Pakistan Cricket Players: Mohammad Sami

Mohammad Sami Biography

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Mohammad Sami is a Karachi based test cricketer who played all three formats of cricket. He was born on 24 February 1981. His bowling speed is also very high after Shoaib Akhtar. He has done hat-tricks in all three formats of cricket. He has bowled high quick Yorkers which dismantled many batsmen. He has the ability to bowl fast with swing on both sides of the wicket. He is capable of bowling reverse swing with the help of which he got several wickets in tests and ODIs.

Muhammad Sami made debut in the te4st cricket in 2001 against New Zealand in which he got 8 wickets for 106 runs. In his third test match he took his first hat-trick in test matches against Sri Lanka. He took hat-trick in One Day Internationals against West Indies in 2002. Then he became the second bowler of Pakistan who took hat-tricks in both formats of cricket after Waseem Akram. He played 35 test matches in which he scored only 473 runs and in 83 ODIs matches he scored 314 runs. He took 84 wickets in test matches and 118 in ODIs. He had to face various difficulties throughout his career. Many times he was dropped from the national team and then again he was included in the Pakistani squad. He was the member of the Pakistani Squad in 2007 world cup. Sami also bowled the longest over in the history of One Day International career in which he bowled 17 deliveries including seven wides and four no balls in an over.

Personal information

Full name Mohammad Sami

Born 24 February 1981 (age 31)

Karachi, Pakistan

Batting style Right hand bat

Bowling style Right arm fast

Role Bowler

Career statistics

Competition Test ODI FC LA

Matches 35 83 109 125

Runs scored 473 314 1545 71

Batting average 11.82 11.62 13.91 12.29