Biography of Muhammad Sami

Muhammad Sami

Muhammad Sami

Muhammad Sami

Muhammad Sami

Muhammad Sami

Muhammad Sami

Muhammad Sami

Muhammad Sami

Muhammad Sami

Muhammad Sami

Biography of Muhammad Sami

Mohammad Sami is one of the most enigmatic players to have emerged from Pakistan. Another product from Pakistan's conveyor belt of quicks, Sami sets the speed gun on fire, clocking speeds north of 145kph on a consistent basis. The Karachi born pacer is a sound exponent of the yorker as well. However, he lacks accuracy and direction, serving batsmen up with 'hit-me looseners'. If the Pakistanis were Greeks they would have already scripted a tragedy on Sami. 

He opened his Test career on a positive note, taking a match haul of 8 wickets (including 5-36 in the second innings) in his debut Test against New Zealand at Auckland in 2000-2001. Two Tests later, he bagged a hat-trick against Sri Lanka in the Asian Test Championship final. Later in 2002, he picked up his second hat-trick, this time in an ODI against West Indies, earning the distinction of only the second Pakistan bowler after Wasim Akram to claim a hat-trick in both Tests and ODIs. 

Looking through the other end of the spectrum, Sami also holds the notoriety of bowling a 17-ball over ( 7 wides and 4 no-balls) - a sequence which took Bangladesh from 6-1 to 30-1 in the 2004 Asia Cup. It was this Jerkyl-Hyde temperament, which prevented Sami from fulfilling his potential. 

Spraying the ball all around the shop meant that he was axed from the team for the tour to Sri Lanka in 2006 but he earned a lifeline when he was included for the English sojourn the same year (in the aftermath of injuries to front-line pacers) but the comeback did not amount to much as Sami had failed to rectify the chinks in his armour. 

He then enrolled himself into the Indian Cricket League, a move that all but ended his international career. Upon snapping ties with the unsanctioned league, he was called back into the Pakistan side in 2009-2010.

Source;cricbuzz