| Adnan Akram | |
| Fullname: | Mohammad Adnan Akram |
| Birth Date: | 23 June 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Leytonstone, London |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Club2: | Cambridge UCCE |
| Year2: | 2003–2005 |
| Club1: | Essex Cricket Board |
| Type1: | FC |
| Debutdate1: | 12 April |
| Debutyear1: | 2003 |
| Debutfor1: | Cambridge UCCE |
| Debutagainst1: | Essex |
| Lastdate1: | 1 June |
| Lastyear1: | 2005 |
| Lastfor1: | Cambridge UCCE |
| Lastagainst1: | Middlesex |
| Type2: | LA |
| Debutdate2: | 12 September |
| Debutyear2: | 2002 |
| Debutfor2: | Essex Cricket Board |
| Debutagainst2: | Surrey Cricket Board |
| Lastdate2: | 7 May |
| Lastyear2: | 2003 |
| Lastfor2: | Essex Cricket Board |
| Lastagainst2: | Essex |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 9 |
| Runs1: | 515 |
| Bat Avg1: | 42.91 |
| 100S/50S1: | 2/1 |
| Top Score1: | 129 |
| Deliveries1: | 251 |
| Wickets1: | 3 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 64.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 2/85 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 4/– |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 2 |
| Runs2: | 88 |
| Bat Avg2: | 44 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/1 |
| Top Score2: | 61 |
| Deliveries2: | 12 |
| Wickets2: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg2: | – |
| Fivefor2: | – |
| Tenfor2: | – |
| Best Bowling2: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 0/– |
| Date: | 17 January |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/44/44779/44779.html CricketArchive |
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]
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, 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]