Umar Bhatti

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Umar Bhatti
Personal information
Born (1984-01-04) 4 January 1984 (age 38)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  30)16 May 2006 v  Zimbabwe
Last ODI7 September 2010 v  Ireland
T20I debut(cap  15)10 October 2008 v  Pakistan
Last T20I10 February 2010 v  Kenya
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches3671852
Runs scored37849505534
Batting average 17.1812.2521.9519.07
100s/50s0/00/00/30/1
Top score461283* 51
Balls bowled1,6301382,9462,243
Wickets 3387849
Bowling average 34.8118.5020.5632.63
5 wickets in innings 0070
10 wickets in match0020
Best bowling4/353/328/404/45
Catches/stumpings 5/–0/–4/–8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 January 2010

Umar Bhatti (born 4 January 1984) is a Pakistani-born Canadian cricketer. He was born in the Province of Punjab in the city of Lahore. [1] He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler. [2]

Bhatti first played for Canada in the Under-19s World Cup of 2004, where he finished 30 not out in his debut World Cup performance, batting at number seven. He played in six games in the World Cup, generally batting in the lower-middle order. He participated in the Under-19s World Cup 2004 as a skipper. [3] He later performed for his adopted country in the 2005 ICC Trophy, which saw Canada finish in fourth place in the tournament, which took place in Ireland. Bhatti made his one-day international debut against Zimbabwe in 2006 and his T20 international debut against Pakistan in 2008. [4] He played 36 one day internationals in which he scored 378 runs at an average of 17.18 and his highest score was 46, he also took 33 wickets at an average of 34.81 and economy rate of 4.22. [5] He also played 7 T20 internationals where he scored 49 runs at an average of 12.25 and his highest score was 12 and also took 8 wickets at an average of 19.50 with an economy rate of 6.43. [6]

In the final of the 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup, a match which actually took place in May 2007, Bhatti took four wickets in five balls against Ireland, including a hat-trick that was made up entirely of lbw decisions. [7]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Umar Bhatti". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Umar Bhatti". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  4. ↑ "Umar Bhatti - Profile, Ranking, Stats, Career Info, News | Cricket.com". cricket.com. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  5. ↑ "Umar Bhatti". Wisden. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  6. ↑ "Umar Bhatti". Wisden. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  7. ↑ "Ireland complete final rout". Cricinfo. 2007-05-23. Retrieved 2007-05-23.


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