Umar Akmal Test, ODI and T20 Career and Best Records

Umar Akmal awarded photo

Umar Akmal was  born 26 May 1990 in Lahore, Pakistan. Umar Akmal  made his ODI start on 1 August 2009 vs Sri Lanka. He made his Test start vs New Zealand on 23 November 2009. He is a right - handed batsman and a part- time spinner.
 He was announced as a franchise player for the inaugural Caribbean Premier League along side Pakistani teammates Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik.
 Umar Akmal is the youngest brother of Adnan Akmal and Kamran Akmal who are also cricketer.
Umar  show Pakistan in the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia. He is an aggressive style cricketer. In only his sixth first class match he smashed 248 off just 225 deliveries.
He fared less well in his second season of first class cricket, with a string of low scores batting at number 3. He found from in the final few matches of the 2008-09 and then in the RBS T20 tournament and getting the selectors nod to play for Pakistan A side on their to Australia.
Umar Akmal hit 129 runs from 160 balls becoming only the second to score a 100 on start away from home. This feat made him 1st Pakistani batsman. The inning was noted as special due to Pakistan's tough position in the match.
Umar Akmal early success was briefly tarnished by controversy during Pakistan's 2009-10 tour of Australia. Umar denied such rumors and played in the final match with his brother. 
In an interview, Umar said "My own dream is to one day play for Pakistan along side Kamran and I am working had to try and achieve that goal"  Akmal was selected in Pakistan for the One day International vs Sri Lanka in 2009. Having missed out on the first ODI Umar made his start in second match. 
In only his second career ODI Umar second his maiden ODI fifty. Umar match winning effort he was awarded his first career Man of the Match award. He played two good inning. His not out against Wast Indies was a match winning know and landed him his second career Man of the Match award. 
The result of choosing the less accomplished gloves man was that in the fist two matches Umar Akmal missed opportunities to dismiss Ravi Bopara and Alastair Cookearly in their inning, and they respectively went on to score a half century and a century. 
  

        T20 international fifties
      
          
        Runs     Match                     City/ Cuntry                     Year                  Result
 1   56           New Zealand          Dubai, UAE                    2009                 Won
 2   51           South Africa            Gros lslet, St. Lucia         2010                 Won
 3   56           Australia                  Gros lslet, St. Lucia         2010                 Lost

 4   64           Australia                  Birmingham, England       2010                 Won

Umar Akmal best batting vs Australia video

Umar akmal best batting vs Sri Lanka video