Editing Taufeeq Umar (section)

==International career==
Unusually for a Pakistani player, Umar has played more Tests than [[One Day International|ODIs]], as he was not given a prolonged run in the ODI side until 2003, when he played eight ODIs in a row. However, he only missed two of 24 Tests Pakistan played between August 2001 and April 2004, and after 17 Tests his [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] had reached 48.03 after he made four scores above 50 in the two-Test series with [[South African cricket team|South Africa]].<ref>[http://statserver.cricket.org/guru?sdb=player;playerid=8272;class=testplayer;filter=basic;team=0;opposition=0;notopposition=0;season=0;homeaway=0;continent=0;country=0;notcountry=0;groundid=0;startdefault=2001-08-29;start=2001-08-29;enddefault=2005-03-20;end=2005-03-20;tourneyid=0;finals=0;daynight=0;toss=0;scheduledovers=0;scheduleddays=0;innings=0;result=0;followon=0;seriesresult=0;captain=0;keeper=0;dnp=1;recent=;viewtype=bat_cumulative;runslow=;runshigh=;batposition=0;dismissal=0;bowposition=0;ballslow=;ballshigh=;bpof=0;overslow=;overshigh=;conclow=;conchigh=;wicketslow=;wicketshigh=;dismissalslow=;dismissalshigh=;caughtlow=;caughthigh=;caughttype=0;stumpedlow=;stumpedhigh=;csearch=;submit=1;.cgifields=viewtype  Taufeeq Umar – Test Batting – Cumulative career averages] from ESPNcricinfo Stats Guru, retrieved 14 December 2005
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Possessing excellent temperament, he remains unique amongst Pakistani openers in his ability to concentrate for long periods and his ability to build innings. With exquisite drives either side of the wicket, a formidable cut and pull shot in the armoury and possessing the natural gift of timing, he seemed the very answer to Pakistan's opening problem especially against a full strength South African attack in South Africa (2003). A loss of form against India (2004) resulted in Taufeeq losing his place in the team and a subsequent loss of batting confidence.

He was recalled into the Pakistani side for the South Africa Series in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22510093/misbah-ul-haq-appointed-test-captain|title=Misbah-ul-Haq appointed Test captain |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He made his comeback against South Africa with some good scores. Against West Indies, he scored a century and then a brilliant double hundred against Sri Lanka at UAE. He has again become a regular part of Test squad as an opener. he continued to play for Pakistan until Sri Lanka in 2012. After the series, he was dropped from the squad, until his later comeback for a single test match in 2014 against New Zealand. He scored only 16 and 4 in the two innings and was dropped from the squad.