Saad Bin Zafar

Saad Bin Zafar

Personal information
Born	(1986-11-10) 10 November 1986 Gujranwala, Pakistan
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left arm orthodox
Role	Allrounder
International information
National side	Canada
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2016-present	ICC Americas
2018-present	Vancouver Knights
2018-present	St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
Career statistics
Competition FCs LA T20 Matches 2 13 6 Runs scored 29 170 29 Batting average 7.25 18.88 7.25 100s/50s -/- -/- -/- Top score 14 36 18 Balls bowled 180 532 78 Wickets 4 17 2 Bowling average 18.25 20.70 40.5 5 wickets in innings 0 0 - 10 wickets in match n/a 0 - Best bowling 4/58 3/30 1/16 Catches/stumpings -/- 6/- -/-
Source: Cricinfo, 8 February 2011

Saad Bin Zafar (born 10 November 1986, Pakistan) is a Pakistan-born Canadian cricketer who plays for the Canada national cricket team. Zafar performs as an all rounder. Zafar is left-handed batsman who bowls Left-arm orthodox spin.^[1]

Career

At the age of 10, he started playing tape ball cricket with friends on the streets. Later at the age of 14 his school's sports teacher spotted Zafar and introduced him to Leather ball cricket by selecting him for junior school cricket team. In 2004, he started playing club cricket for Overseas Cricket club in Premier Division.^[2] Zafar made his International debut on 4 July 2008 playing against Bermuda. He looked impressive in his debut as he took 4 wickets, including the wicket of Bermuda's captain Irving Romaine who was close to scoring a century.^[3] He scored 262 not out in a 50 over game in Scarborough Cricket League Premier Division in August 2015.^[4] In January 2017, he played for the ICC Americas in the 2016–17 Regional Super50 and was the leading wicket taker for his team.^[5]

In January 2018, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.^[6]

In August 2018, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier tournament in Morrisville, North Carolina.^[7]

In the spotlight

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.^[8][9] Zafar was the second canadian player to be selected in the draft after Nikhil Dutta in round 9.^[10]

In his third match against Montreal Tigers his bowling figure was 3/21 in 4 overs.^[11] In his fifth match against Toronto Nationals he took 2/22 in 3.5 overs and scored unbeaten 12 in 47-run winning partnership with Chadwick Walton.^[12]

In the final match of 2018 Global T20 Canada against West Indies B cricket team he took 2 wickets by giving away 26 runs including a wicket maiden over. Vancouver Knights didn’t have an ideal start to the chase as Chadwick Walton, Chris Gayle and Ben Dunk fell cheaply to leave them at 22 for 3. But Zafar and Rassie van der Dussen came up with a crucial unbeaten 126-run partnership to get Knights back on track in the chase. Zafar played the role of an aggressor, dealing in regular boundaries to bring up a 32-ball fifty. He collected eight fours and three sixes in his unbeaten 48-ball stay for 79 runs. Zafar was adjudged man of the match for his brilliant all-round performance.^[13][14][15]

In September 20118, he was called up as a replacement player of Bangladesh's allrounder Mahmudullah by St Kitts and Nevis Patriots for CPL playoffs .^[16] In the same month, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier tournament.^[17]

References

External links

• "Saad Bin Zafar". ESPN. Retrieved February 11, 2010.
• "TDCA".