Abdur Rauf
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Abdur Rauf Khan is a Pakistan
i first class cricket
er. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Khan made his first-class
debut in October 1999.
He joined the national squad for series against South Africa and Bangladesh in 2002/03 but did play an international in either. He has since toured India with the Pakistan A team. He made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in the 2007-08 season but played only one match in the series. He came over to England in 2000 and played in the Cambridgeshire Premier League for Wisbech Town Cricket Club taking over 50 wickets. In 2006 he featured as overseas player for Herefordshire
club Brockhampton, taking 56 wickets and scoring over 500 runs.
In June 2009 following consistent performances in domestic cricket Rauf was chosen in the 15-man Pakistani squad to tour Sri Lanka
at the end of the month. He made his debut in the full Pakistani Test
team for the Test Match against Sri Lanka played at Galle from 4 - 8 July 2009. He got his first wicket which was a big one of Mahela Jayawardene
and finished with 3 wickets in the match. His first Test match innings was 31 as a nightwatchman
. After a decent performance he was retained for the second Test starting on 12 July. He got a pair twice trapped lbw
by Nuwan Kulasekara
as Sri Lanka won the series. He played in the Boxing Day Test
at the MCG
but only picked up 1 wicket and 8 runs as Australia won. He also dropped Shane Watson
when the Australian batsman was on 99, allowing him to run through to complete his maiden Test century. He was dropped for the next match.
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...
i first class cricket
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. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Khan made his first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
debut in October 1999.
He joined the national squad for series against South Africa and Bangladesh in 2002/03 but did play an international in either. He has since toured India with the Pakistan A team. He made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in the 2007-08 season but played only one match in the series. He came over to England in 2000 and played in the Cambridgeshire Premier League for Wisbech Town Cricket Club taking over 50 wickets. In 2006 he featured as overseas player for Herefordshire
Herefordshire
Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...
club Brockhampton, taking 56 wickets and scoring over 500 runs.
In June 2009 following consistent performances in domestic cricket Rauf was chosen in the 15-man Pakistani squad to tour Sri Lanka
Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009
The Pakistan cricket team is touring Sri Lanka. The team is due to play three Test matches, five One Day Internationals, and one Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka...
at the end of the month. He made his debut in the full Pakistani Test
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
team for the Test Match against Sri Lanka played at Galle from 4 - 8 July 2009. He got his first wicket which was a big one of Mahela Jayawardene
Mahela Jayawardene
Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene , known as Mahela Jayawardene, is the former captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. He is a specialist batsman who has a Test average of over 50, and an ODI average in the 30s...
and finished with 3 wickets in the match. His first Test match innings was 31 as a nightwatchman
Nightwatchman (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, a nightwatchman is a lower-order batsman who comes in to bat higher up the order than usual near the end of the day's play...
. After a decent performance he was retained for the second Test starting on 12 July. He got a pair twice trapped lbw
Leg before wicket
In the sport of cricket, leg before wicket is one of the ways in which a batsman can be dismissed. An umpire will rule a batsman out LBW under a series of circumstances which primarily include the ball striking the batsman's body when it would otherwise have continued on to hit the batsman's...
by Nuwan Kulasekara
Nuwan Kulasekara
Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was educated at the Bandaranayake College-Gampaha. He is principally a fast-medium bowler....
as Sri Lanka won the series. He played in the Boxing Day Test
Boxing Day Test
The Boxing Day Test match is a cricket Test match hosted in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia involving the Australian cricket team and an opposing national team which is touring Australia that summer. It begins annually on Boxing Day and is played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground...
at the MCG
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
but only picked up 1 wicket and 8 runs as Australia won. He also dropped Shane Watson
Shane Watson
Shane Robert Watson is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed fast medium bowler. He mainly bats as an opener in international cricket, although he does not do so domestically....
when the Australian batsman was on 99, allowing him to run through to complete his maiden Test century. He was dropped for the next match.