Basil Akram, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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English cricketer
Date of Birth: 23-Feb-1993
Place of Birth: London Borough of Waltham Forest, England, United Kingdom
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Basil Akram
- Basil Mohammad Ramzan Akram (born 23 February 1993) is an English first-class cricketer.
- Born at Waltham Forest, Essex, Akram is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. Having represented Essex at youth level, Akram represented Northamptonshire County Cricket Club playing for the Second XI before turning out for Loughborough MCCU for the start of the 2014 season.
- He made his first-class debut for them in a Universities match against Sussex beginning on 1 April 2014.
- In the first innings of this match Akram was able to achieve Figure of 2/82 from 14 overs dismissing opener Luke Wells (38) and Matt Prior (43) in this innings.
- In the second innings Akram only bowled 3 overs conceding 6 runs leading to him finishing with match figures of 2/88.
- He scored 36 and 1.
- The match was drawn. Akram's performance in this game alerted Hampshire and he was selected to feature for their Second XI.
- His performances here led to him being awarded a Development Contract by the county for the remainder of the 2014 season and 2015 season.
- He also made his List A debut in a Royal London 50-over match against Yorkshire on 21 August 2014.
- Batting first Akram only scored 1 run before being dismissed by Adil Rashid.
- He also finished with figures of 0/24 from 2 overs in a match that Yorkshire won by 6 wickets. At the end of the 2015 season, it was announced that Akram was one of three players who were being released by Hampshire as their contracts expired.
- Akram had made only one appearance, in a limited-overs match. Akram continued to represent Loughborough MCCU where he played a total of 6 first class games.
- In these games he performed well with both bat and ball.
- In 2016 he scored 160 against Surrey County Cricket Club followed by 100* against Kent County Cricket Club.
- In 2017 he played his last first class game for Loughborough MCCU against Leicestershire County Cricket Club where he achieved his career best bowling figures of 5-54.
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