Umer Gul

Umer Gul Biography

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Umar Gul is a talented cricketer, who was born on April 14, 1984 in Peshwar, North-Western Frontier Province of Pakistan. He is a right-handed batsman and a specialist in medium-fast bowling.

He made his Test debut in the home series against Bangladesh, in Karachi in August 2003. By taking 15 wickets in his first Test series, he became the second Pakistani bowler, next to Shabbir Ahmed, his teammate, to secure more number of wickets in the series. In the same season, he played in two other Test matches against New Zealand claiming four wickets in one Test match that ended in a draw. Umar Gul came in as a replacement in the second Test of the three-Test series against India. He scalped five wickets, which included top-order batsmen like Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar. For his impressive five wickets and 31 runs in the second Test, Umar Gul was given the ‘Man of the Match’. Of his 16 Test matches, he picked up 67 wickets with a bowling average of 31.55 and made 136 runs. With his good control of line and length in fast bowling, he has managed to take three five-wicket hauls in Test matches.

Umar Gul began his One Day International (ODI) career on April 3, 2003 in a match against Zimbabwe at the Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup. He played in all the three group matches of the 2007 World Cup picking up four wickets with an impressive economy rate of 3.13. Having played 48 ODIs, he holds a good bowling average of 28.45 for 64 wickets, which includes one five-wicket haul.

Umar Gul played his first international Twenty 20 (T20I) match on September 4, 2007 against Kenya in Nairobi. He took three New Zealand wickets conceding 15 runs of just four overs at the International Cricket Council (ICC) World T20 of 2007. His achievement helped Pakistan to win the semi-final against New Zealand. Umar Gul took three wickets in the final match against India and became the highest wicket-taker in the series. He played three matches for Peshawar team at the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and represented the Pakistan A in a few matches. Before being selected in the 2006 Pakistani squad for the England tour, Umar Gul played some warm-up matches with Pakistan XI.

In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2008 campaign, he was purchased for a price of $150,000 to represent the Kolkata Knight Riders team. On May 25, 2008, in a match against Kings XI Punjab, he claimed four wickets for 23 runs. For his commendable performance in the game, Umar Gul won the Player of the Match award. He played six innings scoring 39 runs with a strike rate of 205.26. Umar Gul took 12 wickets conceding 184 runs with a bowling average of 15.33 and an economy rate of 8.17.

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Abdul Razzaq

Abdul Razzaq Biography

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Abdul Razzaq Abdullah is licensed to practice before the Court of Cassation and the Constitutional Court of Kuwait. He is a distinguished professional practicing law in Kuwait since 1972 and who combines excellent legal skills with the practical cultural, political and financial advice necessary to ensure his client's success.

Abdul Razzaq Abdullah has the dexterity and legal expertise required to successfully manage his client's legal issues. The success of Abdul Razzaq can be attributed to his absolute sincerity to his clients and his ability to work closely with them in order to achieve their objective. This commitment was developed much early in his career and was steadily increasing. When he started working as a lawyer for a prestigious law firm (Abdul Razzaq Al Sane Law Firm) he nurtured his work ethics and dedication to the legal profession.

After gaining years of valuable experience, Mr. Razzaq decided it was time to utilize his experience and venture out on to his own. It was then in 1972 that he opened his own Legal Practice, Abdul Razzaq Abdullah & Partners Law Firm. As his experience began to grow so did his clientele. Mr. Razzaq become a notable lawyer within Kuwait and the Gulf and became legal adviser for major clients. Mr. Razzaq was even called upon many times for legal consultation in drafting the new Legislations.

By specializing in Commercial Law practice Mr. Razzaq was able to focus his attention to the needs of his business clients, and to allow himself as well as his staff to become experts in the field of Commercial law. Realizing that the world is fast becoming a Global Society, Mr. Razzaq's vision made him establish an International Department in his Law Firm. As Kuwait serves as a hub for trade with major Middle East countries, opening its doors to international investors, the need for multi-jurisdictional lawyers grew. That is precisely why he successfully ventured strategic alliances with Law firms around the world. Mr. Razzaq has successfully established a network of Law Firms in Major Capital Cities around the world. The firm currently represents Clients in Multi-Million Dollar cross border transactions.

Mr. Razzaq is a member of the Kuwait Bar Association and The International Bar Association (IBA). He is also a member of The Arab Regional Forum of the International Bar Association and a member of The Human Rights Institute of The International Bar Association.  Mr. Razzaq has been honored to be included in Who’s Who in the World. He has also been awarded for his outstanding contribution towards the study of Law in the “One Thousand Great Intellectuals Journal” and was also appointed as the Business Ambassador of Chamber of Commerce, India.

Mr. Razzaq has authored several articles on the subject of Commercial laws of Kuwait, Agency law, Banking and finance, Intellectual property law, complexities of setting up business, E-commerce, Commission law etc.

Advice to Kuwaiti & foreign business people: "I strongly advocate foreign investments because it paves way to economic prosperity. It appears that the basic economic situation in Kuwait is much favorable than any other time. Improvements in national economy will be largely dependent on reconstruction efforts, security and sound monetary and fiscal policies. The Central Statistics Department of the Ministry of Planning's figures show that the contribution of oil and gas sectors has declined steadily. This is mainly due to fluctuations in the oil market. Taking into consideration that our natural asset is depleting and the country has few other resources emphasis should be give to other modes of economic growth.

It is to be noted that Kuwait is one of the pioneers in the Middle East region allowing foreign investment in its upstream. Kuwait consolidated its oil sector; privatized many of the government owned companies and allowed foreign investment even in its oil sector. Globalization of the world economy and trade has had a considerable impact on Kuwait's economy, which is keeping its gates open for the foreign investors through promulgation of many new laws supporting foreign investors.

ABDUL RAZZAQ ABDULLAH’S STATEMENT:

Quality attracts quality, as the adage goes and, at Abdul Razzaq & Partners, quality lawyers and quality service have attracted clients we are proud to serve.

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Umar Akmal

Umar Akmal Biography

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Umar Akmal (Urdu: عمر اکمل‎; born 26 May 1990) is a Pakistani cricketer. He made his ODI debut on 1 August 2009 against Sri Lanka and made his Test debut against New Zealand on 23 November 2009. He is a right-handed batsman and a part-time spinner. Like his two brothers, Adnan and Kamran, Umar has kept wicket for the national team.

He was announced as a Franchise Player for the inaugural Caribbean Premier League alongside Pakistani teammates Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik

Umar is the youngest brother of Adnan Akmal and Kamran Akmal who are also cricketers, both wicket-keepers.

Umar represented Pakistan in the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia. After his success at the U-19 level he earned himself a first class contract and played the 2007-08 season of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, representing the Sui Southern Gas team. He is considered a future asset for Pakistan cricket. He is an aggressive style cricketer. In only his sixth first class match he smashed 248 off just 225 deliveries, including four sixes. He followed that up with an unbeaten 186 in his 8th first class match, off just 170 balls. He fared less well in his second season of first class cricket, with a string of low scores batting at number 3. He found form in the final few matches of the 2008/09 season and then in the RBS T20 tournament thus getting the selectors nod to play for Pakistan A side on their tour to Australia A.  Umar came to prominence during the Australia A tour in June/July 2009. In the two Test matches he recorded scores of 54, 100*, 130, 0. In the ODI series that followed Umar continued his fine form with a century in the opening ODI encounter off just 68 deliveries. These performances made him gather considerable praise from the media who were there to witness him and calls began to grow about his inclusion in the ODI series for the main Pakistan side against Sri Lanka.  Umar made his Test debut against New Zealand at Dunedin on 23 November 2009. On the third day of his debut test, Umar Akmal hit 129 runs from 160 balls becoming only the second Pakistani to score a hundred on debut away from home after Fawad Alam. This feat also made him the first.

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Ahmed Shehzad

Ahmed Shehzad Biography

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Full Name:                       Ahmed Shahzad

Date & place of Birth:  November 23, 1991, Lahore, Punjab

Current Age:                  20 Years

Batting Style:                 Right-hand bat

Bowling Style:                Legbreak

Major Teams:                Pakistan, Habib Bank Limited, Lahore Eagles, Lahore Ravi, Lahore Shalimar,

                                          Pakistan Under-19s

Ahmed Shehzad aims to be an aggressive batsman like Ricky Ponting, and he is well on his way if his top-order performances for Pakistan Under-20s are any indication. Shehzad made his first-class debut in January 2007, just two months after his 15th birthday, and has since established himself as an opening batsman for the U-19 team. His 167 in the same year helped Pakistan chase down a stiff 342 in the first Youth Test against England in Derby. He backed that up with impressive performances at home, scoring 315 runs – with a highest of 105 – as Australia Under-19s were thrashed 5-0. Another century followed in the Youth Test against Bangladesh, and he carried that form into the triangular tournament in Sri Lanka in 2008, which Pakistan won. He made it to the Pakistan Test squad for the home series against Sri Lanka the following year despite not being in the probables. A century in the tour game against the visitors changed his fortunes. He returned to the Under-20 circuit to represent Pakistan in the World Cup in New Zealand.

International information:

ODI debut: 24 April 2009 v Australia

Last ODI:    5 Feb 2011 v New Zealand

Career statistics:

Competition                   ODI                FC                      List A

Matches                             10                   26                       28

Runs scored                      295                1,835                  1057

Batting average               32.77              45.87                 42.28

100s/50s                          2/0                  5/8                      2/6

Top score                         115                 254                     130*

Balls bowled                      12                  558                     330

Wickets                              0                    7                         4

Bowling average               –                   52.42                  76.75

5 wickets in innings           –                     0                         0

10 wickets in match          –                     0                        n/a

Best bowling                     –                    1/1                     1/11

Catches/stumpings          3/–                 20/–                    13/–

Ahmed Shehzad's One Day International centuries:

Against West Indies     (112)

Against New Zealand   (115)

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Mohammad Yousuf

Mohammad Yousuf  Biography

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Mohammad Yousuf (formerly Yousuf Youhana, born 27 August 1974, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan) is a Pakistani cricketer who has been a member of the Pakistani national cricket team since 1998. He is best known for his achievement in 2006 when he broke the great West Indian batsman, Sir Vivian Richards', world record for the most Test runs in a single calendar year. Prior to his conversion to Islam in 2005, Yousuf was one of the few Christians to play in the Pakistan national cricket team. He made his Test debut against South Africa at Durban and ODI debut against Zimbabwe at Harare. He has scored over 9,000 ODI runs at an average of 43.63 (2rd highest batting average among Pakistani batsmen after Zaheer Abbas and 6,770 Test runs at an average of 55.49 (highest batting average amongst all Pakistani batsmen) with 23 Test centuries. He has the record of scoring the most runs without being dismissed in ODIs, 405 against Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe in 2002-03. He has also scored a 23-ball fifty in ODIs, and a 68-ball hundred. In Tests he has scored a 27-ball fifty, which is 3rd fastest by any player. He was top scorer during the successive years of 2002 and 2003 in the world in ODIs. In 2004, he scored a memorable 111 against the Australians in the Boxing Day Test. In December 2005, he scored 223 against England at Lahore, also earning him the man of the match award. Seven months later in July 2006, when Pakistan toured England, he scored 202 and 48 in the first Test, again earning himself the man of the match award. He followed up with 192 in the third Test at Headingley and 128 in the final Test at the Oval. Yousuf was named CNN-IBN�s Cricketer of the Year for 2006, ahead of the likes of Australian captain Ricky Ponting, West Indies Brian Lara, Australian spinner Shane Warne, South Africa�s bowling spearhead Makhaya Ntini and Sri Lanka�s Muttiah Muralitharan. He was selected as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in the 2007 edition. Yousuf became the fourth recipient of the ICC 'Test Cricketer of the Year' award for 2007, he scored 944 runs at an average of 94.40 including five centuries and two fifties in just 10 innings and that was enough to be awarded the honour ahead of Kevin Pietersen and Ricky Ponting. Yousuf was also named in the 2007 Test team of the Year alongside compatriot Mohammad Asif. A year that started on a promising note, Yousuf carried it forward to break two world records both held earlier by West Indian great Sir Vivian Richards. The 32-year-old smashed an unparalleled 1788 runs in just 11 Test matches with the help of nine centuries � his second record � taking him beyond the Windies great yet again. Yousuf is known for his ability to score runs at exceptional rate through his great technique and composed strokeplay. Although capable of hitting the ball hard, Yousuf is quick between the wickets, although he is prone to being run out. Yousuf is a skillful infielder, with a report prepared in late 2005 showing that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the ninth highest number of run-outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman. He is also distinguished by his characteristic celebration after hitting one hundred runs for his country, where he prostrates in thankfulness to Allah in the direction of Mecca. He has observed this act (known as the Sajdah) recently since his conversion to Islam.

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