Mohammad Hafeez

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Mohammad Hafeez is a former international cricketer from Pakistan who played for the side across all three formats. He was primarily an allrounder who was a hard hitter and can deliver useful part-time bowling when needed.Mohammad Hafeez made his international debut after Pakistans early exit from the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 group stage. He did not perform well in his initial matches though he scored a half-century on debut against Bangladesh, as a result, he was dropped from the latter matches in late 2003 from Tests followed by One-dayers. Mohammad Hafeez was congratulated by Younis Khan and Taufiq Umar after taking a wicket on 3 April 2003.Following his excellent performances in the domestic circuit, he was again brought back to the squad in 2005.His first century came against Bangladesh on 27 August 2003. While Pakistan was struggling to find a solid opening pair for the test, Hafeez was promoted up the order in the batting against England at the Oval where he scored gritty 95 runs. Mohammad Hafeez sweeps for his 95 against England in 2006.Following that performance, he was retained in the test series against West Indies in November of that year. His second century came against the same side in Karachi. Mohammad reached his 2nd century on 30 November 2006 against West Indies at Karachi.In the 2010 ICC Twenty20 World Cup, he could only score 39 runs and taken two wickets in six matches of that series. Despite that performance, he was selected for the T20s and ODIs on the Pakistan 2010 tour of England. In that series, he emerged as the 2nd highest run-scorer for Pakistan which includes the crucial partnership with Kamran Akmal. Mohammad Hafeez celebrates after removing Bangladeshs Tamim Iqbal on 1 May 2010 in the ICC World Twenty20.For the series against South Africa in UAE, Hafeez replaced Salman Butt and achieved a batting average of 32.50 while batting at the top order. He established himself as the permanent member of the test side after the series against New Zealand and West Indies.His first major performance in ODIs came against India during the 2012 Asia Cup at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur on 18 March 2012 when he scored 105 runs off 113 balls and was involved in 224 runs partnership with Nasir Jamshed. This partnership is the best opening partnership in ODIs against India for Pakistan surpassing Aamir Sohail and Saeed Anwars record of 144 runs in 1996. Mohammad Hafeez 224 runs partnership with Nasir Jamshed helped Pakistan to win the match on 18 March 2012 in Mirpur (Dhaka).He scored his fourth international century against Bangladesh at Dhaka in 2012. His highest test score of 196 runs came against Sri Lanka at Colombo in June 2012. In December 2012, he helped Pakistan to chase a mammoth target of 191 runs against India in the T20 International match. He also scored 76 runs in the 2nd ODI against India and had a crucial partnership with Nasir Jamshed to help Pakistan win their first ODI series in India after seven years. These performances helped to establish himself as the premier allrounder along with Shahid Afridi. Mohammad Hafeez working towards the leg side for his 196 runs against Sri Lanka in 2012.In December 2013, he scored 122 in the first match, unbeaten 140 runs in the third match, and unbeaten 113 runs in the fourth match thus becoming the 2nd batter after Zaheer Abbas to have 3 centuries in an ODI series.