Full name | Fawad Alam |
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Born | 8 October 1985 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Batting style | Left-handed |
Bowling style | Slow left-arm orthodox |
Role | Batting All-Rounder |
Profile
Fawad Alam (Urdu:
فواد عالم, born 8 October 1985) is a Pakistani cricketer. He is
primarily a left-handed batsman but bowls handy slow left-arm orthodox.
Batting average wise, he is the only Pakistani in all time 20 great
batsmen of first class cricket.
His father Tariq Alam had a long first class career in Pakistan. Fawad currently captains the National Bank of Pakistan cricket team (NBP cricket team) and Pakistan A cricket team. He is a rotating batsman in the Pakistani cricket team.
Making his first class debut at the age of 17, Fawad played with
Pakistan Customs and Karachi. He impressed enough to be selected to play
in the U-19 World Cup, which Pakistan won.
Fawad starred in the 2006–07 domestic season, finishing as the fifth
highest run scorer in the Quaid-e-Azam trophy. He took a 5 wicket haul
in the Twenty20 Cup final which earned him Man of the Match and was also
named Man of the Series, Best Batsman and Best Bowler.After Pakistan's disappointing World Cup campaign, Alam was drafted into a 16-man squad for a One Day International series against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi. His debut in the 3rd ODI was one to forget, he was caught and bowled by Dilhara Fernando for a first ball duck.
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