Saqib Zulfiqar

Dutch cricketer

Saqib Zulfiqar

Personal information

Full name

Saqib Zulfiqar

Born

(1997-03-28) 28 March 1997 (age 27)

Batting

Right-handed

Bowling

Slow left-arm orthodox

Role

Batsman

Relations

Zulfiqar Ahmed (father)
Asad Zulfiqar (brother)
Sikander Zulfiqar (brother)

International information

National side

Netherlands (2018–present)

ODI debut (cap 70)

21 June 2019 v Zimbabwe

Last ODI

3 November 2023 v Afghanistan

T20I debut (cap 41)

12 June 2018 v Ireland

Last T20I

6 August 2019 v UAE

Career statistics

Competition	ODI	T20I	FC	LA
Matches	15	6	1	18
Runs scored	194	34	5	237
Batting average	14.92	8.50	2.50	14.81
100s/50s	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0
Top score	34*	18	5	34*
Balls bowled	312	54	24	318
Wickets	9	2	0	9
Bowling average	37.33	30.50	–	38.33
5 wickets in innings	0	0	–	0
10 wickets in match	0	0	–	0
Best bowling	2/43	1/4	–	2/43
Catches/stumpings	4/–	2/–	2/–	5/–

Source: Cricinfo, 4 January 2024

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, making it the first instance of three siblings 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]

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.