Haider Ali (cricketer, born 2000)

Malik Haider Ali (born 2 October 2000) is a Pakistani cricketer.[2][3] He made his first-class debut in September 2019.[4]

Haider Ali
Personal information
Born (2000-10-02) 2 October 2000
Attock , Punjab, Pakistan
Height6 ft 0[1] in (1.83 m)
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2019–Northern
2020Peshawar Zalmi (squad no. 12)
Source: Cricinfo, 12 June 2020

Domestic career

He made his Twenty20 debut for Rawalpindi in the 2018–19 National T20 Cup on 10 December 2018.[5] In September 2019, he was named in Northern's squad for the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy tournament.[6][7] He made his first-class debut for Northern in the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy on 14 September 2019.[8]

In December 2019, he was drafted by the Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise team Peshawar Zalmi as their Supplementary category Player during the 2020 PSL draft.[9] On 10 March 2020, he became the youngest cricketer to score a fifty in the PSL.[10]

International career

In November 2019, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[11] He made his List A cricket debut for Pakistan, against Afghanistan, in the Emerging Teams Cup on 14 November 2019.[12] In December 2019, he was named as the vice-captain of Pakistan's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[13]

In May 2020, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) awarded him with a central contract, in a newly created Emerging Players' category, ahead of the 2020–21 season.[14][15] In June 2020, he was named in a 29-man squad for Pakistan's tour to England during the COVID-19 pandemic.[16][17] However, on 22 June 2020, Ali was one of three players from Pakistan's squad to test positive for COVID-19.[18] Although he had shown no previous symptoms of the virus,[19] he was advised to go into a period of self-isolation.[20]

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References
  1. Profile on PakPassion
  2. "Haider Ali". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  3. "20 cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricketer Monthly. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  4. "Haider Ali: Rohit Sharma is my 'role model'". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  5. "1st Match, National T20 Cup at Multan, Dec 10 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  6. "PCB announces squads for 2019-20 domestic season". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  7. "Sarfaraz Ahmed and Babar Azam to take charge of Pakistan domestic sides". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  8. "3rd Match, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy at Abbottabad, Sep 14-17 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  9. "Teams decided for PSL 5 as draft ends in Lahore". Samaa TV. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  10. "Zalmi's Haider Ali the youngest batsman to score fifty in PSL history". Daily Times. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  11. "Saud Shakeel named Pakistan captain for ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2019". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  12. "Group B, Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup at Cox's Bazar, Nov 14 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  13. "Pakistan squad for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2020 named". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  14. "Naseem Shah earns PCB central contract; Hasan Ali, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir left out". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  15. "Naseem Shah named in men's central contract list for 2020-21". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  16. "Haider Ali the new face as Pakistan name 29-man touring party for England". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  17. "Haider Ali named in 29-player squad for England tour". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  18. "Shadab Khan, Haris Rauf, Haider Ali test positive for Covid-19". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  19. "Three Pakistan players test positive for coronavirus ahead of England tour". The National. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  20. "Update on players' Covid-19 tests". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
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