Azhar Ali
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| Full Name | Azhar ali | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth | 19 February 1985 Lahore , Punjab , Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Surname | ajju | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| height | 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| batting style | right hand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| bowling style | leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman , ODI Captain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 199 ) | 13 July 2010 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| final test | 13-17 October 2016 vs West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 185 ) | 30 May 2011 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last one day | 2 October 2016 vs West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| one day shirt | 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011-2013 | Lahore Eagles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-2015 | Lahore Lions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-present | Lahore Qalandars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-present | balochistan cricket team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source : ESPN Cricinfo , 07 October 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Azhar Ali is a Pakistan Cricket team players that are currently in the culinary side of the one-day international of the captain and Test cricket in the sub Captain 's.
Azhar Ali made his Test debut in Australia's cricket team against the Lord's Cricket Ground at Lord's I did in July 2010.Azhar plays the role of a right handed
batsman and is a part time leg break bowler . Ali also has
a triple century in Test cricket to his name, which he scored against
the West Indies cricket team in October 2016 .
In domestic cricket, Ali Khan has played
for Research Laboratory, Lahore, Lahore Eagles, Lahore Lions, Lahore
Qalandars, Pakistan A and Huntly team . During the
first edition of Pakistan Super League, Ali was also the captain of Lahore
Qalandars .
Domestic cricket career
Azhar
Ali is a right-handed opener batsman and part-time leg break bowler. Azhar
has always been the opening batsman for the Khan Research
Laboratory cricket team in his domestic cricket
career . Azhar has scored a total of 40 centuries and 53 fifties
in first-class cricket with
his highest score being an unbeaten 302 * . Azhar
has so far scored 7,4,19 runs in 123 matches in first-class cricket . Apart
from these, he has scored 5,05 runs in 119 matches in List A cricket . Azhar Ali was
selected as the captain in the first edition of the Pakistan Super
League. In the first edition, Ali played 7 matches and scored 180 runs.
International cricket
career
There
are only a few players from Pakistan who have started their career with Test cricket , Azhar is
also the same who started his cricket career with Test cricket . Azhar
played his first Test match against the Australian team at Lord's Cricket Ground in
July 2010 .
Beginnings against
Australia and England
When
Ali started his career, Pakistan 's
middle order Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan were a
wall. Ali played Test matches against Australia and England in
2010 . Azhar scored just 17 runs in the first innings of his first
Test and was caught by Tim
Paine . He scored 42 runs in the second innings but
Pakistan lost the match by 150 runs.
After
this, played the second Test match which was against Australia, once again
disappointed in the first innings of that match and gave his wicket for just 30
runs but in the second innings he scored his first half-century. And that
match was also won by Pakistan. Azhar worked hard in the first two
Tests against England as well.
November 2010 :
Against Africa
Once
again Azhar Ali was selected in the team, this time the match was to be played against South Africa cricket team ,
this series was held in November 2010. Azhar performed well in both the
innings of the first Test, scoring fifties, both of his fifties helped Pakistan
to chase down the target of 451 runs. Ali then scored a scintillating 90
in the second of the second Test in which he faced a total of 135 balls, at
that time the captain of the team was Misbah-ul-Haq .
January 2011 : Tour
of New Zealand
After doing well
against South Africa and his experience of
playing against teams like Australia and England , the
selectors once selected Ali for the two Test matches against New Zealand , which took
place in January 2011.
In the first Test match of the tour, Ali made only 18
runs in the first innings and did not get a chance to play in the second
innings as the match was won by Pakistan and 10 wickets. However, Azhar
Ali scored his sixth fifty in the second Test.
June 2012: tour of
Sri Lanka
Azhar
was included in both ODIs and Tests against
the Sri Lankan team in
2012 . He impressed everyone in ODIs and scored 90 * in the second
match and 81 * not out in the fourth
match . Similarly, he was the highest run-scorer for Pakistan in the
series .
Its
Ali also performed well in Test matches and scored his fourth Test century in
the first innings of the second Test of the series, in which Ali had scored a
total of 157 runs. Similarly, Ali continued to maintain his good
form and scored a century in the second innings as well, scoring a total of 136
runs. Due to his good performance, Ali became one of the ' ICC's
Top-10' players in Tests .
Captaincy
After Misbah-ul-Haq 's retirement
from ODIs ,
there was discussion about making a new captain and Ali was appointed as the
captain. Although there was discussion about making Sarfaraz Ahmed the captain
before Ali, but the board chose the captain considering Ali's experience of 2
years in ODIs.
Pakistan tour of
Bangladesh
The Pakistan cricket team toured Bangladesh cricket team in
2014-15, this time the captain was Azhar Ali . Although
Pakistan had lost all three ODIs, due to this Pakistan was very
disappointed. But Azhar, playing a good captaincy innings, scored 62 and
101 runs as well as scored his first ODI century. This was the first such
series for Pakistan in which Bangladesh had to face defeat.
Zimbabwe tour of
Pakistan
The Zimbabwe cricket team toured
Pakistan in 2015 which went well for Pakistan and won the
three-match series 2–0. Ali scored his country's first century in the very
first match of the series, Ali's second ODI century.
Pakistan tour of Sri
Lanka
Pakistan cricket team 's Sri Lanka tour and 9
years later, won by a series in Sri Lanka. Pakistan's last
victory was in 2006 under the captaincy of Inzamam-ul-Haq . Azhar
scored a lot of runs in this series and also became the fastest player to score
1000 ODI runs, Ali completed 1000 runs in just 21 innings.
At
the end of the game, Ahmed
Sahajad said that Azhar Ali is playing in
his natural style.
Azhar is in very good form right now, so he is playing in
his natural style and looks like he will play well for the team in future
also.
Pakistan tour of
England
In
August 2016 , Pakistan cricket
team 's England also
visited the Ireland visit. Meanwhile, Azhar Ali scored a brilliant
139 against England in the Test series at Birmingham . He
scored just 30 runs in the final Test and the series was tied at 2-2.
After
this the ODI series started but did not go well for Pakistan and lost the
series 4–1. Along with this, the England cricket team also
made a world record by scoring 444 runs in an ODI match. Ali played two
matches 80 and 82 runs in the ODI series and scored 208 runs in 5 innings
throughout the series.
West Indies and
Pakistan in 2016
Pakistan won the T20
series 3–0 as well as the ODI series. Pakistan won the first ODI by 111
runs, making it Pakistan's 5th biggest win by runs against the West Indies cricket team . Babar Azam scored
three consecutive centuries towards Pakistan, which strengthened
Pakistan. After this, captain Azhar Ali also scored his
third century in the third match and with this became the first Pakistani
player to score three centuries as a captain.
Records and achievements
- Azhar Ali became the fastest Pakistani cricketer to score 1000 runs in a 50-50 overs game .
- Azhar became the 7th player to complete 1000 runs in the fastest ODI.
- Azhar Ali is the only player of the Pakistani cricket team to score 3 ODI centuries as a captain.
- Azhar Ali made it to the top 10 captains who scored 611 runs in 10 matches as the fastest captain.
- Azhar Ali became the first Pakistani cricket captain to score a century while chasing a target that no one has done before.
- He became the first player to score a century, double or triple century in a day-night Test match.
