Fawad Alam

Fawad Alam
Fawad in 2010
Personal information
Full name
Fawad Tariq Alam
Born (1985-10-08) 8 October 1985
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleTop-order batter
RelationsTariq Alam (father)
Mansoor Akhtar (father-in-law)
Waheed Mirza (uncle)
Usman Afzaal (cousin)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 196)12 July 2009 v Sri Lanka
Last Test24 July 2022 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 156)22 May 2007 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI22 April 2015 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.25
T20I debut (cap 20)4 September 2007 v Kenya
Last T20I26 December 2010 v New Zealand
T20I shirt no.25
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2003–2006Pakistan Customs
2004-2015Karachi Dolphins
2006–2007Karachi Harbour
2006–2015/16National Bank of Pakistan
2012–2013Duronto Rajshahi
2016Karachi Kings
2016–presentKarachi Blues
2016/17–2017/18Sui Southern Gas Company
2019–presentSindh
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 19 38 205 208
Runs scored 1,011 966 14,788 6,654
Batting average 38.88 40.25 55.38 47.87
100s/50s 5/2 1/6 43/73 8/40
Top score 168 114* 296* 149
Balls bowled 96 398 5,380 4,386
Wickets 2 5 60 91
Bowling average 27.00 75.40 42.21 40.10
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/46 1/8 4/27 5/53
Catches/stumpings 13/– 10/– 111/– 83/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 Nov 2024

Fawad Tariq Alam (Urdu: فواد عالم, born 8 October 1985) is a Pakistani cricketer and actor who plays for Sindh and the Pakistan national cricket team. He made his international debut for Pakistan in May 2007. He returned to Pakistan's Test team after a gap of 88 Tests and more than 10 years, the second longest gap by a Pakistani in Test cricket after Younis Ahmed's 104 Tests gap. He was surprisingly overlooked for selection to the Pakistan test cricket team for over a decade despite being a prolific run scorer in domestic first-class matches. With respect to career batting average, Fawad is among the all-time top 50 batsmen in first-class cricket worldwide; he is the sole Pakistani on the list.

Born in Karachi, Fawad plays primarily as a left-handed batter, but also bowls slow left-arm orthodox. After not playing international cricket for more than 10 years for Pakistan, he returned to Test cricket against England, in August 2020. He is also known for his Ertuğrul Gazi-type signature style celebration, which he emulated from the Turkish historical drama series Diriliş: Ertuğrul.