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Umar Akmal Biography

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Umar Akmal was born on 26 May 1990 and he is a Pakistani cricketer. He played his first ODI match on 1 August 2009 against Sri Lanka and then he played his first test match against New Zealand on Nov 23 2009. He is a part-time spinner and right handed batsman. Similar to his brothers Adnan and Kamran, he maintained wickets for the national team.
He is an aggressive style cricketer. In only his sixth first class match he smashed 248 off just 225 deliveries, including four sixes. He followed that up with an unbeaten 186 in his 8th first class match, off just 170 balls. He fared less well in his second season of first class cricket, with a string of low scores batting at number 3.
He found form in the final few matches of the 2008/09 season and then in the RBS T20 tournament thus getting the selectors nod to play for Pakistan A side on their tour to Australia A.
Umar came to prominence during the Australia A tour in June/July 2009. In the two Test matches he recorded scores of 54, 100*, 130, 0. In the ODI series that followed Umar continued his fine form with a century in the opening ODI encounter off just 68 deliveries.
These performances made him gather considerable praise from the media who were there to witness him and calls began to grow about his inclusion in the ODI series for the main Pakistan side against Sri Lanka. Umar stand for Pakistan in the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia. Later on his accomplishment in the U/19 level he achieve himself a first class contract and played the 2007 -08 season of the Quaid-i-Azan Trophy, standing for the Sui Southern Gas team. His counted as a future asset for Pakistan National team.

Umar cricket style is aggressive. In just his sixth first class competition he made 248 off just 225 deliveries, including for sixes.
Umar made his test debut against new zealand at on 23 November 2009. On the third day of his debut test, Umar Akmal hit 129 runs from 160 balls becoming only the second Pakistani to score a hundred on debut away from home after Fawad Alam.
This feat also made him the first Pakistani batsman to score both his maiden Test and ODI century away from home, following his ODI century against Sri Lanka. The innings was noted as special due to Pakistan's tough position in the match and the hundred partnership which Akmal was involved in alongside his elder brother Kamran. He followed up the century in the first innings with a fifty in the second innings.
Umar Akmal's early success was briefly tarnished by a controversy during Pakistan's 2009–10 tour of Australia. It was widely reported that Umar had feigned an injury to protest the dropping of older brother Kamran for the final Test match against Australia.
Umar denied such rumors and played in the final match without his brother. He was later fined 2–3 million rupees by the PCB for breaching his contract and speaking to the media without approval.

He found his shape in the final matches of the 2008/9 season and afterward in the RBS T20 tournament consequently getting the selectors singed to play for Pakistan A side on their travel to Australia A.

He got his reputation while the Australia A tour in June/July 2009. He recorded runs of 54100*, 1300 in the two Test matches. In the ODI series he proceeds with his better form with a century in the beginning ODI encounter off only 68 Deliveries.

There functioning’s turns him gather significant admiration from the media who were their watch him and calls started to spread regarding his addition in the ODI series for the main side of Pakistan against Sri Lanka.

While he was playing for the barbados in the carriebean league he had to spend a night in hospitzl after he suffered mild seizures. Following this, the pcb called him back for a complete medical checkup and also dropped him from the upcoming zimbawe tour.On 6 September 2013 he was cleared by a neurologist, saying that the seizure was possibly due to a lack of sleep.