Mohammad Hafeez
- Date of Birth 1980-10-17
- Role allrounder
- Batting Style right-hand bat
- Bowling Style right-arm offbreak
Debut Matches
| Format | Match | Date |
|---|---|---|
| TEST | BAN vs PAK | 2003-08-20 |
| ODI | PAK vs ZIM | 2003-04-03 |
| T20 | ENG vs PAK | 2006-08-28 |
| vs | 1970-01-01 |
Recent Performances
Batting Statistics
Matches
55
Innings
105
Runs
3652
Average
37.64
Strike Rate
56.01
Highest Score
224
100s
10
50s
12
Fours
455
Sixes
28
Catches
45
Bowling Statistics
Matches
55
Innings
77
Wickets
53
Average
34.11
Economy
2.66
Strike Rate
76.7
Best Figure
4/16
4 Wickets
2
5 Wickets
0
Balls Bowled
4067
Runs Conceded
1808
Batting Statistics
Matches
218
Innings
216
Runs
6614
Average
32.9
Strike Rate
76.61
Highest Score
140*
100s
11
50s
38
Fours
664
Sixes
110
Catches
85
Bowling Statistics
Matches
218
Innings
177
Wickets
139
Average
38.84
Economy
4.18
Strike Rate
55.6
Best Figure
4/41
4 Wickets
1
5 Wickets
0
Balls Bowled
7733
Runs Conceded
5400
Batting Statistics
Matches
119
Innings
108
Runs
2514
Average
26.46
Strike Rate
122.03
Highest Score
99*
100s
0
50s
14
Fours
251
Sixes
76
Catches
30
Bowling Statistics
Matches
119
Innings
79
Wickets
61
Average
22.75
Economy
6.6
Strike Rate
20.6
Best Figure
4/10
4 Wickets
1
5 Wickets
0
Balls Bowled
1261
Runs Conceded
1388
Batting Statistics
Matches
348
Innings
345
Runs
11605
Average
35.7
Strike Rate
Highest Score
140*
100s
17
50s
77
Fours
Sixes
Catches
146
Bowling Statistics
Matches
348
Innings
Wickets
264
Average
36.23
Economy
4.2
Strike Rate
51.7
Best Figure
4/23
4 Wickets
4
5 Wickets
0
Balls Bowled
13659
Runs Conceded
9565
Batting Statistics
Matches
374
Innings
348
Runs
7946
Average
25.79
Strike Rate
123.65
Highest Score
102*
100s
2
50s
43
Fours
804
Sixes
252
Catches
111
Bowling Statistics
Matches
374
Innings
260
Wickets
202
Average
24
Economy
6.44
Strike Rate
22.3
Best Figure
4/10
4 Wickets
4
5 Wickets
0
Balls Bowled
4517
Runs Conceded
4850
An elegant opening batter and canny offspinner, Mohammad Hafeez spent nearly two decades as one of Pakistan's most versatile cricketers.
First capped in 2003, Hafeez made a fifty in his debut Test and a hundred in his second, both against Bangladesh at home. A 95 against England at The Oval and 57 and a hundred against West Indies followed, but it was another four years before Hafeez made another Test century. By then he had transformed himself into a three-format regular, combining aggression at the top of the order with steady offspin and sharp fielding. His finest stretch in whites came in 2014-15, when he made two hundreds in a row against New Zealand in the UAE, and followed those up with 224 against Bangladesh away.
In his breakthrough year, 2011, Hafeez scored more than 1000 ODI runs and took 30 wickets. He won ten Player-of-the-Match awards that year, and forged a productive Test opening partnership with Taufeeq Umar. Stylish through the off side, Hafeez could look a world-beater, as in his purple patch against Sri Lanka in 2013 when he made three of his 11 career hundreds in four ODIs, or in his unbeaten 57 in the 2017 Champions Trophy final, helping carry Pakistan to a famous win over India.
Hafeez's batting was not without its flaws - particularly against high pace and quality spin - and that meant he often oscillated between indispensable and expendable. What kept him in the frame was his bowling: his flat, accurate offspin was trusted to open the attack in white-ball cricket, and at times, after Saeed Ajmal's suspension, he carried the role of Pakistan's lead spinner. However, Hafeez's action too was reported on multiple occasions, threatening his place in the side.
He still compiled an imposing body of work: close to 13,000 runs and 253 wickets across the international formats, more than 50 Tests, 200 ODIs, and 100 T20Is. He captained Pakistan briefly in T20Is, and was a central figure in their rise as a competitive white-ball side in the 2010s. Towards the end of his career Hafeez became a T20 globetrotter, representing franchises in the PSL, CPL, BPL and elsewhere, bringing experience and tactical nous to the shortest format.
He retired from international cricket in early 2022, after Pakistan's run to the T20 World Cup semi-final the previous year, but played on in the PSL for another season, by which time he was 42.