Muhammad Sami

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was revoked by cricket officials after it found faulty 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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