Aqib Ilyas
Aqib Ilyas Sulehri (born 5 September 1992) is an Omani cricketer.[1] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Oman against Hong Kong on 21 November 2015.[2]
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Full name | Aqib Ilyas Sulehri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sialkot, Pakistan | 5 September 1992|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut (cap 1) | 27 April 2019 v Namibia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 11 February 2020 v USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 13) | 21 November 2015 v Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 31 October 2019 v Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 February 2020 |
Career
In January 2018, he was named in Oman's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[3] He made his List A debut for Oman on 8 February 2018.[4]
In August 2018, he was named in Oman's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament.[5] He was the leading run-scorer for Oman in the tournament, with 186 runs in five matches.[6] In October 2018, he was named in Oman's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament.[7] He scored a century in Oman's match against the United States.[8] In December 2018, he was named in Oman's team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[9]
In March 2019, he was named in Oman's team for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.[10] Oman finished in the top four places in the tournament, therefore gaining One Day International (ODI) status.[11] Ilyas made his ODI debut for Oman on 27 April 2019, against Namibia, in the tournament's final.[12] He was the leading run-scorer for Oman in the tournament, with 168 runs in six matches.[13]
In September 2019, he was named as the vice-captain of Oman's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament.[14] Ahead of the tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named him as the player to watch in Oman's squad.[15] In November 2019, he was named as vice-captain of Oman's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[16]
On 9 February 2020, in the 2020 Nepal Tri-Nation Series match against Nepal, Ilyas scored an unbeaten 109 runs from 108 balls.[17] It was the first century by a batsman for Oman in ODI cricket.[18] Two days later, against the United States, Ilyas scored his second century in as many matches, with 105 runs.[19]
References
- "Aqib Ilyas". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- "Hong Kong tour of United Arab Emirates, 1st T20I: Hong Kong v Oman at Abu Dhabi, Nov 21, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- "Cricket: Three debutants in Oman squad for WCL Division 2". Times of Oman. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- "3rd match, ICC World Cricket League Division Two at Windhoek, Feb 8 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- "Cricket: Maqsood to lead Oman at Asia Cup Qualifiers in Malaysia". Times of Oman. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- "Asia Cup Qualifiers, 2018/19: Oman / Minor cricket (one-day/limited overs) / Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- "Cricket: Maqsood to lead Oman in ICC WCL Division 3". Times of Oman. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- "Oman secure promotion with win over USA; Kenya deny Singapore's thrilling charge". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- "Oman Under-23s Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- "Oman confident of winning ODI status by finishing among top four in ICC WCL Two". Oman Cricket. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- "Oman and USA secure ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 places and ODI status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- "Final, ICC World Cricket League Division Two at Windhoek, Apr 27 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- "ICC World Cricket League Division Two, 2019 - Oman, List A matches: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- "Oman squad for ICC T20 WC Qualifier in UAE announced". Times of Oman. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- "Team preview: Oman". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- "Kaleem replaces Maqsood as captain for ACC Emerging Teams' Asia Cup". Oman Cricket. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- "28th Match, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 at Kirtipur, Feb 9 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- "All-round Ilyas takes Oman to top of table". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- "Ilyas stars again as Oman beat USA". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 11 February 2020.