Muhammad Sami
Mohammad Sami (Urdu: محمد سمیع, born 24 February 1981)
is a Pakistani right arm fast bowler in cricket who is
currently representing the Pakistan cricket team in Test
cricket and Twenty20 cricket matches. He used to
represent Pakistan in ODIs but was dropped from the
squad in 2007 after an unimpressive World Cup campaign.
Contents [hide]
1 International career
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
[edit]International career
Sami, initially named as the modern Malcolm Marshall by
Imran Khan, made his Test cricket debut against New
Zealand in 2001 by taking 8 wickets for 106 runs in the
match, including five wickets in the second innings.[1]
This was a world record for the most wickets by a
debutant. During his third Test match he achieved a
hat-trick against Sri Lanka and in 2002 he took his
second hat-trick in his career, against the West Indies
during a One Day International match. This led to him
becoming one of only a two bowlers in cricket (the other
was Wasim Akram) to achieve this mark in both forms of
the game. He also became one of two Pakistan bowlers to
have taken a hat-trick in both Test cricket[2] and One
Day International matches,[3] the other being fast
bowler Wasim Akram. He also displayed excellent
performances against Zimbabwe and New Zealand in 2003.
On 1 December 2003, he achieved his best bowling figures
in One Day International cricket by taking 5 wickets for
10 runs during a match. Earlier in April during that
year in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, he had
taken 4 wickets for 25 runs against Kenya during the
match. Sami played his 50th One Day International match
against India at Lahore in Pakistan on 24 March in 2004.
He has also taken over 100 wickets in First-class
cricket and in List A cricket.
Sami is regarded as one of the fastest bowlers in
cricket and has the ability to swing the cricket ball at
high pace. He has unofficially bowled the fastest
delivery in cricket when he clocked at 164 km/ph (101.9
mph) during a One Day International match. However, it
was revoked by cricket officials after it found faulty
speed measurements on the speed meter. But despite his
talent, he has been in and out of the national side for
several times. However he has received support from
former Pakistan captain Imran Khan, who sees Sami's
speed and wicket taking ability as an important skill
for the Pakistan team.
Sami also earned the ignominy of bowling the longest
over in One Day International cricket during the Asia
Cup match against Bangladesh in 2004, when he bowled 17
balls in one over which consisted of seven wides and
four no balls.[4] He is also the only bowler in Test
cricket history to have over 50 wickets and a bowling
average of 50.[5]
After losing form and failing to achieved success for
the Pakistan cricket team, the Pakistan Cricket Board
and its national selectors replaced Sami for the One Day
International series against England with fast bowler
Mohammad Asif, however he was recalled for the series
against South Africa in January and February in 2007. He
was selected in the 15 man Pakistan squad for the 2007
Cricket World Cup, although he was named as one of five
reserves.[6] After team mates Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad
Asif were dropped from the World Cup squad,since neither
of the two had been declared fit and they had not
undergone official doping tests, Sami and Yasir Arafat
were called up as replacements.[7]
Sami joined the Indian Cricket League following the tour
of India in December 2007. He played for the Lahore
Badshahs, a team composed entirely of Pakistani
cricketers, during the Indian Premier League's second
Twenty20 tournament. His participation in the league
meant that he, like many other Pakistan players, he was
banned from representing his country at both
international level and domestic cricket in Pakistan.
In 2009-2010, he was recalled back to the Pakistan team
and on the 3 January 2010, during Pakistan's Test match
series against Australia, he played at the Sydney
Cricket Ground in Australia and took 3 wickets for 27
runs in the first innings of the second Test match. On
the 19 April he was selected in the Pakistan squad as a
replacement for the injured fast bowler Umar Gul,[8][9]
in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 cricket tournament to be
held in the West Indies. In July 2010 it was rumoured
that he would join Essex as replacement overseas player
for Danish Kanaria who joined the Pakistan touring party
for tests against Australia and England. Sami was
recalled and played against South Africa in the middle
east in November 2010. However since then Sami has not
been selected - Pakistan have been picking right arm
medium pace bowler Tanvir Ahmed effectively in his
place. In may 2012 at 31 years of age old timer Mohammad
Sami is announced in the squad that will tour Sri Lanka
in June 2012. This is the first time we seen Sami since
November 2010.
[edit]See also
List of Pakistan Test cricketers who have taken five
wickets on debut
[edit]References
^ "1st Test: New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland, Mar
8-12, 2001". espncricinfo. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
^ "Hat Tricks in Test Matches". ESPN cricinfo. Retrieved
2 March 2007.
^ "One Day Internationals - Hat Tricks". ESPN cricinfo.
Retrieved 2 March 2007.
^ "Sami bowls 17-bowl over as Pakistan win easily".
Rediff.com. Retrieved 29 July 2004.
^ "Sangakkara's sensational 2007". ESPN cricinfo.
Retrieved 2007.
^ "Pakistan reveal back-up players". BBC Sport-Cricket.
15 February 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2007.
^ "Shoaib and Asif out of the World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo.
Retrieved 1 March 2007..
^ "Gul, Arafat replaced by Sami, Irfan for T20 World
Cup". International - The News. Retrieved 18 April
2010.[dead link]
^ "Pakistan name Sami, Rehman for World Twenty20".
Yahoo!News. Retrieved 19 April 2010
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