Umar Akmal

Umar Akmal Biography

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As explosive starts to one’s International careers go, few can rival Umar Akmal. He announced his entry with scores of 66 and 102* within his first 3 ODI innings (at Sri Lanka, 2009) in addition to a 129 and 75 on Test debut (at New Zealand, 2009). Those performances weren’t a surprise. At first class level, Akmal was renowned for his big scores amassed in quick time. 7 years prior to his debut, Umar’s elder brother Kamran had already gotten his taste of international cricket. By 2010, the siblings featured regularly, in tandem for Pakistan.
As a fearless, middle-order batsman, throughout Pakistan’s disappointing spree of series losses against Sri Lanka in 2009 and later at Australia in early 2010, Umar Akmal’s ascendance was one of their few positives. But as the series in Australia progressed, complacency began to creep into Akmal’s Test form, which started to dip. In ODIs though, a hundred and five fifties by his 18th outing maintained a steady average. It was enough to justify an inclusion in Pakistan’s 2010 T20 World Cup squad. He finished the tournament as Pakistan’s 3rd highest-run getter towards their semi-final run.
While still protected as a batsman, featuring at 3-down, in a Pakistan side that lacks specialist batsmen with the temperament for all forms of the game, Umar Akmal is their most proven rookie to fill the void for the years to come.

Fast Facts

    Akmal’s total of 204 runs on his Test debut (against New Zealand) is the 8th highest ever.
    It’s also the second highest for a Pakistani debutant behind Yasir Hameed’s 275 in 2003.
    Akmal’s 129 on Test debut is the 4th highest for a Pakistani, making him one of only 7 players from his country to score a century on debut. Among those on the list, Akmal is the only centurion to have achieved the feat on foreign soil.
    It took Umar Akmal 38 matches (6 Tests, 18 ODIs and 14 T20s) until playing for Pakistan in Pakistan, the third most behind teammate Mohammad Aamer (41) and Sri Lankan Greame Labrooy (53).
    Along with brother Kamran Akmal, the Akmals are the 4th blood brothers to feature for Pakistan in the 60-odd years of cricket history.
    Among top order batsmen, Akmal has the 4th best strike rate overall (Test, ODI and T20) for Pakistani players. (Minimum of 40 matches) 

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Mohammad Yousuf

Mohammad Yousuf Biography

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Full name: Mohammad Yousuf
Date Of Birth: August 27, 1974
Place Of Birth: Lahore, Punjab
Major teams: Pakistan, ACC Asian XI, Bahawalpur, Lahore, Pakistan International Airlines, Water and Power Development Authority
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak






Mohammad Yousuf born in a Christian family as Yousuf Youhana on August 27th, 1974 in Lahore, Punjab province of Pakistan is a prolific Pakistan cricket player. He changed his name to Mohammad Yousuf since he got converted to Islam in 2005.
Mohammad Yousuf is an aggressive right-handed batsman and holds the world record of most Test runs scored in a single calendar year in 2006. Mohammad Yousuf scored 1788 Test runs with nine centuries from 11 Tests in 2006 and broke the 30-year-old world record of West Indies batsman Sir Vivian Richards, who scored 1710 runs from 11 Tests in 1976. Incidentally Mohammad Yousuf broke the record of Sir Vivian Richards playing against West Indies at Karachi.

Mohammad Yousuf made his Test debut against South Africa at Durban in February 1998 and made his One-day debut against Zimbabwe in March 1998 at Harare. His career best test score came at Lahore, where he scored 223 against England in December 2005 and followed it up with another 202 in July 2006 against England.
Mohammad Yousuf has scored 23 centuries and accumulated more than 6700 Test runs and became the third Pakistan batsman behind Javed Miandad and Inzamam-ul-Haq to score over 6000 runs.

Mohammad Yousuf has amassed more than 8600 runs with 13 centuries from over 250 One-day games and became Pakistan's third highest run-getter behind Javed Miandad and Zaheer Abbas.

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Waqar Younus

Waqar Younus Biography

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 Waqar Younis, aka Burewala Express who is aged 41 is a former Pakistani Pace bowler who has always been considered as one of the greatest bowler of all time is also known for being the youngest captain for Pakistan and 3rd youngest for test cricket history. Waqar Younis has taken 373 wickets in 87 tests and 416 wickets off 262 ODI matches.

Waqar Younis has also been coaching earlier for the Pakistan Cricket Team's bowlers on and off since 2006 and hence brings in a good amount of expertise both as a pace bowler and also a bowling coach. This should definitely give some amount of boosting for the Sunrisers Hyderabad team.

Sunrisers Hyderabad, is not yet another cricket franchise coming out of Hyderabad, but in reality a new franchise formed and owned by Sun TV Network in the year 2012 after the former IPL team, Deccan Chargers were terminated by the IPL council.

Sunrisers Hyderabad team is coached by Tom Moody and mentored by Krishnamachari Srikanth. Now, Waqar Younis will be joining in these two people to bring up the best possible team out for the IPL 6 2013 tournament.

Do you think this unique combination of team management can help in bringing Sunrisers Hyderabad to the realm of success in their debut series? And all you Sunrisers Hyderabad supporters, do you think Waqar was the right choice to coach the team or you would have opted for someone else? Do let us know your thoughts and opinions with your comments below.

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Abdul Razzaq

Abdul Razzaq Biography

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Born in Kuwait, 1948.
Education:

Bachelor of Law, Kuwait University, 1972.
Master of Law, South Eastern University, UK (Intellectual Property law)

Abdul Razzaq Abdullah is licensed to practice before the Court of Cassation and the Constitutional Court of Kuwait. He is a distinguished professional practicing law in Kuwait since 1972 and who combines excellent legal skills with the practical cultural, political and financial advice necessary to ensure his client's success.

Abdul Razzaq Abdullah has the dexterity and legal expertise required to successfully manage his client's legal issues. The success of Abdul Razzaq can be attributed to his absolute sincerity to his clients and his ability to work closely with them in order to achieve their objective. This commitment was developed much early in his career and was steadily increasing. When he started working as a lawyer for a prestigious law firm (Abdul Razzaq Al Sane Law Firm) he nurtured his work ethics and dedication to the legal profession.

After gaining years of valuable experience, Mr. Razzaq decided it was time to utilize his experience and venture out on to his own. It was then in 1972 that he opened his own Legal Practice, Abdul Razzaq Abdullah & Partners Law Firm. As his experience began to grow so did his clientele. Mr. Razzaq become a notable lawyer within Kuwait and the Gulf and became legal adviser for major clients. Mr. Razzaq was even called upon many times for legal consultation in drafting the new Legislations.

By specializing in Commercial Law practice Mr. Razzaq was able to focus his attention to the needs of his business clients, and to allow himself as well as his staff to become experts in the field of Commercial law. Realizing that the world is fast becoming a Global Society, Mr. Razzaq's vision made him establish an International Department in his Law Firm. As Kuwait serves as a hub for trade with major Middle East countries, opening its doors to international investors, the need for multi-jurisdictional lawyers grew. That is precisely why he successfully ventured strategic alliances with Law firms around the world. Mr. Razzaq has successfully established a network of Law Firms in Major Capital Cities around the world. The firm currently represents Clients in Multi-Million Dollar cross border transactions.

Mr. Razzaq is a member of the Kuwait Bar Association and The International Bar Association (IBA). He is also a member of The Arab Regional Forum of the International Bar Association and a member of The Human Rights Institute of The International Bar Association. Mr. Razzaq has been honored to be included in Who’s Who in the World. He has also been awarded for his outstanding contribution towards the study of Law in the “One Thousand Great Intellectuals Journal” and was also appointed as the Business Ambassador of Chamber of Commerce, India.

Mr. Razzaq has authored several articles on the subject of Commercial laws of Kuwait, Agency law, Banking and finance, Intellectual property law, complexities of setting up business, E-commerce, Commission law etc.

Advice to Kuwaiti & foreign business people: "I strongly advocate foreign investments because it paves way to economic prosperity. It appears that the basic economic situation in Kuwait is much favorable than any other time. Improvements in national economy will be largely dependent on reconstruction efforts, security and sound monetary and fiscal policies. The Central Statistics Department of the Ministry of Planning's figures show that the contribution of oil and gas sectors has declined steadily. This is mainly due to fluctuations in the oil market. Taking into consideration that our natural asset is depleting and the country has few other resources emphasis should be give to other modes of economic growth.

It is to be noted that Kuwait is one of the pioneers in the Middle East region allowing foreign investment in its upstream. Kuwait consolidated its oil sector; privatized many of the government owned companies and allowed foreign investment even in its oil sector. Globalization of the world economy and trade has had a considerable impact on Kuwait's economy, which is keeping its gates open for the foreign investors through promulgation of many new laws supporting foreign investors.

ABDUL RAZZAQ ABDULLAH’S STATEMENT:

Quality attracts quality, as the adage goes and, at Abdul Razzaq & Partners, quality lawyers and quality service have attracted clients we are proud to serve.

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Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi Biography

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Shahid Afridi is a professional cricket player, who was born on March 1, 1980 in Khyber Agency, Pakistan. His parents are of the Afridi tribe in Kohat; he is married to Nadia and has two daughters, Aqsa and Ansha.

Nicknamed ‘Boom Boom Afridi’ for his aggressive batting style, Shahid Afridi is a brilliant all-rounder, as he is also a right-arm leg-spin or medium-paced bowler. In October 1998, he made his Test debut for the Pakistan team against Australia and became a reliable member of his side. Shahid Afridi scored five Test centuries in his career, as of the year 2008; three times against India (1999 and twice in 2006) and twice against the West Indies (2002 and 2005).

His first appearance in an One Day International (ODI) came on October 2, 1996 at Nairobi in a match played against the Kenya cricket team. He rose to become an indispensable member of the Pakistani ODI squad with his remarkable performances since 1996. By making the fastest hundred runs (included six boundaries and eleven 6’s) of 37 balls in an ODI match against Sri Lanka, Shahid Afridi beat the record of Sanath Jayasuriya, a famous Sri Lankan cricketer, on October 4, 1996. He was just 16 years, when he performed this feat and was the youngest player to have achieved such an accomplishment. With Brian Lara, he shares a joint record for scoring the third fastest ODI century out of 45 balls against India in April 2005. By making four of the top eight fastest ODI half centuries, Shahid Afridi has made a mark for himself in the history of ODI cricket. In 2007, he scored 32 runs (including four consecutive sixes) off six balls against Sri Lanka at Abu Dhabi. The over was bowled by Malinga Bandara which is considered to the second most expensive over in the ODI history.

In March 2005, his Test performance with the bat and the ball played a key role in Pakistan’s encounter against India. Shahid Afridi made 50 runs out of 26 balls and walked away with three wickets in the second innings of a Test match claiming the victory for his team and brought the series to a draw. In January 2006, he smashed four consecutive sixes against Harbhajan Singh’s bowling in a Test match against India. On achieving a combination of 5000 runs and 200 wickets, Shahid Afridi is the third player (after Sanath Jayasuriya and Jacques Kallis, a South African cricketer) to accomplish such a feat in the ODI history.

For his commendable performances as a bowler of the Pakistan team in the international 2007 Twenty20, Shahid Afridi earned the Man of the Series award.

He represented the Deccan Chargers (DC) team under the captaincy of VVS Laxman, an Indian cricketer, in the Indian Premier League (IPL) of 2008. His sign-in price was $675,000 and played thirty matches for the DC team. Shahid Afridi scored 367 runs, which included 32 boundaries and 21 sixes with a strike rate of 171.49. By taking 35 wickets, the bowling average of Shahid Afridi was 20.05 at an economy rate of 6.81.

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