Date of Birth : 17th October 1980
Place of Birth : Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan
Nickname : Professor,Cheena
Height : 5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)
Batting Style : Right-Handed
Bowling Style : Right Arm Slow(Bowl)
Test Debut (cap 173) : 20th August 2003 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 144) : 3rd April 2003 v Zimbabwe
Mohammad Hafeez is a Pakistani cricketer. Mohammad Hafeez is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm slow bowler. Hafeez generally opens the batting and is also a skilful boundary fielder.
International Career
Hafeez was one of the several young all-rounders the Pakistani cricket team turned to after their poor Cricket World Cup display in 2003, in which they were eliminated in the first round.
Hafeez scored a half-century on his Test debut against Bangladesh, and in his following Test hit a century. Mohammad Hafeez form with bat and ball would then drop considerably and in late-2003 he was dropped from the Test squad, and soon after the ODI side. With strong domestic performances as well as good showings for the Pakistan A, he remained on the fringes of a recall in 2004. Hafeez returned to the ODI side in 2005 and despite not contributing with the bat, his bowling performances were impressive. In the 2006 Top End Series held in Australia, Hafeez smashed a century for Pakistan A. With Pakistan struggling to find a solid opening pair for Test cricket, Hafeez was recalled for the tour of England. Mohammad Hafeez return to Test cricket was made at The Oval and he scored a fluent 95. Later that year in November, Hafeez retained his place in the side for their home series against the West Indies. After getting starts in the first two Test he would go on to score his second Test century in the third Test in Karachi.
Following this good form he was also in the squad that was selected to play South Africa in the UAE. After some impressive score in the opener slot, he was again rewarded with now a test call up. Mohammad Hafeez had some decent scores in the test matches and bowled some tidy overs of offspin as well.
At the end of 2010 he was also selected for the party that would tour New Zealand. In all of the T20s he made some good scores including a 46.
In the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, he started the tournament with a few poor scores with the bat, and was consistent with the ball. Especially 10 overs for just 26 runs against Australia and 2 wickets for 16 runs in quarter final. In the quarter-final against West Indies, Hafeez provided a major contribution to the team's victory with 2 wickets and 60*, receiving the player of the match award. Also in the semi final he scored 43 runs and took a wicket for 31 runs in 10 overs although Pakistan lost the match.
In the tour of the West Indies, Hafeez continued his good form with both bat and ball scoring 267 runs in 5 matches with an average of 53.40, and took 6 wickets at an average of 23.50. . Mohammad Hafeez made his second One Day International century in the fourth ODI, where he scored 121 runs before being bowled by the promising leg spinner Devendra Bishoo.
Mohammad Hafeez was in the form of his life with all-round performances when Pakistan toured Zimbabwe in September 2011 taking his batting average to 27 from 21 after the recall. Scoring his third career One Day International century all in 2011 playing the second ODI. Mohammad Hafeez was top run scorer throughout the series in all formats. Mohammad Hafeez was also dangerous with the ball and specially taking wickets on the straighter deliveries mixing up with off-spin with 7 wickets in T-20 series.
One Day International Centuries
# Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year
[1] 115 61 New Zealand Christchurch, New Zealand AMI Stadium 2011
[2] 121 76 West Indies Barbados, West Indies Kensington Oval 2011
[3] 139* 81 Zimbabwe Harare, Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club 2011
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