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Kamran Akmal (born 13
January 1982 in Lahore) is a Pakistani cricketer who has played 38 Test matches
and 88 ODIs for Pakistan. He is a quick-scoring batsman and a wicket-keeper,
who has achieved four centuries and two fifties in 31 Test innings. However,
his first century was vital - his 109 from the number eight position at Mohali,
coming in with Pakistan in a lead of 39 against India in the first Test,
ensured that the visitors could draw the match. 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 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. Since then he did not
score an international hundred until the Bangladeshi tour of Pakistan in 2008.
Kamran Akmal was dropped for the Asia Cup 2008 as a result of his poor batting
form and very poor keeping. He was replaced by Sarfraz Ahmed who has performed
very well the domestic level. Kamran was named in the 30 man probable squad for
the 2008 ICC Champions Trophy. 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. Akmal was also signed on to the Rajasthan Royals, and played in
the inaugural season of the IPL. He played five matches in the tournament, as
wicket-keeper and top-order batsman, including the final of the tournament
against the Chennai Super Kings. He took two catches in the first innings,
however he was run out for six runs during the Royal's chase. The Royals went
on to win the tournament after a thrilling finish.
Current age 29 years 6 days
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Relation Brother - Adnan Akmal, Brother - Umar Akmal
Kamran Akmal may well be the most emphatic proof of cricket's
changed priorities post Adam Gilchrist. Sides now search for an explosive
batsman who can change a day, an innings, a phase with the bat and so long as
you can identify right wicketkeeping glove from left, the place is yours.
Kamran Akmal might fighting fit be the majority vigorous testimony
of cricket’s distorted main concerned position Adam Gilchrist. A side at the
present rummage around for a volatile batsman who can revolutionize a day, an
innings, and a stage by means of the bat and so elongated while you can
recognize right wicket keeping glove from left, the position is yours.
There has been diminutive distrust concerning Akmal’s batting. The
cleanliness of his constrains and the potency of his wounding and dragging, for
the most part on slower subcontinent exteriors, has all the time apprehended a
strong magnetism. And when it comes mutually as it did one January morning in
Karachi in opposition to India – one of the Test innings of that decade – he
makes it in the side as a batsman unaccompanied.
Other than his glove work, which started quit auspiciously at what
time he successfully finished the battle between Rashid Latif and Moin Khan in
belatedly 2004, has got worse frighteningly and a small number of Pakistan
matches are complete exclusive of a lumbering Akmal mistake.
It was not for all time hence, for that he was excellent at what
time he started, quit presentable to make an impression Ian Healy. On the other
hand uncontrollably cricket in all three systems have consent to methodological
blunders move stealthily in and critics and specialists have extended pushed
for the need for him to take a break.
Kamran Akmal may well be the most emphatic proof of cricket's
changed priorities post Adam Gilchrist. Sides now search for an explosive
batsman who can change a day, an innings, a phase with the bat and so long as
you can identify right wicketkeeping glove from left, the place is yours.There
has been little doubt about Akmal's batting. 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 the Test innings of that
decade - he makes it in the side as a batsman alone.
But his glovework, which began so promisingly when he effectively
ended the dogfight between Rashid Latif and Moin Khan in late 2004, has
deteriorated alarmingly and few Pakistan matches are complete without a clumsy
Akmal error. It wasn't always thus, for he was good when he began, good enough
to impress Ian Healy. But non-stop cricket in all three formats have let
technical errors creep in and critics and experts have long pushed for the need
for him to take a break.To quality spin, he is often as lost as the batsmen and
Danish Kaneria, over the years, has suffered in particular. In a string of
error-ridden performances, the one nobody will forget will be the four dropped
catches (and a missed run-out) in the Sydney Test of 2009-10, which allowed
Australia to escape with a remarkable, traumatic win. Against this the memory
of his Karachi hundred will always battle, with no clear winner ever likely to
emerge. The tryst with controversy does his cause no good, with his refusal to
accept his demotion from the side in the aftermath of a disastrous Sydney Test
in 2009, eliciting a harsh fine and a disciplinary probation from the PCB.
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