Summary
- Alam played three Test matches against Australia last year, scoring 33 runs across four innings.
- Notably, after scoring a century in his first Test match against Sri Lanka in 2009, Alam was later cut from the Pakistani team after only two more games.
- Alam played in 19 Test matches during his Pakistani career, scoring 1011 runs overall with an average of 38.88.
Fawad Alam has chosen to end his international career with Pakistan and turn his attention to a new chapter in the United States.
He is ready to take on a new position as a “local” player for the Chicago Kingsmen in the Minor League Cricket T20 at the age of 37.
He joins a growing group of Pakistani cricketers who have relocated to the United States to further their careers, including Sami Aslam, Hammad Azam, Saif Badar, and Mohammad Mohsin.
Alam played three Test matches against Australia last year, scoring 33 runs across four innings. He also took part in one Test match, against Sri Lanka, when he scored 25 runs. He was then dropped from the Test squad as a result.
Notably, after scoring a century in his first Test match against Sri Lanka in 2009, Alam was later cut from the Pakistani team after only two more games.
The left-handed batsman finally made a long-awaited return to the national squad during Pakistan’s tour of England in 2020, following more than a decade on the sidelines.
Alam played in 19 Test matches during his Pakistani career, scoring 1011 runs overall with an average of 38.88. His accomplishments include two fifty-year eras and five centuries.
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