Adnan Akram
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Full name | Mohammad Adnan Akram | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Leytonstone, London | 23 June 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Essex Cricket Board | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | Cambridge UCCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 12 April 2003 Cambridge UCCE v Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last FC | 1 June 2005 Cambridge UCCE v Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA debut | 12 September 2002 Essex Cricket Board v Surrey Cricket Board | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last LA | 7 May 2003 Essex Cricket Board v Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 17 January 2009 |
Mohammad Adnan Akram (born 17 November 1983) is an English first-class cricketer who played for Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, the Essex Cricket Board and the British Universities cricket team between 2002 and 2005.[1]
Cricket career
Akram's studies at Anglia Polytechnic University made him eligible to play cricket for the Cambridge UCCE team. His first-class debut, alongside his twin brother Arfan Akram, came against Essex in April 2003.[2][3] He took two wickets in Essex's first innings but was otherwise unsuccessful.[4] His batting form improved with 38 against Kent, before he scored a "match-winning" 98 from just 89 balls against Northants,[3] putting on a rapid partnership of 139 with Tom Webley, as part of the first victory by a UCCE side over a first-class county.[5] He averaged 40.50 with the bat across the first-class season.[6] Following the end of his university term, he appeared for Essex second XI.[7]
Akram played in two of the three Cambridge UCCE first-class matches in the 2004 season. He scored a maiden hundred, striking 20 fours and a six as he reached 128 in 133 balls against Middlesex in a drawn match.[8] In his next first-class match, the first of the 2005 season, he made 129 not out, including a partnership of 230 with skipper Tom Webley.[9] He finished his time at university having scored 515 first-class runs at an average of 42.91 and a strike rate of 67.85.[10]
For the Essex Board XI in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Akram scored 61 in the third round as the Essex Board XI were beaten by Essex.[11]
References
- ^ "Player Profile:Adnan Akram". Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ^ Wisden. 2004. p. 851.
- ^ a b Wisden. 2004. p. 850.
- ^ Wisden. 2004. p. 851.
- ^ Wisden. 2004. p. 853.
- ^ "University Centres of Cricketing Excellence (UCCE), 2003 averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Essex 2nd XI v Warwickshire 2nd XI at Chelmsford". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ Wisden. 2005. p. 908.
- ^ Wisden. 2006. p. 920.
- ^ "Adnan Akram Cricket Stats". Wisden.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Full Scorecard of Essex v Essex Board XI". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
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