Aamer Sohail

Aamir Sohail
عامر سہیل
Personal information
Full name
Mohammad Aamer Sohail Ali
Born (1966-09-14) 14 September 1966 (age 58)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1]
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleOpening Batsman Batting All-Rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 122)4 June 1992 v England
Last Test5 March 2000 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 80)21 December 1990 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI19 February 2000 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1983–1999Lahore
1987–1992Habib Bank Limited
1995–2001Allied Bank Limited
1998–1999Karachi
2000–2001Lahore
2001Somerset
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 47 156 195 261
Runs scored 2,823 4,780 12,213 7,852
Batting average 35.28 31.86 38.89 31.91
100s/50s 5/13 5/31 29/50 9/50
Top score 205 134 205 134
Balls bowled 2,383 4,836 12,063 7,840
Wickets 25 85 157 179
Bowling average 41.96 43.56 38.10 33.34
5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0
Best bowling 4/54 4/22 7/53 4/11
Catches/stumpings 36/– 49/– 153/– 92/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Pakistan
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner 1992 Australia and New Zealand
Source: CricketArchive, 30 March 2010

Mohammad Aamer Sohail Ali (Urdu: محمد عامر سہیل علی; born 14 September 1966) is a Pakistani cricket commentator and former cricketer.[2] In a playing career that spanned ten years, Sohail played in 195 first-class and 261 List A Limited Overs matches, including 47 Test matches and 156 One Day Internationals for Pakistan. He was a part of the Pakistani squad which won the 1992 Cricket World Cup.

An aggressive left-handed opening batsman, in ODIs he has won 14 Player of the Match awards out of 156 matches, thus winning a POTM every 11.1 matches, the highest ratio in this format for Pakistan when it comes to retired players just after his opening partner Saeed Anwar (28 in 247 matches or a ratio of 8.8).[3]

  1. ^ "Aamer Sohail's profile on CREX".
  2. ^ "Pakistan appoint Aamer Sohail as national chief selector - Cricket News". Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  3. ^ "RECORDS / ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS / INDIVIDUAL RECORDS (CAPTAINS, PLAYERS, UMPIRES) / MOST PLAYER-OF-THE-MATCH AWARDS". Cricinfo.