Cricinfo - Players and Officials

England players and officials - select an initial letter:
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - Y - Z

Full name Usman Afzaal
Born June 9, 1977, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Current age 31 years 213 days
Major teams England, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Surrey
Nickname Trevor
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Height 6 ft 0 in
Education Manvers Pierrepoint School, South Notts College

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

16.60

137

60.58

First-class

206

356

12104

168*

38.18

List A

171

160

5026

132

36.68

Twenty20

677

64*

21.15

623

108.66

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

1/49

49.00

5.44

54.0

First-class

206

8109

4513

4/101

54.37

3.33

97.6

List A

171

1449

1429

4/49

26.96

5.91

27.3

Twenty20

135

166

2/15

33.20

7.37

27.0

Career statistics

Test debut

England v Australia at Birmingham, Jul 5-8, 2001 scorecard

Last Test

England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 23-27, 2001 scorecard

Test statistics

First-class debut

1995

Last First-class

Surrey v Nottinghamshire at The Oval, Sep 17-19, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

1995

Last List A

Surrey v Leicestershire at The Oval, Sep 13, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

Durham v Nottinghamshire at Chester-le-Street, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard

Last Twenty20

Surrey v Middlesex at The Oval, Jun 27, 2008 scorecard

A cocky, bare-knuckle batsman, Usman Afzaal caught the eye in June 2000 with a vicious 151 against Worcestershire, specifically Glenn McGrath. A year later, in the middle of an England finger crisis, he found himself in the team for the first Ashes Test. He failed twice, but regained his place at Headingley, hit an emotional fifty at The Oval, and was chosen for England's tour to India, where he carried the drinks with pride and good humour. But he incurred the wrath of the coach, Duncan Fletcher, when he reported in New Zealand above what was considered to be his best fighting weight and has been out of favour since.

Well organised and at his best against pace, he straight-drives like an angel, even if the rest of his game wouldn't gain many points for artistic merit. He dreams of being an allrounder, but at the moment his left-arm spin acts mostly as a partnership-breaker. His talents don't extend to the field where he most resembles a bear at an aerobics class. A devout Muslim, he has a strong affinity with Pakistan, and in October 2000 led a group of Nottinghamshire teenagers on tour to Lahore.

In 2004 he opted for a change and moved down to Northants where he has continued to be a solid batsman in both Championship and one-day cricket. However, despite topping 1000 runs in 2005 and 2006 his international days are seemingly behind him.

Still, he's got a few more years in him as a domestic player: after leaving Northants at the end of 2007, he signed a three-year deal at Surrey, which will see him play Division One cricket in 2008.

Tanya Aldred September 2007

Sep 12, 2008

Pedro Collins and Usman Afzaal trudge off after Surrey's innings defeat © Getty Images

Jul 12, 2008

Usman Afzaal clips off his legs during his 89 © Getty Images

Jun 11, 2008

Usman Afzaal clears the ropes © Getty Images

View the full list of 46 related images