Rauf Akbar
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| Full name | Raouf Akbar Hamzi Khan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 July 1977 Multan, Punjab, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Islamabad Leopards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rawalpindi Rams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rawalpindi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Public Works Department | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Islamabad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raouf Akbar (born 22 July 1977) is a Pakistani former cricketer and coach. Akbar was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Multan, Punjab, and played domestic cricket in Pakistan for Islamabad, Public Works Department, Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi Rams and Islamabad Leopards.[1][2]
Akbar made his first-class debut for Islamabad in the 1997–98 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.[3] One of the finest bowling performances of his career came in November 2000, when he took 7 for 27 against Sheikhupura in the 2000–01 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. He followed that with 3 for 44 in the second innings to finish with match figures of 10 for 71 as Islamabad won by 178 runs.[4]
Akbar also developed into a useful lower-order batsman. In October 2007, playing for Islamabad against Abbottabad in the 2007–08 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, he scored 80 in the first innings and then made 48 not out in the run chase as Islamabad won by four wickets.[5] His highest first-class score was 116, and over the course of his senior career he made one century and fourteen half-centuries.[1] Overall, Akbar played in 66 first-class matches, in which he took 228 wickets at a bowling average of 23.68. He took 11 five-wicket hauls and twice took ten wickets in a match.[1]
After his playing career, Akbar moved into coaching. Later, he became a coach of the Germany national team.[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Raouf Akbar profile and biography, stats, records, videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "Raouf Akbar Hamzi Khan". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "Raouf Akbar debut and last played matches in Tests, ODIs, T20Is and other formats". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "Sheikhupura v Islamabad, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2000/01". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "Islamabad v Abbottabad, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2007/08". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- ↑ "DCU National Team". Deutsche Cricket Union. Retrieved 1 May 2026.