Mohammad Hafeez Explained

Mohammad Hafeez Hafeez
Country:Pakistan
Height:1.75 m[1]
Nickname:Chanda,[2] [3] [4] Professor[5]
Birth Date:17 October 1980
Birth Place:Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm off break
Role:All-rounder
International:true
Internationalspan:2003–2021
Testdebutdate:20 August
Testdebutyear:2003
Testdebutagainst:Bangladesh
Testcap:173
Lasttestdate:3 December
Lasttestyear:2018
Lasttestagainst:New Zealand
Odidebutdate:3 April
Odidebutyear:2003
Odidebutagainst:Zimbabwe
Odicap:144
Lastodidate:5 July
Lastodiyear:2019
Lastodiagainst:Bangladesh
Odishirt:8 (formerly 88)
T20idebutdate:1 September
T20idebutyear:2006
T20idebutagainst:England
T20icap:5
Lastt20idate:11 November
Lastt20iyear:2021
Lastt20iagainst:Australia
T20ishirt:8
Club1:Faisalabad Wolves
Year1:2005–2011/12
Club2:Kolkata Knight Riders
Year2:2008
Club3:Lahore Lions
Year3:2012/13–2015/16
Club4:Peshawar Zalmi
Year4:2016–2018
Club5:St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
Year5:2017
Club6:Rajshahi Kings
Year6:2019
Club7:Lahore Qalandars
Year7:2019–2022
Club8:Edmonton Royals
Year8:2019
Club9:Middlesex
Year9:2019
Club10:Southern Punjab
Year10:2019/20
Club11:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Year11:2020/21
Club12:Galle Gladiators
Year12:2021
Club13:Muzaffarabad Tigers
Year13:2021
Club14:Quetta Gladiators
Year14:2023
Columns:4
Column1:Test
Matches1:55
Runs1:3,652
Bat Avg1:37.64
100S/50S1:10/12
Top Score1:224
Deliveries1:4,067
Wickets1:53
Bowl Avg1:34.11
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:4/16
Catches/Stumpings1:45/–
Column2:ODI
Matches2:218
Runs2:6,614
Bat Avg2:32.90
100S/50S2:11/38
Top Score2:140
Deliveries2:7,733
Wickets2:139
Bowl Avg2:38.84
Fivefor2:0
Tenfor2:0
Best Bowling2:4/41
Catches/Stumpings2:82/–
Column3:T20I
Matches3:119
Runs3:2,514
Bat Avg3:26.46
100S/50S3:0/14
Top Score3:99
Deliveries3:1,261
Wickets3:61
Bowl Avg3:22.75
Fivefor3:0
Tenfor3:0
Best Bowling3:4/10
Catches/Stumpings3:30/-
Column4:FC
Matches4:210
Runs4:12,169
Bat Avg4:34.76
100S/50S4:26/56
Top Score4:224
Deliveries4:14,992
Wickets4:253
Bowl Avg4:26.73
Fivefor4:7
Tenfor4:2
Best Bowling4:8/57
Catches/Stumpings4:183/–
Date:4 January 2022
Source:http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/41434.html ESPNcricinfo

Mohammad Hafeez (Punjabi and Urdu: {{nastaliq|محمد حفیظ; born 17 October 1980) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer. He was a member of the Pakistan team that won the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, and had a major role in the final, where he scored an unbeaten innings of 57. He retired from Test cricket after the third and final match against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi in December 2018, departing the ground for the final time in white clothing to a guard of honour from his teammates.[6] [7] On 3 January 2022, he announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket, ending a career that spanned more than 18 years.[8] [9]

He was the fourth international player to play in the Caribbean Premier League and the first Pakistani player to be named to be chosen for Twenty20 tournament. He is nicknamed "The Professor".[10] The major teams for which he played are Pakistan, Lahore, Lahore Lions, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sargodha, Sui Gas Corporation of Pakistan. Hafeez scored his test career best of 224 runs against Bangladesh in 2015 at Khulna during the Dan Cake Series.[11]

In August 2018, he was one of the thirty-three players to be awarded a central contract for the 2018–19 season by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).[12] [13] In December 2018, during Pakistan's series against New Zealand, Hafeez announced that he would retire from Test cricket following the conclusion of the tour, to focus on limited-overs cricket.[14] Hafeez said that the time was right to retire from Test cricket and that he was honoured to represent Pakistan in 55 Test matches, including captaining the side.[15]

After a lackluster personal ICC 2019 World Cup campaign albeit a match-winning 84 batting at number 4 against England in the round-robin stage in 2019,[16] he found new life as a T20 specialist for Pakistan and various leagues across the world. This culminated in him being the leading run scorer in T20I cricket in the world in 2020.[17]

Personal life

Having to disrupt his studies because of his professional cricket career, in 2023 he resumed them at the age of 42 by enrolling in the University of Karachi's BS Health Physical Education and Sports Sciences (HPESS) program.[18]

International career

Early years: 2003–2006

Hafeez has played in Bhera and was one of several young all-rounders whom the Pakistani cricket team turned to in order to revitalize their side after their poor display in 2003 World Cup where Pakistan was out from first round. His form with both bat and ball was inconsistent and in late 2003 he was dropped from the Test squad and subsequently from the ODI side. Following strong domestic performances, as well as some consistent showings for the Pakistan A side, he remained on the fringes of a recall in 2004. In the meantime he played a few matches as the professional at Settle Cricket Club, Yorkshire, in 2005.Hafeez returned to the ODI side in 2005 and despite poor form with the bat, his bowling performances were impressive. In the 2006 series held in Australia, Hafeez smashed his first century for Pakistan. With Pakistan struggling to find a solid opening pair for the Test side, he was recalled for the tour of England. His return to Test cricket was made at The Oval where he scored a fluent 95. Subsequently, Hafeez retained his place in the Test squad for Pakistan's home series against the West Indies in November of that year. After getting out early despite good starts in the first two Tests, he went on to score his second Test century in the third Test in Karachi.

Recall in 2010

In 2010 he was recalled for the third ICC World Twenty20 squad. His form was poor scoring only 39 runs and taking only 2 wickets in 6 matches. However he was subsequently selected for the T20Is and the ODIs on Pakistan's 2010 tour of England. He was the second highest Pakistani run scorer in the ODI series producing some solid opening partnerships with Kamran Akmal. Following this good form he was included in the squad that was selected to play South Africa in the UAE and he replaced disgraced skipper Salman Butt as an opening batsman in both Tests, achieving a batting average 32.50. He played in all 5 ODI matches ending up as the top run scorer and he also topped the bowling averages for the series. At the end of 2010 he was also selected for the party that would tour New Zealand and the West Indies and this resulted in him establishing himself as a regular in the Test, ODI and T20 teams.

Rising through ranks

Against India on 18 March 2012 in Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur at the 2012 Asia Cup, he scored 105 off 113 balls and was involved in a 224 run partnership with Nasir Jamshed, which is the best opening partnership for Pakistan against India in one day internationals. They eclipsed Aamer Sohail and Saeed Anwar's record of 144 runs which was made in 1996.[19] During this innings, Hafeez was forced to run a lot which towards the end was hampering him due to a leg injury. Subsequently, he earned the nickname, the Snake of Sargodha, for his zigzag running pattern between the wickets. He made his 4th ODI century in March 2012 against Bangladesh at Dhaka. He also made his highest test score of 196 against Sri Lanka in the second Test at Colombo in June 2012.

In December 2012, during the tour of Pakistani cricket team in India in 2012–13, he came across as a very different and aggressive batsman and scored so brilliantly and briskly and helped Pakistan to win the first T20I and 2nd ODI with his heroics of brilliant batting and nearly chasing a mountain high target of 191 in the second T20I. His scores were 61 and 55 in first and second T20I respectively and scored 76 runs in the 2nd ODI and sharing an opening stand of 141 with Nasir Jamshed and also bowled economically to help Pakistan win their first ODI series in India since 7 years. In this period, he was considered to be the main all-rounder of Pakistan Cricket team along with Shahid Afridi. He had a great series against Sri Lanka in Dec 2013, where he scored 122 in the first match, 140* in the third and 113* in the fourth match. Thus he became, the second batsman after Zaheer Abbas to score 3 centuries in an ODI series. Hafeez was initially selected in the Pakistan squad for the 2015 World Cup but was ruled out 6 days before the World Cup due to a calf injury. He was replaced by Nasir Jamshed.

For his performances in 2014, he was named in the World ODI XI by ICC.[20] He was also named in the T20I XI by ESPNcricinfo for his performances in 2013.[21]

On 20 December 2020, he hit his career best T20I score of 99 off 57 balls against New Zealand in their second T20I at Hamilton.[22] On 31 July 2021, he bowled his most economic spell in the T20I against West Indies, giving away 6 runs off his 4 overs.[23]

T20 captaincy record

Hafeez's record as T20I captain
FormatMatchesWonLostDrawnNo resultWin (%)
T20I[24] 29171160.34

Captaincy

He was appointed captain of the Pakistan T20 team in May 2012 and vice captain, under Misbah-ul-Haq, of the ODI and Test teams. During the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka in September 2012, Pakistan reached the semi-finals where they lost to the home side. After the tournament, there was some controversy with veteran all-rounder Abdul Razzaq who was critical of his non-selection for a number of matches. Hafeez also came into some conflict with the PCB over their view that he adopted a rather unilateral and non-consultative approach while making selection decisions. However, he was supported by the coach Dav Whatmore and both of them emphasised the poor fitness levels of many players. The PCB committee decided that they would subsequently closely monitor Hafeez's performance in this context during the coming tours to India and South Africa.[25] As a captain, he led Pakistan to victories over South Africa, West Indies and Zimbabwe. He equalled the records of most wins as a Pakistani captain in T20 and most number of away series wins as a Pakistani captain. Under his leadership, Pakistan managed to move up to the second position in the rankings.

He also became the first Pakistani captain to hit three fifties in a row and became Pakistan's leading run scorer in T20s. After Pakistan's exit from the T20 World Championship Hafeez apologized on behalf of his team and stepped down as captain. Imran Khan, Pakistan's former captain criticised this decision and advised Hafeez to stay as captain. His resignation was a rare incident in Pakistan cricket.

Post-captaincy (2016-2021)

In March 2016, Pakistan's exit from the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 after losing 3 matches caused great controversy in Pakistan, with blame shifting between Waqar Younis as well as many of the players on the team. Hafeez was accused, by Younis, of lying about his knee injury before the T20. He said it could have affected the teams poor performance. Despite bad performance during the T20I world cup 2016 Hafeez was picked for the England tour of 2016 Hafeez was out on 0 several times throughout the test series and during the ODI series in the first match he was out on 11 which then he was dropped for rest of the tour because of bad performance and not fit enough to play. After missing out of international cricket for months in which he missed the West Indies series in the UAE, Hafeez was then picked for the Australia tour 2017 to play the ODI series. As of the first ODI match Hafeez was out on 4. For the second ODI Azhar Ali was ruled out because of injury which promoted Hafeez to captain Pakistan, Hafeez did a very good job as Pakistan won the match and won for the first time in 12 years on Australian soil. Not only that Hafeez's captaincy was appreciated but he also made 72 runs which earned him player of the match. Hafeez was a regular member in Pakistan's triumph in the Champions Trophy 2017 in England

In April 2019, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[26] [27] Though, he was named man of the match in Pakistan's second match of the tournament against England for his 62-ball 84 and important wicket of English captain Eoin Morgan,[28] he remained inconsistent for the rest of the tournament with low-strike rate scores of 16, 9, 20, 32, 19 and 27. He didn't do wonders with the ball either with an expensive economy rate of almost 6 per over which was worse than any other Pakistani spinner in the tournament.

In June 2020, he was named in a 29-man squad for Pakistan's tour to England during the COVID-19 pandemic.[29] [30] However, on 23 June 2020, Hafeez was one of seven players from Pakistan's squad to test positive for COVID-19.[31] Hafeez then tested negative the following day, after taking a private test to get a second opinion.[32] On 30 August 2020, in the second T20I against England, Hafeez became the second batsman for Pakistan to score 2,000 runs in T20I cricket.[33] On 10 April 2021, in the first match against South Africa, Hafeez played in his 100th T20I match.[34]

In September 2021, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[35]

T20 franchise career

IPL career

Mohammad Hafeez was signed by Kolkata Knight Riders, and played in the inaugural season of the IPL. He scored 64 runs in 8 matches and picked up 1 wicket in the tournament. He did not play in the 2nd edition of IPL due to the tense atmosphere after the 2008 Mumbai attacks.[36] [37]

PSL career

Hafeez was placed in the Diamond category in the inaugural edition of PSL and was acquired for US$70,000 by the Peshawar Zalmi side.[38] He left Peshawar Zalmi in 2018 after playing for the franchise for 3 years.[39] [40] He was picked by Lahore Qalanders for the fourth edition of PSL[41] and was also given the captaincy.[42]

Bangladesh Premier League career

In December 2015, he was signed by Dhaka Dynamites for the remainder of the 2015 Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).[43] [44] In December 2018, Hafeez joined Rajshahi Kings for the sixth edition of Bangladesh Premier League.[45] [46]

Other leagues

Mohammad Hafeez played for Wayamba United in 2012 Sri Lanka Premier League.

In January 2014, he was signed by Melbourne Stars as a replacement Lasith Malinga for the reminder of the 2013–14 BBL.[47]

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Montreal Tigers in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[48] [49] In September 2018, he was named in Nangarhar's squad for the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[50]

He was signed by Edmonton Royals as marquee player in 2nd season of GT20 Canada in July 2019.[51] He replaced Rassie Van Dussen at the St Kitts and Nevis Patriors for CPL 2019.[52] [53] [54] He then, signed for Middlesex for 5 matches in August 2019. He joined Middlesex County Cricket Club for the 2019 Vitality Blast, as a replacement for Mujeeb Ur Rahman.[55]

In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Galle Gladiators following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[56]

In November 2021, he joined Delhi Bulls for the fifth season of the Abu Dhabi T10 league.[57] [58]

Bowling action

In June 2015, Hafeez was suspended for an illegal arm action.[59] However, he was again selected for the ODI series against Sri Lanka. He proved the value of his comeback by taking 4 for 41 runs and scored a century, which earned him the man of the match award.[60]

In November 2017, ICC suspended Hafeez again for illegal bowling action.[61]

In December 2019, ECB banned Hafeez from bowling in the T20 Blast because of his action.[62]

Post-retirement

Commentary career

Hafeez joined the commentary panel for the Peshawar-Quetta exhibition match ahead of the 2023 PSL.[63]

Administration and coaching career

In November 2023, Mohammad Hafeez was appointed as the Pakistan national men team director and also as its interim head coach for the Australia and New Zealand tours, but due to the team's bad results his stint eventually ended in February 2024.[64]

Records and achievements

Hafeez has scored 21 international centuries, 10 in Test matches and 11 in ODIs.

He scored his maiden Test century in his second match on 27 August 2003 against Bangladesh.[65] His highest Test score is 224 which was also scored against Bangladesh on 28 April 2015 at Khulna.[66]

+Test centuries
No. Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Start date Result Ref.
1 102* 2 Peshawar, Pakistan Won
2 104 7 Karachi, Pakistan Won [67]
3 119 18 Bulawayo, Pakistan Won [68]
4 143 22 Chittagong, Bangladesh Won [69]
5 196 27 Colombo, Sri Lanka Drawn [70]
6 101* 39 Abu Dhabi, UAE Won [71]
7 197 40 Sharjah, UAE Lost [72]
8 224 41 Khulna, Bangladesh Drawn
9 151 47 Sharjah, UAE Won [73]
10 126 51 Dubai, UAE Drawn [74]

In ODIs, his maiden century came against New Zealand on 29 January 2011 at Christchurch. He scored 115 runs in that match and guided Pakistan to the victory.[75] His highest ODI score is 140 not out which was scored against Sri Lanka in December 2013 at Sharjah.[76]

+One Day International centuries
No. Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Date Result Ref.
1 115 61 Christchurch, New Zealand Won
2 121 76 Lost [77]
3 139* 81 Harare, Pakistan Won [78]
4 105 98 Dhaka, Bangladesh Lost [79]
5 122* 117 Dublin, Ireland Tied [80]
6 136* 123 Harare, ZimbabweWon [81]
7 122 137 Sharjah, UAE Won [82]
8 140* 139 Sharjah, UAE Won
9 113* 140 Abu Dhabi, UAE Won [83]
10 103 162 Dambulla, Sri Lanka Won [84]
11 102* 170 Abu Dhabi, UAE Won [85]

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  33. Web site: Mohammad Hafeez Becomes The Second Pakistan Batsman To Reach 2000 T20I Runs and Ninth Overall . Cricket Addictor . 30 August 2020 . 30 August 2020.
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  53. Web site: 2019-07-27. www.cricingif.com. 2021-08-23. Cricingif. en.
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  55. Web site: Mohammad Hafeez joins Middlesex as AB de Villiers' replacement. 2021-08-13. ESPNcricinfo. en.
  56. Web site: Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews miss out on LPL drafts . ESPNcricinfo . 10 November 2021.
  57. Web site: 2021-11-13. Mohammad Hafeez signs contract with Abu Dhabi T10's Delhi Bulls team. 2021-11-19. Daily Pakistan Global. en.
  58. Web site: Mohammad Hafeez to play T10 league. 2021-11-19. Khelshel. en.
  59. Web site: Hafeez reported for suspect action again. 21 June 2015.
  60. Web site: Hafeez finds form to subdue Sri Lanka.
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  74. Web site: 1st Test, Australia tour of United Arab Emirates at Dubai, Oct 7-11 2018 . ESPNcricinfo. 7 October 2018.
  75. Web site: Hafeez, Afridi star in series-levelling win . ESPNcricinfo. 20 March 2018.
  76. Web site: All-round Hafeez sinks Sri Lanka . ESPNcricinfo. 20 March 2018.
  77. Web site: 4th ODI, Pakistan tour of West Indies at Bridgetown, May 2 2011 . ESPNcricinfo. 20 March 2018.
  78. Web site: 2nd ODI, Pakistan tour of Zimbabwe at Harare, Sep 11 2011 . ESPNcricinfo. 20 March 2018.
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