Mohammad Hafeez

International career

Hafeez was one of the several young all-rounders the Pakistani cricket team turned to after their poor Cricket World Cup display in 2003, in which they were eliminated in the first round.
Hafeez scored a half-century on his Test debut against Bangladesh, and in his following Test hit a century. His form with bat and ball would then drop considerably and in late-2003 he was dropped from the Test squad, and soon after the ODI side. With strong domestic performances as well as good showings for the Pakistan A, he remained on the fringes of a recall in 2004. Hafeez returned to the ODI side in 2005 and despite not contributing with the bat, his bowling performances were impressive. In the 2006 Top End Series held in Australia, Hafeez smashed a century for Pakistan A. With Pakistan struggling to find a solid opening pair for Test cricket, Hafeez was recalled for the tour of England. His return to Test cricket was made at The Oval and he scored a fluent 95. Later that year in November, Hafeez retained his place in the side for their home series against the West Indies. After getting starts in the first two Test he would go on to score his 2nd Test century in the 3rd Test in Karachi.

2010 Recall and Good Form

In 2010 he was recalled for the 3rd ICC World Twenty20. he had poor form in it but showed signs of class batting. He was subsequently recalled again for the T20Is and the ODIs on Pakistan's tour of England. He had some good scores in it and had some solid partnerships with opener Kamran Akmal.
Following this good form he was also in the squad that was selected to play South Africa in the UAE. After some impressive score in the opener slot, he was again rewarded with now a test call up. He had some decent scores in the test matches and bowled some tidy overs of offspin as well.
At the end of 2010 he was also selected for the party that would tour New Zealand. In all of the T20s he made some good scores including a 46.
In the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, he started the tournament with a few poor scores with the bat, and was consistent with the ball. Especially 10 overs for just 26 runs against Australia and 2 wickets for 16 runs in quarter final. In the quarter-final against West Indies, Hafeez provided a major contribution to the team's victory with 2 wickets and 60*, receiving the player of the match award. Also in the semi final he scored 43 runs and took a wicket for 31 runs in 10 overs although Pakistan lost the match.
In the tour of the West Indies, Hafeez continued his good form with both bat and ball scoring 267 runs in 5 matches with an average of 53.40, and took 6 wickets at an average of 23.50. . He made his second One Day International century in the 4th ODI, where he scored 121 runs before being bowled by the promising leg spinner Devendra Bishoo.
He was in the form of life with all-round when Pakistan toured Zimbabwe in September 2011 both with bat and ball taking his batting average to 27 from 21 after the recall. Scoring his 3rd Career One Day International century all in 2011 playing the 2nd ODI. He was top run scorer throughout the series in all formats.^[2] He was also dangerous with the ball and specially taking wickets on the straighter deliveries mixing up with off-spin with 7 wickets in Template:Cric T-20I series.

Mohammad Hafeez

Personal information
Full name	Mohammad Hafeez
Born	17 October 1980 (age 31) Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan
Nickname	Professor
Height	5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm Slow(Bowl)
International information
National side	Pakistan
Test debut (cap 173)	20 August 2003 v Bangladesh
Last Test	1 September 2011 v Zimbabwe
ODI debut (cap 144)	3 April 2003 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	14 September 2011 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no.	890
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs	FC	LA
Matches	18	82	143	170
Runs scored	105902	2132	7874	5534
Batting average	31.87	27.33	33.79	34.37
100s/50s	3/4	3/11	17/38	8/35
Top score	119	139*	180	139*
Balls bowled	1512	3071	104674	7381
Wickets	18	66	1666	154
Bowling average	34.77	33.66	28.76	33.33
5 wickets in innings	0	0	4	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	1	n/a
Best bowling	4/31	3/17	8/57	4/20
Catches/stumpings	6/-	27/-	122/-	71/-
Source: Cricinfo, 16 september 2011