Naved-ul-Hasan explained

Naved-ul-Hasan
رانانويدُالحسَن
Country:Pakistan
Fullname:Rana Naved-ul-Hasan
Height:185cm[1]
Birth Date:28 February 1978
Birth Place:Sheikhupura, Punjab, Pakistan
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm fast-medium
Role:All-rounder
International:true
Internationalspan:2004–2010
Testdebutdate:28 October
Testdebutyear:2004
Testdebutagainst:Sri Lanka
Testcap:181
Lasttestdate:11 January
Lasttestyear:2007
Lasttestagainst:South Africa
Odidebutdate:4 April
Odidebutyear:2003
Odidebutagainst:Sri Lanka
Odicap:146
Lastodidate:31 January
Lastodiyear:2010
Odishirt:24
Lastodiagainst:Australia
T20idebutdate:28 August
T20idebutyear:2006
T20idebutagainst:England
Lastt20idate:7 September
Lastt20iyear:2010
Lastt20iagainst:England
T20icap:7
Club1:Lahore Division
Year1:1999–2000
Club2:Sheikhupura
Year2:2000–2001
Club3:Pakistan Customs
Year3:2001
Club4:Allied Bank Limited
Year4:2001
Club5:Water and Power Development Authority
Year5:2001–2015
Club6:Sialkot
Year6:2004–2005
Club7:Sussex
Year7:2005–2011
Club8:Sialkot Stallions
Year8:2005–2014
Club9:Yorkshire
Year9:2008–2009
Club10:Tasmania
Year10:2009–2011
Club11:Hobart Hurricanes
Year11:2011–2012
Club12:Dhaka Gladiators
Year12:2012
Club13:Derbyshire
Year13:2012
Club14:Uthura Rudras
Year14:2012
Columns:4
Column1:Test
Matches1:9
Runs1:239
Bat Avg1:19.91
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:42
Deliveries1:1565
Wickets1:10
Bowl Avg1:58.00
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:3/30
Catches/Stumpings1:3/–
Column2:ODI
Matches2:34
Runs2:524
Bat Avg2:15.87
100S/50S2:0/0
Top Score2:33
Deliveries2:3,466
Wickets2:30
Bowl Avg2:29.28
Fivefor2:1
Tenfor2:0
Best Bowling2:6/27
Catches/Stumpings2:16/–
Column3:T20I
Matches3:4
Runs3:18
Bat Avg3:18.00
100S/50S3:0/0
Top Score3:18
Deliveries3:85
Wickets3:2
Bowl Avg3:20.20
Fivefor3:0
Tenfor3:0
Best Bowling3:3/19
Catches/Stumpings3:2/–
Column4:FC
Matches4:56
Runs4:4,431
Bat Avg4:21.93
100S/50S4:5/12
Top Score4:139
Deliveries4:28,391
Wickets4:55
Bowl Avg4:24.24
Fivefor4:34
Tenfor4:7
Best Bowling4:7/49
Catches/Stumpings4:73/–
Date:9 January
Year:2019
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/42272.html ESPNcricinfo

Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (Punjabi, Urdu: {{Nastaliq|رانا نوِیدُالحسَن; born 28 February 1978) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played all formats of the game.

A right-arm fast-medium bowler capable of generating good pace with late swing, he was a genuine strike bowler. Prone to leaking runs earlier in his career, he later used his vast county experience to be economical in death overs. He often bowled the reverse-swinging yorker in one day and T20 cricket and had good control over change of pace, though he sometimes could be expensive. Ul-Hasan was also a useful attacking lower-order batsman with 5 first-class centuries and many fifties, including a score of 95 in 57 balls in a T20 game which lifted his team Sialkot Stallions to the tournament final.[2] He discontinued playing cricket for personal reasons between 1995 and 1999.

Ul-Hasan also boasted an exceptional pedigree in domestic Twenty20 cricket played all around the world, having amassed 75 appearances with Sialkot Stallions, Sussex Sharks, Yorkshire Carnegie, Tasmania Tigers and Hobart Hurricanes.

County Championship winner with Sussex in 2006 and 2007, Naved is no stranger to the county game, having also represented Yorkshire in 2008 and 2009. Naved has been in KFC Twenty20 Big Bash action in Australia for Hobart Hurricanes, recently topping the tournament wicket-takers list with 15 dismissals in eight matches and gaining cult status with the nickname "The People's Mullet".

Early hockey career

Ul-Hasan was initially a hockey player, playing the sport at professional and competitive level and was even part of the Pakistan Under-16 team, but discontinued after sustaining a knee injury and being unable to run; He chose to play tape ball cricket then.[3]

Bowling

Naved, renowned as a specialist 'death' bowler, has a century of ODI dismissals to his name at an average of 29.28.

Regarded as one of the best 'death' bowlers in the game late in his career, Naved had the ability to vary his pace without a discernible change in action, and without losing control. In favourable conditions, he could also bowl orthodox and reverse swing.[4]

Overseas franchises

Bangladesh Premier League

Ul-Hasan was selected in the Dhaka Gladiators team in the inaugural BPL tournament, where Pakistani stars were the biggest winners, sold for a massive $100,000, $50,000 above his base price, after performing very well in the Big Bash tournament with the ball.

Big Bash League

He was the leading wicket taker in Australia's Big Bash League in the 2011–12 edition, where he claimed 15 scalps for Hobart.[5]

Ul-Hasan played T20 Cricket for the Australian domestic Big Bash League teams the Tasmanian Tigers and the Hobart Hurricanes in the 2009 season. He has become a cult hero in the state and is known as "The People's Mullet" amongst the masses.

English county cricket

Since June 2005, Naved played English county cricket for Sussex, where he formed an effective partnership with fellow Pakistani bowler Mushtaq Ahmed. He has also had success with the bat, scoring a career best 139 against Middlesex.

On 12 September 2007 Naved dislocated his shoulder in a match against Durham and had to be carried off the field.[6] This was thought to have been his last game for Sussex as the ECB brought in a rule which restricts each county to one overseas player and Sussex opted for Mushtaq Ahmed.

Naved received offers from Leicestershire and Yorkshire to remain in English County Cricket, and on 26 September 2007 signed a two-year deal with Yorkshire.[7]

Indian Cricket League(2007-09)

He joined the Indian Cricket League (ICL) for the 2008 season, where he made a huge impact as batsman and bowler.

Ul-Hasan played in Indian Cricket League for Lahore Badshahs between 2007 and 2009. He played an important role in team's success. He was the Player of the Series in the 2008-09 edition, taking 22 wickets[8] at an average of 12.77, and an economy of 6.66, and scoring 189 runs[9] at an average of 27, and a strike rate of 144.27.

He played a total of 26 matches for Lahore Badshahs in which he scored 367 runs at an average of 33.36, and a strike rate of 146.8, and took 40 wickets at an average of 17.68, and an economy of 7.12.[10] Voted the '2008 Man of the Tournament' for the guiding the Lahore Badshah's to the ICL Championship, Rana Naved was arguably in a great form.[11]

Controversy

One-year PCB ban (2010)

After a disastrous tour of Australia in January, Naved-ul-Hasan was banned for 1-year along with several other players receiving different types of consequences. However the PCB lifted his ban but he had already served six-months of his sentence. Other players implicated included Mohammad Yousuf, Younis Khan both were banned for life but had their bans lifted after two months. And Shoaib Malik was banned for one-year and had his ban lifted after serving three-months of it. And with that ban they were also fined.[12]

International career

Ul-Hasan only made the occasional Test appearance for Pakistan with little success, having to compete with Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Asif, Umar Gul and Mohammad Sami for a place in the side. As a result, he became regular in ODI. Naved's career with Pakistan saw him take 110 wickets in 74 one-day internationals between 2003 and 2010 and a career best of 6–27 versus India in 2005. The 33-year-old Pakistani bowler has good of international experience, having represented his country on 87 occasions.

Naved-ul-Hasan made his international debut at the Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup on 4 April immediately after the poor 2003 Cricket World Cup campaign in which Pakistan were eliminated in the first round and a number of players were dropped. Playing against Sri Lanka, Rana took the wickets of Hashan Tillakaratne and Prasanna Jayawardene in consecutive balls but failed to take a hat-trick. Despite several good performances he was soon dropped from the side for alleged disciplinary problems.[13]

With injuries to key members of the Pakistani pace attack he worked his way back into the side before once again falling out of favour with the national selectors and unable to stake a claim ahead of emerging young fast bowlers such as Umar Gul and Iftikhar Anjum. His career best figures are 6 for 27, made in a victory over India in Jamshedpur.

For his performances in 2005, he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC.[14]

On 22 July 2009, Ul-Hasan was recalled in Pakistan's ODI squad for Sri Lanka as well as for the provisional 30-man squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2009 and a day later Pakistan Cricket Board awarded him a 'C' category contact.[15]

His finest performances for Pakistan have come in ODIs against India and West Indies – 56 of his 95 wickets have come against them, but he has struggled for consistency.

Cricket academy

Ul-Hasan has also started a cricket academy few years back after his retirement with the help some of his friend Naveed Khan and Nauman Inam. In one of the interview on a local TV channel Naveed said that his mission is to train the new generation and to produce better players.

Coaching career

In February 2023, he was appointed bowling coach to the Afghanistan team.[16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile. Sportskeeda. 30 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Associated Press of Pakistan - Rana's assault guides Sialkot in T20 Cup semis . 18 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054327/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=97784&Itemid=138 . 4 March 2016 . dead .
  3. Web site: 11 October 2006 . Hockey remains my first love: Rana Naved . PakTribune.
  4. Web site: Naved-ul-Hasan Profile – ICC Ranking, Age, Career Info & Stats.
  5. Web site: Cricket Records – Big Bash League, 2011/12 – Records – Most wickets – ESPNcricinfo.
  6. News: Cricket – Counties – Naved suffers dislocated shoulder. BBC Sport. 12 September 2007.
  7. Web site: Yorkshire sign Naved-ul-Hasan on two-year deal.
  8. Web site: Cricket Records – ICL 20-20 Indian Championship, 2008/09 – Records – Most wickets – ESPNcricinfo.
  9. Web site: Cricket Records – ICL 20-20 Indian Championship, 2008/09 – Records – Most runs – ESPNcricinfo.
  10. Web site: Naved-ul-Hasan. Lahore Badshahs . 23 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131216062229/http://www.lahorebadshahs.com/team/player-profiles/Naved-ul-Hasan.html . 16 December 2013 . dead .
  11. Web site: Profile of Rana Naved ul Hasan – PakPassion.net – The Home of Pakistan Cricket. 19 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120405193356/http://www.pakpassion.net/player/rana_naved_ul_hasan_profile. 5 April 2012. dead.
  12. Web site: PCB lifts ban on Naved-ul-Hasan.
  13. Web site: Naved-ul-Hasan. ESPNcricinfo.
  14. [ICC ODI Team of the Year]
  15. Web site: PCB awards 'C' category contract to Rana Naveed.
  16. Web site: Anjum . Muhammad Yousaf . 12 February 2023 . Rana Naved, Imran Farhat land coaching gigs with Afghanistan Cricket . Cricket Pakistan.