Profile "Abdur Rehman"

Abdur Rehman

Abdur Rehman

Pakistan

Full name Abdur Rehman

Born March 1, 1980, Sialkot, Punjab

Current age 31 years

Major teams Pakistan, Gujranwala Cricket Association, Habib Bank Limited, Sialkot, Sialkot Stallions

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Abdur Rehman

Statistics before July 03-2011

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	8	10	2	177	60	22.12	36.19	0	1	22	3	1	0
ODIs	20	14	4	75	31	7.50	48.07	0	0	5	1	2	0
T20Is	7	4	2	15	7	7.50	88.23	0	0	0	0	6	0
First-class	110	149	17	2429	96	18.40		0	12			48	0
List A	119	82	21	842	50	13.80		0	1			24	0
Twenty20	38	18	5	131	21	10.07	104.80	0	0	13	2	19	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	8	16	2926	1275	40	4/65	8/210	31.87	2.61	73.1	3	0	0
ODIs	20	20	1050	755	15	2/20	2/20	50.33	4.31	70.0	0	0	0
T20Is	7	7	150	174	11	2/7	2/7	15.81	6.96	13.6	0	0	0
First-class	110		23764	10452	392	8/53	8/53	26.66	2.63	60.6		18	4
List A	119		6301	4510	166	4/25	4/25	27.16	4.29	37.9	6	0	0
Twenty20	38	38	849	955	47	3/28	3/28	20.31	6.74	18.0	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Pakistan v South Africa at Karachi, Oct 1-5, 2007
Last Test	West Indies v Pakistan at Basseterre, May 20-24, 2011
ODI debut	Pakistan v West Indies at Faisalabad, Dec 7, 2006
Last ODI	Australia v Pakistan at Colombo (RPS), Mar 19, 2011
T20I debut	South Africa v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Feb 2, 2007
Last T20I	West Indies v Pakistan at Gros Islet, Apr 21, 2011
First-class debut	1997/98
Last First-class	West Indies v Pakistan at Basseterre, May 20-24, 2011
List A debut	1998/99
Last List A	Australia v Pakistan at Colombo (RPS), Mar 19, 2011
Twenty20 debut	Lahore Eagles v Sialkot Stallions at Lahore, Apr 26, 2005
Last Twenty20	Karachi Dolphins v Sialkot Stallions at Faisalabad, Jun 30, 2011

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
0/30, 21	S Stallions	v K Dolphins	Faisalabad	30 Jun 2011
3/28, 9	S Stallions	v Leopards	Faisalabad	29 Jun 2011
14, 2/28	S Stallions	v Hawks	Faisalabad	27 Jun 2011
2/20, 4	S Stallions	v Lahore Lions	Faisalabad	25 Jun 2011
3, 2/55, 4/65	Pakistan	v West Indies	Basseterre	20 May 2011
2/51, 40*, 1/25, 6	Pakistan	v West Indies	Providence	12 May 2011
3, 1/50	Pakistanis	v Guyana BP XI	Georgetown	8 May 2011
2/22, 7	Pakistan	v West Indies	Gros Islet	21 Apr 2011
4/27	Pakistanis	v UWI VC XI	Castries	18 Apr 2011
1/34	Pakistan	v Australia	Colombo (RPS)	19 Mar 2011

Profile

Abdur Rehman made his debut for Pakistan during the homes series against West Indies at the ripe old age of 26 (old considering the subcontinent's trait of ruthlessly exposing youth to the world's best). Not a huge turner of the cricket ball, his accuracy and consistency, as well as exploiting the rough marks, does it for him not only at the elite level but on the domestic circuit as well.

Rehman's rise to fame goes way back to 1999 when he grabbed a five-for and a six-wicket haul in successive matches while representing Pakistan Under-19 against South Africa in 1999. He was picked for the side even though he only had a brace of first-class outings.

Rehman's opportunities on the international circuit have so far been limited due to the abundance of spinners in the Pakistan line-up albeit in the form of allrounders. His performance in domestic competitions have been notable, especially during the 2006-07 season where he ended up as the highest wicket-taker in the Pentangular Cup including an 11-wicket haul for champions Habib Bank Limited in the penultimate match of the season.

Picked for the Abu Dhabi series as a consequence, Rehman only played one match where he managed a solitary wicket. As decent as Rehman is in the shorter form of the game, he lacks the artillery to cause major concern to batsmen in Test matches. However, with Pakistan opting for a two-man spin attack, Rehman made his Test debut in the home series against South Africa and emerged Pakistan's best bowler in the series by taking 12 wickets, including eight in his debut Test.

Abdur Rehman