Umar Gul

Umar Gul
Gul in 2018
Personal information
Full name
Umar Gul
Born (1982-10-15) 15 October 1982 (age 42)
Peshawar, Pakistan
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
RelationsAbbas Afridi (nephew)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 175)20 August 2003 v Bangladesh
Last Test14 February 2013 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 145)3 April 2003 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI15 March 2013 v South Africa
T20I debut (cap 21)4 September 2007 v Kenya
Last T20I17 January 2016 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001/02–2005/06Pakistan International Airlines
2003/04–2011/12Peshawar
2006/07–2018/19Habib Bank Limited
2008Kolkata Knight Riders
2008/09North-West Frontier
2008/09Western Australia
2011Sussex
2012/13–2014/15Islamabad Leopards
2013/14Habib Bank
2014Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
2015/16–2018/19Islamabad
2016–2017Quetta Gladiators
2016–2020/21Balochistan
2017–2018/19Sindh
2018Multan Sultans
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 47 130 60 125
Runs scored 577 457 165 1,748
Batting average 9.94 9.72 9.16 12.05
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/3
Top score 65* 39 32 65*
Balls bowled 9,599 6,064 1,203 22,134
Wickets 163 179 85 479
Bowling average 34.06 29.34 16.97 25.53
5 wickets in innings 4 2 2 27
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 3
Best bowling 6/135 6/42 5/6 8/78
Catches/stumpings 11/– 17/– 18/– 29/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 16 October 2020

Umar Gul (Urdu: عمر گل, Pashto: عمر گل) (born 15 October 1982[1][2]) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who is the current bowling consultant of Peshawar Zalmi and interim bowling coach of the Pakistan national cricket team.[3] Gul was a member of the Pakistan team that won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, being the highest wicket taker of the tournament, along with being the runner-up of the 2007 tournament, in which he was also the highest wicket taker.

He played all three formats of the game as a right arm fast medium bowler for the Pakistani cricket team.[4][5]

Umar Gul was the second-highest wicket-taker in Twenty20 International cricket, with 74 dismissals, behind Saeed Ajmal.[6][7] He won the Twenty20 International Performance of the Year 2013.[8]

On 16 October 2020, after the final group-stage match of the 2020–21 National T20 Cup, Gul retired from all forms of cricket following a career that spanned twenty years.[9][10]

  1. ^ "Umar Gul". ESPNcricinfo.
  2. ^ "Umar Gul on his actual Date of birth". Twitter. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Umar Gul appointed Quetta Gladiators bowling coach".
  4. ^ "Umar Gul", ESPNcricinfo, 5 April 2012, retrieved 5 April 2012
  5. ^ "Profile: Umar Gul", CricketArchive, 5 April 2012, retrieved 5 April 2012
  6. ^ "T20I-Most wickets in career", ESPNcricinfo, 2 October 2012, retrieved 2 October 2012
  7. ^ NDTVSports.com. "Umar Gul needs at least a month to recover after knee surgery – NDTV Sports".
  8. ^ MidDay (13 December 2013). "ICC Annual Awards: Pujara wins 'Emerging Cricketer of the Year, Clarke wins 'Cricketer of the Year'". Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  9. ^ "PCB congratulates Umar Gul on a successful career". Pakistan Cricket Board. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Umar Gul retires from all forms of cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2020.