Adnan Akram

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Adnan Akram
Personal information
Full name
Mohammad Adnan Akram
Born (1995-06-23) 23 June 1995 (age 28)
Leytonstone, London
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2002–2003Essex Cricket Board
2003–2005Cambridge UCCE
FC debut12 April 2003 Cambridge UCCE v Essex
Last FC1 June 2005 Cambridge UCCE v Middlesex
LA debut12 September 2002 Essex Cricket Board v Surrey Cricket Board
Last LA7 May 2003 Essex Cricket Board v Essex
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 9 2
Runs scored 515 88
Batting average 42.91 44
100s/50s 2/1 0/1
Top score 129* 61
Balls bowled 251 12
Wickets 3 0
Bowling average 64.00 –
5 wickets in innings 0 –
10 wickets in match 0 –
Best bowling 2/85 –
Catches/stumpings 4/– 0/–
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[edit]

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.[2] 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.[4] He averaged 40.50 with the bat across the first-class season.[5] Following the end of his university term, he appeared for Essex second XI.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]

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.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Player Profile:Adnan Akram". Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  2. ^ a b Wisden. 2004. p. 851.
  3. ^ a b Wisden. 2004. p. 850.
  4. ^ Wisden. 2004. p. 853.
  5. ^ "University Centres of Cricketing Excellence (UCCE), 2003 averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Essex 2nd XI v Warwickshire 2nd XI at Chelmsford". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  7. ^ Wisden. 2005. p. 908.
  8. ^ Wisden. 2006. p. 920.
  9. ^ "Adnan Akram Cricket Stats". Wisden.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Full Scorecard of Essex v Essex Board XI". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

External links[edit]

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