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Full name Umar Gul
Born April 14, 1984, Peshawar, North-Western Frontier Province
Current age 24 years 232 days
Major teams Pakistan,Gloucestershire,Kolkata Knight Riders,Pakistan A,Pakistan International Airlines
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
16
20
2
136
26
7.55
357
38.09
0
0
19
3
4
0
ODIs
51
17
7
86
17*
8.60
134
64.17
0
0
6
3
6
0
T20Is
13
4
3
2
2*
2.00
3
66.66
0
0
0
0
4
0
First-class
43
49
7
481
46
11.45
0
0
11
0
List A
91
34
16
160
19*
8.88
0
0
12
0
Twenty20
29
15
5
91
24
9.10
69
131.88
0
0
3
8
8
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
16
30
3612
2114
67
5/31
9/164
31.55
3.51
53.9
5
3
0
ODIs
51
51
2388
1962
73
5/17
5/17
26.87
4.92
32.7
1
1
0
T20Is
13
13
286
244
20
4/13
4/13
12.20
5.11
14.3
2
0
0
First-class
43
8807
5047
200
8/78
25.23
3.43
44.0
12
13
1
List A
91
4357
3548
128
5/17
5/17
27.71
4.88
34.0
2
1
0
Twenty20
29
29
641
668
46
4/13
4/13
14.52
6.25
13.9
4
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v Bangladesh at Karachi, Aug 20-24, 2003 scorecard
Last Test
Pakistan v South Africa at Lahore, Oct 8-12, 2007 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Sharjah, Apr 3, 2003 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v West Indies at Abu Dhabi, Nov 16, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
Kenya v Pakistan at Nairobi (Gym), Sep 4, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at King City (NW), Oct 13, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
2001/02
Last First-class
North West Frontier Province v Baluchistan at Lahore, Nov 24-28, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2002/03
Last List A
Pakistan v West Indies at Abu Dhabi, Nov 16, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Hyderabad Hawks v Peshawar Panthers at Lahore, Apr 25, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at King City (NW), Oct 13, 2008 scorecard
Profile
A fast bowler of growing repute, Umar Gul is the latest in Pakistan's assembly-line of pace-bowling talent. He had played just nine first-class matches when called up for national duty in the wake of Pakistan's poor 2003 World Cup. On the flat tracks of Sharjah, Gul performed admirably, maintaining excellent discipline and getting appreciable outswing with the new ball. Gul isn't in the Shoaib Akhtar category in terms of pace, but his exceptional control and ability to extract seam movement marks him out. Further, his height enables him to extract bounce on most surfaces and from his natural back of a length, it is a useful trait. His first big moment in his career came in the Lahore Test against India in 2003-04. Unfazed by a daunting batting line-up, Gul tore through the Indian top order, moving the ball both ways off the seam at a sharp pace. His 5 for 31 in the first innings gave Pakistan the early initiative which they drove home to win the Test. Unfortunately, that was his last cricket of any kind for over a year as he discovered three stress fractures in his back immediately after the Test. The injury would have ended many an international career, but Gul returned, fitter and sharper than before in late 2005. He returned in a Pakistan shirt against India in the ODI series at home in February 2006 and in Sri Lanka showed further signs of rehabilitation by lasting both Tests but it was really the second half of 2006, where he fully came of age. Leading the attack against England and then the West Indies as Pakistan's main bowlers suffered injuries, Gul stood tall, finishing Pakistan's best bowler. An ankle injury stopped him from playing in South Africa but with Mohammad Sami fading, Gul has established himself, along with Asif, as the most promising quick in the land. In October he signed a one-year contract with Gloucestershire for the 2007 season.
Osman Samiuddin April 2007
