Full name Inzamam-ul-Haq
Born March 3, 1970, Multan, Punjab
Current age 41 years 252 days
Major teams Pakistan, Asia XI, Faisalabad, ICC World XI, ICL Pakistan XI, Lahore Badshahs, Multan, National Bank of Pakistan, Rawalpindi, United Bank Limited, Yorkshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 120 | 200 | 22 | 8830 | 329 | 49.60 | 16345 | 54.02 | 25 | 46 | 1105 | 48 | 81 | 0 |
| ODIs | 378 | 350 | 53 | 11739 | 137* | 39.52 | 15812 | 74.24 | 10 | 83 | 971 | 144 | 113 | 0 |
| T20Is | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11* | – | 15 | 73.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 245 | 393 | 58 | 16785 | 329 | 50.10 | 45 | 87 | 172 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 458 | 430 | 69 | 13746 | 157* | 38.07 | 12 | 97 | 128 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 21 | 32.00 | 37 | 86.48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 120 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 5.33 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 378 | 6 | 58 | 64 | 3 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 21.33 | 6.62 | 19.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| First-class | 245 | 2704 | 1295 | 38 | 5/80 | 34.07 | 2.87 | 71.1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| List A | 458 | 896 | 740 | 30 | 3/18 | 3/18 | 24.66 | 4.95 | 29.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Test debut | England v Pakistan at Birmingham, Jun 4-8, 1992 scorecard |
| Last Test | Pakistan v South Africa at Lahore, Oct 8-12, 2007 scorecard |
| Test statistics | – Statsguru Test analysis – Player analysis menu/filter Test match list ——————————— Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages ——————————— Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Bowling match list Bowling series averages ——————————— Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics |
| ODI debut | Pakistan v West Indies at Lahore, Nov 22, 1991 scorecard |
| Last ODI | Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Kingston, Mar 21, 2007 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | – Statsguru ODI analysis – Player analysis menu/filter ODI match list ——————————— Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages ——————————— Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Best innings bowling Bowling series averages ——————————— Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics |
| Only T20I | England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006 scorecard |
| T20I statistics | – Statsguru T20I analysis – Player analysis menu/filter T20I match list ——————————— Batting career summary Batting innings list ——————————— Fielding career summary Fielding innings list |
| First-class debut | 1985/86 |
| Last First-class | Pakistan v South Africa at Lahore, Oct 8-12, 2007 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1988/89 |
| Last List A | Kent v Yorkshire at Canterbury, Sep 9, 2007 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Australia A v Pakistanis at Adelaide, Jan 13, 2005 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006 scorecard |
| Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | ICL Pak XI | v ICL World XI | Ahmedabad | 26 Nov 2008 | Other T20 |
| 24 | ICL Pak XI | v ICL India XI | Ahmedabad | 24 Nov 2008 | Other T20 |
| – | Lahore | v ICL Hyd | Ahmedabad | 16 Nov 2008 | Other T20 |
| 10 | Lahore | v ICL Hyd | Ahmedabad | 15 Nov 2008 | Other T20 |
| 5 | Lahore | v ICL Hyd | Ahmedabad | 13 Nov 2008 | Other T20 |
| 62 | Lahore | v Chennai | Ahmedabad | 10 Nov 2008 | Other T20 |
| 31 | Lahore | v Chennai | Ahmedabad | 9 Nov 2008 | Other T20 |
| 27* | Lahore | v Dhaka | Ahmedabad | 7 Nov 2008 | Other T20 |
| – | Lahore | v Chandigarh | Panchkula | 2 Nov 2008 | Other T20 |
| 12, 1/22 | Lahore | v Delhi Giants | Gurgaon | 26 Oct 2008 | Other T20 |
Inzamam-ul-Haq is a symbiosis of strength and subtlety. Power is no surprise, but sublime touch is remarkable for a man of his bulk. He loathes exercise and often looks a passenger in the field, but with a willow between his palms he is suddenly galvanised. He plays shots all round the wicket, is especially strong off his legs, and unleashes ferocious pulls and lofted drives. Imran Khan rates him the best batsman in the world against pace. Early on he is vulnerable playing across his front pad or groping outside off stump. He uses his feet well to the spinners, although this aggression can be his undoing. Inzi keeps a cool head in a crisis and has succeeded Javed Miandad as Pakistan’s premier batsman, but his hapless running between wickets is legendary and most dangerous for his partners. There were no such problems against New Zealand at a boiling Lahore in 2001-02, when Inzamam belted 329, the second-highest Test score by a Pakistani and the tenth-highest by anyone. However, he was then dogged by poor form, scoring just 16 runs in Pakistan’s ill-fated World Cup campaign in 2003. He was dropped from the team briefly, but then roared back to form, scoring a magnificent unbeaten 138 and guiding Pakistan to a thrilling one-wicket win against Bangladesh at Multan. He was rewarded with the captaincy of the team, and despite leading them to victory in the Test series in New Zealand, question-marks about his leadership qualities surfaced when Pakistan were beaten in both the Test series and the one-dayers against India. But the selectors persevered with him and this bore results when he took a team thin on bowling resources to India and drew the Test series with a rousing performance in the final Test, Inzamam’s 100th. After scoring a magnificent 184, Inzamam led the team astutely on a tense final day and took Pakistan to victory. Since that day, Inzamam has gone from strength to strength as captain and premier batsman. By scoring a hundred against West Indies in June 2005, he kept up a remarkable record of matchwinning centuries, amongt the best of modern-day batsmen. A magnificent year ended with Inzamam leading his team to triumph over Ashes-winning England; personally the series was arguably his best ever. He never failed to make a fifty, scored twin centuries at Faisalabad for the first time, going past Miandad as Pakistan’s leading century-maker and joining him as only the second Pakistani with 8000 Test runs. As captain, he never looked more a leader, uniting a young, inexperienced team and turning them, once again, into a force to matter globally. The turn of the year brought contemplation; he missed the Test victory over India at Karachi with a persistent back injury. The subsequent ODI thrashing also raised concerns about Inzamam as ODI captain, none of which were entirely wiped away during ODI and Test wins in Sri Lanka. Pakistan were then beaten comprehensively in the Test series in England though all was forgotten – including Inzamam’s own poor form – by events at The Oval. There, Inzamam, astonishingly for a man perceived as so insouciant, became the most controversial figure in cricket for a week, leading his side off the field in protest at charges of ball tampering made by umpires Billy Doctrove and Darrell Hair. They refused to come out at first, then delayed the start before eventually forfeiting the Test, the first time in the history of the game. In Pakistan, he became a national hero, saviour of a country’s pride and honour. He was banned for four ODIs and returned to lead the side to a series-win over West Indies followed by a disappointing Test series in South Africa, and then quit the one-day game after Pakistan were eliminated from the World Cup at the first hurdle, an event overshadowed by the death of Bob Woolmer. Even though he expressed his desire to be part of the Test team, Inzamam was not offered a central contract in July and, according to a few, might signal the end of his illustrious international career.
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