Fakhar Zaman

Pakistan|Opening Batter
Fakhar Zaman
INTL CAREER: 2017 - 2024
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Full Name

Fakhar Zaman

Born

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

Age

34y 8d

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
ODIs828163492210*46.56373793.44111639174420
T20Is8174315599121.951194130.560915059430
FC53874311120537.48508561.1762045114460
List A15014886672210*47.65709194.091937743131720
T20s2422339625911527.944647134.683436192351100

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests3------------
ODIs82713511111/191/19111.004.93135.0000
T20Is8116120---12.00-000
FC5329499226102/23/322.602.7149.9000
List A15039882746215/275/2735.525.0742.0010
T20s2421514616241/31/340.506.6536.5000
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Both Abdullah Shafique and Fakhar Zaman slammed half-centuries
Fakhar Zaman slammed a quick half-century
Fakhar Zaman was bowled by Aftab Ibrahim for 23
Fakhar Zaman and Rassie van der Dussen have a chat
Fakhar Zaman could not quite get going for Lahore Qalandars on the night
Fakhar Zaman showed scant respect to spin
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