Presidentâs speech September 08, 2020. Asian News International Updated: February 25, 2021 11:40 AM IST Pakistan has left out veteran batsman Mohammad Hafeez from its Twenty20 squad for the series against South Africa because he would not meet the Pakistan Cricket Board's deadline for players to enter a bio-secure bubble. When the format was in its infancy, in the mid-2000s, he appeared the perfect player for it: more than bits-n'-pieces, not quite a genuine allrounder. England opener Tom Banton and Pakistanâs experienced middle-order batsman Mohammad Hafeez have made significant gains in the MRF Tyres ICC Menâs T20I Player Rankings after their fine showing in the three-match series that ended in a 1-1 draw on Tuesday, 1 September. KARACHI: Seasoned batsman Mohammad Hafeez found himself for selection in the 20-man squad named on Sunday for the Twenty20 International ⦠Primarily, it is that he has changed his ways, and perhaps because he was snubbed after the World Cup, understood the need for evolution. Kohli only managed one half-century in 2020. He's the seventh-highest run scorer this year in the format, with the fourth-highest average. The PCB had said that all players had to be in the team's bubble by Feb. 3 ahead of the three-match series against the Proteas that starts on Feb. 11. IANS; Updated: June 15, 2020, 6:41 PM IST Osman Samiuddin is a senior editor at ESPNcricinfo, How Mohammad Hafeez has been a T20 giant in 2020, too old then, wizened and experienced now. Pakistan recently won the third T20I against hosts New Zealand to avoid a series sweep.Once again, senior batsman, Mohammad Hafeez rose to the occasion.Although the bulk of scoring was done by Mohammad Rizwan (89), a 29-ball 41 by Hafeez inspired Pakistan's emphatic run-chase.As Hafeez finished the season strongly, we take a look at his T20I numbers in 2020. But it's his strike rate that catches the eye. Leaving Test cricket has not only allowed him to give time to that need, it has also broadened his view of batting itself. In a confounding, chaotic year, one man hit an unexpected purple patch in the shortest format. Australia was set to host the ICC T20 World Cup in October.. Mohammad Rizwan and Fawad Alam accept their upgrades after a PCB performance review. Despite not being given regular chances at the top, New Zealand batsman Seifert leapfrogged his teammates and finished with 352 runs. England's Jonny Bairstow sits at the sixth spot as he finished with 329 runs. In a confounding, chaotic year, one man hit an unexpected purple patch in the shortest format. In a confounding, chaotic year, one man hit an unexpected purple patch in the shortest format. Stop it 2020, stop it now. He batted at an impressive strike-rate of 152.57. Credit: AP. The right-handed batsman scored 288 runs, striking at 140.48. Ending the year trying to understand how Mohammad Hafeez is the answer to Pakistan's T20 batting issues feels appropriate for 2020 - a damned year, yes, but also a confounding and unexpected one. Nothing about Hafeez's last decade suggested he was capable of this. Ending the year trying to understand how Mohammad Hafeez is the answer to Pakistan's T20 batting issues feels appropriate for 2020 - a damned year, yes, but also a confounding and unexpected one. Justice in New Zealand September 08, 2020 Rote learning September 08, 2020 The Defence Day September 08, 2020⦠Now batting at mostly three and four, his middle-overs play, where he was once slowest, is unrecognisable. Osman Samiuddin 17-Dec-2020. The cricket universe expected 2020 to be a great year for T20I cricket. He scored four half-centuries in the year. The all-rounder âpolitely turned downâ a contract offer in category C for 2020 ⦠The 2nd T20 match of Pakistan tour of New Zealand, 2020-21 on December 20 at Seddon Park, Hamilton the match starts at 11:00 AM PST. PSL 2020: Mohammad Hafeez Half-Century Powers Lahore Qalandars to Qualifier 2 Veteran Mohammad Hafeez hammered an unbeaten 74 off just 46 balls and pacer Dilbar Hussain bagged three wickets to help Lahore Qalandars defeat Peshawar Zalmi by five wickets in Eliminator 1 of Pakistan Super League (PSL) here late on Saturday night. Against pace in the middle overs in particular he has prospered. And given that strike rate remained fairly stable over this period, it was reflective of a batsman either not willing - or able - to expand his game. Yet here he is, somewhere between a reinvention and a glorious little lash of the tail of a confounding and unexpected career. Pakistan left out Hafeez, its veteran Twenty20 batsman, for the series against South Africa because of a disagreement on meeting the deadline of Pakistan Cricket Board's bio-secure bubble chief selector Mohammad Wasim said on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. How Mohammad Hafeez has been a T20 giant in 2020. KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain and Test stumper Moin Khan has criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for offering a category C contract to the countryâs premier T20 player Mohammad Hafeez. Mohammad Hafeez is second only to Dawid Malan in terms of runs scored in T20Is in the last 12 months. Hafeez, 40, in his 18th year as a Pakistan player, the epitome of the anchoring but elegant batsman, a Test opener with ten hundreds, now a top-order T20 firebrand, torch-bearing for senior citizens in the format? He has always been better value at the death than often thought - a legacy, no doubt, of his early tape-ball years - but even there his strike rate has jumped to nearly 174 this year, up from 149 the previous two years. Mohammad Hafeez (415) One of the oldest players in T20 format at present, Hafeez finished 2020 with 415 runs - at 83.00.