Pakistan Cricket Players: Mohammad Hafeez

Mohammad Hafeez
Mohammad Hafeez is a right hand opening batsman and right arm off spin bowler.Hafeez has been in and out of the Pakistan squad since making his debut in 2003, without actually cementing his place in either version of the game. In nearly 5 years since making his debut he has managed to only represent his country on 68 occasions including T20 internationals, the bulk of these being 48 ODIs.
A strike rate of 58.15 seems to indicate where the problem in his batting lies in that he gets "bogged down" and sometimes found it difficult to accelertate the run rate when necessary. A fluent driver of the ball and also a very useful cutter of the ball, Hafeez has in the past had problems with the ball swinging away outside the off stump.
Whilst Hafeez's batting has not been great at international level, his off spin bowling has more often than not been extremely tidy and very handy for the skipper.
Hafeez last represented Pakistan in October 2007 against South Africa and with his strenghts being very similar to former skipper Shoaib Malik its unlikely that he will be selected in the foreseeable future.
Mohammad Hafeez's comeback in the tour of England in 2010 led o a newfound consistency in his game. The new Mohammad Hafeez was performing well with both bat and ball with technical deficiences having been worked upon in his time off. Hafeez became a mainstay in the side and solidified his position as a spinning all-rounder in the team formng a respectable spin trio wth Saeed Ajmal and Shahid Afridi.

Mohammad Hafeez