Mansoor Amjad
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Full name | Mansoor Amjad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Legbreak | 25 December 1986|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only ODI (cap 170) | 29 June 2008 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Only T20I (cap 23) | 20 April 2008 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–present | Sialkot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–present | National Bank of Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2013 | Sialkot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | State Bank of Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2018 | WAPDA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Galle Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 28 November 2013 |
Mansoor Amjad
Early career
In 2001, Amjad was selected for the Pakistan Junior cricket academy in Lahore. The following year, he was selected for the first international Pakistan U-15;[2] Pakistan won their first-ever junior U-15 Asia Cup in Abu Dhabi.[3] Amjad was the Man of the Match in his first U-15 match against Oman, taking five wickets for 17 runs.[4] He was selected for the 2003 Pakistan Academy tour of South Africa, taking 11 wickets in four matches. Pakistan won the Videocon Asian Emerging Trophy that year,[5] and Amjad was a member of the squad who defeated Sri Lanka in the final.[6]
He was a member of Pakistan's 2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squad, playing eight matches and taking 16 wickets. Amjad was Man of the Match against Ireland, taking four wickets for 27 runs.[7] He set under-19 records for best average and economy rate which stood for almost 13 years.[8]
International career
In 2005, the Australia A cricket team visited Pakistan; Amjad played two matches and took five wickets. He played a Pakistan Cricket Board side match for the Green team after Australia's tour, taking two wickets and scoring 29 runs.[9] Amjad played a side match for Pakistan A against England that year.[10]
Pakistan A won the EurAsia Cricket Series in Abu Dhabi against India the following year, and Amjad took four wickets;[11] one was from Rohit Sharma. Amjad was named the bowler of the tournament, with 12 wickets in five matches.[12] He was part of the Leicestershire Foxes, who won England's T20 Blast that year.[13]
Amjad played county cricket for Leicestershire in the summer of 2007, and was asked to join the Pakistan A team in August of that year to play Australia's A team in Pakistan. He was then chosen to play against South Africa, and was Pakistan's high scorer with 42 runs.[14]
Amjad's Twenty20 International debut was in April 2008 against Bangladesh in Karachi. Asked to bowl the sixteenth over, he took wickets on the second, fifth, and sixth balls for a hat-trick and dismissed Mahmudullah, Mashrafe Murtaza for an overall number of 1-0-3-3.[15] In June 2008, Amjad made his One Day International debut in the Asia Cup; he took one wicket, conceding 44 runs in his allotted eight overs against Sri Lanka.[16]
Foreign teams and leagues
Amjad signed his first overseas contract in 2006 with the Fleetwood Hesketh Cricket Club in Southport, playing three matches and taking nine wickets.[17] He signed with Leicestershire after he was recalled to Pakistan, playing for the Foxes through 2007.
References
- ^ "Mansoor Amjad | Pakistan Cricket Team | Official Cricket Profiles | PCB". www.pcb.com.pk. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Team Pakistan Under-15s ODI Batting Bowling Stats | Live Cricket Scores | PCB". www.pcb.com.pk. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Under-15 Asia Cup (UAE) 2002". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Super League Group A: Oman Under-15s vs Pakistan Under-15s at Abu Dhabi |Cricket Scorecard | Live Results | PCB". www.pcb.com.pk. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Emerging Team Trophy - Cricket Schedules, Updates, Results | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Full Scorecard of SL Emerg vs PAK Emerg Final 2003/04 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Full Scorecard of Ireland U19 vs Pakistan U19 Group D 2003/04 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Records | Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals | Bowling records | Best career bowling average | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Pakistan Cricket Board Greens v Pakistan Cricket Board Whites: Pakistan Cricket Board Greens vs Pakistan Cricket Board Whites at Lahore |Cricket Scorecard | Live Results | PCB". www.pcb.com.pk. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Pakistan A v England XI: England XI vs Pakistan A at Lahore |Cricket Scorecard | Live Results | PCB". www.pcb.com.pk. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Full Scorecard of Pakistan A vs India A Final 2006 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "EurAsia Cricket Series, EurAsia Cricket Series 2006 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Leicestershire County Cricket Club". www.leicestershireccc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Full Scorecard of Sth Africans vs PCB XI Tour Match 2007/08 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "Full Scorecard of Pakistan vs Bangladesh Only T20I 2007/08 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Full Scorecard of Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 8th Match, Super Four 2008 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Bradshaw CC, Lancs". bradshawcc.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 28 January 2021.