Saqib Zulfiqar
Saqib Zulfiqar (born 28 March 1997) is a Dutch cricketer.[1] He made his List A debut for the Netherlands against the United Arab Emirates on 17 July 2017.[2] In the match, he played alongside his brothers Asad and Sikander, becoming the first instance of triplets playing for a professional cricket team in the same game.[3] He made his first-class debut for the Netherlands in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 15 August 2017.[4]
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Full name | Saqib Zulfiqar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 28 March 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Zulfiqar Ahmed (father) Asad Zulfiqar (brother) Sikander Zulfiqar (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only ODI (cap 70) | 21 June 2019 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 41) | 12 June 2018 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 6 August 2019 v UAE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 6 August 2019 |
International career
In June 2018, he was named in the Netherlands' Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2018 Netherlands Tri-Nation Series.[5] He made his T20I debut for the Netherlands against Ireland on 12 June 2018.[6]
In June 2019, he was named in the Netherlands' One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Zimbabwe.[7] He made his ODI debut for the Netherlands against Zimbabwe on 21 June 2019.[8] In April 2020, he was one of seventeen Dutch-based cricketers to be named in the team's senior squad.[9]
T20 career
In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Rotterdam Rhinos in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[10][11] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[12]
References
- "Saqib Zulfiqar". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- "United Arab Emirates tour of Netherlands, 1st Match: Netherlands v United Arab Emirates at Amstelveen, Jul 17, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- "Triplets add to storied sibling history". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- "ICC Intercontinental Cup at Dublin, Aug 15-18 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- "Three new faces as Netherlands begin post-Borren era". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- "1st Match, Netherlands Tri-Nation T20I Series at Rotterdam, Jun 12 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- "Netherlands vs Zimbabwe: ODI & T20 Series". Cricket World. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- "2nd ODI, Zimbabwe tour of Netherlands and Ireland at Deventer, Jun 21 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- "Dutch men's squads announced". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.