Aqib Ilyas

Aqib Ilyas Sulehri (born 5 September 1992) is an Omani cricketer.[1] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Oman against Hong Kong on 21 November 2015.[2]

Aqib Ilyas
Personal information
Full nameAqib Ilyas Sulehri
Born (1992-09-05) 5 September 1992
Sialkot, Pakistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 1)27 April 2019 v Namibia
Last ODI11 February 2020 v USA
T20I debut (cap 13)21 November 2015 v Hong Kong
Last T20I31 October 2019 v Scotland
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I LA T20
Matches 11 22 24 22
Runs scored 621 408 919 408
Batting average 69.00 22.66 41.77 22.66
100s/50s 2/4 0/2 2/5 0/2
Top score 109* 60 109* 60
Balls bowled 324 54 450 54
Wickets 16 2 18 2
Bowling average 12.62 29.50 16.94 29.50
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/36 1/9 4/36 1/9
Catches/stumpings 4/– 7/– 10/– 7/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 February 2020

Career

In January 2018, he was named in Oman's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[3] He made his List A debut for Oman on 8 February 2018.[4]

In August 2018, he was named in Oman's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament.[5] He was the leading run-scorer for Oman in the tournament, with 186 runs in five matches.[6] In October 2018, he was named in Oman's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament.[7] He scored a century in Oman's match against the United States.[8] In December 2018, he was named in Oman's team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[9]

In March 2019, he was named in Oman's team for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.[10] Oman finished in the top four places in the tournament, therefore gaining One Day International (ODI) status.[11] Ilyas made his ODI debut for Oman on 27 April 2019, against Namibia, in the tournament's final.[12] He was the leading run-scorer for Oman in the tournament, with 168 runs in six matches.[13]

In September 2019, he was named as the vice-captain of Oman's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament.[14] Ahead of the tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named him as the player to watch in Oman's squad.[15] In November 2019, he was named as vice-captain of Oman's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[16]

On 9 February 2020, in the 2020 Nepal Tri-Nation Series match against Nepal, Ilyas scored an unbeaten 109 runs from 108 balls.[17] It was the first century by a batsman for Oman in ODI cricket.[18] Two days later, against the United States, Ilyas scored his second century in as many matches, with 105 runs.[19]

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References
  1. "Aqib Ilyas". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  2. "Hong Kong tour of United Arab Emirates, 1st T20I: Hong Kong v Oman at Abu Dhabi, Nov 21, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  3. "Cricket: Three debutants in Oman squad for WCL Division 2". Times of Oman. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  4. "3rd match, ICC World Cricket League Division Two at Windhoek, Feb 8 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  5. "Cricket: Maqsood to lead Oman at Asia Cup Qualifiers in Malaysia". Times of Oman. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  6. "Asia Cup Qualifiers, 2018/19: Oman / Minor cricket (one-day/limited overs) / Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  7. "Cricket: Maqsood to lead Oman in ICC WCL Division 3". Times of Oman. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  8. "Oman secure promotion with win over USA; Kenya deny Singapore's thrilling charge". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  9. "Oman Under-23s Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  10. "Oman confident of winning ODI status by finishing among top four in ICC WCL Two". Oman Cricket. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  11. "Oman and USA secure ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 places and ODI status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  12. "Final, ICC World Cricket League Division Two at Windhoek, Apr 27 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  13. "ICC World Cricket League Division Two, 2019 - Oman, List A matches: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  14. "Oman squad for ICC T20 WC Qualifier in UAE announced". Times of Oman. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  15. "Team preview: Oman". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  16. "Kaleem replaces Maqsood as captain for ACC Emerging Teams' Asia Cup". Oman Cricket. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  17. "28th Match, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 at Kirtipur, Feb 9 2020". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  18. "All-round Ilyas takes Oman to top of table". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  19. "Ilyas stars again as Oman beat USA". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
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