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
ODI debut (cap 257)9 February 2020 v South Africa
Last ODI4 August 2020 v Ireland
T20I debut (cap 89)3 November 2019 v New Zealand
Last T20I1 September 2020 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–presentLancashire (squad no. 25)
2020-PresentPeshawar Zalmi
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 4 6 16 31
Runs scored 12 7 154 129
Batting average 12.00 7.00 14.00 18.42
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 12 4 34 45
Balls bowled 197 108 2,136 1,499
Wickets 5 3 42 55
Bowling average 31.20 63.33 28.90 25.85
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 3
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 n/a
Best bowling 2/36 1/20 4/48 6/37
Catches/stumpings 1/– 1/– 1/– 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 December 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 are 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. He was eventually 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] On 4 July 2020, Mahmood was named as one of the nine reserve players for the first Test match of the series.[15][16] On 9 July 2020, Mahmood was also included in England's 24-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the ODI series against Ireland.[17][18] On 27 July 2020, Mahmood was named in England's squad for the ODI series.[19][20]

In December 2020, Mahmood was named as one of seven reserve players in England's Test squad for their series against Sri Lanka.[21] In January 2021, he was also named as a reserve player in England's Test squad for their series against India.[22]

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.
  15. "England name squad for first Test against West Indies". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  16. "England v West Indies: Dom Bess in squad, Jack Leach misses out". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  17. "Injured Chris Jordan misses England's ODI squad to face Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  18. "England men name behind-closed-doors ODI training group". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  19. "England Men name 14-strong squad for Royal London Series". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  20. "England v Ireland: David Willey & Reece Topley recalled for ODI series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  21. "Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer rested for England Test tour of Sri Lanka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  22. "India v England: Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer return to Joe Root's squad for first two Tests in Ahmedabad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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