27 Facts About Fawad Alam

Fawad Tariq Alam is a Pakistani cricketer and actor who plays for Sindh and the Pakistan national cricket team.

Fawad Alam made his international debut for Pakistan in May 2007.

Fawad Alam 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.

Fawad Alam 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.

Fawad Alam is known for his Ertugrul Gazi-type signature style celebration, which he emulated from the Turkish historical drama series Dirilis: Ertugrul.

Fawad Alam is a cousin of the English Test cricketer, Usman Afzaal.

In November 2011, Fawad Alam married the daughter of former Pakistan Test cricketer, Mansoor Akhtar in Karachi.

Fawad Alam's second ODI was a better experience as he contributed 32 unbeaten runs down the order as Pakistan beat India by 31 runs in Jaipur.

In between those two matches, Fawad Alam travelled to South Africa as part of Pakistan's squad for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.

Fawad Alam played in the semi-final, taking two wickets against New Zealand, as Pakistan progressed to the final, for which he was not selected.

Fawad Alam was dropped for the Sri Lanka series in January 2009.

In October 2008, Fawad Alam was selected for the quadrangular Twenty20 International tournament to be played in Canada between Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Zimbabwe and hosts Canada.

Fawad Alam played club cricket in England to help himself get used to the conditions.

Fawad Alam scored well in the first two matches but his major breakthrough came in the third ODI when he increased his top score to 64.

Fawad Alam retained his place for the ODI series against South Africa in the UAE.

Fawad Alam contributed significantly to the team's victory, scoring 74 runs from 70 balls in a competitive chase of 326.

Fawad Alam's effort was not enough though as Sri Lanka successfully chased the target to become the champions of the 2014 Asia Cup.

In 2017, Fawad Alam signed to play as a professional for Clitheroe Cricket Club in the Lancashire League.

In July 2009, Fawad Alam became the first Pakistani cricketer to score a Test century on debut away from home, and the tenth to score a century on debut, scoring 168 runs in the second innings of the second Test against Sri Lanka.

In December 2019, after a gap of more than ten years, Fawad Alam was named in Pakistan's Test squad, for the two-match home series against Sri Lanka.

Fawad Alam received his call-up to national test side after his consistent performances at first-class level and by the time he received a call-up after a gap of over a decade, he had already scored over 8000 runs with 26 centuries and with a stellar average of 56.48 in first-class cricket.

In December 2020, Fawad Alam was named in Pakistan's Test squad for their away series against New Zealand.

Fawad Alam emulated Ertugrul Gazi's popular celebration style which he copied from one of the popular scenes which featured in the 2014 Turkish drama series Dirilis: Ertugrul after scoring a test century against New Zealand.

In January 2021, Fawad Alam was named in Pakistan's 17 man Test squad for their home series against South Africa.

On 30 April 2021, Fawad Alam became the first Asian cricketer to convert his first four test 50s into 100s.

Fawad Alam achieved this milestone during the first Test match against Zimbabwe.

Fawad Alam became the fastest Pakistani as well as fastest Asian batsman to reach five Test centuries in term of innings surpassing the previous record of 24 innings held by India's Cheteshwar Pujara.