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Umar Gul
Pakistan
Full name
Umar Gul
Born October 15, 1982, Peshawar, NWFP
Current age 24 years 143 days
Major teams Pakistan, Gloucestershire, Pakistan A,
Pakistan International Airlines
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Statsguru
Test player,
ODI player
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Batting and fielding averages |
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Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
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Tests |
14 |
17 |
2 |
116 |
26 |
7.73 |
303 |
38.28 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
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ODIs |
25 |
4 |
1 |
34 |
17* |
11.33 |
71 |
47.88 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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First-class |
39 |
43 |
7 |
404 |
46 |
11.22 |
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0 |
0 |
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10 |
0 |
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List A |
57 |
19 |
9 |
85 |
17* |
8.50 |
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0 |
0 |
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7 |
0 |
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Twenty20 |
8 |
5 |
1 |
28 |
11 |
7.00 |
26 |
107.69 |
0 |
0 |
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4 |
0 |
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Bowling averages |
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Mat |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4 |
5 |
10 |
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Tests |
14 |
3141 |
1868 |
61 |
5/31 |
9/164 |
30.62 |
3.56 |
51.49 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
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ODIs |
25 |
1153 |
883 |
30 |
5/17 |
5/17 |
29.43 |
4.59 |
38.43 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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First-class |
39 |
7974 |
4605 |
184 |
8/78 |
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25.02 |
3.46 |
43.33 |
12 |
12 |
1 |
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List A |
57 |
2740 |
2169 |
74 |
5/17 |
5/17 |
29.31 |
4.74 |
37.02 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Twenty20 |
8 |
178 |
195 |
13 |
4/21 |
4/21 |
15.00 |
6.57 |
13.69 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Career statistics |
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Test debut |
Pakistan v Bangladesh at Karachi - Aug 20-24, 2003 |
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Last Test |
Pakistan v West Indies at Karachi - Nov 27-Dec 1,
2006 |
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ODI debut |
Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Sharjah - Apr 3, 2003 |
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Last ODI |
Pakistan v West Indies at Karachi - Dec 16, 2006 |
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First-class span |
2001/02 - 2006/07 |
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List A span |
2002/03 - 2006/07 |
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Twenty20 span |
2004/05 - 2006/07 |
A fast bowler of growing
repute, Umar Gul is the latest in Pakistan's assembly-line of pace-bowling
talent. He had played just nine first-class matches when called up for
national duty in the wake of Pakistan's poor 2003 World Cup. On the flat
tracks of Sharjah, Gul performed admirably, maintaining excellent discipline
and getting appreciable outswing with the new ball. Gul isn't in the Shoaib
Akhtar category in terms of pace, but his exceptional control and ability to
extract seam movement marks him out. Further, his height enables him to
extract bounce on most surfaces and from his natural back of a length, it is
a useful trait. His biggest moment in his brief international career came in
the Lahore Test against India in 2003-04. Unfazed by a daunting batting
line-up, Gul tore through the Indian top order with his ability to move the
ball both ways off the seam at a sharp pace. His 5 for 31 in the first
innings gave Pakistan the early initiative which they drove home to win the
Test and level the series. Unfortunately, that was his last cricket of any
kind for over a year as he discovered three stress fractures in his back
immediately after the Test. The injury would have ended many an
international career, but Gul returned, fitter and sharper than before in
late 2005. He wasn't picked for the winter series against England but
finally put on a Pakistan shirt against India in the ODI series at home in
February 2006. He went to Sri Lanka and opened the bowling in both Tests
with Mohammad Asif and showed further signs of rehabilitation by lasting
both Tests but it was really the second half of 2006, where he fully came of
age. Leading the attack against England and then the West Indies as
Pakistan's main bowlers suffered injuries, Gul stood tall, finishing
Pakistan's best bowler. An ankle injury stopped him from playing in South
Africa but with Mohammad Sami fading, Gul has established himself, along
with Asif, as the most promising quick in the land. In October he signed a
one-year contract with Gloucestershire for the 2007 season.
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