Mohammad Hafeez

Mohammad Hafeez (Urdu: محمد حفیظ‎; born 17 October 1980 in Sargodha, Punjab) is a Pakistani cricket player and the former captain of Pakistan national cricket team in the T20 format. He is a right-handed opening batsman and a right-arm offspin bowler. Hafeez usually opens the batting and forms part of the bowling attack. In 2012–2013, he was ranked as the top all-rounder by the ICC Player Rankings in T20 format. He is known for his intelligent batting but also for aggressive shot plays when needed.^[2] He was involved in record opening partnership of 224 runs with Nasir Jamshed. As a player, Hafeez gives the team plenty of options: he usually bats aggressively at the top of the order, but his organised technique also means he can switch to defensive mode if required.

He was the fourth international player signed to the Caribbean Premier League and the first Pakistani player to be named to the new Twenty20 tournament. He is widely regarded as The Professor.^[3] The major teams for which he played are Pakistan,Lahore,Lahore Lions, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sargodha, Sui Gas Corporation of Pakistan. He can be a player that was trusted over the years and Shahid Afridi has given the trust as he does with the many other captains over the years.Hafeez scored his test career best of 224 runs against Bangladesh in 2015 at Khulna during the Dan Cake Series.

Early international career: 2003–2006

Mohammad Hafeez also known as professor and he played in bhera and was one of several young all-rounders whom the Pakistani cricket team turned to in order to revitalize their side after their poor display in 2003 World Cup where Pakistan was out from first round. His form with both bat and ball was inconsistent and in late 2003 he was dropped from the Test squad and subsequently from the ODI side. Following strong domestic performances, as well as display of good form for the Pakistan A side, he remained on the fringes of a recall in 2004. Hafeez returned to the ODI side in 2005 and despite poor form with the bat, his bowling performances were impressive. In the 2006 series held in Australia, Hafeez smashed his first century for Pakistan. With Pakistan struggling to find a solid opening pair for the Test side, he was recalled for the tour of England. His return to Test cricket was made at The Oval where he scored a fluent 95. Subsequently, Hafeez retained his place in the Test squad for Pakistan's home series against the West Indies in November of that year. After getting out early despite good starts in the first two Tests, he went on to score his second Test century in the third Test in Karachi. However his form remained inconsistent and he was unable to command a regular place in either the Test or ODI side over the next 5 years.

International recall: 2010

In 2010 he was recalled for the third ICC World Twenty20 squad. His form was poor scoring only 39 runs and taking only 2 wickets in 6 matches. However he was subsequently selected for the T20Is and the ODIs on Pakistan's 2010 tour of England. He was the second highest Pakistani run scorer in the ODI series producing some solid opening partnerships with Kamran Akmal. Following this good form he was included in the squad that was selected to play South Africa in the UAE and he replaced disgraced skipper Salman Butt as an opening batsman in both Tests, achieving a batting average 32.50. He played in all 5 ODI matches ending up as the top run scorer and he also topped the bowling averages for the series. At the end of 2010 he was also selected for the party that would tour New Zealand and the West Indies and this resulted in him establishing himself as a regular in the Test, ODI and T20 teams. In 2011 he won an amazing 10 Man-of-the-Match awards in all forms of international cricket and became only the third player (after Sanath Jayasuriya and Jacques Kallis) to score 1000 runs and take 30 wickets in ODI matches within a calendar year.

Against India on 18 March 2012 in Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur at the 2012 Asia Cup, he scored 105 off 113 balls and was involved in a 224 run partnership with Nasir Jamshed, which is the best opening partnership for Pakistan against India in one day internationals. They eclipsed Aamer Sohail and Saeed Anwar's record of 144 runs which was made in 1996.^[4] He made his 4th ODI century in March 2012 against Bangladesh at Dhaka. He also made his highest test score of 196 against Sri Lanka in the second Test at Colombo in June 2012. He is currently (2012) ranked number two in the ICC ODI rankings for both bowlers and all-rounders.

In December 2012, during the tour of Pakistani cricket team in India in 2012–13, he came across as a very different and aggressive batsman and scored so brilliantly and briskely and helped Pakistan to win the first T20I and 2nd ODI with his heroics of brilliant batting and nearly chasing a mountain high target of 191 in the second T20I. His scores were 61 and 55 in first and second T20I respectively and scored 76 runs in the 2nd ODI and sharing an opening stand of 141 with Nasir Jamshed and also bowled brilliantly as always economically to help Pakistan win their first ODI series in India since 7 years. He is now considered to be the main allrounder of Pakistan Cricket team. He had a great series against Sri Lanka in Dec 2013, where he scored 122 in the first match, 140* in the third and 113* in the fourth match. Thus he became, the second batsman after Zaheer Abbas to score 3 centuries in an ODI series. Hafeez was initially selected in the Pakistan squad for the 2015 World Cup but was ruled out 6 days before the World Cup due to a calf injury. He was replaced by Nasir Jamshed.

Personal records and achievements

1. Has most number of wins in T20Is as Pakistan captain.
2. First players to score 1,000 T20 runs and take 40 plus wickets.
3. Leading run scorer for Pakistan in T20Is and eighth overall in T20Is.
4. The first captain of Pakistan to score three fifties in a row in T20Is.
5. The third most economical bowler in the history of Pakistan's ODIs (who have taken 100 plus wickets) after the legendary Imran Khan and Wasim Akram.
6. Record holder of most fifties by a Pakistani batsman in T20Is.
7. Along with Taufeeq Umar he opened the innings more consecutively in Test matches than any other pair in Pakistan cricket history.
8. PCB "Player-of-the-Year" award in 2012.
9. Nominated by the ICC for the "Spirit-of-Cricket" award for not claiming a false catch in a Test match vs England in UAE in 2012.
10. 10 Man of the Match awards in 2011.
11. 2nd Pakistani player to score an ODI hundred and take a 4-wicket haul in the same match.

T20 captaincy

He was appointed captain of the Pakistan T20 team in May 2012 and vice captain, under Misbah-ul-Haq, of the ODI and Test teams.

During the T20 World Championship in Sri Lanka in September 2012, Pakistan reached the semi-finals where they lost to the home side. After the tournament, there was some controversy with veteran all-rounder Abdul Razzaq who was critical of his non-selection for a number of matches. Hafeez also came into some conflict with the PCB over their view that he adopted a rather unilateral and non-consultative approach while making selection decisions. However, he was supported by the coach Dav Whatmore and both of them emphasised the poor fitness levels of many players. The PCB committee decided that they would subsequently closely monitor Hafeez's performance in this context during the coming tours to India and South Africa.^[5] As a captain,he led Pakistan to victories over South Africa,west indies,thet20 champions and Zimbabwe .He equalled the records of most wins as a Pakistani captain in t20 and most number of away series wins as a Pakistani captain Under his leadership,Pakistan managed to move up to the second position in the rankings. He also became the first Pakistani captain to hit three fifties in a row and became Pakistan's leading run scorer in t20s. after Pakistan's exit from the T20 World Championship Hafeez apologized on behalf of his team and stepped down as captain. Imran Khan, Pakistan's former captain criticised this decision and advised Hafeez to stay as captain. His resignation was a rare incident in Pakistan cricket.

Bowling action

Hafeez had been reported for a suspect action after the Abu Dhabi Test against New Zealand in November 2014, and in December his action was found to be illegal following tests at an ICC accredited centre in Loughborough, England. He was found to have an elbow extension up to 31 degrees, far above the permitted limit of 15 degrees. He underwent remedial work at a biomechanics lab in Chennai, but failed an unofficial test on his action on January 3. Later that month the PCB requested the ICC to retest Hafeez's action in February in Brisbane, so that he could bowl at the World Cup if cleared, but he was ruled out of the tournament with a calf injury. Hafeez was finally cleared to bowl again in international cricket on April 21, after more tests on his action in Chennai. Mohammad Hafeez has once again been reported for a suspect action, following the conclusion of the Galle Test on 21 June 2015.,^[6] and he was dropped from third test. However, he was again selected for the ODI series against Sri Lanka. He proved the value of his comeback by taking 4 for 41 runs and scored a magnificent century earned him the man of the match award.^[7] Hafeez has been banned from bowling in international cricket for 12 months following an independent assessment of his action, which took place at the Sri Ramachandra University in Chennai on 6 July.

The 34-year-old was assessed after the legality of his bowling action came under question by the match officials during Pakistan’s first Test victory over Sri Lanka in Galle (17–21 June).

Following the match, Hafeez was reported by the match officials pursuant to the ICC Regulations for the Review of Bowlers Reported with Suspected Illegal Bowling Actions (the "Regulations") and subsequently underwent the independent assessment in Chennai in accordance with the regulations. The assessment revealed that Hafeez’s elbow extension exceeded 15 degrees while bowling and, thus, he employed an illegal bowling action.

Hafeez was originally suspended from bowling in November 2014. Following remedial work on his bowling action, he was reassessed and permitted to resume bowling in April 2015.

As this report has constituted the player’s second report within a two-year period, the first of which led to a suspension, he is now automatically suspended from bowling in international cricket for a 12-month period.

Hafeez is entitled to appeal any procedural aspect of an independent assessment that has led to this automatic suspension. However, only after the expiry of this one-year period will he be entitled to approach the ICC for a re-assessment of his bowling action.

International career (2016 - present)

In March 2016, Pakistan's exit from the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 after losing 3 matches caused great controversy in Pakistan, with blame shifting between Waqar Younis as well as many of the players on the team. Hafeez was accused, by Younis, of lying about his knee injury before the T20. He said it could have affected the teams poor performance.

International centuries

Test centuries

Mohammad Hafeez's Test centuries
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	102*	2	Bangladesh	Peshawar, Pakistan	Arbab Niaz Stadium	2003	Won
2	104	7	West Indies	Karachi, Pakistan	National Stadium	2006	Won
3	119	18	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club	2011	Won
4	143	22	Bangladesh	Chittagong, Bangladesh	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	2011	Won
5	196	27	Sri Lanka	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	2012	Drawn
6	101*	39	New Zealand	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Sheikh Zayed Stadium	2014	Won
7	197	40	New Zealand	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	2014	Lost
8	224	41	Bangladesh	Khulna, Bangladesh	Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium	2015	Drawn
9	151	47	England	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	2015	Won

One Day International centuries

Mohammad Hafeez's One Day International centuries
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	115	61	New Zealand	Christchurch, New Zealand	AMI Stadium	2011	Won
2	121	76	West Indies	Bridgetown, Barbados	Kensington Oval	2011	Lost
3	139*	81	Zimbabwe	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2011	Won
4	105	98	India	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium	2012	Lost
5	122*	117	Ireland	Dublin, Ireland	Clontarf Cricket Club Ground	2013	Tied
6	136*	123	Zimbabwe	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2013	Won
7	122	137	Sri Lanka	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	2013	Won
8	140*	139	Sri Lanka	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	2013	Won
9	113*	140	Sri Lanka	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium	2013	Won
10	103	162	Sri Lanka	Dambulla, Sri Lanka	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	2015	Won
11	102*	170	England	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium	2015	Won

Number of centuries & highest scores against opponent nations

Opposition	Test centuries	ODI centuries	Test H.S.	ODI H.S.	T20I H.S.
Sri Lanka	1	4	196	140*	42
New Zealand	2	1	197	115	46
West Indies	1	1	104	121	19
England	1	1	151	102*	46
India	–	1	–	105	61
South Africa	0	0	60	68	86
Australia	0	0	45	78	45
Bangladesh	3	0	224	89	45
Zimbabwe	1	2	119	139*	71
Ireland	N/A	1	N/A	122*	–
Total	9	11	224	140*	86

International Awards

Test Cricket

Man of the series awards

Man of the Match awards

S No	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	1st Test – Pakistan in Zimbabwe Test Series	2011/12	1st Innings: 9-1-30-0 ; 119 (177 balls, 19×4, 1x6); 2 Catches 2nd Innings: 15-4-31-4 ; 38 (44 balls, 6×4, 1x6)	Pakistan won by 7 wickets.[9]
2	3rd Test - England in UAE Test Series	2015/16	1st Innings: 27 (57 balls, 2×4) 2nd Innings: 151 (266 balls, 15×4, 3x6)	Pakistan won by 127 runs [10]

One-Day International Cricket

Man of the series awards

#	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	Pakistan in West Indies	2010/11	267 runs with avg. of 53.40 (5 Matches)	Pakistan Won the series 3-2.[11]
2	Pakistan in West Indies	2013	260 runs with avg. of 65.00 ; 6 wickets for 141 runs. (5 Matches)	Pakistan Won the series 3-1.[12]
3	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan in UAE	2013/14	448 runs with avg. of 149.33 ; 2 ct. ; 4 wickets for 208 runs. (5 Matches)	Pakistan Won the series 3-2.[13]
4	Pakistan in Sri Lanka	2015	273 runs with avg. of 54.60 ; 2 ct. ; 6 wickets for 106 runs. (5 Matches)	Pakistan Won the series 3-2.[14]

Man of the Match awards

S No	Opponent	Venue	Date	Match Performance	Result
1	Sri Lanka	Rangiri Dambulla Stadium, Dambulla	10 May 2003	53 (114 balls, 2×4); 3-1-5-1 ; 1 ct.	Pakistan won by 79 runs.[15]
2	England	Old Trafford, Manchester	17 June 2003	10-0-41-1 ; 69 (112 balls, 8x4)	Pakistan won by 2 wickets.[16]
3	New Zealand	AMI Stadium, Christchurch	29 January 2011	115 (144 balls, 12x4, 2x6); 5-0-21-1 ; 1 ct.	Pakistan won by 43 runs.[17]
4	West Indies	Shere Bangla Stadium, Dhaka	23 March 2011	10-3-16-2 ; 61* (64 balls, 10x4)	Pakistan won by 10 wickets.[18]
5	West Indies	Beausejour Ground, Gros Islet	23 April 2011	10-2-36-2 ; 54 (45 balls, 7x4, 1x6)	Pakistan won by 8 wickets.[19]
6	West Indies	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	2 May 2011	121 (138 balls, 7x4, 3x6) ; 6-0-26-1	Pakistan won by 1 run (D/L).[20]
7	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare	11 September 2011	10-0-43-0 ; 139 (147 balls, 13×4, 1×6)	Pakistan won by 10 wickets.[21]
8	Bangladesh	Shere Bangla Stadium, Dhaka	11 March 2012	89 (126 balls, 7x4) ; 10-1-40-2	Pakistan won by 21 runs.[22]
9	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare	29 August 2013	136* (130 balls, 9x4, 5x6); 6-0-35-0	Pakistan won by 90 runs.[23]
10	Sri Lanka	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	18 December 2013	122 (129 balls, 7x4, 4x6) ; 10-0-52-1 ; 1 ct.	Pakistan won by 11 runs.[24]
11	Sri Lanka	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	22 December 2013	140* (136 balls, 11x4, 3x6) ; 5-0-32-2	Pakistan won by 113 runs.[25]
12	Sri Lanka	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	25 December 2013	9-0-46-0 ; 113* (119 balls, 12x4, 2x6)	Pakistan won by 8 wickets.[26]
13	India	Shere Bangla Stadium, Dhaka	1 March 2014	9-0-38-2 ; 2 ct. ; 75 (117 balls, 3x4, 2x6)	Pakistan won by 1 wicket.[27]
14	Sri Lanka	Rangiri Dambulla Stadium, Dambulla	11 July 2015	10-1-41-4 ; 1 ct. ; 103 (95 balls, 10x4, 4x6)	Pakistan won by 6 wickets.[28]
15	England	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	11 November 2015	DNB ; 102* (130 balls, 10x4, 1x6)	Pakistan won by 6 wickets.[29]

Twenty20 International Cricket

Player of the Series Awards

Man of the Match Awards

#	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	Pakistan vs Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe	2011/12	71 (48 balls: 6x4, 3x6) ; 2.2-0-10-4	Pakistan won by 85 runs.[32]
2	Pakistan vs Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe	2011/12	51 (38 balls: 5x4, 1x6) ; 3-0-11-3	Pakistan won by 5 runs.[33]
3	Pakistan vs Bangladesh in Bangladesh	2011/12	25 (31 balls: 2x4, 1x6) ; 4-0-11-2	Pakistan won by 7 wickets.[34]
4	Pakistan vs Australia in Australia	2012	4-0-24-2 ; 1 ct. ; 17 (15 balls: 2x4)	Pakistan won by 7 wickets.[35]
5	Pakistan vs India in India	2012/13	2-0-12-0 ; 61 (44 balls: 6x4, 2x6)	Pakistan won by 5 wickets.[36]
6	Pakistan vs South Africa in South Africa	2012/13	86 (51 balls: 9x4, 4x6) ; 3-0-25-3	Pakistan won by 95 runs.[37]
7	Pakistan vs South Africa in South Africa	2013/14	63 (41 balls: 5x4, 3x6) ; 3-0-26-0 ; 1 ct.	Pakistan won by 6 runs.[38]
8	Pakistan vs Afghanistan in UAE	2013/14	4-0-13-0 ; 42* (37 balls: 2x4, 1x6)	Pakistan won by 6 wickets.[39]

References

External links

• Mohammad Hafeez's profile page on Wisden
• Mohammad Hafeez on Twitter
• Mohammad Hafeez on Facebook

Pakistan squads
Pakistan squad – 2007 Cricket World Cup 1 Inzamam-ul-Haq (c) 2 Younis Khan 3 Azhar Mahmood 4 Danish Kaneria 5 Iftikhar Anjum 6 Imran Nazir 7 Kamran Akmal (wk) 8 Mohammad Hafeez 9 Mohammad Sami 10 Mohammad Yousuf 11 Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 12 Shahid Afridi 13 Shoaib Malik 14 Umar Gul 15 Yasir Arafat Coach: Woolmer Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Asif and Abdul Razzaq were named in the original squad but injuries led to them being withdrawn. Mushtaq Ahmed acted as temporary coach for Pakistan's final group game following the death of Bob Woolmer. Pakistan squad – 2007 ICC World Twenty20 Runners-Up 1 Salman Butt 2 Shahid Afridi 3 Imran Nazir 4 Shoaib Malik 5 Iftikhar Anjum 6 Misbah-ul-Haq 7 Kamran Akmal 8 Fawad Alam 9 Mohammad Asif 10 Yasir Arafat 11 Sohail Tanvir 12 Abdur Rehman 13 Umar Gul 14 Younis Khan 15 Mohammad Hafeez Coach: Geoff Lawson Shoaib Akhtar was replaced by Sohail Tanvir due to a dressing room incident before the tournament. Pakistan squad – 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Semi-Finalists 1 Shahid Afridi (c) 2 Abdul Razzaq 3 Abdur Rehman 4 Fawad Alam 5 Hammad Azam 6 Kamran Akmal (wk) 7 Khalid Latif 8 Misbah-ul-Haq 9 Mohammad Amir 10 Mohammad Asif 11 Mohammad Hafeez 12 Mohammad Sami 13 Saeed Ajmal 14 Salman Butt 15 Umar Akmal Coach: Waqar Younis Umar Gul and Yasir Arafat were named in the original squad but injuries led to them being withdrawn. Abdur Rehman and Mohammad Sami were sent as their replacements. Pakistan squad – 2011 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists 8 Mohammad Hafeez 10 Shahid Afridi (c) 12 Abdul Razzaq 14 Shoaib Akhtar 19 Ahmed Shehzad 22 Misbah-ul-Haq 23 Kamran Akmal (wk) 36 Abdur Rehman 47 Wahab Riaz 50 Saeed Ajmal 55 Umar Gul 75 Younis Khan 81 Asad Shafiq 96 Umar Akmal 99 Junaid Khan Coach: Waqar Younis Sohail Tanvir was named in the original squad but injuries led to him being withdrawn. Junaid Khan was sent as his replacement Pakistan squad – 2012 Asia Cup (2nd title) 1 Misbah (c) 2 Hafeez 3 Jamshed 4 Khan 5 Shafiq 6 Cheema 7 Ali 8 Ahmed (wk) 9 Ajmal 10 Azam 11 Rehman 12 Riaz 13 Umar Akmal 14 Gul 15 Afridi Pakistan squad – 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Semi-Finalists 1 Mohammad Hafeez (c) 2 Shahid Afridi 3 Saeed Ajmal 4 Kamran Akmal (wk) 5 Umar Akmal 6 Yasir Arafat 7 Umar Gul 8 Raza Hasan 9 Nasir Jamshed 10 Shoaib Malik 11 Imran Nazir 12 Abdul Razzaq 13 Mohammad Sami 14 Asad Shafiq 15 Sohail Tanvir Coach: Dav Whatmore Pakistan squad – 2013 ICC Champions Trophy 1 Misbah (c) 2 Shafiq 3 Ali 4 Rehman 5 Adil 6 Junaid 7 Akmal(wk) 8 Malik 9 Irfan 10 Ajmal 11 Amin 12 Riaz 13 Jamshed 14 Farhat 15 Hafeez Coach: Whatmore Pakistan squad – 2014 ICC World Twenty20 8 Mohammad Hafeez (c) 19 Ahmed Shehzad 80 Bilawal Bhatti 83 Junaid Khan 96 Kamran Akmal (wk) - Mohammad Talha 50 Saeed Ajmal 10 Shahid Afridi 98 Sharjeel Khan 6 Shoaib Malik 92 Sohaib Maqsood 33 Sohail Tanvir 23 Umar Akmal 55 Umar Gul 78 Zulfiqar Babar Coach: Moin Khan Pakistan squad – 2016 ICC World Twenty20 1 Shahid Afridi (c) 2 Mohammad Hafeez 3 Imad Wasim 4 Mohammad Sami 5 Ahmed Shehzad 6 Mohammad Amir 7 Khalid Latif 8 Sarfraz Ahmed (wk) 9 Wahab Riaz 10 Shoaib Malik 11 Sharjeel Khan 12 Mohammad Irfan 13 Umar Akmal 14 Anwar Ali 15 Mohammad Nawaz Coach: Waqar Younis Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Sami, Khalid Latif and Ahmed Shehzad were named as replacement players for Babar Azam, Rumman Raees, Iftikhar Ahmed and Khurram Manzoor respectively.