Sikander Zulfiqar (born 28 March 1997) is a Dutch cricketer who plays for the Netherlands cricket team.[1] He made his Twenty20 International debut against the United Arab Emirates on 3 February 2016.[2] He made his first-class debut against Hong Kong in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup tournament on 10 February 2017.[3] He made his List A debut against Zimbabwe on 20 June 2017.[4]

Sikander Zulfiqar
Personal information
Full name
Sikander Zulfiqar
Born (1997-03-28) 28 March 1997 (age 27)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RelationsZulfiqar Ahmed (father)
Asad Zulfiqar (brother)
Saqib Zulfiqar (brother)
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 36)3 February 2016 v UAE
Last T20I8 August 2019 v UAE
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 11 1 11 11
Runs scored 68 20 268 68
Batting average 9.71 20.00 44.66 9.71
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/2 0/0
Top score 18 20 58 18
Balls bowled 60 66 60
Wickets 3 1 3
Bowling average 26.33 62.00 26.33
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/9 1/42 1/9
Catches/stumpings 4/– 0/– 0/– 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 October 2019

On 17 July 2017, he played in the same match with his brothers Asad and Saqib, when they faced the United Arab Emirates at the VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen. It was the first instance of three siblings playing for a professional cricket team in the same game.[5]

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Amsterdam Knights in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[6][7] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[8] In April 2020, he was one of seventeen Dutch-based cricketers to be named in the team's senior squad.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Sikander Zulfiqar". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Only T20I: United Arab Emirates v Netherlands at ICCA Dubai, Feb 3, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  3. ^ "ICC Intercontinental Cup, Hong Kong v Netherlands at Mong Kok, Feb 10-13, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Zimbabwe tour of Netherlands, 1st Match: Netherlands v Zimbabwe at Amstelveen, Jun 20, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Triplets add to storied sibling history". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Dutch men's squads announced". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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