Zulqarnain Haider

Pakistan|Wicketkeeper Batter
Zulqarnain Haider
INTL CAREER: 2007 - 2010
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Full Name

Zulqarnain Haider

Born

April 23, 1986, Lahore

Age

37y 331d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

Playing Role

Wicketkeeper Batter

There was a time when it was not at all certain that Zulqarnain Haider, a tall and lanky wicketkeeper from Lahore, would ever build on his debut, which came in a heavy loss in a Twenty20 against South Africa in February 2007. But after some good domestic results he found a place on the 2010 England tour as Kamran Akmal's understudy, and when the senior keeper's lapses became too frequent, Haider was given a Test debut at Edgbaston. He was out to his first ball feathering a catch behind, but his characterful and determined 88 in the second innings formed the basis of a fightback.

That innings was testament to his character as his road to the top has been made in difficult personal circumstances. He took part in the Under-15 World Cup in England in the summer of 2000 at the age of 13. Four years later, at the Under-19 World Cup in Dhaka, he scored a vital 23 not out from 18 balls, and claimed three catches, as Pakistan took the title in the final against West Indies.

A broken finger after his Test debut ruled him out for the remainder of the tour and then his career appeared to come to an extraordinary, and worrying, end when he fled the one-day series against South Africa in UAE for London claiming he had received death threats following the fourth ODI. He sought asylum in London fearing for his safety, but returned to Pakistan eventually in 2011.
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Zulqarnain Haider Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests120888844.0020143.780115020
ODIs4424819*24.006870.58003011
T20Is33023177.663076.66001001
FC10216223396516128.52--321--33011
List A695077029016.32112362.5102--7618
T20s191231173513.0095123.15008284

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests1------------
ODIs4------------
T20Is3------------
FC102-24260---6.50-000
List A69-000-----000
T20s19------------
Zulqarnain Haider

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Recent Matches of Zulqarnain Haider

MatchBatWktDateGroundFormat
ZTBL vs Khan RL3 & 162c/1s29-Sep-2015FaisalabadOTHER
ZTBL vs Sui Sthn Gas0 & 9*0c/0s & 4c/0s17-Sep-2015FaisalabadOTHER
ZTBL vs United Bank11 & 84c/0s & 0c/0s13-Dec-2014KarachiFC
ZTBL vs National Bnk0 & 17c/0s & 0c/0s06-Dec-2014KarachiFC
ZTBL vs WAPDA20 & 452c/0s & 1c/0s30-Nov-2014MultanFC

Photos of Zulqarnain Haider

Zulqarnain Haider celebrates a wicket
Zulqarnain Haider arrives for his disciplinary hearing
Zulqarnain Haider met with the PCB's disciplinary committee
Zulqarnain Haider at Islamabad airport
Zulqarnain Haider is escorted by security guards at Islamabad airport
Zulqarnain Haider leaving Islamabad airport