Adnan Akram
{{short description|Pakistani-born English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Adnan Akram
| country =
| fullname = Mohammad Adnan Akram
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|06|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Leytonstone, London
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium
| club2 = Cambridge UCCE
| year2 = 2003–2005
| club1 = Essex Cricket Board
| year1 = {{nowrap|2002–2003}}
| type1 = FC
| debutdate1 = 12 April
| debutyear1 = 2003
| debutfor1 = Cambridge UCCE
| debutagainst1 = Essex
| lastdate1 = 1 June
| lastyear1 = 2005
| lastfor1 = Cambridge UCCE
| lastagainst1 = Middlesex
| type2 = LA
| debutdate2 = 12 September
| debutyear2 = 2002
| debutfor2 = Essex Cricket Board
| debutagainst2 = Surrey Cricket Board
| lastdate2 = 7 May
| lastyear2 = 2003
| lastfor2 = Essex Cricket Board
| lastagainst2 = Essex
| columns = 2
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 9
| runs1 = 515
| bat avg1 = 42.91
| 100s/50s1 = 2/1
| top score1 = 129*
| deliveries1 = 251
| wickets1 = 3
| bowl avg1 = 64.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 2/85
| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–
| column2 = List A
| matches2 = 2
| runs2 = 88
| bat avg2 = 44
| 100s/50s2 = 0/1
| top score2 = 61
| deliveries2 = 12
| wickets2 = 0
| bowl avg2 = –
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = –
| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–
| date = 17 January
| year = 2009
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/44/44779/44779.html CricketArchive
}}
Mohammad Adnan Akram (born 17 November 1983) is an English first-class cricketer who played for Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, the Essex Cricket Board and the British Universities cricket team between 2002 and 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8907.html |title=Player Profile:Adnan Akram |publisher=Cricinfo |accessdate=2010-02-08}}
Cricket career
Akram's studies at Anglia Polytechnic University made him eligible to play cricket for the Cambridge UCCE team. His first-class debut, alongside his twin brother Arfan Akram, came against Essex in April 2003.{{Cite book|title=Wisden|year=2004|pages=851}}{{Cite book|title=Wisden|year=2004|pages=850}} He took two wickets in Essex's first innings but was otherwise unsuccessful. His batting form improved with 38 against Kent, before he scored a "match-winning" 98 from just 89 balls against Northants, putting on a rapid partnership of 139 with Tom Webley, as part of the first victory by a UCCE side over a first-class county.{{Cite book|title=Wisden|year=2004|pages=853}} He averaged 40.50 with the bat across the first-class season.{{Cite web|title=University Centres of Cricketing Excellence (UCCE), 2003 averages|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2003/ENG_LOCAL/UCCE/STATS/ENG_LOCAL_UCCE_AVS_CAMB-UCCE.html|url-status=live|access-date=11 April 2021|website=ESPN Cricinfo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411153045/http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2003/ENG_LOCAL/UCCE/STATS/ENG_LOCAL_UCCE_AVS_CAMB-UCCE.html |archive-date=11 April 2021 }} Following the end of his university term, he appeared for Essex second XI.{{Cite web|title=Essex 2nd XI v Warwickshire 2nd XI at Chelmsford|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2003/ENG_LOCAL/CC-2ND/SCORECARDS/ESSEX-2ND-XI_WARWICKS-2ND-XI_CC-2ND_29JUL-01AUG2003.html|url-status=live|access-date=11 April 2021|website=ESPN Cricinfo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411152649/http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2003/ENG_LOCAL/CC-2ND/SCORECARDS/ESSEX-2ND-XI_WARWICKS-2ND-XI_CC-2ND_29JUL-01AUG2003.html |archive-date=11 April 2021 }}
Akram played in two of the three Cambridge UCCE first-class matches in the 2004 season. He scored a maiden hundred, striking 20 fours and a six as he reached 128 in 133 balls against Middlesex in a drawn match.{{Cite book|title=Wisden|year=2005|pages=908}} In his next first-class match, the first of the 2005 season, he made 129 not out, including a partnership of 230 with skipper Tom Webley.{{Cite book|title=Wisden|year=2006|pages=920}} He finished his time at university having scored 515 first-class runs at an average of 42.91 and a strike rate of 67.85.{{Cite web |title=Adnan Akram Cricket Stats |url=https://wisden.com/players/adnan-akram |url-status=live |archive-url=https://www.wisden.com/players/adnan-akram-55352/cricket-news |archive-date=11 April 2021 |access-date=22 March 2025 |website=Wisden.com}}
For the Essex Board XI in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Akram scored 61 in the third round as the Essex Board XI were beaten by Essex.{{Cite web|title=Full Scorecard of Essex v Essex Board XI|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/cheltenham-gloucester-trophy-2003-368875/essex-cricket-board-vs-essex-3rd-round-368934/full-scorecard|url-status=live|access-date=11 April 2021|website=ESPN Cricinfo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111142923/https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/cheltenham-gloucester-trophy-2003-368875/essex-cricket-board-vs-essex-3rd-round-368934/full-scorecard |archive-date=11 January 2021 }}
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|id=8907}}
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Category:Alumni of Anglia Ruskin University
Category:British Asian cricketers
Category:British Universities cricketers
Category:Cambridge MCCU cricketers
Category:Cricketers from the London Borough of Waltham Forest
Category:English people of Pakistani descent