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| Full name | Mohammad Aamer Sohail Ali | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1966-09-14)14 September 1966 (age 59) Lahore,Punjab, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 122) | 4 June 1992 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 5 March 2000 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 80) | 21 December 1990 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 19 February 2000 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1999 | Lahore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1992 | Habib Bank Limited | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–2001 | Allied Bank Limited | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Karachi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Lahore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,30 March 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mohammad Aamer Sohail Ali (Urdu:محمد عامر سہیل علی; born 14 September 1966) is a Pakistani cricket commentator and formercricketer.[2] In a playing career that spanned ten years, Sohail played in 195 first-class and 261List A Limited Overs matches, including 47Test matches and 156One Day Internationals for Pakistan. He was a part of the Pakistani squad which won the1992 Cricket World Cup.
An aggressive left-handed opening batsman, in ODIs he has won 14Player of the Match awards out of 156 matches, thus winning a POTM every 11.1 matches, the highest ratio in this format for Pakistan when it comes to retired players, not far behind his opening partnerSaeed Anwar (28 in 247 matches or a ratio of 8.8).[3]
Sohail made hisfirst-class debut in 1983, a left-handed openingbatsman and occasional left-arm spin bowler.
An aggressive batsman, Sohail first appeared for the national team in a 1990 one-day International againstSri Lanka and enjoyed a successful international career. He was an important member of the team that won the1992 Cricket World Cup in Australia andNew Zealand.
Sohail captained Pakistan in six Tests in 1998, becoming the first Pakistani captain to defeatSouth Africa in a Test Match.[4] He led Pakistan through 22 One Day Internationals from 1996 to 1998, winning nine and averaging 41.5 with the bat. He also acted as acting captain of Pakistan against West Indies in Sharjah.[5]
Sohail played a big role in Pakistan's World-Cup triumph in 1992, famously tellingIan Botham that he might want to send his mother-in-law in to bat, referring to Botham's statement that he wouldn't send even his mother-in-law to Pakistan, after Botham was given out for nought in the final.
In the1996 World Cup Quarter Final inBangalore against arch rivalIndia, Sohail was captaining his side in pursuit of a relatively large target of 287 in 49 overs.[6] With opening partnerSaeed Anwar, he got Pakistan off to a flying start. With the score at 109 for one, and Saeed Anwar (48) back in the pavilion, Sohail smashed a delivery from Indian seamerVenkatesh Prasad through the covers for four. Both players exchanged words, and Sohail unnecessarily pointed his finger aggressively at Prasad. The next delivery clean-bowled him and triggered a batting collapse which ultimately lost the game and eliminated Pakistan from the competition.[6]Sohail was at the heart of the match-fixing scandal that rocked cricket in the 1990s: as captain of the national team, his whistle-blowing may have negatively affected his international career.[7]
After retiring from cricket in 2001, Sohail became chief selector for the national team, his tenure ending in January 2004 when he was replaced by former national teamwicketkeeperWasim Bari. He continues to work as a cricketbroadcaster. On 4 February 2014, he was again appointed as chief selector of the national team for the second time.[8]
On 18 August 2011, Sohail announced that he had joinedNawaz Sharif's political party, thePakistan Muslim League (N). According to Sohail, the country needs seasoned and experienced leadership which he believes the PML-N offers.[9]
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