Asim Kamal

Asim Kamal

Pakistan

Full name Mohammad Asim Kamal
Born May 31, 1976, Karachi, Sind
Current age 30 years 274 days
Major teams Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan Customs, Pakistan International Airlines
Batting style Left-hand bat

Statsguru

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	12	20	1	717	99	37.73	1518	47.23	0	8	104	6	10	0
First-class	82	129	13	4323	164	37.26			8	27			66	0
List A	30	27	4	790	63	34.34			0	6			11	1
Twenty20	8	7	1	151	49	25.16	111	136.03	0	0			4	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Tests	12	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
First-class	82	114	76	2	1/6		38.00	4.00	57.00		0	0
List A	30	12	30	0	-	-	-	15.00	-	0	0	0
Twenty20	8	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	Pakistan v South Africa at Lahore - Oct 17-21, 2003
Last Test	Pakistan v England at Lahore - Nov 29-Dec 3, 2005
First-class span	1997/98 - 2006/07
List A span	1999/00 - 2005/06
Twenty20 span	2005/06 - 2006/07

Profile

Wisden overview
A left-hander of more obduracy than flair, Asim Kamal is the sort of batsman who can bind the middle order together, allowing others to bat around him. He is typically minimalist, particularly well equipped with a fluid cover-drive, but his meat and drink are nudged singles and patient spells of batting. After five seasons of domestic cricket, Kamal finally made his Test debut against South Africa, at the relatively ripe age of 27. Like so many others of late, Kamal was impressive in his first match, missing out on a hundred by just one run. Coming back into side for the Tests against India, Kamal continued to impress. In a series where most of Pakistan's batsmen gained notoriety for throwing their wickets away, Kamal showed rare discipline and composure, batting well with the tail to score two half-centuries. He further consolidated his reputation as a gritty customer during Pakistan's 2005 tour of India, scoring 91 in the first innings of the first Test. His safe catching at gully came in handy on several occasions on the same tour.