Saqib Mahmood

Saqib Mahmood (born 25 February 1997) is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire County Cricket Club. He is a right-arm fast bowler, who bats right-handed. In December 2015 he was named in England's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[2] He made his international debut for the England cricket team in November 2019.

For the former Somerset cricketer, see Saqib Mahmood (cricketer, born 1977).
Saqib Mahmood
Personal information
Full nameSaqib Mahmood
Born (1997-02-25) 25 February 1997
Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only ODI (cap 257)9 February 2020 v South Africa
T20I debut (cap 89)3 November 2019 v New Zealand
Last T20I10 November 2019 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–presentLancashire (squad no. 25)
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 1 3 16 28
Runs scored – 7 154 117
Batting average – 7.00 14.00 19.50
100s/50s –/– 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score – 4 34 45
Balls bowled 30 60 2,136 1,332
Wickets 1 3 42 51
Bowling average 17.00 38.33 28.90 25.15
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 3
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/17 1/20 4/48 6/37
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 1/– 7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 February 2020

Because of his action, his pace (up to 90mph), his use of reverse-swing and yorkers, especially during the death-overs, he has been compared to Waqar Younis.[3]

Career

His parents being from Pakistan, and because of his heritage, he was unable to join the England Lions squad during their tour of India in January and February 2019, due to visa problems, eventually being replaced by Tom Bailey.[4]

In April 2019, he became the first bowler for Lancashire to take a five-wicket haul in successive List A matches, when he did so in the 2019 Royal London One-Day Cup.[5]

In September 2019, he was named in England's Test and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their series against New Zealand.[6] He made his T20I debut for England, against New Zealand, on 3 November 2019.[7] The following month, Mahmood was named in England's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against South Africa.[8] He made his ODI debut for England, against South Africa, on 9 February 2020.[9] On 28 February 2020, he was added to England's Test squad for their series against Sri Lanka, replacing the injured Mark Wood.[10]

On 29 May 2020, Mahmood was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic.[11][12] On 17 June 2020, Mahmood was included in England's 30-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the Test series against the West Indies.[13][14]

References
  1. CricTracker (20 October 2019), "‘You bowl a bit like Waqar Younis’ – Saqib Mahmood compared to Pakistan legend for his toe crushing yorkers", CricTracker. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. "Aneurin Donald recalled for U-19 World Cup". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  3. Cricket365 (31 October 2019), "C365 meets Saqib Mahmood: On Anderson, Waqar, reverse-swing and that first England call", Cricket365. 10 April 2020.
  4. George Dobell, "Pakistan heritage causes India visa delay for England Lion Saqib Mahmood", ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  5. "Saqib Mahmood on a roll with five-for as Lancashire skittle Leicestershire". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  6. "Bairstow dropped from England Test squad for New Zealand series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  7. "2nd T20I, England tour of New Zealand at Wellington, Nov 3 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  8. "Buttler, Stokes and Archer back for South Africa T20Is, no room for Root". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  9. "3rd ODI, England tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, Feb 9 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  10. "Mark Wood ruled out of Sri Lanka Tour". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  11. "England Men confirm back-to-training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  12. "Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett left out as England name 55-man training group". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  13. "England announce 30-man training squad ahead of first West Indies Test". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  14. "Moeen Ali back in Test frame as England name 30-man training squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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