Yasir Hameed

Yasir Hameed

Pakistan

Full name Yasir Hameed Qureshi
Born February 28, 1978, Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province
Current age 29 years 1 days
Major teams Pakistan, Pakistan International Airlines, Peshawar Cricket Association
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Statsguru

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	20	39	3	1292	170	35.88	2231	57.91	2	8	189	3	16	0
ODIs	50	50	1	1917	127*	39.12	2839	67.52	3	11	205	6	12	0
First-class	99	166	11	5604	207	36.15			12	27			76	0
List A	131	126	8	4185	127*	35.46			7	22			44	0
Twenty20	12	12	1	258	69	23.45	242	106.61	0	2			1	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Tests	20	6	5	0	-	-	-	5.00	-	0	0	0
ODIs	50	18	26	0	-	-	-	8.66	-	0	0	0
First-class	99	747	559	6	2/46		93.16	4.48	124.50		0	0
List A	131	370	317	13	4/38	4/38	24.38	5.14	28.46	2	0	0
Twenty20	12	1	4	0	-	-	-	24.00	-	0	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	Pakistan v Bangladesh at Karachi - Aug 20-24, 2003
Last Test	South Africa v Pakistan at Cape Town - Jan 26-28, 2007
ODI debut	New Zealand v Pakistan at Dambulla - May 20, 2003
Last ODI	Pakistan v West Indies at Karachi - Dec 16, 2006
First-class span	1996/97 - 2006/07
List A span	1995/96 - 2006/07
Twenty20 span	2004/05 - 2006/07

Profile

Yasir Hameed stamped his presence in international cricket with two Test centuries on debut - against Bangladesh at Karachi in August 2003 - becoming only the second player to achieve that feat. Frail of build, Yasir's game is built on timing and an easy elegance. A technique more solid than many recent top-order Pakistani batsmen served him well in his career early on. His exploits in the one-day arena were initially as impressive, and he forged a superb combination with Imran Farhat at the top of the order: against New Zealand at home the pair put together a record four consecutive hundred partnerships. The early signs were promising then, but he developed a worrying tendency to waste his starts, making pretty 20s and then throwing it away, often by flailing at wide ones outside off. That saw him lose his place in the team in late 2004. Selectorial inconsistencies didn't help, Hameed being dropped the next match after scoring two fifties in a Test at Syndey. Thereafter opportunities have been limited: a few ODIs here and there (in all of which he has made contributions) and no Tests since June 2005. Persistence at domestic level paid off, however, as he returned to the national squad against the West Indies in November 2006, made a couple of fifties in the ODI series and booked himself a seat to South Africa at the start of 2007. With Mohammad Yousuf missing there, opportunities will be present.