Umar Gul Profile
Umar Gul (Urdu/Pashto: عمر گل) (born 15 October 1984 in Peshawar) is a Pakistani cricketer who has played Test matches One Day Internationals for Pakistan as a specialist fast bowler.



Full name : Umar Gul
Date Of Birth : April 14, 1984
Place Of Birth : Peshawar, North-Western Frontier Province
Major teams : Pakistan, Gloucestershire, Pakistan A, Pakistan International Airlines
Batting style : Right-hand bat
Bowling style : Right-arm fast-medium.



Umar Gul is one Pakistan fast bowler who has earned a good reputation in the past few years. Gul has the ability to maintain an excellent discipline with the new ball and his outswingers are a deadly weapon in his armoury. Gul isn't in the Shoaib Akhtar mould in terms of pace, but his outstanding control and ability to extort seam movement single him out. Also, his height facilitates him to extract bounce on most surfaces and from his innate back of a length, it is a valuable trait.The Peshawar born bowler had a good start to his international career, but an ankle injury ruled him out for the next few seasons. He came back into the side as a fitter bowler and has never looked back since. In the absence of Akhtar and Asif, the right-armer has done an excellent job of leading the Pakistan attack. Gul is an important element in the new generation of Pakistan’s pace battery.



Statistics
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Matches Innings Runs NO Avg. SR 100's 50's
Test 18 20 136 2 7.56 38.1 0 0
ODI 54 19 113 7 9.42 64.57 0 0
T20 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
Matches Innings Balls Runs Wickets BBI BBM Avg. Econ. 4w 5w 10w Extras
Test 18 33 4032 2382 76 6/135 / 31.34 3.54 5 4 0 111
ODI 54 54 2550 2095 83 5/17 / 25.24 4.93 2 1 0 114
T20 9 9 202 181 13 4/25 / 13.92 5.42 1 0 0 29
Catches Stumpings Runouts
Test 4 0 1
ODI 6 0 7
T20 4 0 1
Career
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Debut:
Pakistan Vs Bangladesh at National Stadium, Karachi - Aug 20, 2003
Last played:
Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka at Gaddafi Stadium (Lahore Stadium), Lahore - Mar 01, 2009

ODI

Debut:
Pakistan Vs Zimbabwe at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah - Apr 03, 2003
Last played:
Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka at Gaddafi Stadium (Lahore Stadium), Lahore - Jan 24,

Debut:
Pakistan Vs Kenya at Nairobi Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi - Sep 04, 2007
Last played:
Pakistan Vs Bangladesh at National Stadium, Karachi - Apr 20, 2008




In February 2008, Gul signed with the Indian Premier League and was drafted by Shahrukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders franchise for US $150,000.[4] He played in six matches, taking 12 wickets at an average of 15.33,[5] including a player of the match award in Kolkata's final game in which Gul took 4-23 and scored 24 runs from 11 balls.[6]

In December 2008 Gul signed with the Western Warriors to compete in the Australian domestic 2008-09 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash tournament.[7] He performed very well in his debut match for the Warriors, taking 4 wickets for 15 runs in a losing side. He was amongst the most successful bowlers in the competition despite not being available for the entire tournament he finished second top wicket taker with 12 wickets.