| Country: | Pakistan |
| Fullname: | Naeem Akhtar |
| Birth Date: | 2 December 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Club1: | Derbyshire Cricket Board |
| Year1: | 2002 |
| Club2: | Cornwall |
| Year2: | 1999 |
| Club3: | Khan Research Laboratories |
| Year3: | 1997/98-2002/03 |
| Club4: | Rawalpindi B |
| Year4: | 1995/96 |
| Club5: | Rawalpindi A |
| Year5: | 1994/95-1995/96 |
| Club6: | Rawalpindi |
| Year6: | 1990/91-2003/04 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 101 |
| Runs1: | 3,013 |
| Bat Avg1: | 21.99 |
| 100S/50S1: | 2/10 |
| Top Score1: | 157 |
| Deliveries1: | 15,274 |
| Wickets1: | 322 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 21.46 |
| Fivefor1: | 17 |
| Tenfor1: | 2 |
| Best Bowling1: | 10/28 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 52/ - |
| Column2: | LA |
| Matches2: | 99 |
| Runs2: | 1,430 |
| Bat Avg2: | 21.34 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/6 |
| Top Score2: | 81 |
| Deliveries2: | 4,411 |
| Wickets2: | 123 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 23.83 |
| Fivefor2: | 1 |
| Tenfor2: | n/a |
| Best Bowling2: | 5/20 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 21/ - |
| Date: | 17 October |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Source: | http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/42050.html Cricinfo |
Naeem Akhtar (born 2 December 1967) is a former Pakistani cricketer. Akhtar was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.
Akhtar made his first-class debut for Rawalpindi against Peshawar in the 1990/91 season. Akhtar represented the main Rawalpindi team in first-class cricket from 1990/91 to 2003/04 in 57 first-class matches, as well as Rawalpindi A and Rawalpindi A. He also represented Khan Research Laboratories in 32 first-class matches. His final first-class match came in the 2003/04 season for Rawalpindi against Quetta.[1] Throughout his first-class career, Akhtar was noted as a consistent all-rounder. With the bat he scored 3,013 runs at a batting average of 21.99, with 10 half centuries and 2 centuries, one of which included his career first-class high score of 157 against Allied Bank Limited in the 1998/99 season.[2] With the ball, he took 322 wickets at an impressive bowling average of 21.46, with 17 five wicket hauls and 2 ten wicket hauls, one of which came when he took 10 wickets in a single innings against Peshawar in 1995/96.[3]
Akhtar also made his debut in List A cricket for Rawalpindi in the 1990/91 season against Peshawar. Akhtar represented the main Rawalpindi team in List A cricket 50 times from the 1990/91 to 2000/01 season. In addition, he also represented Rawalpindi A in 11 matches and Khan Research Laboratories in 35 matches from the 1997/98 to 2001/02 season. During the 1999 English cricket season, Akhtar played a single List A match for Cornwall against Cumberland in the 1999 NatWest Trophy.[4] He also played a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match against the Somerset Cricket Board.[5] In 2002, he played a single List A match for the Derbyshire Cricket Board against the Middlesex Cricket Board in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which was held in 2002;[6] This was his final List A match. In his total of 99 List A matches, he scored 1,430 runs at an average of 21.34, with a 6 half centuries and a high score of 81. With the ball he took 123 wickets at an average of 23.83, with a single five wicket haul which gave him best figures of 5/20.
Despite a notable career in domestic cricket, Akhtar never represented the Pakistan national cricket team, although he did make a single List A appearance for Pakistan A in December 1995 against England A.[7]