Kamran Hussain
Pakistan
Full name Mohammad Kamran Hussain
Born May 9, 1977, Bahawalpur, Punjab
Current age 31 years 148 days
Major teams Pakistan, Bahawalpur, Habib Bank Limited, Water and Power Development Authority
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
A veteran of over 100 first-class matches before his call-up for international duty, Kamran Hussain provides Pakistan with
a left-handed allrounder's option - though he bats right-handed - after the retirement of Wasim Akram. Making his firstclass debut over ten years ago when he represented Bhawalpur, Hussain's batting average for the season usually hovered
around the mid-20 mark until he started making his presence felt in the 2001. Scoring 554 runs, he also grabbed 63
wickets for Bhawalpur and WAPDA.
Info & Statistics
Team (to November 2008)
Mat
Ins
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
Overs
Mds
Runs
Wkts
First Class
110
180
14
3866
156
23.28
2611
527
8201
329
24.92
Avg
ODI
2
1
1
28
28*
17
0
67
3
22.33
One Day Games
78
69
9
1533
94*
25.55
530
33
2404
80
30.05
All Matches
224
279
28
6333
156
25.53
3328
589
11435
452
25.29
Overs
Mds
Runs
Wkts
Club Statistics
UK Statistics
Team (Season)
Mat
Ins
NO
Runs
Avg
Staylbridge cc 2011-14
1109
80
Heaton Cricket Club 2010
900
72
Littleborough Cricket Club 2009
800
50
Stalybridge CC- 2004-7
1200
75
Stalybridge CC – 2008
21
21
4
1605
94.41
276.4
82
835
His inclusion in the squad to face Zimbabwe was also on the back of a strong start to the 2007-08
season where, apart from taking 35 wickets at an average of under 19, he finished Quaid-e-Azam
Trophy as Habib Bank Limited's second-highest run scorer - 568 with four half-centuries. He did end up
on the losing side in the final but not before taking eight wickets with his pace and seam movement
46
Avg
18.15
troubling the right-handed batsmen. He also scored a career-best 89 that came off only 99 deliveries,
proving his ability to use the long handle quite cleanly
Kamran Hussain walks into national one-day squad
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Kamran Hussain is the only ‘surprise’ choice in the 15-member squad announced for
Pakistan’s first two cricket One-day Internationals against Zimbabwe, that are being
played here at the National Stadium on Monday and at the Niaz Stadium Hyderabad
on January 24.
The national selectors also announced two other uncapped players — left-handed
opening batsman Nasir Jamshed and left-arm pace bowler Samiullah Niazi — while
ignoring the upcoming fast-medium Sohail Khan for the moment. But Kamran was
neither in the frame before the selection panel picked up him nor the media had any
inkling of that he would walk into the side.
The Bahawalpur-born Kamran is not a rookie by any standards. He turned 30 in May
last year and has been playing first-class cricket for a dozen years — since 1995-96.
He can comfortably be termed as an all-rounder; he bats right-handed but bowls leftarm medium-pacers.
Kamran’s selection has not come about without a good reason. He was one of Habib
Bank Limited’s outstanding cricketers this season and had a major role to play in
taking them into the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Championship final, before Sui Northern
Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) beat them to the title.
In 11 matches in the tournament, he captured 35 wickets at just 18.51 runs apiece. As
a batsman, he finished only second behind the prolific Hasan Raza (785) in making
589 runs at an average of 37.86 that included four half-centuries.
Kamran excelled with both bat and ball in the final against SNGPL, here at the
National Stadium earlier this month. He took eight wickets in the match, with figures
of 4-99 and 4-41. As batsman, he contributed 38 runs in the first innings. Promoted to
open the batting in the second innings, he hammered 89 off a mere 99 deliveries with
15 boundaries.
It is surely the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final that’s going to take Kamran into the
Pakistan team’s dressing room. He actually didn’t impress much in the four-day
match for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Patron’s XI against the touring
Zimbabweans here at the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Stadium that ended on
Thursday.
Kamran scored only two runs in the only outing his team had, as they won by an
innings margin. He took one wicket on the opening day but went wicketless in the
second innings. In his first-class career, Kamran has scored 3,654 runs (ave 23.42) in
104 appearances with two centuries and 18 fifties. He has held 44 catches and bagged
304 wickets at 25.31 runs each with a best of 7-44.
He has a useful record in limited overs cricket, having attained a strike-rate of 85.24
with his 1,392 runs (ave 24.85) in 71 matches that include his highest of 94 not out. In
addition, he has picked up 75 wickets at 29.96 apiece with a best of 5-51 and an
economy rate of 4.52.
Kamran has now joined a pace bowling line-up including Rao Iftikhar, Sohail Tanvir,
Samiullah Niazi and Yasir Arafat for the first two ODIs against Zimbabwe. He may
or may not be able to get a cap, but he could still be in contention for the three
remaining matches of the five-ODI series.