Saqib Mahmood

  • Feb 25, 1997 (26 years)
  • Birmingham, Warwickshire
  • Right-hand bat
  • Right-arm fast-medium
Player Batting Status
  M Inn NO Runs HS Avg SR 100 200 50 4s 6s
Test 2 2 1 52 49 52.0 41.94 0 0 0 4 1
ODI 8 2 0 20 12 10.0 64.52 0 0 0 2 0
T20I 12 7 4 22 7 7.33 78.57 0 0 0 2 0
Player Bowling Status
  M Inn B Runs Wkts BBI BBM Econ Avg SR 5W 10W
2 4 366 137 6 2/21 4/79 2.25 22.83 61.0 0 0
8 8 419 320 14 4/42 4/42 4.58 22.86 29.93 0 0
12 11 228 398 7 3/33 3/33 10.47 56.86 32.57 0 0
Biography

A promising fast bowler, Saqib Mahmood was named as the England Development Programme Cricketer of the year in 2015. Born in Birmingham, Mahmood graduated to represent England Under-19s at the age of 17. An Academy member since 2012, Lancashire’s first-team debut came in 2015 in a T20 Blast encounter against Derbyshire. The debuts in the other two formats came in the following year. In the 2016 edition of the Under-19 World Cup held in Bangladesh, Mahmood picked 13 wickets in six matches for England - becoming the third highest wicket-taker in the tournament. Mahmood attended a Lions training camp in Australia in late 2017. A pacer, who is known to bowl at 90mph and reverse the old ball, Mahmood is highly rated in the domestic arena.

Did you know: In his final first-class outing, Kumar Sangakkara was dismissed by Saqib Mahmood.

Written by Abhinand Raghavendran