Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez poses with the Vitality Player of the Match and Vitality Player of the Series trophies after the third Vitality International Twenty20 match at Emirates Old Trafford. (file photo)
A solid middle-order batsman and an economical off-break bowler from Pakistan, Mohd Hafeezy Reportedly ready to retire from international cricket. He has captained his national team in every format of the game.
The 41-year-old top-order batsman has tied up with Lahore Qalandars for the upcoming edition of the Pakistan Super League and will be available for franchise cricket across the world, a report in ‘Geo News’ said, even though there is No word yet from the player.
Hafeez, who announced his retirement from Test cricket in 2018, will end a career spanning nearly two decades.
He represented Pakistan in 392 international matches in which he scored 12,789 runs and took 253 wickets.
He has played 55 Tests, 218 ODIs and 119 T20Is for the country, including three ICC ODI World Cups and six T20 World Cups.
His international debut was in an ODI against Zimbabwe in 2003 and his last match was Pakistan’s loss to Australia in the T20 World Cup semi-final last November.
During a successful career, he won 32 player-of-the-match awards alongside only Shahid Afridi (43), Wasim Akram (39) and Inzamam-ul-Haq (33), all of whom are among Pakistan’s players in international cricket. Fourth highest prize. ) placed in front of him.
In addition, Hafeez also earned nine player-of-the-series awards, which placed him jointly second on the all-time list alongside Imran Khan, Inzamam and Waqar Younis.
He had initially said that the 2020 T20 World Cup would be his last assignment for Pakistan, but the tournament was pushed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Hafeez decided to represent his team in the premier tournament. To advance his career.
(Inputs from PTI)
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