Born in Punjab on February 28, 1978, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan is a former Pakistani all-rounder who served as the backbone of Pakistan's pace battery and low-order batting after the team's bizarre performance at the 2003 World Cup.

He is very popular in various leagues around the world. Whether it was prestigious tournaments like English County or Big Bash or big money tournaments like the Indian Cricket League or Bangladesh Premier League, Hasan was no stranger.

Rana Naved-ul-Hasan is a cricketer who plays for the Pakistan national cricket team. He has been part of the team since 2004 and has enjoyed a successful period with the squad. Rana Naved-ul-Hasan was born on February 28, 1978 in Sheikhupura, Punjab. Rana Naved-ul-Hasan made his debut for the Pakistan national cricket team in 2004 in the ODI/T20/Test format.

Playing primarily as a team bowler, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan is a prolific medium-paced right-arm bowler who has won many wickets for teams in both domestic and international cricket. He can also bat in the lower order and has scored some important runs for the team. Rana Naved-ul-Hasan bats Right-handed bat-handers. He is a brilliant outfield player and can set up anywhere on the ground. He is good with both his ground field and his catching.

Rana Naved-ul-Hasan plays for Pakistan National Cricket Team ODI/T20/Test format. He represents Pakistan, Allied Bank, Derbyshire, Dhaka Gladiators, Herefordshire, Hobart Hurricanes, ICL Pakistan XI, Lahore Badshahs, Lahore Division, Marylebone Cricket Club, Pakistan Customs, Sheikhupura Cricket Association, Sialkot Cricket Association, Sialkot Stallions, Sussex, Tasmania, Water and Power Development Authority, Yorkshire team in domestic cricket.

Rana Naved-ul-Hasan has taken 655 wickets, plays for the Pakistan national cricket team and is a successful player for the team.

Domestic Career

Rana Naved made his domestic cricket debut by joining first class cricket in 1995 and has enjoyed a lengthy national playing journey. He played 156 games in which he won 655 wickets with an impressive 24.24 bowling average. He has the best bowling figure of 7/49 in an innings and claimed 34 five-wicket moves and 7 ten-wicket moves in a match.

Naved has outstanding batting records in first-class career, hitting 4,431 runs in 224 innings with a 21.93 batting average. He stroked five centuries and 12 fifties with his highest score of 139 carries in his top-flight cricket batting career.

After returning to domestic cricket in 1999, he made his debut in List A cricket, appearing in 197 matches. He dismissed 287 batsmen with a 28.15 bowling average. Additionally, in his List A career, he recorded three five-wicket moves and ten four-wicket moves at an economy rate of 5.27.

He batted in 148 innings and made 2,481 carries with a 22.97 batting average. Naved has smashed a century and ten fifties with a top score of 100 runs in the List A career. On 26 April 2006 he made his debut in domestic T20 cricket by representing Sialkot Stallions and played 126 games in T20.

He recorded 153 wickets with a 20.00 average at bowling. He has the best bowling figure of 5/17, with an economy rating of 7.16. Naved claimed a five-wicket haul and two four-wicket hauls. He also batted with a 19.56 average and hit 1,037 runs in 83 innings with the highest scoring 95 and smashed 48 sixes in his domestic T20 career.

Franchise Cricket

Bangladesh Premier League

Rana was selected to the Dhaka Gladiators team in the first BPL tournament where Pakistani stars were the biggest winners after performing very well with the ball in the Big Bash tournament.

Big Bash League

He was the leading wicket-taker in Australia's Big Bash League in 2011/12, where he claimed 15 scalps for Hobart.[4]
Ul-hasan has played T20 cricket for the Australian teams in the Big Bash League, the Tasmanian Tigers and the Hobart Hurricanes since the 2009 season. He has become a cult hero in the state and is known to the masses as "The People's Mullet".

English County Cricket

Since June 2005, Ul-hasan has played English county cricket for Sussex, where he formed an effective partnership with fellow Pakistani bowler Mushtaq Ahmed. He also found success with the racquet, hitting a career-best 139 against Middlesex.

On September 12, 2007, in a game against Durham, Ul-hasan dislocated his shoulder and had to be carried off the field. This was believed to be his last game for Sussex as the ECB introduced a rule limiting each county to one foreign player and Sussex chose Mushtaq Ahmed.

Naved-Ul-hasan received offers from Leicestershire and Yorkshire to remain at English County Cricket and signed a two-year deal with Yorkshire on 26 September 2007.

Indian Cricket League (2007-09)

He represented the Lahore Badshahs in the Indian Cricket League from 2007 to 2009, playing a pivotal role for his team in 2008 and awarding them the Player of Series title for his outstanding performances as an all-rounder. Naved released 22 batsmen with a 12.77 batting average and a 6.66 save rate.

He batted at an impressive batting average of 144.27 and hit 189 runs on 27. Naved took part in 26 games for ICL and took 40 wickets with a 17.68 average. He made 367 runs while fighting for the Lahore Badshahs.

International Career

He made his ODI cricket debut on 6 April 2003 against Sri Lanka in the Cherry Blossom Cup. At the 2003 World Cup, the national team failed in the first round due to poor performances by many players, including Rana Naved. In the 2004 session, he posted best numbers with 4/25 and 3/73 against India.

In early 2005 he won four wickets against West Indies and six wickets against India, his best bowling innings in ODI cricket. He played regularly until 2007 and was dropped in the 2008 session. He later made his Test format debut on 28 January 2004 against South Africa, taking two wickets in his debut game.

He won seven wickets against Australia in two games. He also made his debut in the T20 format on 28 August 2006 against England.

In 2005 he was probably the best bowler in the world. He took 45 wickets in 22 ODI matches and was named in ICC World XI.

On 22 July 2009, Rana was called up to the Pakistan ODI squad for Sri Lanka as well as the 30-man provisional squad for the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy and a day later the Pakistan Cricket Board awarded him a Category "C" contact.

His best performances for Pakistan came in ODIs against India and West Indies – 56 of his 95 wickets came against them but he has struggled for consistency.

Controversy

After a disastrous tour of Australia in January, Naved-ul-Hasan was banned for a year, along with several other players who faced various consequences. However, the PCB lifted his ban even though he had already served six months of his sentence. Other players involved were Mohammad Yousuf, Younis Khan, both were banned for life but their bans were lifted after two months. And Shoaib Malik was banned for a year and had his ban lifted after serving three months. And with this ban, they were also fined.

Cricket Academy

He initiated a cricket institute to produce a new generation of bowlers after retiring from cricket formats with his companions Khan and Numan Inam.