Saqib Mahmood (born 25 February 1997) is an English cricketer who plays for England and Lancashire. Primarily he is a right-arm fast bowler. He made his international Twenty20 debut for England in November 2019, with his Test debut in March 2022.
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| Full name | Saqib Mahmood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 February 1997 Birmingham, West Midlands, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 703) | 16 March 2022 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 24 March 2022 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 257) | 9 February 2020 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 2 November 2024 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 89) | 3 November 2019 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 16 November 2024 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–present | Lancashire (squad no. 25) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Peshawar Zalmi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Oval Invincibles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021/22 | Sydney Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early and domestic career
editMahmood was born in Birmingham, England, to British Pakistani parents with roots in Azad Kashmir.[2]
In April 2019, Mahmood 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.[3]
In May 2021, Mahmood took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket, with 5/47 in the 2021 County Championship match against Yorkshire.[4]
In April 2022, he was bought by the Oval Invincibles for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[5] However, the following month he was ruled out of the rest of the season after suffering a back stress fracture.[6][7]
Mahmood signed a new three-year contract to play white-ball cricket for Lancashire in October 2024.[8][9]
International career
editIn September 2019, Mahmood was named in England's Test and Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their series against New Zealand.[10]
Mahmood made his T20I debut for England, against New Zealand, on 3 November 2019.[11]
Mahmood made his ODI debut for England, against South Africa, on 9 February 2020.[12]
In August 2021, Mahmood was added to England's squad for the second Test against India, after Stuart Broad was ruled out of the rest of the series due to injury.[13] In February 2022, Mahmood was again named in England's Test squad, this time for their series against the West Indies.[14]
Mahmood made his Test debut on 16 March 2022, for England against the West Indies.[15]
Playing style
editAs a result of Mahmood's bowling action, his pace (up to 90 mph), his use of reverse-swing and yorkers, especially during the death-overs, he has been compared to Waqar Younis.[16]
References
edit- ^ "Saqib Mahmood - Lancashire Cricket Club". Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ Munawar, Imran (10 February 2020). "In a historic first, three Muslim players included in England cricket team". Geo News. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid were part of the playing eleven with Lancashire pacer Saqib Mahmood making his ODI debut for England. Interestingly all three are of Pakistani-Kashmiri origin[...]
- ^ "Saqib Mahmood on a roll with five-for as Lancashire skittle Leicestershire". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ "Saqib Mahmood bowls Lancashire to Roses victory". The Cricketer. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Saqib Mahmood: England bowler on first stages of recovery from serious back injury". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ "Saqib Mahmood ruled out of season with back stress fracture". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "Saqib Mahmood signs Lancashire white-ball contract but retains Test ambitions". Wisden. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "Lancashire fast bowler Mahmood signs new deal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "Bairstow dropped from England Test squad for New Zealand series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ "2nd T20I, England tour of New Zealand at Wellington, Nov 3 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "3rd ODI, England tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, Feb 9 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Stuart Broad ruled out for rest of Test series against India". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "James Anderson, Stuart Broad dropped from England Test squad for West Indies". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ "2nd Test, Bridgetown, Mar 16 - 20 2022, England tour of West Indies". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ Cricket365 (31 October 2019), "C365 meets Saqib Mahmood: On Anderson, Waqar, reverse-swing and that first England call", Cricket365. 10 April 2020.