Sajjad Akbar | |
Country: | Pakistan |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm offbreak |
International: | true |
Birth Date: | 1 March 1961 |
Birth Place: | Lahore, West Pakistan, Pakistan |
Odicap: | 76 |
Columns: | 3 |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 5 |
Bat Avg1: | 5.00 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 5 |
Deliveries1: | 60 |
Wickets1: | 2 |
Bowl Avg1: | 22.50 |
Fivefor1: | 0 |
Tenfor1: | 0 |
Best Bowling1: | 2/45 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
Matches2: | 182 |
Runs2: | 6,571 |
Bat Avg2: | 30.42 |
100S/50S2: | 7/31 |
Top Score2: | 143 |
Deliveries2: | 38,652 |
Wickets2: | 640 |
Bowl Avg2: | 25.40 |
Fivefor2: | 37 |
Tenfor2: | 8 |
Best Bowling2: | 9/59 |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 119/– |
Matches3: | 119 |
Runs3: | 1,607 |
Bat Avg3: | 24.72 |
100S/50S3: | 0/9 |
Top Score3: | 71* |
Deliveries3: | 5,596 |
Wickets3: | 142 |
Bowl Avg3: | 27.71 |
Fivefor3: | 1 |
Tenfor3: | 0 |
Best Bowling3: | 6/46 |
Catches/Stumpings3: | 36/– |
Date: | 11 April |
Year: | 2013 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/42612.html Cricinfo |
Sajjad Akbar (Urdu: سجاد اکبر; 1 March 1961 – 21 May 2024) was a Pakistani cricketer who played two One Day Internationals in 1990.
A middle-order batsman and off-spin bowler, he played first-class cricket in Pakistan from 1978–79 to 2000–01. In the 1989–90 season, he took 104 wickets at an average of 22.38.[1] Playing for the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation against Karachi in 1987–88, he took 9 for 59 and 6 for 63.[2]
Akbar died from a heart attack on 21 May 2024, at the age of 63.[3]