Fakhar Zaman

Pakistan|Opening Batter
Fakhar Zaman
INTL CAREER: 2017 - 2023
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Full Name

Fakhar Zaman

Born

April 10, 1990, Mardan, North-West Frontier Province

Age

33y 177d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Slow Left arm Orthodox

Playing Role

Opening Batter

Born in Mardan, where the standard of batsmanship will always be measured by arguably Pakistan's greatest Test batsman Younis Khan, Fakhar Zaman has been on Pakistan's thankless domestic circuit for over five years with almost no attention. A left-handed opener with an unusually high backlift, Zaman relies on timing for his runs, which he's made plenty of. This is illustrated by his domestic average (42 in first class cricket and 49 in List A). But it wasn't until the Quaid-e-Azam trophy in 2016-17 that his form began to be noticed. Zaman scored 663 runs in the competition at an average of 51, including 170 in the second innings of the final, a game dominated by the twin centuries of former Pakistan captain Salman Butt.

However, his prolific form earned him a contract in the PSL with the Lahore Qalandars. He showed flashes of the class he'd been displaying domestically, particularly during a 33-ball 56 against Karachi where he destroyed the opposition bowling and looked extremely elegant while doing so. It earned him a call-up to Pakistan's T20I side for the West Indies tour, and he made his debut in the second match in Port of Spain.

His first three T20Is only brought him 26 runs, and much of the world was still unaware of his talent when he made his ODI debut a couple of months later, in England, during the 2017 Champions Trophy. Having missed the opening-match defeat to India, Zaman turned Pakistan's batting fortunes around with scores of 31, 50, 57 and 114 in his first four ODI innings, his strike rate of 113.00 giving a dated 50-overs line-up much-needed oomph at the top of the order. The maiden hundred went on to win him the Player-of-the-Match award in the final, setting up a total of 338 that proved a long way beyond India's reach.
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Fakhar Zaman Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests3601929432.0035953.480220130
ODIs787753272210*45.44355891.96101537756390
T20Is7669314339121.711118128.170814348400
FC53874311120537.48508561.1762045114460
List A14614476452210*47.09691293.341836729113690
T20s2212128565611527.724198134.73338572206980

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests3------------
ODIs78713511111/191/19111.004.93135.0000
T20Is7616120---12.00-000
FC5329499226102/23/322.602.7149.9000
List A14639882746215/275/2735.525.0742.0010
T20s2211514616241/31/340.506.6536.5000
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Fakhar Zaman was castled by Kuldeep Yadav
Fakhar Zaman tried to keep Pakistan steady
Rainwatchin' - Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq and Naseem Shah don't have much to do
Virat Kohli and Fakhar Zaman are all smiles ahead of the India-Pakistan clash
Fakhar Zaman got going early but was done in by Gulbadin Naib
Fakhar Zaman struck five fours in his 30-run knock