura Cricket Association, Sialkot Cricket Association, Sialkot Stallions, Water and Power Development Authority, Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	8	13	0	427	131	32.84	730	58.49	2	1	63	4	4	0
ODIs	79	79	2	1895	160	24.61	2339	81.01	2	9	235	32	26	0
T20Is	25	24	1	500	72	21.73	370	135.13	0	3	59	22	11	0
First-class	139	225	9	7172	185	33.20			10	44			105	0
List A	166	166	3	4386	189	26.90			9	16			77	0
Twenty20	98	96	10	2409	76*	28.01	1608	149.81	0	17	279	113	35	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	79	4	49	48	1	1/3	1/3	48.00	5.87	49.0	0	0	0
T20Is	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	139		842	638	11	3/61		58.00	4.54	76.5		0	0
List A	166		579	567	22	3/34	3/34	25.77	5.87	26.3	0	0	0
Twenty20	98	4	20	16	4	1/0	1/0	4.00	4.80	5.0	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Lahore, Mar 4-8, 1999 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v Pakistan at Sharjah, Oct 11-12, 2002 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Visakhapatnam, Mar 27, 1999 scorecard
Last ODI	New Zealand v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Oct 3, 2009 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	South Africa v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Feb 2, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I	Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (RPS), Oct 4, 2012 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1998/99
Last First-class	Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited v Pakistan Television at Rawalpindi, Jan 22-25, 2014 scorecard
List A debut	1998/99
Last List A	Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited v Pakistan Television at Rawalpindi, Jan 27, 2014 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Lahore Eagles v Sialkot Stallions at Lahore, Apr 26, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Larkana Bulls v Sialkot Stallions at Islamabad, Feb 7, 2014 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
6	S Stallions	v Bulls	Islamabad	7 Feb 2014	T20
1/30, 19	ZTBL	v Pakistan TV	Rawalpindi	27 Jan 2014	LA
2, 1/63	ZTBL	v Pakistan TV	Rawalpindi	22 Jan 2014	FC
4	ZTBL	v Habib Bank	Lahore	19 Jan 2014	LA
12	ZTBL	v Habib Bank	Lahore	14 Jan 2014	FC
1/29, 0	ZTBL	v National Bnk	Islamabad	11 Jan 2014	LA
95, 2/23	ZTBL	v National Bnk	Islamabad	6 Jan 2014	FC
0, 0/20	ZTBL	v Khan RL	Rawalpindi	3 Jan 2014	LA
16, 0/12, 39	ZTBL	v Khan RL	Rawalpindi	29 Dec 2013	FC
5, 2/50	ZTBL	v PIA	Rawalpindi	26 Dec 2013	LA

Profile

Another of Pakistan's prodigiously gifted players, but the suspicion was that Imran Nazir offers more genuine promise than most. An opener who is particularly strong off the back foot, he loves forcing through the covers. An aggressive approach has had him labelled as a one-day player, but Imran didn't fare badly in his first few Tests.

Eventually, however, his technique and lack of footwork was found out rather cruelly by Glenn McGrath and Co in two Tests against Australia. Imran was then upstaged by the likes of Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Hameed, Imran Farhat and Taufeeq Umar, but a series of consistent domestic performances saw him recalled to the national squad against South Africa in 2006-07. A typically explosive 39-ball 57 saw him get selected for the 2007 World Cup squad though three failures in that series took the gloss off a touch. He is one of the best fielders in Pakistan, though, and is supposed to be the first Pakistani to cartwheel (while intercepting a square cut) . A career-best 160 against Zimbabwe in the World Cup saw Nazir being retained for the following tours to Abu Dhabi and Scotland while also being selected for training camps held in Pakistan. Nazir was also named in the squad for the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship and was awarded a central contract in July 2007 before representing Pakistan in the home ODI series against South Africa. He later joined the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League and did very well for the Lahore Badshahs, but when the PCB pardoned players to have severed ties with the ICL, Nazir was soon called back into the ODI side.
Osman Samiuddin July 2009