Abdur Rehman
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Abdur Rehman is a Pakistan
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er in the Pakistan national cricket team. He is a Slow left-arm orthodox bowler. However he is a left hand batsmen and also likes scuba-diving and baseball.
Rehman made his test debut against South Africa in the first test of the Bank Alfalah
Test Series in Karachi
on October 1, 2007. He took eight wickets in the match, with the distinction of achieving exactly the same bowling figures in each innings (4 for 105), becoming only the sixth person to do this on Test debut and the first since 1882.
On 19 April 2010 Pakistan named Rehman as a replacement for the World Twenty20.
In February 2011 Abdur Rehman was named in the 15 man Pakistani squad for the 2011 World cup.There was a certain amount of doubt in the minds of many when Rehman was asked to replace wicket taking bowler Saeed Ajmal in Pakistan's 2011 world cup group stage games,with Rehman being considered as inferior compared to Ajmal's calibre as a spinner .However Rehman's good bowling at crucial occasions in the group stages, had led many to believe that captain Shahid Afridi made the right choice by giving Rehman the ball Instead of his counterpart Ajmal in the early stages of the tournament.
Incidentally, it is reported from certain sources that Rehman also plans to play baseball for the Colorado Rockies after the 2011 World Cup.But Rehman has not Publicly announced any statement confirming this rumor.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
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Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er in the Pakistan national cricket team. He is a Slow left-arm orthodox bowler. However he is a left hand batsmen and also likes scuba-diving and baseball.
Rehman made his test debut against South Africa in the first test of the Bank Alfalah
Bank Alfalah
Bank Alfalah Limited is a private bank in Pakistan owned by the Abu Dhabi Group. Bank Alfalah was incorporated on June 21, 1992 as a public limited company under the Companies Ordinance 1984. Its banking operations commenced from November 1, 1992...
Test Series in Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
on October 1, 2007. He took eight wickets in the match, with the distinction of achieving exactly the same bowling figures in each innings (4 for 105), becoming only the sixth person to do this on Test debut and the first since 1882.
On 19 April 2010 Pakistan named Rehman as a replacement for the World Twenty20.
In February 2011 Abdur Rehman was named in the 15 man Pakistani squad for the 2011 World cup.There was a certain amount of doubt in the minds of many when Rehman was asked to replace wicket taking bowler Saeed Ajmal in Pakistan's 2011 world cup group stage games,with Rehman being considered as inferior compared to Ajmal's calibre as a spinner .However Rehman's good bowling at crucial occasions in the group stages, had led many to believe that captain Shahid Afridi made the right choice by giving Rehman the ball Instead of his counterpart Ajmal in the early stages of the tournament.
Incidentally, it is reported from certain sources that Rehman also plans to play baseball for the Colorado Rockies after the 2011 World Cup.But Rehman has not Publicly announced any statement confirming this rumor.