Umar Gul Biography

Umar Gul was born in 14 April 1984 in Peshawar.He is a Pakistani cricketer who has played Test matches, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals for Pakistan as a number one fast bowler. He has mainly gained fame as a death over specialist in T20 format of the game, finishing as leading wicket taker of both the 2007 and 2009 T20 World Cups. he is famous for reverse swing particularly.Gul was first called up for the team in April 2003, playing four one-day matches at theCherry Blossom Sharjah Cup against Zimbabwe, Kenya and Sri Lanka,[8] where he took four wickets, and he was in and out of the one-day team after that tournament. However, he played the whole of the 2003–04 home series against Bangladesh, making his Test debut and taking 15 wickets in the three Tests, and took the second-most wickets of any Pakistani bowler in the series, behind Shabbir Ahmed with 17. However,Shoaib Akhtar, who took 13 in third place, only played two of the Tests.
Gul was retained for the ODIs against Bangladesh, taking a List A best five for 17 in nine overs in the third match, and ended with 11 wickets in the 5–0 series win. However, he could still not command a regular spot, playing three of Pakistan's nine next ODIs before finally getting dropped after one for 36 against New Zealand.

Umar Gul