Adnan Akram

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Adnan Akram
Personal information
Full nameAdnan Akram
Born (1995-06-23) 23 June 1995 (age 26)
Leytonstone, London
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2002–2003Essex Cricket Board
2003–2005Cambridge UCCE
FC debut12 April 2003 Cambridge UCCE v Essex
Last FC1 June 2005 Cambridge UCCE v Middlesex
LA debut12 September 2002 Essex Cricket Board v Surrey Cricket Board
Last LA7 May 2003 Essex Cricket Board v Essex
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 9 2
Runs scored 515 88
Batting average 42.91 44
100s/50s 2/1 0/1
Top score 129* 61
Balls bowled 251 12
Wickets 3 0
Bowling average 64.00 –
5 wickets in innings 0 –
10 wickets in match 0 –
Best bowling 2/85 –
Catches/stumpings 4/– 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 17 January 2009

Mohammad Adnan Akram (born 17 November 1983) is a first-class cricketer who played for Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, the Essex Cricket Board and the British Universities cricket team between 2002 and 2005.[1]

First-class and List A career[]

His first-class debut, alongside his twin brother Arfan Akram, came against Essex in April 2003,[2] whom he was able to play for by virtue of his attendance at Anglia Polytechnic University.[3] He took 2/85 in Essex's first innings, the wickets being those of Darren Robinson and Paul Grayson, but was otherwise unsuccessful, scoring three runs in his only innings and failing to take any wickets in Essex's second innings.[4] His batting form improved with 38 against Kent, before he scored a "match-winning" 98 from just 89 balls against Northants,[3] putting on a "rapid" partnership of 139 with Tom Webley, as part of the first victory by a UCCE side over a first-class county.[5] He averaged 40.50 with the bat across the first-class season, and took 3 wickets at 53.33 each.[6] Following the end of his university term, he also appeared for Essex second XI.[7]

Akram played in two of the three Cambridge UCCE first-class matches which he was eligible for in the 2004 season. After making little impact in the first of these against Essex, he "scored a maiden hundred, striking 20 fours and a six as he reached 128 in 133 balls" against Middlesex, as Cambridge UCCE earned themselves a "comfortable draw".[8] In his next first-class match - the first of the 2005 season - he made 129 not out to surpass his previous career high score, including a partnership of 230 with skipper Tom Webley.[9]He finished his time at university having scored 515 first-class runs at an average of 42.91 and a strike rate of 67.85.[10]

Immediately prior to and during his time at Anglia Polytechnic, Akram appeared in both of the matches for the Essex Board XI in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, scoring 61 in the third round as the Essex Board XI were beaten by Essex.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Player Profile:Adnan Akram". Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  2. ^ Wisden. 2004. p. 851.
  3. ^ a b Wisden. 2004. p. 850.
  4. ^ Wisden. 2004. p. 851.
  5. ^ Wisden. 2004. p. 853.
  6. ^ "University Centres of Cricketing Excellence (UCCE), 2003 averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Essex 2nd XI v Warwickshire 2nd XI at Chelmsford". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  8. ^ Wisden. 2005. p. 908.
  9. ^ Wisden. 2006. p. 920.
  10. ^ "Adnan Akram Cricket Stats". Wisden.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Full Scorecard of Essex v Essex Board XI". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

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