Abdul Hafeez (English cricketer)

Infobox Recent cricketer


nationality = English
country = England
country abbrev = Eng
name = Abdul Hafeez
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Right-handed batsman
bowling style = Right arm medium
FCs = 14
FC runs = 346
FC bat avg = 13.84
FC 100s/50s = 0/1
FC top score = 55
FC balls = 0
FC wickets = 0
FC bowl avg = -
FC 5s = 0
FC 10s = 0
FC best bowling = -
FC catches/stumpings = 8/0
List As = 13
List A runs = 125
List A bat avg = 13.88
List A 100s/50s = 0/0
List A top score = 33
List A balls = 192
List A wickets = 1
List A bowl avg = 174.00
List A 5s = 0
List A 10s = N/A
List A best bowling = 1-63
List A catches/stumpings = 7/0
debut date = 17 April
debut year = 1998
last date = 7 May
last year = 2003
source = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13990.html Cricinfo

Abdul Hafeez (born 21 March, 1977) is a former English cricketer: an opening batsman and occasional medium-pace bowler who had a brief county cricket career with Worcestershire. He was born in Moseley, Birmingham.

He played a number of games for Warwickshire's Second XI in 1996 and 1997, but moved to Worcestershire to make his first-class debut in April 1998 against Essex, scoring 15 in his only innings. He played a further nine first-class games that season, making a career-best 55 in a five-wicket win over Gloucestershire in July. In one-day games, he played seven matches, with a top score (again a career best) of 33 against Scotland.

In 1999, Hafeez had fewer opportunities, playing only four first-class matches, and he failed to make the most of them, with a top score of only 32 and a desperate batting average of 5.37. He also played a solitary List A game, making 8 not out. After leaving the county at the end of that season, he had one game for Shropshire, against Ireland in the 2000 NatWest Trophy, but made only 4.

He then played for several years for the recreational Worcestershire Cricket Board team, making several appearances in the NatWest Trophy's replacement, the C&G Trophy, including a game against the professional Worcestershire side in May 2003. It was in one of these Trophy matches, against Sussex Cricket Board in September 2002, that Hafeez took his only List A wicket, that of opposing captain Paul Stevens.

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* [http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/7/7193/7193.html Statistical summary] from CricketArchive