RAWALPINDI: Pakistani veteran fast bowler Umar Gul’s career has come to an end following the culmination of his National T20 campaign with Balochistan’s first XI.
Earlier at the start of the tournament, Umar Gul announced that he would drawing curtains on his decade-and-a-half old career post the domestic T20 tournament.
The fast bowler made his ODI and Test debut against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe respectively in 2003. His first five-wicket-haul was against a star-studded Indian batting line-up in Lahore during the 2004 series.
However, it was his exploits in white-ball cricket and especially the shortest format of the game-Twenty20- that made Umar Gul one of the superstars of the modern era.
Umar Gul was the leading wicket-taker in both the 2007 (13 wickets in 7 games at an average of 11.92) and the triumphant 2009 T20 World Cup (13 wickets in 7 games at an average of 12.15).
He also remains the fifth-highest wicket-taker (35 wickets in 24 games at an average of 17.25), which includes barely believable figures of 5-6 against New Zealand in the 2009 event.
The reverse-swing specialist last played for Pakistan in an ODI against England in 2016. Overall, Umar Gul featured in 47 Tests, 130 ODIs, and 60 T20Is, claiming 163, 179, and 85 wickets respectively.
