Arfan Akram (Arabic: عَرْفَان أَكْرَم) (born 17 November 1983) is a British cricketer. Akram played second XI cricket for Essex between 2001 and 2003, during which time he also played minor counties and List A cricket for Essex Cricket Board. In 2004 he played second XI cricket for Kent and Derbyshire. While studying leisure and tourism at Anglia Polytechnic University,[1] between 2002 and 2005, he played for Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, including eight first-class matches.[2] Akram continued playing amateur cricket as captain of Wanstead and Snaresbrook CC, alongside his twin brother Adnan; he also played for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) between 2006 and 2018.
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| Full name | Arfan Akram | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 November 1983 Leytonstone, Essex, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Adnan Akram (twin brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2002–2003 | Essex Cricket Board | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2005 | Cambridge UCCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2018 | MCC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Unicorns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 12 April 2003 Cambridge UCCE v Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 1 June 2005 Cambridge UCCE v Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 12 September 2002 Essex Cricket Board v Surrey Cricket Board | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last LA | 16 May 2010 Unicorns v Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 18 May 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In 2010, Akram was selected as one of 21 players to form the first Unicorns squad to take part in the Clydesdale Bank 40 domestic limited overs competition against the regular first-class counties. The Unicorns were made up of 15 former county cricket professionals and 6 young cricketers looking to make it in the professional game.[3] In 2012, Akram was working as the university cricket co-ordinator at the University of East London,[4] after which he worked for Essex Cricket as their cricket co-ordinator for East London.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ Tennant, Ivo (21 April 2003). "Akram has class to deny Kent". The Times. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ "Teams Arfan Akram played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
- ^ Cricinfo staff, Unicorns name squad for Clydesdale Bank 40, 13 April 2010, Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2 May 2010.
- ^ "Cricket". University of East London. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ "Q&A: My Redbridge - Arfan Akram has played for Wanstead Cricket club for more than 23 years". Ilford Recorder. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ "Arfan Akram, the Nepal cricket team and Jamie Porter's England call-up". BBC Radio Essex. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2021.