Saqib Zulfiqar

Saqib Zulfiqar (born 28 March 1997) is a Dutch cricketer.[1] He made his List A debut for the Netherlands against the United Arab Emirates on 17 July 2017.[2] In the match, he played alongside his brothers Asad and Sikander, becoming the first instance of triplets playing for a professional cricket team in the same game.[3] He made his first-class debut for the Netherlands in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 15 August 2017.[4]

For other uses, see Saqib (disambiguation).
Saqib Zulfiqar
Personal information
Full nameSaqib Zulfiqar
Born (1997-03-28) 28 March 1997
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RelationsZulfiqar Ahmed (father)
Asad Zulfiqar (brother)
Sikander Zulfiqar (brother)
International information
National side
Only ODI (cap 70)21 June 2019 v Zimbabwe
T20I debut (cap 41)12 June 2018 v Ireland
Last T20I6 August 2019 v UAE
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 1 6 1 4
Runs scored 0 34 5 43
Batting average 0.00 8.50 2.50 10.75
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 0 18 5 31
Balls bowled 42 54 24 48
Wickets 1 2 0 1
Bowling average 49.00 30.50 – 58.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 – 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a – n/a
Best bowling 1/49 1/4 – 1/49
Catches/stumpings 0/– 2/– 2/– 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 August 2019

International career

In June 2018, he was named in the Netherlands' Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2018 Netherlands Tri-Nation Series.[5] He made his T20I debut for the Netherlands against Ireland on 12 June 2018.[6]

In June 2019, he was named in the Netherlands' One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Zimbabwe.[7] He made his ODI debut for the Netherlands against Zimbabwe on 21 June 2019.[8] In April 2020, he was one of seventeen Dutch-based cricketers to be named in the team's senior squad.[9]

T20 career

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Rotterdam Rhinos in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[10][11] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[12]

References
  1. "Saqib Zulfiqar". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  2. "United Arab Emirates tour of Netherlands, 1st Match: Netherlands v United Arab Emirates at Amstelveen, Jul 17, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  3. "Triplets add to storied sibling history". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  4. "ICC Intercontinental Cup at Dublin, Aug 15-18 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  5. "Three new faces as Netherlands begin post-Borren era". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  6. "1st Match, Netherlands Tri-Nation T20I Series at Rotterdam, Jun 12 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  7. "Netherlands vs Zimbabwe: ODI & T20 Series". Cricket World. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  8. "2nd ODI, Zimbabwe tour of Netherlands and Ireland at Deventer, Jun 21 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  9. "Dutch men's squads announced". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  10. "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  11. "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  12. "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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