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Zulfiqar Babar

Zulfiqar Babar
Personal information
Born (1978-12-10) 10 December 1978 (age 38)
Okara, Punjab, Pakistan
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 215) 14–17 October 2013 v South Africa
Last Test 01-05 November 2015 v England
ODI debut 7 October 2014 v Australia
Last ODI 22 April 2015 v Bangladesh
T20I debut (cap 52) 27 July 2013 v West Indies
Last T20I 1 April 2014 v West Indies
T20I shirt no. 78
Domestic team information
Years Team
2004–Present Water and Power Development Authority
2005–2010 & 2013-2015 Multan Tigers
2011–2012 Quetta Bears
2016–Present Quetta Gladiators
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI T20I FC
Matches 13 5 7 80
Runs scored 128 35 27 1,474
Batting average 16.00 17.50 16.19
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/5
Top score 56 14* 13* 81
Balls bowled 4076 294 156 1,9461
Wickets 51 4 12 390
Bowling average 38.82 61.50 15.41 22.80
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 19
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 3
Best bowling 5/74 2/52 3/23 10/143
Catches/stumpings 2/- 0/- 1/- 26/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 November 2015

Zulfiqar Babar (born 10 December 1978, Okara, Punjab, Pakistan) is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a left-arm spinner and right-handed batsman with plenty of experience.He has represented Pakistan Cricket Team, Multan Tigers, Quetta Bears, Water and Power Development Authority and Pakistan A cricket team.

The lack of top-class facilities, though, didn't diminish his hunger or ambition. Despite not breaking through to the national team earlier, Babar made sure his name was always in the reckoning by consistently being among the wickets.

In the 2009/10 Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, he took 69 wickets at 16.42. A national call-up didn't come about then, but the selectors couldn't look away when he took 93 first-class wickets in 13 games in the 2012/13 season, at an average of 17.04.

He sealed his case when he took 6 for 22 in a practice game between Pakistan Chief Ministers XI and Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman's XI in October 2013.

In the inaugural Pakistan Super League in 2016 he along with Grant Elliot set the highest 10th wicket partnership in any forms of T20(63)

Babar made his T20I debut on 27 July 2013, against West Indies, one of the oldest Pakistani players to do so, aged 34 years 229 days.

Although Babar is Pakistan's second oldest T20 debutant after Inzamam-ul-Haq, who was 36 years 178 days, he is unfazed. He says,"I always leave such matters in the hands of Allah. Perhaps, it was my destiny to be playing for Pakistan at a time when people would be seriously considering other options in life."

He picked up 3 for 23 and was the highest wicket-taker for his team in the game. He also scored an invaluable 13* off 17 balls, and hit a six of the last ball of the innings to guide his team to a 2-wicket victory. He also scored 11* off 6 balls in the next game and picked up 2 more wickets for 37. He was the highest wicket-taker in the series and was named Man of the Series in his debut series.


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