Naved-ul-Hasan

Naved-ul-Hasan

Pakistan

Full name Rana Naved-ul-Hasan
Born February 28, 1978, Sheikhupura, Punjab
Current age 29 years 1 days
Major teams Pakistan, Allied Bank, Herefordshire, Lahore Division, Pakistan Customs, Sheikhupura Cricket Association, Sialkot Cricket Association, Sussex
Also known as Rana Naved
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Statsguru

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	9	15	3	239	42*	19.91	284	84.15	0	0	32	5	3	0
ODIs	61	40	14	348	29	13.38	452	76.99	0	0	28	8	12	0
Twenty20 Int.	2	1	1	17	17*	-	7	242.85	0	0	0	2	1	0
First-class	86	124	14	2670	139	24.27			3	8			47	0
List A	119	85	26	1159	70*	19.64			0	4			35	0
Twenty20	19	10	7	173	40*	57.66	100	173.00	0	0			11	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Tests	9	1565	1044	18	3/30	5/93	58.00	4.00	86.94	0	0	0
ODIs	61	2800	2581	95	6/27	6/27	27.16	5.53	29.47	5	1	0
Twenty20 Int.	2	42	55	1	1/26	1/26	55.00	7.85	42.00	0	0	0
First-class	86	16696	9193	402	7/49		22.86	3.30	41.53		24	4
List A	119	5564	4769	187	6/27	6/27	25.50	5.14	29.75	9	3	0
Twenty20	19	384	432	19	3/9	3/9	22.73	6.75	20.21	0	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi - Oct 28-Nov 1, 2004
Last Test	South Africa v Pakistan at Centurion - Jan 11-15, 2007
ODI debut	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sharjah - Apr 4, 2003
Last ODI	South Africa v Pakistan at Johannesburg - Feb 14, 2007
Twenty20 Int. debut	England v Pakistan at Bristol - Aug 28, 2006
Last Twenty20 Int.	South Africa v Pakistan at Johannesburg - Feb 2, 2007
First-class span	1995/96 - 2006/07
List A span	1999/00 - 2006/07
Twenty20 span	2004/05 - 2006/07

Profile

Rana made his debut in Sharjah immediately after the disastrous 2003 World Cup, at which time he was competing with Abdul Razzaq, Shoaib Malik and Azhar Mahmood for the allrounder's spot. Few backed him then despite some impressive early performances and he was dropped soon after, allegedly because of disciplinary problems. But now, with the continuing ambiguity over Shoaib Akhtar's part in the Pakistan team and injuries to other bowlers, Rana has worked his way back as an essential cog in the ODI team. As with most Pakistan bowlers of pace, he can bowl a reverse-swinging yorker almost at will. His change of pace is another useful weapon. But his nous with the ball, his control over line and length and his absolute refusal to consider giving anything less than his all in the field has stood out. His Test appearances remain limited and largely unsuccessful, though he bowled well when England visited in 2005-06. Further Tests may still depend on a permutation of injuries, suspensions for dodgy actions, doping and attitude issues, but there is no doubting his place and value in the Pakistan set-up. His form in 2006 has fallen away drastically, possibly due to a groin injury he picked up at Sussex, and with the return of Umar Gul, his position was in some doubt. But as Pakistan continued to struggle with finding a fit fast bowler, he managed to hold on to his place for the World Cup, despite a disastrous South African tour. As a lower-order, hard-hitting batsman, he has had little opportunity to impress, despite his insistence that he is, in fact, a natural wicketkeeper batsman. And he gave up his first love, hockey, for cricket.