After his successful 2009 T20 World Cup tournament, Aamer was selected in the test squad for Pakistan for the series in Sri Lanka.He was chosen alongside fast bowler Umar Gul and Abdur Rauf, ahead of more notable and experienced names such as Sohail Tanvir. He started his Test career well, taking six wickets in the match, which included the wicket of Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara in both innings, as well as the Sri Lankan batsman, Mahela Jayawardene’s wicket in the 2nd innings.
However he did not get any wickets in his next two test matches. His next test wickets came in New Zealand where he managed to take four wickets in the first test match, during a losing game. He won his first test match with the Pakistan team during his 5th test match, as Pakistan won comprehensively by 141 runs, he managed to take three wickets in the match including the wicket of Ross Taylor, who scored 97 runs in the second innings. He shone brightly with the bat as well and showed a solid technique for a lower order batsman.
During the test match series against Australia, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, he took his first five wicket haul, taking the wickets of Australian batsman Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey and Michael Clarke.ON 24th july 2010 this sensentional left arm bowler helped pakistan to win the test match against Australia after the long gap of 15 years.During this match he took overall 7 wickets . He was declared man of the match. This helped Pakistan to draw the series against Australia.
Full Name: Mohammad Aamer
Date of Birth: Apr 13, 1992, Gujjar Khan, Punjab
Major Team: Pakistan, Federal Areas, Pakistan Under-19s, Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi Rams
Playing Roll: Bowler
Batting Style: Left
Bowling Style: Left-arm fast-medium
Career Statistics
International Debut: 2009
Test Debut: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 04-Jul-2009
ODI Debut: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Jul 30, 2009
Twenty20 Debut: Pakistan v England, Jun 07, 2009
Batting and fielding records
M Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Test 11 22 6 214 30* 13.38 718 29.81 - - 22 1 - -
ODI 15 11 4 163 73* 23.29 205 79.51 - 1 18 3 6 -
T20I 21 7 2 41 21* 8.20 38 107.89 - - 1 3 3 -
Bowling records
M Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Eco SR 4W 5W 10W
Test 11 22 2183 1204 32 5/79 7/106 37.63 3.31 68.22 2 1 -
ODI 15 14 735 547 22 4/28 4/28 24.86 4.47 33.41 1 - -
T20I 21 21 438 514 26 3/23 3/23 19.77 7.04 16.85 - - -
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