Cricketer Profile: Pakistan's Wahab Riaz
Cricket runs in the blood of Pakistanis. The people there follow cricket as a religion. Cricket players in Pakistan are more famous than film stars. Pakistan is known for producing the finest cricketers. Wahab Riaz is the latest addition to that pool and
is dubbed as the future of Pakistani cricket. He is a left arm pacer and a right handed batsman. Indeed a rare combination. He is good in batting and bowling and can be considered as an all rounder. His ability to strike at the right time and to hit the ball
a long way makes him a valuable asset for his side.
Wahab Riaz was born on June 28th 1985 in the city of Lahore. Lahore is famous for the love of cricket. Growing up in the streets of Lahore, Wahab Riaz used to play a lot of tape ball cricket. He had this gift of bowling with the left hand and
batting with the right hand. Like all the young aspiring cricketers of his age, Wahab Riaz was also a huge fan of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wasim-Akram-c96292 and Imran Khan. Wahab Riaz always wanted to play for the Pakistani side and follow in the footsteps of his idols.
Wahab Riaz faced strong opposition from his parents. His mother was quite strict and she wanted him to concentrate on his studies. At times, Wahab Riaz used to sneak out of the house to play cricket. His friends were impressed by his skills and they pushed
him to join a cricket club. Wahab Riaz started his first class career in 2001. He has played a total of 68 first class matches so far. In his first class career, Wahab Riaz has performed really well with the bat and the ball. He has taken more than 200 wickets
and scored more than 1100 runs.
With his good performance in the first class matches, Wahab Riaz also got a position in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 A side. For the A side, Wahab Riaz scored 334 runs and took 78 wickets.
Wahab Riaz's dream moment came when he was included in the national squad for the tri-nations series. The series was played in Pakistan and the opponent teams were http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750. This was a big opportunity for this young boy from Lahore
but unfortunately he was unable to perform his best. He was dropped from the Pakistani side. Wahab Riaz didn’t loose hope and continued to play at the domestic level. Wahab Riaz stayed out of the national side for almost two years. He during this time worked
on his line and length to get a grip over his run rate and strike rate. After staying outside the side for almost two years, Wahab Riaz was called back in to the team. Umar Gul suffered an injury and Wahab Riaz was called in as a replacement. He performed
really well and has registered a place in the Pakistani team.
Wahab Riaz has played some important cameos with the bat and taken wickets regularly. He has a good strike rate and with the control over his bowling, Wahab Riaz is proving to be the future of Pakistani cricket.
In his career so far, Wahab Riaz has played 3 Test matches, 9 Oneday Internationals and 2 Twenty20 matches. In the classic format of the game, Wahab Riaz has scored 34 runs and taken 9 wickets. Wahab Riaz has a strike rate of over 100 in ODIs and has scored
52 runs and taken 15 wickets. In T20s, Wahab Riaz has taken one wicket.
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