Mohammad Akram

Mohammad Akram

Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs
Matches	9	23
Runs scored	24	14
Batting average	2.66	7.00
100s/50s	-/-	-/-
Top score	10*	7*
Balls bowled	1477	989
Wickets	17	19
Bowling average	50.52	41.57
5 wickets in innings	1	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	5/138	2/28
Catches/stumpings	4/-	8/-
Source: [1], 4 February 2006

Mohammad Akram (Urdu: محمد اکرم) (born 10 September 1974 in Islamabad, Pakistan) is a Pakistani right arm fast-medium bowler in cricket, as of 2005^[update] he plays for Surrey County Cricket Club. He played in 9 Test matches and 23 One Day International matches for Pakistan between 1995–1996 and 2000-2001. He is 6'2'' tall and Akram is nicknamed Haji. He is married to an Anglo-Pakistani and is now qualified as a non-overseas player in England. He has professed a desire to play for his adopted country.

Cricket controversies

In 1998, while playing for Pakistan, Akram "lowered his shoulder and made avoidable contact with Shane Warne" during the third day of the third Test against Australia. Akram pleaded guilty to the charge and received a severe reprimand from the ICC match referee.

In 2004 he was penalised by the England and Wales Cricket Board for ball-tampering whilst at Sussex. He did not stay at Sussex after 2004, preferring instead a three-year contract with Surrey. Surrey themselves were docked eight points in the County Championship for ball-tampering in 2005, but an internal Surrey investigation failed to identify the culprits.

References

• Official Surrey CCC website
• Cricket Archive page on Mohammad Akram
• Cricinfo page on Mohammad Akram

Persondata
Name	Akram, Mohammad
Alternative names	Haji
Short description	Cricketer
Date of birth	10 September 1974
Place of birth	[Islamabad]], Pakistan
Date of death
Place of death